Günter Flügge

A measurement of the cosmic ray positron fraction e+/(e++e−) in the energy range of 1–30 GeV is presented. The measurement is based on data taken by the AMS-01 experiment during its 10 day Space Shuttle flight in June 1998. A proton background suppression on the order of 106 is reached by identifying converted bremsstrahlung photons emitted from positrons.

We report our results on the reactions e+e− → hadrons in the energy range 13 ⩽ Ecm ⩽ 31.6 GeV and compare them with qq̄ jets described in the quark-parton model and with first-order QCD predictions including gluon emission (qq̄g jets). At high energies the observed features of one-sided jet broadening, sea-gull effect and planar events with a three-jet structure represent a gross violation of the parton model without gluons and find a most natural interpretation if gluon bremsstrahlung is included.

An experiment using the PLUTO detector has observed the formation of a narrow, high mass, resonance in e+e− annihilations at the DORIS storage ring. The mass is determined to be 9.46±0.01 GeV which is consistent with that of the Upsilon. The gaussian width σ is observed as 8±1 MeV and is equal to the DORIS energy resolution. This suggests that the resonance is a bound state of a new heavy quark-antiquark pair. An electronic width Γee=1.3±0.4 keV was obtained. In standard theoretical models, this favors a quark charge assignment of 13.

The liquid argon calorimeter of the H 1 detector presently taking data at the HERA ep collider at DESY, Hamburg, is described. The main physics requirements and the most salient design features relevant to this calorimeter are given. The aim to have smooth and hermetic calorimetric coverage over the polar angular range 4° ≤ θ ≤ 154° is achieved by a single liquid argon cryostat containing calorimeter stacks structured in wheels and octants for easy handling. The absorber materials used are lead in the electromagnetic part and stainless steel in the hadronic part. The read-out system is pipelined to reduce the dead time induced by the high trigger rate expected at the HERA collider where consecutive bunches are separated in time by 96 ns. The main elements of the calorimeter, such as the cryostat, with its associated cryogenics, the stack modules, the read-out, calibration and trigger electronics as well as the data acquisition system are described. Performance results from data taken in calibration runs with full size H 1 calorimeter stacks at a CERN test beam, as well as results from data collected with the complete H 1 detector using cosmic rays during the initial phase of ep operations are presented. The observed energy resolutions and linearities are well in agreement with the requirements.

Evidence is presented using data taken with the H1 detector at HERA for a class of deep inelastic electron-proton scattering (DIS) events (5 < Q2 < 120 GeV2) at low Bjorken-x (10−4 < x < 10−2) which have almost no hadronic energy flow in a large interval of pseudo-rapidity around the proton remnant direction and which cannot be attributed to our present understanding of DIS and fluctuations in final state hadronic fragmentation. From an integrated luminosity of 273 nb−1, 734 events, that is about 5% of the total DIS sample, have no energy deposition greater than 400 MeV forward of laboratory pseudo-rapidity ηmax = 1.8 up to the largest measurable pseudo-rapidity of about 3.65. Evidence that about 10% of observed rapidity gap events are exclusive vector meson electroproduction is presented. Good descriptions of the data are obtained using models based either on a vector meson dominance like picture, which includes a large fraction of inelastic virtual photon dissociation, or on deep inelastic electron-pomeron scattering in which the partonic sub-structure of the latter is resolved.

The cross-section for deeply virtual Compton scattering in the reaction ep→eγp has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using integrated luminosities of 95.0 pb−1 of e+p and 16.7 pb−1 of e−p collisions. Differential cross-sections are presented as a function of the exchanged-photon virtuality, Q2, and the centre-of-mass energy, W, of the γ∗p system in the region 5<Q2<100 GeV2 and 40<W<140 GeV. The measured cross-sections rise steeply with increasing W. The measurements are compared to QCD-based calculations.

Final results of our measurements of elastic proton-proton scattering at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR) for c.m. energies √s from 23 to 63 GeV and momentum transfers |t| from 0.8 to 10 GeV2 are presented. Absolute differential cross sections have been obtained using the split-field magnet detector facility (SFM) at the five standard energies for integrated luminosities ranging from 0.3 to 4.9 (pb)−1. The rising total cross section is found to define a scale for diffractive phenomena near the forward peak, including the position of the diffraction minimum near t = −1.4 GeV2. The cross section at the minimum is strongly energy dependent, approximately as the ratio of the real to imaginary part of the scattering amplitude in the forward direction. The phase of the scattering amplitude is found to change sign near the minimum. The component of diffraction scattering beyond the second maximum has a much weaker t-dependence than expected in simple eikonal or constituent pictures connecting this region to the forward peak. A further break in slope is observed near t = −6 GeV2. There is no evidence for another minimum for t values up to 10 GeV2.

This article describes a systematic study of the efficiency, space resolution and multiparticle separation in multiwire proportional chambers. For a variety of gas mixtures, results were obtained as functions of high voltage, time resolution and incidence angle of particles. A new gas, argon+isobutane+freon-13 B1 permits a considerable gain in amplification without entering into the Geiger or spark region.

A measurement is presented of elastic deeply virtual Compton scattering e++p→e++γ+p at HERA using data taken with the H1 detector. The cross section is measured as a function of the photon virtuality, Q2, and the invariant mass, W, of the γp system, in the kinematic range 2<Q2<20GeV2, 30<W<120GeV and |t|<1GeV2, where t is the squared momentum transfer to the proton. The measurement is compared to QCD based calculations.

To improve the spatial resolution and uniformity in modern high resolution brain PET systems over the entire field of view (FOV), it is necessary to archive the depth of interaction (DOI) information and correct for spatial resolution degradation. In this work we present the performance results of a high resolution LSO/GSO phoswich block detector with DOI capability. This detector design will be used in the new CTI High Resolution Research Tomograph, ECAT HRRT. The two crystal layers (19/spl times/19/spl times/7.5 mm/sup 3/) and a light guide are stacked on each other and mounted on a (2/spl times/2) PMT set, so that the corners of the phoswich are positioned over the PMT centers. The crystal phoswich is cut into an 8/spl times/8 matrix of discrete crystals. The separation of the LSO and the GSO layer by pulse shape discrimination allows discrete DOI information to be obtained. The high light output and the light guide design results in an accurate identification of the 128 single crystals per block. Flood source measurements document a very good homogeneity of events, energy centroid stability and energy resolution (14-20% FWHM) per single crystal. An intrinsic resolution of /spl sim/1.3 mm and the DOI feasibility is extracted by coincidence measurements with a single GSO crystal.

A narrow resonance in D∗−p and D∗+p̄ invariant mass combinations is observed in inelastic electron–proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 300 GeV and 320 GeV at HERA. The resonance has a mass of 3099±3(stat.)±5(syst.) MeV and a measured Gaussian width of 12±3(stat.) MeV, compatible with the experimental resolution. The resonance is interpreted as an anti-charmed baryon with a minimal constituent quark composition of uuddc̄, together with the charge conjugate.

From an analysis of data taken with the detector PLUTO and the DORIS storage rings we have obtained evidence for jet structure in e+e− annihilation with hadrons. Results for mean sphericity, mean thrust, the angular dependence of the jet axis and for 〈pt〉 and 〈p∥〉 with respect to the jet axis are presented. At 9.4 GeV we also discuss the angular dependence of the charged and neutral deposited energy with respect to the jet axis.

First results from the magnetic detector PLUTO at the new e+e− storage ring PETRA are shown. The ratio R of the cross section for hadron production to that for μ-pair production has been measured to be R = 5.0 ± 0.5 at 13 GeV and 4.3 ±0.5 at 17 GeV. Both values have an additional systematic error of 20%. The events show a typical 2-jet structure. The mean transverse momentum approaches a constant value with increasing energy implying a shrinkage of the jet opening angle.

New experimental results are presented on proton-proton elastic scattering at centre-of-mass energies s=23 GeV and s=62 GeV. The data are obtained using the Split Field Magnet detector at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. The absolute differential cross-sections show an energy-dependent behaviour. The position of the diffraction minimum changes from t=(−1.44±0.02)GeV2 at 23 GeV to (−1.26±0.03)GeV2 at 62 GeV. The cross-section at the second maximum is increasing with s. The connection of these observations with the hypothesis of “geometrical scaling” is discussed.

Measurements of the charged multiplicities for hadron production in e+e− annihilation in the center of mass energy range 9–32 GeV have been made. The average charged multiplicity has an energy dependence much stronger than ln s and similar to that reported for pp collisions. Quantitative differences are observed in the magnitude of both the average multiplicity 〈nch〉 and the dispersion Dch for e+e− and pp interactions at the same center of mass energy. 〈nch〉 and the ratio 〈nch/Dch in e+e− annihilations are significantly larger than in pp collisions and are found to be in overall agreement with QCD predictions. KNO scaling is seen to be satisfied.

A description of the design characteristics of CELLO, a large 4Π magnetic detector at PETRA, is given and first results of beam operation are presented.

A measurement of the derivative (d ln F_2 / d lnx)_(Q^2)= -lambda(x,Q^2) of the proton structure function F_2 is presented in the low x domain of deeply inelastic positron-proton scattering. For 5*10^(-5)<=x<=0.01 and Q^2>=1.5 GeV^2, lambda(x,Q^2) is found to be independent of x and to increase linearly with ln(Q^2).

The inclusive production of D∗±(2010) mesons in deep-inelastic scattering is studied with the H1 detector at HERA. In the kinematic region 1<Q2<100 GeV2 and 0.05<y<0.7 an e+p cross section for inclusive D∗± meson production of 8.50±0.42(stat.)+1.21−1.00(syst.) nb is measured in the visible range ptD∗>1.5 GeV and |ηD∗|<1.5. Single and double differential inclusive D∗± meson cross sections are compared to perturbative QCD calculations in two different evolution schemes. The charm contribution to the proton structure, F2c(x,Q2), is determined by extrapolating the visible charm cross section to the full phase space. This contribution is found to rise from about 10% at Q2=1.5 GeV2 to more than 25% at Q2=60 GeV2 corresponding to x values ranging from 5×10−5 to 3×10−3.

Measurements are presented of inclusive charm and beauty cross sections in e + p collisions at HERA for values of photon virtuality Q 2 > 150 GeV 2 and of inelasticity 0.1 < y < 0.7.The charm and beauty fractions are determined using a method based on the impact parameter, in the transverse plane, of tracks to the primary vertex, as measured by the H1 vertex detector.The data are divided into four regions in Q 2 and Bjorken x, and values for the structure functions F cc 2 and F

We present first results on the total photoproduction cross section measurement with the H1 detector at HERA. The data were extracted from low Q2 collisions of 26.7 GeV electrons with 820 GeV protons. The γp total cross section has been measured by two independent methods in the γp center of mass energy range from 90 to 290 GeV. For an average center of mass energy of 195 GeV a value of σtot (γp) = 159 ± 7 (stat.) ± 20 (syst.) μb was obtained.

We have measured the total normalized cross section R for the process e+e− → hadrons at centre-of-mass energies between 14.0 and 46.8 GeV based on an integrated luminosity of 60.3 pb−1. The data are well described by the standard SU(3)c⊗SU(2)L⊗U(1) model with the production of the five known quarks. No open production of a sixth quark with charge 2/3 or 1/3 occurs below a centre-of-mass energy of 46.6 or 46.3 GeV, respectively. A fitting procedure which takes the correlations between measurements into account was used to determine the electroweak mixing angle sin2θw and the strong coupling constant αs(S) in second-order QCD. We applied this procedure to the CELLO data and in addition included the data from other experiments at PETRA and PEP. Both fits give consistent results. The fit to the combined data yields αs(342 GeV2) = 0.165±0.030, and sin2θw = 0.236±0.020. Fixing sin2θw at the world average value of 0.23 yields αs(342GeV2) = 0.169±0.025.

Using the solenoidal magnetic detector PLUTO, we have measured the total cross section for e+e− annihilation into hadrons. Results are presented for center of mass energies between 3.6 and 4.8 GeV, and in the regions of the Jψ(3.1) and ψ(3.7) resonances. We also present results for the 2 prong cross section in the energy range 3.6 to 4.8 GeV.

We report on the search for “supersymmetric” scalar leptons conducted with the CELLO detector, at the PETRA e+e− storage ring. 11.1 pb−1 of high energy data were analysed (33 GeV<s<36.72 GeV). At a 95% c.l., the existence of a scalar e is ruled out for masses between 2 GeV and 16.8 GeV; correspondingly, a scalar μ is excluded between 3.3 GeV and 16 GeV, and a scalar τ between 6 GeV and 15.3 GeV, as well as between the τ mass and 3.8 GeV.

The deterioration with time of multiwire proportional chambers using isobutane as one component of the gas mixture is studied. It is shown that by addition of methylal among others, a long lifetime can be obtained without changing the properties of the gas mixture. Irradiation tests of 5 × 1010 cm2 have not shown any alteration in the chamber performance.

Inclusive two-particle production in the reaction pp → γ + ch + (anything) has been measured at the CERN ISR for four energies (✓s = 23,30.5,45, and 53 GeV) at two production angles of the charged particles (ch) and the eight production angles of the γ-rays. The rapidity correlation of the two particles is weak and of short range. The peak correlation is σinel (d2σγchdσγdσch) − 1 = 0.62 ± 0.08, the correlation range 〈yγ − ych〉 = 1.17 ± 0.05, independently of s. The φ correlation extends over a wide gap in rapidity; its strength is increasing with increasing transverse momentum.

We have measured inclusive muon production in e+e− annihilation for CMS energies between 3.6 and 5.0 GeV. Above 4 GeV the cross section cannot be explained by conventional sources like higher order QED processes or inclusive production of the Jϑ (3.1). It is, however, compatible with the pair production of heavy particles of a mass of about 1.9 GeV/c2. Spin assignment and decay parameters are investigated.

With the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA, D∗ meson production cross sections have been measured in deep inelastic scattering with four-momentum transfers Q2 > 3 GeV2 and in photoproduction at energies around Wγp ≈ 88 GeV and 194 GeV. Next-to-Leading Order QCD calculations are found to describe the differential cross sections within theoretical and experimental uncertainties. Using these calculations, the NLO gluon momentum distribution in the proton, xgg(xg), has been extracted in the momentum fraction range 7.5 × 10−4 < xg < 4 × 10−2 at average scales μ2 = 25 to 50 GeV2. The gluon momentum fraction xg has been obtained from the measured kinematics of the scattered electron and the D∗ meson in the final state. The results compare well with the gluon distribution obtained from the analysis of scaling violations of the proton structure function F2.

We report on the investigation of the final state in interactions of quasi-real photons with protons. The data were taken with the H1 detector at the HERA ep collider. Evidence for hard interactions is seen in both single particle spectra and jet formation. The data can best be described by inclusion of resolved photon processess as predicted by QCD.

Results on diffractive photoproduction of ψ(2S) mesons are presented using data collected between 1996 and 2000 with the H1 detector at the HERA ep collider. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 77 pb−1. The energy dependence of the diffractive ψ(2S) cross section is found to be similar to or possibly somewhat steeper than that for J/ψ mesons. The dependences of the elastic and proton dissociative ψ(2S) photoproduction cross sections on the squared momentum transfer t at the proton vertex are measured. The t-dependence of the elastic channel, parametrised as ebt, yields belψ(2S)=(4.31±0.57±0.46) GeV−2, compatible with that of the J/ψ. For the proton dissociative channel the result bpdψ(2S)=(0.59±0.13±0.12) GeV−2 is 2.3 standard deviations smaller than that measured for the J/ψ. With proper account of the individual wavefunctions theoretical predictions based on perturbative QCD are found to describe the measurements well.

The direct decay into four and more charged particles of the ϒ(9.46) formed in e+e− collisions is analysed for hadron-jet configurations. The results are compared with the expectations of phase space, a qq two-jet model and a QCD three-gluon decay mechanism. Out of these three models, the three-gluon decay describes best the data.

New experimental results are reported on diffractive dissociation of protons into (nπ+) in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 45 GeV. The data were obtained using the Split-Field-Magnet detector at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. We have searched for resonance contributions and found peaks at mass values of 1.5 GeV, 1.65 GeV, and 2.1 GeV. A dip in dσdt is observed at low t and low mass; it is most pronounced for events with neutrons emitted at 90° in the Gottfried-Jackson frame. The correlation between mass and slope depends strongly on θJ. The cross section of the channel pp → pnπ+ is 400 ± 110 μb at s = 45 GeV, giving an energy dependence of s−0.30±0.07 for isospin exchange zero in this channel.

Annihilation of e+e− into final states with a single electron has been studied with the PLUTO detector at the DORIS storage ring at CMS energies from 3.6 to 5 GeV. In the sample of 4-prong events without any detected photon we observe 21 events which we assign to the reaction e+e− → τ+τ− → ννe + νϱ0π. We obtain a branching ratio for τ+ → νϱ0π+ of 0.050 ± 0.015 with an overall systematic uncertainty of 30%. The data are consistent with the ϱπ coming from an A1 meson.

Measurement of the chemical and isotopic composition of cosmic rays is essential for the precise understanding of their propagation in the galaxy. While the model parameters are mainly determined using the B/C ratio, the study of extended sets of ratios can provide stronger constraints on the propagation models. In this paper, the relative abundances of light-nuclei lithium, beryllium, boron, and carbon are presented. The secondary-to-primary ratios Li/C, Be/C, and B/C have been measured in the kinetic energy range 0.35–45 GeV nucleon−1. The isotopic ratio 7Li/6Li is also determined in the magnetic rigidity interval 2.5–6.3 GV. The secondary-to-secondary ratios Li/Be, Li/B, and Be/B are also reported. These measurements are based on the data collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-01 during the STS-91 space shuttle flight in 1998 June. Our experimental results are in substantial agreement with other measurements, where they exist. We describe our light-nuclei data with a diffusive-reacceleration model. A 10%–15% overproduction of Be is found in the model predictions and can be attributed to uncertainties in the production cross-section data.

New experimental results are presented on proton-proton elastic scattering in the range of momentum transfer 4 GeV2 < −t < 10 GeV2 at the centre-of-mass energy of √s = 53 GeV. The data have been obtained using the Split-Field Magnet detector at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. We observe another change of slope of the differential cross section near −t=6.5 GeV2.

New experimental results are presented on proton-proton elastic scattering in the range of momentum transfer 0.8GeV2 < −t < 9 GeV2 at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 53 GeV. The data are obtained sing the Split-Field- Magnet Detector at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. The cross section has well-known minimum at −t = (1.34±0.02) GeV2 but no further minimum or change of slope is observed between 2 and 6.5 GeV2.

The elastic electroproduction of φ mesons is studied at HERA with the H1 detector for photon virtualities 1<Q2<15GeV2 and hadronic centre of mass energies 40<W<130 GeV. The Q2 and t dependences of the cross section are extracted (t being the square of the four-momentum transfer to the target proton). When plotted as function of (Q2 + MV2) and scaled by the appropriate SU(5) quark charge factor, the φ meson cross section agrees within errors with the cross sections of the vector mesons V = ρ, ω and J/ψ. A detailed analysis is performed of the φ meson polarisation state and the ratio of the production cross sections for longitudinally and transversely polarised φ mesons is determined. A small but significant violation of s-channel helicity conservation (SCHC) is observed.

Inclusive production cross sections are measured in deep inelastic scattering at HERA for meson states composed of a charm quark and a light antiquark or the charge conjugate.The measurements cover the kinematic region of photon virtuality 2 < Q 2 < 100 GeV 2 , inelasticity 0.05 < y < 0.7, D meson transverse momenta p t (D) ≥ 2.5 GeV and pseudorapidity |η(D)| ≤ 1.5.The identification of the D-meson decays and the reduction of the combinatorial background profit from the reconstruction of displaced secondary vertices by means of the H1 silicon vertex detector.The production of charmed mesons containing the light quarks u, d and s is found to be compatible with a description in which the hard scattering is followed by a factorisable and universal hadronisation process.

The e+e−→τ+τ− process has been measured using the CELLO detector at a mean total centre of mass energy of 34.2 GeV using essentially all the decay channels of the τ lepton. The measured cross section yields Rτ=1.03±0.05 (stat)±0.07 (syst). Topological branching fraction are given for τ → 1, 3 or 5 charged tracks. The angular distribution shows a clear 1 + cos2θ dependance with a forward-backward asymmetry of -0.103 ± 0.052 corresponding to an axial-vector coupling aτ of the τ to the weak neutral current given by aτ=−1.12 ± 0.57.

Results on e+e− annihilation into hadrons at c.m. energies between 22 and 31.6 GeV are presented. The data were accumulated with the PLUTO detector at PETRA. The events are dominantly of the two-jet type. The value of the relative hadronic cross section R=3.88 ± 0.22 along with the details of the sphericity and thrust distribution rule out an open (tt̄) channel (Qt = 23) below 30 GeV. The inclusive muon results support the above conclusion.

We have measured the production of charged particle pairs in e+e− initiated two-photon reactions. The observed rates and invariant mass spectra agree with expectations from QED if a resonant π+π− production at the f0 mass is added. Assuming dominance of the helicity 2 production we obtain the width Γ(f0→γγ) = 2.3 ± 0.5 keV.

The variety of isotopes in cosmic rays allows us to study different aspects of the processes that cosmic rays undergo between the time they are produced and the time of their arrival in the heliosphere. In this paper we present measurements of the isotopic ratios 2H/4He, 3He/4He, 6Li/7Li, 7Be/(9Be+10Be) and 10B/11B in the range 0.2-1.4 GeV of kinetic energy per nucleon. The measurements are based on the data collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-01, during the STS-91 flight in 1998 June.

The angular distributions of charge particles produced in pp collisions at the CERN ISR have been measured in the c.m. angular region from 30° to 90° at c.m. energies of 21.3, 30.4, 44.3 and 52.2 GeV. We find that within this angular and energy range the c.m. differential cross-sections vary as sin−2θ cm. The corresponding differential cross-sections as a function of 1n tan 12θcm are flat between 0.0 and 1.3. The data indicate that the 90° cross-sections increase by a factor of 2 between 6 and 53 GeV.

This article describes multiwire proportional chambers of about 150 cm × 40 cm designed to operate in a large magnet at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. Five chambers with three different orientations of the sensitive wires were built in a modular construction. Measurements on efficiency, noise, and time- and space-resolution are reported.

Recently new high resolution brain PET and PET/SPECT tomographs have been discussed using phoswich detectors. The detector design is based on two layers of scintillation crystals in the z-axis with different physical properties, such as light decay time or light yield. This makes it feasible to assign the depth of interaction (DOI) information in order to be able to correct for spatial degradation in PET or to operate the detector in PET or SPECT mode. The pixel DOI detectors are cost effectively arranged in a block design. In this work the authors discuss the possibility of separating events from the two different layers in the time domain using pulse shape discrimination or in the energy domain using pulse height discrimination. Furthermore, the authors have investigated the feasibility of interdetector scatter suppression using pulse shape discrimination. The measurements have been done using a LSO/LSO high resolution PET detector, a LSO and GSO crystal in coincidence and a NaI(TI)/LSO combined PET/SPECT detector. The investigations show, that the pulse shape discrimination technique has a significant higher identification probability compared to the pulse height discrimination and does make a interdetector scatter detection feasible.

The diffractive photoproduction of J/psi mesons is measured with the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 78 pb^-1. The differential cross section d sigma(gamma p -> J/psi Y) / d t is studied in the range 2 < |t| < 30 GeV^2, where t is the square of the four-momentum transferred at the proton vertex. The cross section is also presented as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy W in three t intervals, spanning the range 50 < W < 200 GeV. A fast rise of the cross section with W is observed for each t range and the slope for the effective linear Pomeron trajectory is measured to be alpha^\prime= -0.0135 \pm 0.0074 (stat.) \pm 0.0051 (syst.) GeV^-2. The measurements are compared with perturbative QCD models based on BFKL and DGLAP evolution. The data are found to be compatible with s-channel helicity conservation.

A search for single top quark production is performed in e^\pm p collisions at HERA. The search exploits data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 118.3 pb^-1. A model for the anomalous production of top quarks in a flavour changing neutral current process involving a t-u-gamma coupling is investigated. Decays of top quarks into a b quark and a W boson are considered in the leptonic and the hadronic decay channels of the W. Both a cut-based analysis and a multivariate likelihood analysis are performed to discriminate anomalous top quark production from Standard Model background processes. In the leptonic channel, 5 events are found while 1.31 \pm 0.22 events are expected from the Standard Model background. In the hadronic channel, no excess above the expectation for Standard Model processes is found. These observations lead to a cross section \sigma (ep -> e t X) = 0.29 +0.15 -0.14 pb at \sqrt{s} = 319 GeV. Alternatively, assuming that the observed events are due to a statistical fluctuation, upper limits of 0.55 pb on the anomalous top production cross section and of 0.27 on the t-u-gamma coupling \kappa_{t-u-gamma} are established at the 95% confidence level.

Two photon final states in e+e− annihilation have been analyzed at CM energies around 34 GeV. Good agreement with QED is observed. Lower limits for the QED cutoff parameters of Λ+ > 59 GeV and Λ-> 44 GeV are determined. A search for two photons with missing energy yields an upper limit for the production of neutral particles which decay into a photon and a non-interacting particle. Constraints on the mass and the coupling strength of supersymmetric photinos are discussed.

The total e+e− annihilation onto hadron has been measured at CM energies between 33.00 and 36.72 GeV and between 38.66 and 46.78 GeV in steps of 20 and 30 MeV respectively. The average of the ratio R=σ(e+e−→hadrons)/ σ is 〈R〉=3.85±0.12 and 〈R〉=4.04±0.10 for the two energy ranges. The systematic error on 〈R〉 is 0.31. Both values are consistent with the expectation for the known coloured quarks u, d, s, c and b. No evidence was found for the production of new quarks. If the largest fluctuation in R is interpreted as a narrow resonance, it corresponds to a product of the electronic width and the hadronic branching ratio ΓeeBhad>2.9 keV at the 95% confidence level, well below the value expected for the toponium vector ground state with charge 23e. The observed number of aplanar final states rules out the continuum production of a a new heavy flavour with pointlike cross section up to a CM energy of 45.4 GeV for a quarck charge of 13e. and up to 46.6 GeV for 23e at the 95% confidence level.

Events of the type e+e−→μ±+e∓ + “nothing” have been observed in the magnetic detector PLUTO at the storage ring DORIS at DESY. The data support the hypothesis of the pair production of heavy leptons, and allow to determine decay parameters. Decay rates into muons and electrons are equal within error, and argue for a new lepton number of the heavy lepton.

The cross section of the charged current process e−p → ve + hadrons is measured at HERA for transverse momenta of the hadron system larger than 25 GeV. The size of the cross section exhibits the W propagator.

A model-independent search for deviations from the Standard Model prediction is performed in e+p and e−p collisions at HERA using H1 data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 117pb−1. For the first time all event topologies involving isolated electrons, photons, muons, neutrinos and jets with high transverse momenta are investigated in a single analysis. Events are assigned to exclusive classes according to their final state. A statistical algorithm is developed to search for deviations from the Standard Model in the distributions of the scalar sum of transverse momenta or invariant mass of final state particles and to quantify their significance. A good agreement with the Standard Model prediction is observed in most of the event classes. The most significant deviation is found for a topology containing an isolated muon, missing transverse momentum and a jet, consistent with a previously reported observation.

A search for events with a high-energy isolated electron or muon and missing transverse momentum has been performed at the electron–proton collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 13.6 pb−1 in e−p scattering and 104.7 pb−1 in e+p scattering. Within the Standard Model such events are expected to be mainly due to W boson production with subsequent leptonic decay. In e−p interactions one event is observed in the electron channel and none in the muon channel, consistent with the expectation of the Standard Model. In the e+p data a total of 18 events are seen in the electron and muon channels compared to an expectation of 12.4±1.7 dominated by W production (9.4±1.6). Whilst the overall observed number of events is broadly in agreement with the number predicted by the Standard Model, there is an excess of events with transverse momentum of the hadronic system greater than 25 GeV with 10 events found compared to 2.9±0.5 expected. The results are used to determine the cross-section for events with an isolated electron or muon and missing transverse momentum.

The topology of hadronic e+e− annihilation events has been analysed using the sphericity tensor and a cluster method. Comparison with quark models including gluon bremsstrahlung yields good agreement with the data. The strong-coupling constant is determined in 1st order QCD to be αS=0.19±0.04 (stat) ± 0.04 (syst.) at 22 GeV and αS=0.16 ±0.02± 0.03 at 34 GeV. The differential cross section with respect to the energy fraction carried by the most energetic parton agrees with the prediction of QCD, but cannot be reproduced by a scalar gluon model. These results are stable against variations of the transverse momentum distribution of the fragmentation function within the quoted errors.

From the two-photon exchange processes e+e− → e+e−η' (958) → e+e−ϱ0γ and e+e− → e+e−A2 (1310) → e+e−π+π−π0 observed using the CELLO detector at PETRA the radiative widths of the η' and A2 have been determined with the results: Γγγ(η') = 5.4 ± 1.0[stat.] ± 0.7[syst.] keV; Γγγ(A2) = 0.59 ± 0.14[stat.] −0.08+0.31[syst.] keV.

We have measured the reaction ee → μμ and ee → ττ at center of mass energies from 9.4 to 31.6 GeV. The production cross sections are in agreement with the predictions of quantum electrodynamics, resulting in cutoff parameter limits of 70–100 GeV at 95% c.l. The branching ratio for τ → μνν has been determined as [1.78 ± 2.0 (statist.) ± 1.8(syst.)]% The existence of a new sequential heavy lepton with a mass <14.5 GeV is excluded at 95% c.l.

We have observed Kos production in e+e− annihilation between 3.6 and 4.4 GeV CMS energy. In the 4.0–4.1 GeV range Kos mesons occur correlated with prompt electrons, indicating the formation and weak decay of charmed particle. Within the sensitivity of the experiment, no Kos-electron correlation is seen at 3.6 and around 4.4 GeV.

The reaction e+p→e+X is studied with the H1 detector at Hera. The data cover momentum transfers Q2 between 200GeV2 and 30000GeV2 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.6pb−1. The differential cross section dσ/dQ2 is compared to the Standard Model expectation for neutral current scattering and analysed to search for (ēe)(q̄q) contact interactions. No evidence for new phenomena is observed. The results are used to set limits on scales within models of electron–quark compositeness, quark form factors and the exchange of virtual heavy leptoquarks. A search for gravitational effects mediated through the exchange of virtual gravitons which propagate into large extra dimensions is presented.

A search for scalar and vector leptoquarks coupling to first generation fermions is performed using the e+p and e−p scattering data collected by the H1 experiment between 1994 and 2000. The data correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 117pb−1. No evidence for the direct or indirect production of such particles is found in data samples with a large transverse momentum final state electron or with large missing transverse momentum. Constraints on leptoquark models are established. For leptoquark couplings of electromagnetic strength, leptoquarks with masses up to 275–325GeV are ruled out at 95% confidence level. These limits improve and supercede earlier H1 limits based on subsamples of the data used here.

Dijet production in deep inelastic ep scattering is investigated in the region of low values of the Bjorken-variable x (10 -4 < x < 10 -2 ) and low photon virtualities Q 2 (5 < Q 2 < 100 GeV 2 ).The measured dijet cross sections are compared with perturbative QCD calculations in next-to-leading order.For most dijet variables studied, these calculations can provide a reasonable description of the data over the full phase space region covered, including the region of very low x.However, large discrepancies are observed for events with small separation in azimuth between the two highest transverse momentum jets.This region of phase space is described better by predictions based on the CCFM evolution equation, which incorporates k t factorized unintegrated parton distributions.A reasonable description is also obtained using the Color Dipole Model or models incorporating virtual photon structure.

Hadronic events obtained with the CELLO detector at PETRA are compared with second order QCD predictions using different models for the fragmentation of quarks and gluons into hadrons. We find that the model dependence in the determination of the strong coupling constant persists when going from first to second order QCD calculations.

We have measured the production cross section for Ks0 in e+e− annihilation from 3.6 to 5.0 GeV center of mass energy. A substantial increase of the Ks0 yield is observed around 4 GeV in qualitative agreement with the charm hypothesis.

The differential cross section for the reaction e+e− → γγ has been measured in the CMS energy range between 9.4 and 31.6 GeV. The results are found to be in agreement with the predictions of quantum electrodynamics up to momentum transfers-q2 of 900 GeV2. The data set lower limits of about 40 GeV on QED cut-off parameters. We have searched for the decay υ (9.46) → γγ and obtain an upper limit Γ(υ → γγ)/Γ(υ → all) < 1.4% (95% c.l.).

Observation of 16 μ+μ− pairs of invariant mass greater than 2.7 GeV/c2 in the reaction pp → μ+μ− + anything at s = 52 GeV at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR) is reported. These events can be interpreted as originating from J(3.1) decay into μ+μ−. Their pT distribution suggests a hadronic production. The cross section for J production is given and compared to the cross section for single lepton production. We conclude that J(3.1) production cannot fully account for single lepton production.

The J/ψ decay modes f0(1270)γ and ρπ have been studied in e+e− collision at 3.1 GeV center of mass energy leading to the π+π−γ and π+π−π0 final states. The f0γ decay branching ratio is measured to be (0.20 ± 0.07) × 10−2, a value comparable to the J/ψ radiative decay rates into the ηγ and η′γ channels. The J/ψ decay branching ratio into ϱπ is measured to be (1.6 ± 0.4) × 10−2.

A multiparticle spectrometer at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings is equipped with a multiwire proportional chamber detector. In this paper we describe trigger, data acquisition, and monitor system of the detector.

Single particles and jets in deeply inelastic scattering at low x are measured with the H1 detector in the region away from the current jet and towards the proton remnant, known as the forward region. Hadronic final state measurements in this region are expected to be particularly sensitive to QCD evolution effects. Jet cross-sections are presented as a function of Bjorken-x for forward jets produced with a polar angle to the proton direction, theta, in the range 7 < theta < 20 degrees. Azimuthal correlations are studied between the forward jet and the scattered lepton. Charged and neutral single particle production in the forward region are measured as a function of Bjorken-x, in the range 5 < theta < 25 degrees, for particle transverse momenta larger than 1 GeV. QCD based Monte Carlo predictions and analytical calculations based on BFKL, CCFM and DGLAP evolution are compared to the data. Predictions based on the DGLAP approach fail to describe the data, except for those which allow for a resolved photon contribution.

Deep inelastic e p scattering data, taken with the H1 detector at HERA, are used to study the event shape variables thrust, jet broadening and jet mass in the current hemisphere of the Breit frame over a large range of momentum transfers Q between 7 GeV and 100 GeV. The data are compared with results from e+e− experiments. Using second order QCD calculations and an approach to relate hadronisation effects to power corrections an analysis of the Q dependences of the means of the event shape parameters is presented, from which both the power corrections and the strong coupling constant are determined without any assumption on fragmentation models. The power corrections of all event shape variables investigated follow a 1/Q behaviour and can be described by a common parameter α0.

A measurement of inclusive jet cross-sections in deep-inelastic ep scattering at HERA is presented based on data with an integrated luminosity of 21.1 pb−1. The measurement is performed for photon virtualities Q2 between 5 and 100 GeV2, differentially in Q2, in the jet transverse energy ET, in ET2/Q2 and in the pseudorapidity ηlab. With the renormalization scale μR=ET, perturbative QCD calculations in next-to-leading order (NLO) give a good description of the data in most of the phase space. Significant discrepancies are observed only for jets in the proton beam direction with ET below 20 GeV and Q2 below 20 GeV2. This corresponds to the region in which NLO corrections are largest and further improvement of the calculations is thus of particular interest.

The e+e−→μ+μ− reaction has been studied at centre of mass energies ranging between 38.3 abd 46.8 GeV with the CELLO detector at PETRA. We present results on the cross section and the charge asymmetry for this channel. Combining all the data at the average energy 〈s〉=43 GeV we obtain Rμμ=〈σμμ/σ0〉=0.98±0.04±0.04, 〈Aμμ〉=(−14.1±3.7±1.0)%, where σ0 is the QED cross section and Aμμ is the charge asymmetry corrected for pure radiative effects. These results are in good agreement with the expected values of Rμμ=1.01 and Aμμ=−14.5% at that energy.

An event from e+e− annihilation at √s = 43.450 GeV containing two topologically isolated energetic muons and two hadronic jets has been observed. The masses of the μ−μ, jet-jet and μ-jet combinations are all large. The expected number of such events from known processes is about 10−3.

The reaction e+e− →τ+τ− has been studied at centre of mass energies between 14.0 and 46.8 GeV with the CELLO detector at the PETRA e+e− collider. We present results for the cross section στ and the charge asymmetry Aτ. The results are in good agreement with the standard model. We have also measured the topological decay rates BR1, BR3 and BR5 for the inclusive decay of the τ lepton into one, three and five charge particles. The results confirm and improve earlier CELLO measurements at other energies. We find for the combined values at all energies BR1 = (84.9 ± 0.4 ± 0.3)%, BR3 = (15.0 ± 0.4 ± 0.3)% and BR5 = (0.16 ± 0.13 ± 0.04)%.

We present the first data on photon-photon annihilation into hadrons for CM energies > 1 GeV obtained with the detector PLUTO at the e+e− storage ring PETRA. Cross sections are extracted using an inelastic eγ scattering formalism. The results are compared to expectations from Regge-like models.

We present measurements of two-particle angular correlations in hadron jets produced in e+e− annihilation between 7.7 and 31.6 GeV c.m. energy. The data are compared to predictions of high order perturbative QCD calculations.

Deep-inelastic e±p scattering at high squared momentum transfer Q2 up to 30 000 GeV2 is used to search for eq contact interactions associated to scales far beyond the Hera centre of mass energy. The neutral current cross section measurements dσ/dQ2, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 16.4 pb−1 of e−p data and 100.8 pb−1 of e+p data, are well described by the Standard Model and are analysed to set constraints on new phenomena. For conventional contact interactions lower limits are set on compositeness scales Λ ranging between 1.6–5.5 TeV. Couplings and masses of leptoquarks and squarks in R-parity violating supersymmetry are constrained to M/λ>0.3–1.4 TeV. A search for low scale quantum gravity effects in models with large extra dimensions provides limits on the effective Planck scale of MS>0.8 TeV. A form factor analysis yields a bound on the radius of light quarks of Rq<1.0×10−18 m.

In order to improve the capability for investigating the living human brain using positron emission tomography with regard to blood flow, metabolism and receptor characteristics for small structures such as cortical sublayers and nuclei, the spatial resolution has to be improved relative to what is available today. A spatial resolution of 2 mm or less in all three dimensions may be necessary to reach these research goals. In order to meet this goal a new next generation high resolution 3D-only LSO brain PET has been developed at CTI. The HRRT (High Resolution Research Tomograph) is not only the first LSO PET for human studies it is also the first PET with full DOI capability over an extended FOV. The HRRT has been delivered to the MPI Cologne in February 1999 and is presently being optimized in terms of energy discrimination, crystal positioning, coincidence timing and PSD to achieve optimal system performance with respect to resolution, count rate efficiency and scatter. The panel detector setup with its new setup challenges is still under development and investigations. First evaluation measurements are presently obtained. The measurements promise an excellent high resolution performance with a high count rate capability of the HRRT. The high random rates and the SF fraction measurements underline the necessity for a short coincidence time window and an improved energy resolution for such an in the images reveal a not yet optimized system setup and reconstruction parameters. The authors believe the results demonstrate the high capability of the new brain tomograph and justify the excitement for the first LSO tomograph with DOI capability for human brain investigations and the new scintillator LSO, superior for coincidence timing and energy resolution.

A search has been performed for the production of charged Higgs bosons in e+ e− annihilation at center of mass energies up to 46.8 GeV. From the absence of both hadronic and leptonic decay signatures, we exclude them up to a mass of 19 GeV/c2 independent of the hadronic and leptonic branching ratios.

Results on the dominant decays of τ leptons produced in e+e− interactions at √s=34 GeV are presented. We obtain the branching ratios BR(τ → ϱv)=0.228 ± 0.033, BR(τ → πv)=0.099 ± 0.021, BR(τ → evv)=0.183 ± 0.031 , BR(τ → μvv)=0.176+- 0.033. From the laboratory momentum spectra of the observed decay products we determined the τ polarization asymmetry to (1 ± 22)% and thereby derive limits for the vector coupling constant υτ of the τ to the weak neutral current. Tests on university and factorization are discussed.

A search for single photons, produced in e+e− collisions together with particles interacting only weakly with matter, has been performed using the CELLO detector operating at the PETRA storage ring. From the absence of any signal, an upper limit is set at 15 (90% CL) on the number of light neutrino species, and lower limits on various supersymmetric particle masses are derived. For massless photinos, mass degenerate scalar partners of the left- and right-handed electrons are excluded below 37.7 GeV/c2 (90% CL).

A search for single photons, produced in e+e− collisions together with particles interacting only weakly with matter, has been performed using the CELLO detector at the PETRA storage ring. We report on results from data taken at 35 GeV < √s<46.57 GeV. An upper limit of 8.7 (90% CL) on the number of light neutrino species is set. Combining our result with published results from other e+e− experiments the number of light neutrinos is limited to Nv < 4.6 at 90% CL. We also set lower limits on the masses of supersymmetric particles.

Hadronic events obtained with the CELLO detector at PETRA were compared with first-order QCD predictions using two different models for the fragmentation of quarks and gluons, the Hoyer model and the Lund model. Both models are in reasonable agreement with the data, although they do not completely reproduce the details of many distributions. Several methods have been applied to determine the strong coupling constant αS. Although within one model the value of αS varies by 20% among the different methods, the values determined using the Lund model are 30% or more larger (depending on the method used) than the values determined with the Hoyer model. Our results using the Hoyer model are in agreement with previous results based on this approach.

We have measured at PETRA the process eγ → e + hadrons at an average Q2 value of 9 GeV2/c2. The total number of observed events attributed to this process is 215. Our data are compared to calculations based on the estimation of the photon structure function F2 in the quark parton model and in QCD.

The differential cross sections of the reactions e+e− → e+e− and e+e− → λλ are measured at energies between 33.0 and 36.7 GeV. The results agree with the predictions of quantum electrodynamics. A comparison with the standard model of electroweak interaction yields sin2θW = 0.25 ± 0.13.

We have measured the reaction e+e− → e+e− at the ϒ Using athe excess of electron pairs over the QED expectation we obtain an electronic branching ratio of Bee = (5.1 ± 3.0) %. Combining this with publishe values of the muonic branching ratio Bμμ we conclude that the ϒ is a narrow state with a total width < 180 keV at 95% C.L.

We have performed a search for narrow resonances in the center of mass energy range from 29.90 to 31.46 GeV using the e+e− storage ring PETRA at DESY. We present the total cross section for hadron production and an upper limit for resonance production, indicating that no bound state of charge-23 quarks exists in this energy range.

The spin rotation method was used to determine the nuclear g factor of the 175 keV state of 71Ge and the hyperfine fields of 71Ge in Fe and Ni. The measurements yielded g=+0.406±0.004, HHf(Fe)=+70.0± ±3.0 kG and HHf(Ni)=+33.0±1.5 kG.

Quasi-elastic (z>0.95) photo-production of ψ(2S) mesons has been observed at HERA for photon-proton centre-of-mass energies in the range 40 to 160 GeV. The ψ(2S) mesons were identified through their decays to ℓ+ℓ−, and to J/ψπ+π−, where the J/ψ subsequently decays to ℓ+ℓ−, the lepton ℓ being either a muon or an electron. The cross-section for quasi-elastic photoproduction was measured to be (18.0±2.8(stat)±3.0(syst)) nb at a photon-proton centre-of-mass energy of 80 GeV. The ratio of the ψ(2S) to J/ψ quasi-elastic cross-sections is (0.150±0.027(stat)±0.022(syst)).

Internal jet structure in dijet production in deep-inelastic scattering is measured with the H1 detector at HERA. Jets with transverse energies ET,Breit > 5 GeV are selected in the Breit frame employing k⊥ and cone jet algorithms. In the kinematic region of ssquared momentum transfers 10 < Q2 ⪅s 120 GeV2 and Bjorken−x values 2 < 10−4 ⪅ xBj ⪅ 8 × 10−3, jet shapes and subjet multiplicities are measured as a function of a resolution parameter. Distributions of both observables are corrected for detector effects and presented as functions of the transverse jet energy and jet pseudo-rapidity. Dependences of the jet shape and the average number of subjets on the transverse energy and the pseudo-rapidity of the jet are observed. With increasing transverse jet energies and decreasing pseudo-rapidities, i.e. towards the photon hemisphere, the jets are more collimated. QCD models give a fair description of the data.

Three-jet production is studied for the first time in deep-inelastic positron-proton scattering. The measurement carried out with the H1 detector at HERA covers a large range of four-momentum transfer squared 5 < Q^2 < 5000 GeV^2 and invariant three-jet masses 25 < M_(3jet) < 140 GeV. Jets are defined by the inclusive k_T algorithm in the Breit frame. The size of the three-jet cross section and the ratio of the three-jet to the dijet cross section R_(3/2) are described over the whole phase space by the predictions of perturbative QCD in next-to-leading order. The shapes of angular jet distributions deviate significantly from a uniform population of the available phase space but are well described by the QCD calculation.

Using the CELLO detector at PETRA a search has been made for excited leptons by studying e+e− interactions which yield l+l− γγ, l+l− γ and γγ final states, where l=e,μorτ. Good agreement with QED is observed and new limits are set on e∗, μ∗, and τ∗ production.

A search for contributions to the reaction ep→eπ0N∗ from photon–odderon fusion in the photoproduction regime at HERA is reported, at an average photon–proton centre-of-mass energy 〈W〉=215 GeV. The measurement proceeds via detection of the π0 decay photons, a leading neutron from the N∗ decay, and the scattered electron. No π0 signal is observed and an upper limit on the cross section for the photon–odderon fusion process of σ(γp→π0N∗)<49 nb at the 95% confidence level is derived, integrated over the experimentally accessible range of the squared four-momentum transfer at the nucleon vertex 0.02<|t|<0.3 GeV2. This excludes a recent prediction from a calculation based on a non-perturbative QCD model of a photon–odderon fusion cross section above 200 nb.

The helicity structure of the diffractive electroproduction of ρ mesons, e+p→e+ρ+Y, is studied in a previously unexplored region of large four-momentum transfer squared at the proton vertex, t: 0<t′<3 GeV2, where t′=|t|−|t|min. The data used are collected with the H1 detector at HERA in the kinematic domain 2.5<Q2<60 GeV2, 40<W<120 GeV. No t dependence of the r0400 spin density matrix element is found. A significant t dependent helicity non-conservation from the virtual photon to the ρ meson is observed for the spin density matrix element combinations r500+2r511 and r100+2r111. These t dependences are consistently described by a perturbative QCD model based on the exchange of two gluons.

Results are presented on the photoproduction of isolated prompt photons, inclusively and associated with jets, in the γp center of mass energy range 142 < W < 266 GeV.The cross sections are measured for the transverse momentum range of the photons 5 < E γ T < 10 GeV and for associated jets with E jet T > 4.5 GeV.They are measured differentially as a function of E γ T , E jet T , the pseudorapidities η γ and η jet and estimators of the momentum fractions x γ and x p of the incident photon and proton carried by the constituents participating in the hard process.In order to further investigate the underlying dynamics, the angular correlation between the prompt photon and the jet in the transverse plane is studied.Predictions by perturbative QCD calculations in next to leading order are about 30% below the inclusive prompt photon data after corrections for hadronisation and multiple interactions, but are in reasonable agreement with the results for prompt photons associated with jets.Comparisons with the predictions of the event generators PYTHIA and HERWIG are also presented.