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Hyperon studies in the atlas experiment

Hyperon studies in the atlas experiment. A Talk Given By Homer A. Neal University of Michigan At the 2012 Flavor PHYSICS and CP Violation Conference On behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration. USTC, Hefei, China May 21, 2012. Topics to be Covered. Current Status of the LHC

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Hyperon studies in the atlas experiment

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  1. Hyperon studies in the atlas experiment A Talk Given By Homer A. Neal University of Michigan At the 2012 Flavor PHYSICS and CP Violation Conference On behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration USTC, Hefei, China May 21, 2012

  2. Topics to be Covered • Current Status of the LHC • Flavor, Hyperons, Spin and CP; their relationship • Recent relevant ATLAS observations (with focus on n x strange baryons, using traditional hyperon definition) • L’s in Jets and Fragmentation • Plans to measure ab • Plans for Lb Inclusive Polarization Studies • HQET, PQCD, and Compositeness Tests • Concluding Remarks

  3. Status Update of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

  4. The ATLAS Detector: A Large Camera Taking pictures at a rate of 40 MHz/second and recording pictures at a rate of ~1000/second 46 x 25 x 25 m, 7,000 tons ~3000 collaborators

  5. Energy Target: 8TeV - 2012 14 TeV - 2014

  6. The 2012 Experience

  7. What Physics Are We Pursuing? • We want to find the origin of the large spins in inclusive hyperon production • We want to determine if hyperon polarization at a fixed ptdepends on particle mass • We want to improve knowledge of the Lb lifetime • We want to test parity conservation in the LHC energy regime • We want to test if there are any anomalies in hyperon polarization near x = 0 • We want to explore hyperon polarizations within jets • We want to search for new members of the hyperon family • We want to develop hyperons as spin tools • We want to use spin to test for possible evidence of compositeness

  8. Planned Timeline of b-Physics and Hyperon Studies for Michigan Group Measure Higgs JCP Measure Lambda-b polarization Examine SUSY for neutralino spin evidence Conduct new-particle searches Measure Lambda-b lifetime Make detailed analysis of Boer/Sivers Model Measure Lambda Polarization 3/1/2011 6/30/2012 1/1/2014

  9. J= ½ J=3/2 Hyperon quark structure and polarization properties ? ?

  10. Discovered Discovered Acknowledgement Victoria Martin

  11. Xb Discovery :University of Michigan: a Related Atlas Venture As preparations were being made to measure a in ATLAS a decision was made to reprocess D0 data with a loose L impact parameter cut. That led to a large enough sample to allow us to discover the Xb.11

  12. More Hyperon Members Added in the Past Three YearS! Xb Wb Michigan-led DZERO discoveries in the past three years CDF - Sb

  13. A Hyperon Polarization is Not Just a Leading Particle Effect p p -> H + X Inclusive polarization exists even when no beam valence quarks are directly involved

  14. 0.0 -0.1 Polarization -0.2 Ramberg et al (800 GeV) Lundberg et al (400 GeV) -0.3 1.0 0.0 2.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 Comparison of L Polarizations at 400 and 800 GeV/c How can the polarization at energies four hundred GeV different – still be the same? What fundamental physical barrier has been hit? Pt (GeV/c)

  15. Mystery of the Lo Polarization Plateau What could possibly make the inclusive Lo polarization go to a large negative value and then saturate? No fully satisfactory theory has been proposed Plateau may indeed be due to the dynamics of q/qbar production.

  16. COMPOSITENESS (?):Did the First Observation of Structure in p-p Elastic Polarization Point to the Existence of Quarks in 1966(?) • first appearance of structure in p-p elastic scattering polarization was seen in 1966 by Neal and Longo as the new energy regime of ~ 1 GeV was entered at the Cosmotron • The polarization double-zero observed there has persisted as a feature near this t value up to the to the highest energies explored since • t~-1 (GeV/c)2 also corresponds to break in the fixed angle cross section • The cross section and polarization observations are believed by many to be early evidence for composite nature of the proton Aprile et al, PR D27, 1983, Ek = 579 MeV H. Neal and M.J. Longo, Phys. Rev. 161, 1966; Ek = 1.32 GeV Structure has become even more complex at higher energies – 1, 2 ,3 quarks(?)

  17. Evidence for q-q Scattering in Polarization Processes:Could it be that individual quarks were being seen? • CAN POLARIZATION SEEN IN ONE Q-Q REGION PREDICTS THAT IN SECOND? • Neal and Nielsen proposed in 1974 an explanation for the fractal behavior of p-p polarization as being due to double quark scattering. Adjacent plot has zero free parameters. • In a 2001 Phys. Letter by these authors the behavior of higher t data collected in the interim was found to be consistent with scatters of all 3 quarks in proton • These results suggest consideration of a model of inclusive L production involving u,d scatters; an acid test? p-p DATA USED TO PREDICTS L POLARIZATION Overlay of elastic p-p and “predicted” inclusive lambda polarization data, with simple assumptions about momentum correspondence (Neal/ Coral Gables 2001) Predictions from p-p data Measured L data

  18. J/y LB productionand decay

  19. Xfvs pt Reach in ATLAS Inclusive Hyperon Production 22

  20. Kinematic Limitations in ATLAS:Pluses and Minuses • Because of high energy of LHC, most observed production will be near 90 degrees where symmetry suppresses spin effects • But…. • High jet production permits studies of spin effects inside jets without penalty of 90 degree suppression and provides first look at spin in the fragmentation processes

  21. Lb Decay The most general form of the amplitude for the decay of LbJ/yL is: The coefficients A1 A2 B1 B2 may be calculated from models that utilize the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) with factorization. The model assumptions permit the decay amplitude to be expressed as convolutions of the Lb baryon, Lbaryon and J/y meson distribution amplitudes along with other factors that are calculable via PCQD. The distribution amplitudes are universal and may be extracted from other reactions. Knowledge of M(l) permits the calculation of the asymmetry parameter a , branching rates, and other observables. Comparison of the predictions with experimental data will provide a test of PQCD formalism.

  22. Λb Λ + J/Decay Angular Distribution pdf …decay pdf …. • Information of the Λb polarization is contained in the five-dimensional angular distribution of the decay • Seven unknown parameters (4 complex helicity amplitudes and the polarization, minus constraints of normalization and overall phase) Don’t try to read hep-ph/940531

  23. Cos(q1) Cos(q) Cos(q2) f1 f2 Angular distributions in ATLAS detector Reconstructed angle Generated angle

  24. Test of Ability to Extract Amplitudes (abs) from Angular Distributions • bold values are input to the event generator; other values are those extracted from simulated data using a maximum likelihood approach to fit the entire angular distribution; ( input values derived from QCD model of Chou et al)

  25. Λb Polarization Measurement Precision Estimates with Luminosity of 30 fb-1 spvs polarization sabvs polarization

  26. Pdf Simplification when Pb =0 .. Permitting extraction of a’s and b’s and thus ab

  27. A Test for Compositeness? Suppose a valence constituent in a beam proton strikes a (smaller) constituent in a target b ( temporarily produced as a b-bbar pair in the proton) Suppose that constituent is scattered and acquires a significant polarization to it – since the local x could be large. As the b-quark emerges with constitutents still bound, its overall polarization vs. pt structure could be altered. Of course, such an effect would have not been seen before if the colliding energy had been too small. b-bar and other collision fragments

  28. Required for measuring the Lb Lifetime ratio; Forthcoming paper.

  29. Lambda-b Lifetime

  30. Hyperons in Jets; Comments from author of new approach…. …………………………………….. D. Boer, Transverse Lambda polarization at high energy colliders, PoSDIS2010 (2010) 215, 395 arXiv:1007.3145 [hep-ph].

  31. Seeing Hyperons Inside Jets We see beautiful samples of L in jets; Relevant paper is under Editorial Board review.

  32. Conclusions • There is a rich set of physics questions to be answered via the exploration of b-Physics, CP tests, and the analysis of hyperon physics at the LHC • We have already shown that the detector is prepared to carry out precise studies in this area • The prospect of looking inside jets to examine how the hyperons they contain get polarized is an exciting new window to be explored • Checks should be available soon on the ability of HQET/PQCD to predict the Lb alpha parameter • The interesting question should soon be engaged of how spin effects scale with heavy quark mass

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