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Yun-Hua Chen

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Unified study of $J/ψ\to PV$, $Pγ^{(*)}$ and light hadron radiative processes

Within the framework of the effective Lagrangian approach, we perform a thorough analysis of the $J/ψ\to Pγ(γ^*)$, $J/ψ\to VP$, $V\to Pγ(γ^*)$, $P\to Vγ(γ^*)$ and $P\toγγ(γ^*)$ processes, where $V$ stand for light vector resonances, $P$ stand for light pseudoscalar mesons, and $γ^*$ subsequently decays into lepton pairs. The processes with light pseudoscalar mesons $η$ and $η'$ are paid special attention to and the two-mixing-angle scheme is employed to describe their mixing. The four mixing parameters both in singlet-octet and quark-flavor bases are updated in this work. We confirm that the $J/ψ\to η(η^{\prime})γ^{(*)}$ processes are predominantly dominated by the $J/ψ\to η_c γ^{*} \to η(η^{\prime})γ^{(*)}$ mechanism. Predictions for the $J/ψ\to P μ^+μ^-$ are presented. A detailed discussion on the interplay between electromagnetic and strong transitions in the $J/ψ\to VP$ decays is given.

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Radiative transition processes of light vector resonances in a chiral framework

Within the framework of chiral effective field theory, we study various electromagnetic processes with light vector resonances: $K^{\ast}(892)\to Kγ$, $e^{+}e^{-}\to K^{\ast}(892)K $ and the $ωπγ^\ast$ form factors. With two multiplets of vector resonances being introduced, we fit the decay widths of $K^{\ast0}\to K^{0}γ$, $K^{\ast+}\to K^{+}γ$, and the pertinent measurements from the $e^{+}e^{-}\to K^{\ast \pm}(892)K^{\mp} $ cross sections, such as moduli and relative phases between the isoscalar and isovector components from BABAR collaboration, together with the $ωπ$ form factors from NA60, SND and CLEO collaborations. The values of resonance couplings, masses and widths of the excited vector states $ρ'$ and $ϕ'$ are then determined. The $ω'$-$ϕ'$ mixing angle is discussed and turns out to be quite different from the ideal mixing case. Three sources of $SU(3)$ symmetry breaking effects in the $Γ(K^{\ast}\to Kγ)$ decays are identified and analyzed in detail.

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Study of the material photon and electron background and the liquid argon detector veto efficiency of the CDEX-10 experiment

The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) is located at the China Jinping underground laboratory (CJPL) and aims to directly detect the WIMP flux with high sensitivity in the low mass region. Here we present a study of the predicted photon and electron backgrounds including the background contribution of the structure materials of the germanium detector, the passive shielding materials, and the intrinsic radioactivity of the liquid argon that serves as an anti-Compton active shielding detector. A detailed geometry is modeled and the background contribution has been simulated based on the measured radioactivities of all possible components within the GEANT4 program. Then the photon and electron background level in the energy region of interest (<10^-2 events kg-1 day-1 keV-1 (cpkkd)) is predicted based on Monte Carlo simulations. The simulated result is consistent with the design goal of CDEX-10 experiment, 0.1 cpkkd, which shows that the active and passive shield design of CDEX-10 is effective and feasible.

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Possible $Σ^*(1/2^-)$ in the initial-state polarized $γN\rightarrow K^{+} Σ^*(1385) \rightarrow K^{+} πΛ$ reaction near threshold

By using an effective Lagrangian method, we study the effects of a newly proposed $Σ^*(1/2^-)$ state with mass around 1380 MeV in the initial-state polarized $γN\rightarrow K^{+} Σ^*(1385) \rightarrow K^{+} πΛ$ process near threshold. The theoretical predictions for the helicity cross sections $σ_{3/2}$, $σ_{1/2}$ as well as their ratios, and the angular distributions of $π$ in the $πΛ$ center-of-mass system are given. It is found that assuming $Σ^*(1/2^-)$ exists or not, these physical quantities are distinctly different. So our results could be useful for the investigation of the existence of $Σ^*(1/2^-)$ when the experimental data are available in the future.

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Measurement of Cosmic Ray Flux in China JinPing underground Laboratory

China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL) is the deepest underground laboratory presently running in the world. In such a deep underground laboratory, the cosmic ray flux is a very important and necessary parameter for rare event experiments. A plastic scintillator telescope system has been set up to measure the cosmic ray flux. The performance of the telescope system has been studied using the cosmic ray on the ground laboratory near CJPL. Based on the underground experimental data taken from November 2010 to December 2011 in CJPL, which has effective live time of 171 days, the cosmic ray muon flux in CJPL is measured to be (2.0+-0.4)*10^(-10)/(cm^2)/(s). The ultra-low cosmic ray background guarantees CJPL's ideal environment for dark matter experiment.

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The CDEX-1 1 kg Point-Contact Germanium Detector for Low Mass Dark Matter Searches

The CDEX Collaboration has been established for direct detection of light dark matter particles, using ultra-low energy threshold p-type point-contact germanium detectors, in China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL). The first 1 kg point-contact germanium detector with a sub-keV energy threshold has been tested in a passive shielding system located in CJPL. The outputs from both the point-contact p+ electrode and the outside n+ electrode make it possible to scan the lower energy range of less than 1 keV and at the same time to detect the higher energy range up to 3 MeV. The outputs from both p+ and n+ electrode may also provide a more powerful method for signal discrimination for dark matter experiment. Some key parameters, including energy resolution, dead time, decay times of internal X-rays, and system stability, have been tested and measured. The results show that the 1 kg point-contact germanium detector, together with its shielding system and electronics, can run smoothly with good performances. This detector system will be deployed for dark matter search experiments.

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Analyses of pion-nucleon elastic scattering amplitudes up to $O(p^4)$ in extended-on-mass-shell subtraction scheme

We extend the analysis of elastic pion-nucleon scattering up to $O(p^4)$ level using extended-on-mass-shell subtraction scheme within the framework of covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory. Numerical fits to partial wave phase shift data up to $\sqrt{s}=1.13$ GeV are performed to pin down the free low energy constants. A good description to the existing phase shift data is achieved. We find a good convergence for the chiral series at $O(p^4)$, considerably improved with respect to the $O(p^3)$-level analyses found in previous literature. Also, the leading order contribution from explicit $Δ(1232)$ resonance and partially-included $Δ(1232)$ loop contribution are included to describe phase shift data up to $\sqrt{s}=1.20$ GeV. As phenomenological applications, we investigate chiral correction to the Goldberger-Treiman relation %$Δ_{GT}$ and find that it converges rapidly, and the $O(p^3)$ correction is found to be very small: $\simeq 0.2%$. We also get a reasonable prediction of pion-nucleon sigma term $σ_{πN}$ up to $O(p^4)$ by performing fits including both the pion-nucleon partial wave phase shift data and the lattice QCD data. We report that $σ_{πN}=52\pm7$ MeV from the fit without $Δ(1232)$, and $σ_{πN}=45\pm6$ MeV from the fit with explicit $Δ(1232)$.

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Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of WIMP-nucleon which have been experimentally obtained is about 10^{-7}pb at high mass region and only 10^{-5}pb} at low mass region. China Jin-Ping underground laboratory CJPL is the deepest underground lab in the world and provides a very promising environment for direct observation of dark matter. The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) experiment is going to directly detect the WIMP flux with high sensitivity in the low mass region. Both CJPL and CDEX have achieved a remarkable progress in recent two years. The CDEX employs a point-contact germanium semi-conductor detector PCGe whose detection threshold is less than 300 eV. We report the measurement results of Muon flux, monitoring of radioactivity and Radon concentration carried out in CJPL, as well describe the structure and performance of the 1 kg PCGe detector CDEX-1 and 10kg detector array CDEX-10 including the detectors, electronics, shielding and cooling systems. Finally we discuss the physics goals of the CDEX-1, CDEX-10 and the future CDEX-1T detectors.

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Study of η-η' mixing from radiative decay processes

We perform a thorough analysis of the VPγ(γ*) and Pγγ(γ*) decays in the resonance chiral theory, where V stand for the vector resonances ρ, K*, ω, ϕ, P stand for π, K, η, η' and γ* subsequently decays into lepton pairs. Upon imposing QCD short-distance constraints on resonance couplings, the ω-> πγ(γ*), ρ-> πγ(γ*), K^{*0} -> K^0γprocesses only depend on one free parameter and π-> γγ(γ*) can be completely predicted. The four mixing parameters of the η-η' system, i.e. two mixing angles \theta8, \theta0 and two decay constants F8, F0, are determined from radiative decays involving ηor η'. The higher order low energy constants of the pseudo-Goldstone Lagrangian in the chiral anomaly sector are predicted by integrating out heavy resonances. We also predict the decay widths of ρ-> πe^+ e^-, η' -> γe^+ e^- and ϕ-> ημ^+ μ^-, which can be compared with the future measurement in these channels.

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