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The results of measurements and the handling procedure of data on the tensor polarization of the deuteron beam arising as the beam passes through matter obtained at the Nuclotron during the June 2008 run using an extracted unpolarized 5 GeV/c deuteron beam are described. The effect observed is compared with calculations made in the framework of the Glauber multiple-scattering theory.

New experimental results on the ratio Rdp of the quasi-elastic charge-exchange yield at the outgoing proton angle $ \theta_{{p,{\rm Lab}}}^{}$ = 0° for the nd $ \rightarrow$ p(nn) reaction to the elastic np $ \rightarrow$ pn charge-exchange yield are presented. The measurements were carried out at the Nuclotron of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies of the JINR (Dubna) at the neutron beam kinetic energies of 0.55, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 and 2.0GeV. The intense neutron beam with small momentum spread was produced by break-up of deuterons which were accelerated and extracted to the experimental hall. In both reactions mentioned above the outgoing protons with the momenta p p approximately equal to the neutron beam momentum p n, beam were detected in the directions close to the direction of incident neutrons, i.e. in the vicinity of the scattering angle $ \theta_{{p,{\rm Lab}}}^{}$ = 0° . Measured in the same data taking runs, the angular distributions of the charge-exchange reaction products were corrected for the well-known instrumental effects and averaged in the vicinity of the incident neutron beam direction. These corrected angular distributions for every of nd $ \rightarrow$ p(nn) and np $ \rightarrow$ pn charge-exchange processes were proportional to the differential cross-sections of the corresponding reactions. The data were accumulated by the Delta-Sigma set-up magnetic spectrometer with two sets of multiwire proportional chambers located upstream and downstream of the momentum analyzing magnet. Inelastic processes were considerably reduced by the additional detectors surrounding the hydrogen and deuterium targets. The time-of-flight system was applied to identify the detected particles. The new Rdp data are compared with the existing ones, which were obtained below 1GeV, and with the calculations which were made using the phenomenological NN amplitude sets.

The tensor polarization of the deuteron beam arising as deuterons pass through a carbon target was measured. The experiment was performed with an extracted unpolarized 5-GeV/c deuteron beam of the Nuclotron. The effect observed is compared with the calculations made using the Glauber multiple scattering theory.

The experiment on the investigation of the A(d, p)X reaction at the extracted deuteron beam created at the Serpukhov U-70 accelerator is proposed. Precise measurements of the momentum spectra of protons emitted in the (d, p) reaction at an initial deuteron momenta of 20–40 GeV/c can give unique information on the deuteron short-range structure. A manifestation of contribution of nonnucleonic degrees of freedom in the deuteron is entirely possible over this energy range.

The angular dependence of the tensor Ayy and vector Ay analyzing powers in the inelastic scattering of deuterons with a momentum of 9.0 GeV/c on hydrogen and carbon have been measured. The range of measurements corresponds to the baryonic resonance excitation with masses 2.2--2.6 GeV/c^2. The Ayy data being in good agreement with the previous results demonstrate an approximate $t$ scaling up to -1.5 (GeV/c)^2. The large values of A_y show a significant role of the spin-dependent part of the elementary amplitude of the NN->NN* reaction. The results of the experiment are compared with model predictions of the plane-wave impulse approximation.

New data on the vector (Ay) and tensor (Ayy) analyzing powers for the reaction 9Be (d, p)X at a primary deuteron momentum of 5 GeV/c for a proton emission angle of 178 mrad are obtained by using the synchrophasotron of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna). The experimental data on A yy are analyzed within the approach based on light-front dynamics, the relativistic wave function obtained by Karmanov and his colleagues being used for the deuteron. It is shown that, in contrast to what one has from calculations with standard nonrelativistic deuteron wave functions, all relevant data can be explained in this approximation without resort to additional degrees of freedom.

New accurate data of the neutron-proton spin-dependent total-cross-section difference ΔσL(np) at the neutron-beam kinetic energies 1.39, 1.69, 1.89, and 1.99 GeV are presented. In general, these data complete the measurements of energy dependence of ΔσL(np) over the Dubna Synchrophasotron energy region. Measurements were carried out at the Synchrophasotron of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The quasi-monochromatic neutron beam was produced by breakup of extracted polarized deuterons. The deuteron (and hence neutron) polarization direction was flipped every accelerator burst. The initial transverse (with respect to beam momentum) neutron polarization was changed to a longitudinal one and longitudinally polarized neutrons were transmitted through the large proton longitudinally polarized target. The target polarization direction was inverted after one to two days of measurements. Four different combinations of the beam and target parallel and antiparallel polarization directions, both oriented along the neutron-beam momentum, were used at each energy. A fast decrease in −ΔσL(np) with increasing energy above 1.1 GeV and a structure in the energy dependence around 1.8 GeV, first observed from our previous data, seem to be well revealed. The new results are also compared with model predictions and with phase-shift analysis fits. The ΔσL quantities for isosinglet state I = 0, deduced from the measured ΔσL(np) values and known ΔσL(pp) data, are also given. The results of the measurements of unpolarized total cross sections σ0tot(np) at 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 GeV and σ0tot(nC) at 1.4 and 1.5 GeV are presented as well. These data were obtained using the same apparatus and high-intensity unpolarized deuteron beams extracted either from the Synchrophasotron or from the Nuclotron.

The tensor analyzing power A y y in inclusive breakup of 9.0 GeV/c deuterons on hydrogen and carbon has been measured at different emission angles of protons. The data are compared to calculations within the framework of light-front dynamics by using different deuteron wave functions. The results suggest that the relativistic deuteron structure may depend on more than one independent variable.

New accurate data on the neutron-proton spin-dependent total cross section difference Δσ L(np) at the neutron beam kinetic energies 1.4, 1.7, 1.9 and 2.0 GeV are presented. A number of physical and methodical results on investigation of an elasticnp→pn charge exchange process over a few GeV region are also presented. Measurements were carried out at the Synchrophasotron and Nuclotron of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

New accurate results of the neutron-proton spin-dependent total cross section difference $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}(np)$ at the neutron beam kinetic energies 1.39, 1.69, 1.89 and 1.99 GeV are presented. Measurements were carried out in 2001 at the Synchrophasotron of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. A quasi-monochromatic neutron beam was produced by break-up of extracted polarized deuterons. The deuteron (and hence neutron) polarization direction was flipped every accelerator burst. The vertical neutron polarization direction was rotated onto the neutron beam direction and longitudinally (L) polarized neutrons were transmitted through a large proton L-polarized target. The target polarization vector was inverted after 1-2 days of measurements. The data were recorded for four different combinations of the beam and target parallel and antiparallel polarization directions at each energy. A fast decrease of $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}(np)$ with increasing energy above 1.1 GeV was confirmed. The structure in the $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}(np)$ energy dependence around 1.8 GeV, first observed from our previous data, seems to be well pronounced. The new results are also compared with model predictions and with phase shift analysis fits. The $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}$ quantities for isosinglet state I = 0, deduced from the measured $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}(np)$ values and the known $\Delta\sigma_{\mathrm L}(pp)$ data, are also given. The results were completed by the measurements of unpolarized total cross sections $\sigma_{0\mathrm{tot}}(np)$ at 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 GeV and $\sigma_{0\mathrm{tot}}(n$ C) at 1.4 and 1.5 GeV. These data were obtained using the same apparatus and high intensity unpolarized deuteron beams were extracted either from the Synchrophasotron, or from the Nuclotron.

New data on the tensor analyzing power Ayy of the 9 Be (d,p)X reaction at an initial deuteron momentum of 5 GeV/c and a proton detection angle of 178 mr have been obtained at the JINR Synchrophasotron. The data obtained are compared with the relativistic calculations of the deuteron breakup process made in the framework of the light-front dynamics. We have managed to explain the new data with Karmanov's relativistic deuteron wave function without invoking degrees of freedom additional to nucleon ones.

The tensor-analyzing power A yy in inclusive breakup of 4.5 GeV/c deuterons on beryllium has been measured at ∼ 80 mr of the detected proton angle. The analyzing power remains positive up to the highest measured momentum of the proton, that is in definitive contradiction with the predictions of the existing models based on the standard deuteron wave functions. The results suggest that the deuteron structure at short distances may depend on more than one independent variable.

Preliminary results of the ΔσL(np) at 1.4, 1.7, 1.9 and 2.0 GeV are presented. They were obtained during the two data-taking runs at the JINR Dubna Synchrophasotron in 2001 and complete the existing data above 1.1 GeV. The data analysis is in progress. The aim of the present studies is to determine the imaginary and real parts of the np spin-dependent forward scattering amplitudes over this energy range.

The tensor analyzing power Ayy and the vector analyzing power Ay for the inelastic scattering of 4.5-GeV/c deuterons on beryllium nuclei at angle of about 80 mrad are measured in the vicinity of baryon-resonance excitation. These new data, presented as a function of t, comply well with the results of previous 4.5-, 5.5-, and 9-GeV/c measurements at zero angle in overlapping regions of t; all available data are described by a unified dependence on |t| upto about 0.9 (GeV/c)2. The experimental results are compared with the results of calculations performed within the multiple-scattering model and the model involving omega-meson exchange in the t channel.

New data on the spin-dependent np observables measured with quasi-monochromatic polarized neutron beam in the energy region from 1.2 to 3.7 GeV are presented. Further measurements of np scattering observables using the JINR LHE polarization facility (longitudinal and transverse polarized neutron beams and a polarized proton target) are discussed. The aim of these studies is to determine the imaginary and real parts of the forward scattering amplitudes for np and for isospin I=0 systems above 1.1 GeV.

New results for the np spin-dependent total cross section difference Δσp(np) at neutron beam kinetic energies of 1.59, 1.79 and 2.20 GeV are presented. Measurements of the Δσp(np) energy dependence were carried out at the Synchrophasotron of the Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna. The values of ΔσL were measured as a difference between the np total cross sections for parallel and antiparallel beam and target polarizations, both oriented along the beam momentum. A fast decrease of Δσp(np) with increasing energy above 1.1 GeV, as it was first seen from our previous data, was confirmed. The new results are also compared with model predictions and with the phase shift analysis fits. The ΔσL quantities for isosinglet state I=0, deduced from the measured values of Δσp(np) and known Δσp(pp) data, are given.

The tensor analyzing power A yy in inclusive breakup of 9 GeV/c deuterons on carbon has been measured at the detected proton angle of 85 mr. The analyzing power remains positive at the highest measured momentum of the proton in definite contradiction with the predictions of the existing models. The vector analyzing power A y has been obtained simultaneously with A yy .

Data on the tensor and vector analyzing powers (A yy and A y , respectively) in the fragmentation of a 9-GeV/c deuteron on hydrogen and carbon nuclei at high proton transverse momenta are presented. These data are compared with the results of relevant calculations performed within light-front dynamics by using various deuteron wave functions. The best description of the data is attained with the relativistic deuteron wave function derived within field-theory light-front dynamics.

Momentum spectra of protons emitted at angles of 0.103, 0.139 and 0.157 rad in fragmentation of 9 GeV/ c deuterons on 1 H, 2 H and 12 C nuclei have been measured at the JINR synchrophasotron by using a magnetic spectrometer. It is found that the shape of the high-momentum parts of the spectra is defined only by the deuteron structure and the mechanism of deuteron-nucleon interaction and does not depend on a target. The contributions to the differential cross section of the 1 H(d, p)X reaction have been determined, which are conditioned by elastic and inelastic scatterings of deuteron nucleons on a proton, stripping, their interference, and also the excitation of the pion degrees of freedom. In the framework of the light front dynamics, calculations of the proton spectra with the deuteron structure functions for the Paris, Reid soft core, and Bonn potentials have been performed; a better agreement with the experiment is achieved with the deuteron wave function for the Paris potential. A conclusion is made that the nucleons in a deuteron keep their individuality up to relative motion momenta of ∼ 1 GeV/ c .

The measurements of np-spin observables at 0° have been performed for the first time on the Delta-Sigma experimental facility of LHE JINR up to P n = 4.5 GeV/c using the monochromatic neutron beam. They include detailed measurements of the Δσ L(np) spin differences and the study of the np → pn elastic charge-exchange process. In the Δσ L(np) and −Δσ L(I = 0) energy dependencies over the energy region Tkin = 1.2–3.7 GeV the peculiarity at 1.8 GeV was observed. Such energy behavior was predicted by the QCD approach as a signal of the NN → 6q phase transition. For the exhaustive investigation of this effect it is necessary to measure the energy dependence of the complete set of np observables with both longitudinal (L) and transverse (T) polarizations of the neutron beam and proton target. This will allow Direct Reconstruction of all three NN forward Scattering Amplitudes (DRSA) to be performed, and the observed peculiarity to be checked around Tkin = 1.8 GeV and at the higher energies using the Argand diagrams method.

For the first time since the old Synchrophasotron machine was shut down, polarised deuterons have been accelerated at the new SC Nuclotron accelerator. The polarisation of the beam was measured by several polarimeters: after the 10 MeV linac, inside the accelerator ring, and after beam extraction. The high value of the vector polarisation Pz of the deuteron beam during acceleration was confirmed by all polarimetets to be + 0.62 and 0.56. The intensity of the polarised deuteron beam in a short one-turn injection mode (8 ps) was observed to be 1.3*108td/pulse. To increase the intensity of the accelerated polarised beam, multiturn charge exchange injection should be used. A polarised tDion source is required. The existing tD+ source POLARIS was rebuilt as a tDsource. A new plasma tDcharge exchange ionizer was developed and tested. First results of the beam polarisation measurements are presented.

The Ayy data for deuteron inclusive breakup off hydrogen and carbon at a deuteron momentum of 9.0 GeV/c and large Pt of emitted protons are presented. The large values of Ayy independent of the target mass reflect the sensitivity of the data to the deuteron spin structure. The data obtained at fixed $x$ and plotted versus Pt clearly demonstrate the dependence of the deuteron spin structure at short internucleonic distances on two variables. The data are compared with the calculations using Paris, CD-Bonn and Karmanov's deuteron wave functions., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, talk given at the SPIN2004 Conf., 10-16 Oct. 2004, Triest, Italy

The first results of the measurement of 0o of the cross-section ratioR dp=0.50±0.02 in charge-exchange (np) reaction on H2/D2 targets at the neutron beam kinetic energie 1.0 GeV are presented. As a result the value of the ratio of non spin-flip to spin-flip contribution innp→pn charge-exchange at 0o r =0.33±0.03 was obtained.

Tensor Ayy and vector Ay analyzing powers in the inelastic scattering of deuterons with the momentum of 5.0 GeV/c on beryllium at an angle of 178 mr in the vicinity of the excitation of baryonic resonances with masses up to 1.8 GeV/c^2 have been measured. The Ayy data are in a good agreement with the previous data obtained at 4.5 and 5.5 GeV/c. The results of the experiment are compared with the predictions of the plane wave impulse approximation and \omega-meson exchange models., Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures

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Vector Ay and tensor Ayy analyzing powers of the inelastic scattering of deuterons with the momenta of 4.5 GeV/c on 9Be and 9 GeV/c on 1H and 12C at an angle of ∼80 mr in the vicinity of the excitation of baryonic resonances with masses between 1200 and 2200 MeV/c2 have been measured. The values of parameter Ay suggest that the role of the spin‐dependent part of the NN → NN* elementary processes is significant. The new Ayy data are in good agreement with the previous data at 4.5, 5.5 and 9 GeV/c, obtained at a zero angle, in an overlapping region of t. The results of the experiments are compared with the calculations within the PWIA and ω‐meson exchange model. The data obtained show that polarization observables of (d,d′) reaction in the vicinity of the excitation of baryonic resonances may be used to study their properties.

The data on the tensor analyzing power Ayy in the deuteron breakup reaction on hydrogen and nuclei (9Be and 12C) obtained at 9 and 4.5 GeV/c up to proton transverse momenta of ∼900 MeV/c are presented. The data demonstrate an approximate independence on the A-value of the target, as well as on the deuteron initial momentum, when they are plotted versus variables α and pT, that describe the internal motion of nucleons in the deuteron. The results suggest that a deuteron structure function at short distances may depend on more than one independent variable unlike an ordinary wave function.

Preliminary data on the tensor analyzing power A yy in breakup of 9 GeV/c deuterons on hydrogen and carbon nuclei at secondary proton transverse momenta up to ~ 900 MeV/c are presented. The results suggest that a deuteron structure function at short distances can depend on more than one independent variable unlike an ordinary wave function.

The proton spectra resulting from 6.3 GeV/ c deuteron break-up on 1 H, 2 H, C, Al and Bi nuclei were measured at an angle of 103 mr (lab) in the momentum interval from 2.6 to 3.6 GeV/ c . The measurements were made at the JINR synchrophasotron with a one-arm magnetic spectrometer on-line with a computer. The results, apart from the effects of pion production, are reasonably reproduced in the framework of the Glauber multiple scattering model, taking into account the relativistic deformation of the deuteron wave function.

The experimental data on d-d collisions at 4.3, 6.3 and 8.9 GeV/ c , exhibiting the two-peak structure in the high-momentum parts of the secondary deuteron spectra at momentum transfers | t | ≈ 0.4–0.8 (GeV/ c ) 2 , are presented. An analysis of the results in terms of the multiple nucleon-nucleon scattering model is given. Some conclusions about the mechanism of the elastic and quasielastic d-d scattering at the above-mentioned momentum transfers are made.