P. D. Thompson

Research summary

Coherent pi+ pi+ pi- production on nuclear targets was used to extract the radiative partial width of the A1 meson. The Primakoff-type electromagnetic component was separated from the strong contribution to the coherent yield, giving Gamma(A1+ -> pi+ gamma) = 640 +/- 246 keV, a factor of 2-3 below quark-model and vector-dominance predictions [1]. The radiative width of the rho meson was measured using coherent pi- pi0 production in the nuclear Coulomb field; analysis with both electromagnetic and strong components gave Gamma(rho- -> pi- gamma) = 67 +/- 7 keV [2]. A second determination using the same Primakoff approach on coherent rho- production gave Gamma(rho- -> pi- gamma) = 71 +/- 7 keV, in agreement with SU(3) predictions [4]. Three solid-state-chemistry papers describe the synthesis and crystallography of strontium scandium borates. Sr3Sc(BO3)3 was reported as a new phase with structural characterisation [7]. A follow-up gave a refined structure for Sr3Sc(BO3)3 [6]. STACK crystal chemistry was developed as a framework for predicting the structures of borate hosts within this family [5]. A textbook chapter on training in the workplace appears in the set as an unrelated contribution to human-resource management literature [3]. The hadron-physics papers in the set form a small but internally consistent programme on light-meson radiative widths through Primakoff-type coherent production, complementing the borate-host crystal-chemistry work.

Recent publications

1. The RHIC magnet system2003 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 88 citationsDOI
2. Evidence for the Electromagnetic Production of theA11984 · Physical Review Letters · 63 citationsDOI
3. Radiative Width of theρ−Meson1980 · Physical Review Letters · 52 citationsDOI
4. Training in the Workplace2000 · 50 citationsDOI
5. The mixed orthoborate pyroborates Sr2Sc2B4O11 and Ba2Sc2B4O11: Pyroborate geometry1991 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry · 46 citationsDOI
6. Radiative decay width of theρ−meson1983 · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 39 citationsDOI
7. STACK Crystal Chemistry1994 · Chemistry of Materials · 32 citationsDOI
8. Structure of Sr3Sc(BO3)31994 · Chemistry of Materials · 31 citationsDOI
9. The new strontium scandium borate Sr3Sc(BO3)31989 · Chemistry of Materials · 28 citationsDOI
10. Evaluation of a model of attention with confirmatory factor analysis.2000 · Neuropsychology · 27 citationsDOI

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