The second week of the International Workshop on Parity Violation in
Atomic, Nuclear, and Hadronic Systems focussed on Nuclear and Hadronic
Systems. However, it is to be noted that hadronic parity violation
(due to W- and Z-boson exchanges between the quarks) also plays a role
in
electron-nucleus parity violation as embedded in the axial form factor
corrections. The recommendations that follow below with regards to
future experimental and theoretical efforts are the result of lengthy
discussions and present consensus expressions.
* There exist at present an inconsistency between the value
of the weak
pion-nucleon coupling constant f^{1}_\pi as deduced
from the circular
polarization of the 1.081 MeV gamma-rays from the
decay of the
well-known parity mixed doublet in ^{18}F (for which
the nuclear
structure is adequately known) and as deduced from
the anapole moment
of ^{133}Cs. One notes that there are several experiments
which have
measured the circular polarization of the 1.081
MeV gamma-rays from
^{18}F, giving results in mutual agreement:
Recommendation - Proceed vigorously with the measurement
of the
************** gamma-ray asymmetry in
\vec n + p \rightarrow d +
\gamma, an experiment presently being mounted at
LANSCE.
- Proceed rapidly with the measurement of
\vec \gamma + d \rightarrow n + p at 5 to 6 MeV above
threshold. Also consider seriously the possibility of
a measurement closer to threshold which is sensitive
to the weak rho- and omega-meson-nucleon coupling
constants. Initial measurements are presently ongoing
with the CEBAF injector at Jefferson Laboratory.
* The TRIUMF proton-proton parity violation experiment has
obtained a
result for the longitudinal analyzing power A_z,
at an incident energy
(221 MeV) where only the weak rho-nucleon coupling
constant plays a
role. Together with the low energy proton-proton
results for A_z from
SIN (now Paul Scherrer Institute) and the University
of Bonn,
constraints can now be imposed on both the weak
rho-nucleon and
omega-nucleon coupling constants. However, the 221
MeV result, being
close to the zero-crossing of A_z, has presently
a larger fractional
error than the low energy results:
Recommendation - Proceed vigorously to improve both
the statistical
************** and systematic errors
of the 221 MeV TRIUMF
experiment in order to arrive at a fractional error
comparable to that of the low energy results. The
221 MeV experiment MUST be completed with a most
significant determination of the weak rho-nucleon
coupling constant.
- Give serious consideration to a further 450 MeV
experiment to establish the energy dependence and
to determine the possible role of intermediate \Delta
Isobar contributions to the conventional one-boson
exchange model for the weak hadronic interaction.
* The 5.1 GeV proton-nucleus (water target) parity violation
experiment
performed with the ZGS of Argonne National Laboratory
stands with a
result more than ten times larger than what is expected
applying
simple scaling arguments. The result is left unexplained
both
experimentally and theoretically:
Recommendation - Perform a proton-proton parity violation
experiment
************** measuring A_z as close
as possible to 5.1 GeV.
* A combination of the parity violating neutron spin rotation
in ^{4}He
and the parity violating longitudinal analyzing
power in proton-^{4}He
elastic scattering provides another determination
of the weak
pion-nucleon coupling constant f^{1}_\pi:
Recommendation - Complete the parity violating neutron
spin rotation
************** measurement on ^{4}He,
currently in progress at NIST,
as expediently as possible.
- Give serious consideration to mounting a parity
violating neutron spin rotation measurement on
hydrogen as it provides a more direct determination
of f^{1}_\pi.
* There are various unresolved questions regarding the semi-leptonic
and non-leptonic weak decays of the hyperons, e.g.,
the \Lambda.
A new approach is to measure the cross section and
longitudinal
analyzing power for the reaction \vec p n \rightarrow
p \Lambda.
Due to the smallness of the cross section (~ 10^{-13}
times the
elastic scattering cross section) ingenious and
novel experimental
techniques are required:
Recommendation - Strong encouragement is given to
proceed with the
************** current efforts at RCNP
of Osaka University to
measure \vec n p \rightarrow p \Lambda.
* There are still experimental questions regarding the anapole
moments
of ^{133}Cs and ^{205}Tl. Clearly experimental verification
by
another independent measurement is very essential,
in particular as
it relates to f^{1}_\pi:
Recommendation - Further measurements of the anapole
moments are
************** essential for the progress
of this subfield.
* Theoretical considerations regarding all of the above
mentioned
experimental efforts were discussed at great length.
It was noted
that in the low energy region, up to the present,
most successful
has been the meson exchange model theoretical description
of nuclear
parity violation of Desplanques, Donoghue, and Holstein
(DDH), based
on their paper of some twenty years ago. Clearly,
with the new
generation of precision parity violation experiments
one expects
a great deal more in terms of theoretical efforts:
Recommendation - Refine and update the calculations
of parity
************** violating observables
in both the meson exchange
model and the chiral perturbation theory approach.
The meson exchange model calculations allow a more
direct comparison with experimental observables involving
more than 2 or 3 nucleons or at high momentum transfers,
while the chiral perturbation theory approach may
allow more QCD insight to be obtained.
- Recast the DDH language for measuring the short range
weak meson-nucleon coupling constants in terms of
measuring effective short range parity violating N-N
interactions. This is necessary because of important
ambiguities and inconsistencies in the treatment of
the strong interaction. For instance the rho-meson,
exchanged in one-boson exchange models of the N-N
interaction, represents multiple meson exchanges as
an effective single boson.
- Apply the understanding of hadronic parity violation
to the calculation of electroweak radiative
corrections. These radiative corrections are embedded
in the axial form factor contributions to electron-
proton and deuteron parity violating asymmetries,
e.g., in the SAMPLE and G0 experiments.
- Perform lattice calculations of f^{1}_\pi or related
quantities including chiral extrapolations.
Study the neutral and charged current contributions
to f^{1}_\pi.
- Perform self consistent calculations that include
\Delta Isobar contributions to interpret proton-
proton parity violation measurements above the
threshold for pion production.
- Study a possible density dependence of the parity
violating interactions and the resulting weak meson
exchange currents. What about parity violating
three-body forces.
- Once the current controversy regarding f^{1}_\pi has
been resolved perform improved calculations of the
^{133}Cs and other anapole moments.
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