Exclusive and kinematically complete high-statistics measurements of quasifree polarized np scattering have been performed in the energy region of the narrow resonance-like structure d * with 2 I(J P ) = 0(3 + ), M ≈ 2380 MeV and Γ ≈ 70 MeV observed recently in the double-pionic fusion channels pn → dπ 0 π 0 and pn → dπ + π − . The experiment was carried out with the WASA detector setup at COSY having a polarized deuteron beam impinged on the hydrogen pellet target and utilizing the quasifree process dp → np + pspectator. This allowed the np analyzing power, Ay, to be measured over a broad angular range. The obtained Ay angular distributions deviate systematically from the current SAID SP07 NN partial-wave solution. Incorporating the new Ay data into the SAID analysis produces a pole in the 3 D3 − 3 G3 waves in support of the d * resonance hypothesis.

Exclusive measurements of the quasi-free np → npπ 0 π 0 reaction have been performed by means of dp collisions at T d = 2.27 GeV using the WASA detector setup at COSY. Total and differential cross sections have been obtained covering the energy region √ s = (2.35-2.46) GeV, which includes the region of the ABC effect and its associated d * (2380) resonance. Adding the d * resonance amplitude to that for the conventional processes leads to a reasonable description of the data. The observed resonance effect in the total cross section is in agreement with the predictions of Fäldt and Wilkin as well with those of Albadajedo and Oset. The ABC effect, i.e. the low-mass enhancement in the π 0 π 0 -invariant mass spectrum, is found to be very modest -if present at all, which might pose a problem to some of its interpretations.

New data on quasifree polarized neutron-proton scattering, in the region of the recently observed d * resonance structure, have been obtained by exclusive and kinematically complete high-statistics measurements with WASA at COSY. This paper details the determination of the beam polarization, 2 checks of the quasifree character of the scattering process, on all obtained Ay angular distributions and on the new partial-wave analysis, which includes the new data producing a resonance pole in the 3 D3-3 G3 coupled partial waves at (2380±10−i40±5) MeV -in accordance with the d * dibaryon resonance hypothesis. The effect of the new partial-wave solution on the description of total and differential cross section data as well as specific combinations of spin-correlation and spin-transfer observables available from COSY-ANKE measurements at T d = 2.27 GeV is discussed.

We have investigated the growth of superconductive thin films of magnesium diboride (MgB2) by molecular-beam epitaxy. A Si(111) substrate with a seed layer of MgO was used for the growth of these films by varying parameters such as the growth temperature, Mg:B flux ratio and deposition rate as well as the background pressure. It was found that highly crystallized films could already form at 250 °C; however, only in a narrow window of growth parameters. The highest critical temperature of 35.2 K with a sharp transition (ΔTC of 0.5 K) was observed for films grown at 300 °C. Using a capping layer of MgO proved to be highly beneficial for the preservation and the smoothness of these films. Together with the fact that MgO proved to be a good seed layer for thin films of MgB2 makes it an ideal candidate for growing all epitaxial MgB2 Josephson junctions.

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