Josephson oscillation of a superfluid Fermi gas

Using the complete numerical solution of a time-dependent three-dimensional mean-field model we study the Josephson oscillation of a superfluid Fermi gas (SFG) at zero temperature formed in a combined axially-symmetric harmonic plus one-dimensional periodic optical-lattice (OL) potentials after displacing the harmonic trap along the axial OL axis. We study the dependence of Josephson frequency on the strength of the OL potential. The Josephson frequency decreases with increasing strength as found in the experiment of Cataliotti et al. [Science 293 (2001) 843] for a Bose-Einstein condensate and of the experiment of Pezze et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 120401] for an ideal Fermi gas. We demonstrate a breakdown of Josephson oscillation in the SFG for a large displacement of the harmonic trap. These features of Josephson oscillation of a SFG can be tested experimentally.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure

Electrostatic image effects for counter-ions between charged planar walls

We study the effect of dielectric inhomogeneities on the interaction between two planparallel charged surfaces with oppositely charged mobile charges in between. The dielectric constant between the surfaces is assumed to be different from the dielectric constant of the two semiinfinite regions bounded by the surfaces, giving rise to electrostatic image interactions. We show that on the weak coupling level the image charge effects are generally small, making their mark only in the second order fluctuation term. However, in the strong coupling limit, the image effects are large and fundamental. They modify the interactions between the two surfaces in an essential way. Our calculations are particularly useful in the regime of parameters where computer simulations would be difficult and extremely time consuming due to the complicated nature of the long range image potentials.Comment: 21 pages, 8 figure

Electromagnetic form factors of the baryon octet in the perturbative chiral quark model

We apply the perturbative chiral quark model at one loop to analyze the electromagnetic form factors of the baryon octet. The analytic expressions for baryon form factors, which are given in terms of fundamental parameters of low-energy pion-nucleon physics (weak pion decay constant, axial nucleon coupling, strong pion-nucleon form factor), and the numerical results for baryon magnetic moments, charge and magnetic radii are presented. Our results are in good agreement with experimental data.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Eur. Phys. J.

Emergence of superfluid transport in a dynamical system of ultracold atoms

The dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate is studied theoretically in a combined periodic plus harmonic external potential. Different dynamical regimes of stable and unstable collective dipole and Bloch oscillations are analysed in terms of a quantum mechanical pendulum model. Nonlinear interactions are shown to counteract quantum-mechanical dephasing and lead to phase-coherent, superfluid transport

Modelling nucleon-nucleon scattering above 1 GeV

Motivated by the recent measurement of proton-proton spin-correlation parameters up to 2.5 GeV laboratory energy, we investigate models for nucleon-nucleon (NN) scattering above 1 GeV. Signatures for a gradual failure of the traditional meson model with increasing energy can be clearly identified. Since spin effects are large up to tens of GeV, perturbative QCD cannot be invoked to fix the problems. We discuss various theoretical scenarios and come to the conclusion that we do not have a clear phenomenological understanding of the spin-dependence of the NN interaction above 1 GeV.Comment: 36 pages, 8 figure

Suppression of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76 TeV

Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of primary charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}$ = 2.76 TeV have been measured by the ALICE Collaboration at the LHC. The data are presented for central and peripheral collisions, corresponding to 0-5% and 70-80% of the hadronic Pb-Pb cross section. The measured charged particle spectra in $|\eta|<0.8$ and $0.3 < p_T < 20$ GeV/$c$ are compared to the expectation in pp collisions at the same $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$, scaled by the number of underlying nucleon-nucleon collisions. The comparison is expressed in terms of the nuclear modification factor $R_{\rm AA}$. The result indicates only weak medium effects ($R_{\rm AA} \approx$ 0.7) in peripheral collisions. In central collisions, $R_{\rm AA}$ reaches a minimum of about 0.14 at $p_{\rm T}=6$-7GeV/$c$ and increases significantly at larger $p_{\rm T}$. The measured suppression of high-$p_{\rm T}$ particles is stronger than that observed at lower collision energies, indicating that a very dense medium is formed in central Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC.Comment: 15 pages, 5 captioned figures, 3 tables, authors from page 10, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/98

Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76 TeV

The first measurement of two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. We observe a growing trend with energy now not only for the longitudinal and the outward but also for the sideward pion source radius. The pion homogeneity volume and the decoupling time are significantly larger than those measured at RHIC.Comment: 17 pages, 5 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 12, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/388

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A Multinational Corporation Microeconomic Model for Exchange Rate and FDITAN You-sheng  ( 1 ) Harmonious Development in West China Based on Constructive PostmodernismYU Yong-yue  ( 11 ) Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in shipyard project investment Risk RecognitionYAO Hui-li, LIAN Chun-guang, LIN Shi-zhong, BAI Jing-xian & SUN Hong-xia  ( 17 ) Malay Women’s Responses to a Changing World: A Feminist Postcolonial Reading of Ellina binti Abdul Majid’s Perhaps in ParadiseSyazliyati Ibrahim, Razanawati Nordin, Nor Aslah Adzmi & Kamaruzaman Jusoff  ( 26 ) Opportunirties to Grab for Malaysian Wowen EntrepreneushipsZuraidah Mohamed Isa & Kamaruzaman Jusoff  ( 35 ) The Influence of Gender and Social Economic Status on Boarding School Students’ English Language PerformanceSamsiah Bidin & Kamaruzaman Jusoff  ( 41 ) Study on Pragmatic Functions of Gender Terms in Japanese ConversationLI Hui-qing  ( 48 ) When Will the Mute Swan Sing?On the “Orientalism” and its “False Truth”LIU Huiqing  ( 55 ) Conception of Personal Pronouns in a Multi-Racial SocietyRoszainora Setia, Siti Norliana Ghazali, Aida Mustapha, Kamaruzaman Jusoff & Farhah Abdullah  ( 62 ) Case Study of Factors Affecting Chinese Students’ English Communication PerformanceLIU Ping  ( 70 ) Hamlet’s FemininityGUO De-yan  ( 89 ) Death and Immortality:the Everlasting Themes REN Xiao-chuan  ( 96 ) Impact of Lev Vygotsky on Special EducationWANG Yan-bin  ( 100 ) Develop Venture Capital Industry, Perfect Science and Technology Investment & Financing System in ShenyangZHANG Ya-xin & MA Jing-ting  ( 104

'Unfolding' natural resource-use information systems: fieldwork in Botswana

My research examines the performance of natural resource-use information systems. I question why such systems, despite receiving substantial financial and human investment, appear to have a weak impact on projects, programs, and policy intended for rural poverty alleviation in developing countries. Drawing on my understanding of the process of unfolding introduced by C. West Churchman, and its particular relationship to Habermasian constitutive interests, I reflect on my experiences of using the concept during fieldwork undertaken in Botswana. The concept is found useful on two fronts: first, it provides a purposeful guide for gathering and processing information/knowledge—what I have termed an epistemological intent; second, it provides a useful template for evaluating other information systems; in particular, the role of expertise—what I have termed an ontological intent. The process of unfolding, as I understand it, also provides an invitation for constructive (rather than self-indulgent) personal reflection: what might be termed a constitutive reflexive intent. By making information gathering and knowledge generation less mystical and a more transparent social activity, the conceptual and practical application of the process of unfolding can help toward retrieving inquiry as being a purposeful, openly political, and thereby less deceptive engagement: features which I believe are found particularly wanting in the business of rural development information gathering

Tracking and data system support for Surveyor mission 5, volume 3

Surveyor 5 tracking and data system activities evaluated from planning to final flight stage