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Relativistic Effect on Low-Energy Nucleon-Deuteron Scattering
The relativistic effect on differential cross sections, nucleon-to-nucleon
and nucleon-to-deuteron polarization transfer coefficients, and the spin
correlation function, of nucleon-deuteron elastic scattering is investigated
employing several three-dimensional relativistic three-body equations and
several nucleon-nucleon potentials. The polarization transfer coefficients are
found to be sensitive to the details of the nucleon-nucleon potentials and the
relativistic dynamics employed, and prefer trinucleon models with the correct
triton binding energy. (To appear in Phys. Rev. C)Comment: pages: 21, LaTex text + 7 ps-figures at the en
Binding of charmonium with two- and three-body nuclei
The energies of the (eta_c d) and (eta_c 3He) bound states are calculated on
the basis of exact three- and four-body AGS equations. For the eta_c N
interaction a Yukawa-type potential has been adopted. The calculations are done
for a certain range of its strength parameter. The results obtained are quite
different from calculations based on the folding model.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures; added present address of NV
Proton-Deuteron Elastic Scattering from 2.5 to 22.5 MeV
We present the results of a calculation of differential cross sections and
polarization observables for proton-deuteron elastic scattering, for proton
laboratory energies from 2.5 to 22.5 MeV. The Paris potential parametrisation
of the nuclear force is used. As solution method for the charged-composite
particle equations the 'screening and renormalisation approach' is adopted
which allows to correctly take into account the Coulomb repulsion between the
two protons. Comparison is made with the precise experimental data of Sagara et
al. [Phys. Rev. C 50, 576 (1994)] and of Sperison et al. [Nucl. Phys. A422, 81
(1984)].Comment: 24 pages, 8 eps figures, uses REVTe
Precision calculation of within chiral perturbation theory
The reaction is calculated up to order in
chiral perturbation theory, where denotes the ratio of the pion to the
nucleon mass. Special emphasis is put on the role of nucleon--recoil
corrections that are the source of contributions with fractional power in
. Using the known near threshold production amplitude for as the only input, the total cross section for
is described very well. A conservative estimate suggests that the theoretical
uncertainty for the transition operator amounts to 3 % for the computed
amplitude near threshold.Comment: 28 page
Determination of pi-N scattering lengths from pionic hydrogen and pionic deuterium data
The pi-N s-wave scattering lengths have been inferred from a joint analysis
of the pionic hydrogen and the pionic deuterium x-ray data using a
non-relativistic approach in which the pi-N interaction is simulated by a
short-ranged potential. The pi-d scattering length has been calculated exactly
by solving the Faddeev equations and also by using a static approximation. It
has been shown that the same very accurate static formula for pi-d scattering
length can be derived (i) from a set of boundary conditions; (ii) by a
reduction of Faddeev equations; and (iii) through a summation of Feynman
diagrams. By imposing the requirement that the pi-d scattering length,
resulting from Faddeev-type calculation, be in agreement with pionic deuterium
data, we obtain bounds on the pi-N scattering lengths. The dominant source of
uncertainty on the deduced values of the pi-N scattering lengths are the
experimental errors in the pionic hydrogen data.Comment: RevTeX, 20 pages,4 PostScript figure
eta d scattering in the region of the S11 resonance
We have studied the reaction eta d -> eta d close to threshold within a
nonrelativistic three-body formalism. We considered several eta N and NN
models, in particular potentials with separable form, fitted to the low-energy
eta N and NN data to represent the two-body interactions. We found that with
realistic two-body interactions a quasibound state does not exist in this
system, although there is an enhancement of the cross section by one order of
magnitude, in the region near threshold, which is a genuine three-body effect
not predicted within the impulse approximation.Comment: 18 pages Revtex, 2 figure
Factors associated with disease evolution in Greek patients with inflammatory bowel disease
BACKGROUND: The majority of Crohn's disease patients with B1 phenotype at diagnosis (i.e. non-stricturing non-penetrating disease) will develop over time a stricturing or a penetrating pattern. Conflicting data exist on the rate of proximal disease extension in ulcerative colitis patients with proctitis or left-sided colitis at diagnosis. We aimed to study disease evolution in Crohn's disease B1 patients and ulcerative colitis patients with proctitis and left-sided colitis at diagnosis. METHODS: 116 Crohn's disease and 256 ulcerative colitis patients were followed-up for at least 5 years after diagnosis. Crohn's disease patients were classified according to the Vienna criteria. Data were analysed actuarially. RESULTS: B1 phenotype accounted for 68.9% of Crohn's disease patients at diagnosis. The cumulative probability of change in disease behaviour in B1 patients was 43.6% at 10 years after diagnosis. Active smoking (Hazard Ratio: 3.01) and non-colonic disease (non-L2) (Hazard Ratio: 3.01) were associated with behavioural change in B1 patients. Proctitis and left-sided colitis accounted for 24.2%, and 48.4% of ulcerative colitis patients at diagnosis. The 10 year cumulative probability of proximal disease extension in patients with proctitis and left-sided colitis was 36.8%, and 17.1%, respectively (p: 0.003). Among proctitis patients, proximal extension was more common in non-smokers (Hazard Ratio: 4.39). CONCLUSION: Classification of Crohn's disease patients in B1 phenotype should be considered as temporary. Smoking and non-colonic disease are risk factors for behavioural change in B1 Crohn's disease patients. Proximal extension is more common in ulcerative colitis patients with proctitis than in those with left-sided colitis. Among proctitis patients, proximal extension is more common in non-smokers
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