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Superscaling and Neutral Current Quasielastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering beyond the Relativistic Fermi Gas Model
The superscaling analysis is extended to include quasielastic (QE) scattering
via the weak neutral current of neutrinos and antineutrinos from nuclei. The
scaling function obtained within the coherent density fluctuation model (used
previously in calculations of QE inclusive electron and charge-changing (CC)
neutrino scattering) is applied to neutral current neutrino and antineutrino
scattering with energies of 1 GeV from C with a proton and neutron
knockout (u-channel inclusive processes). The results are compared with those
obtained using the scaling function from the relativistic Fermi gas model and
the scaling function as determined from the superscaling analysis (SuSA) of QE
electron scattering.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, published in Phys. Rev.
Superscaling in dilute Fermi gas and its relation to general properties of the nucleon momentum distribution in nuclei
The superscaling observed in inclusive electron scattering is described
within the dilute Fermi gas model with interaction between the particles. The
comparison with the relativistic Fermi gas (RFG) model without interaction
shows an improvement in the explanation of the scaling function in
the region , where the RFG result is . It is found
that the behavior of for depends on the particular
form of the general power-law asymptotics of the momentum distribution
at large . The best agreement with the empirical
scaling function is found for in agreement with the asymptotics
of in the coherent density fluctuation model where . Thus,
superscaling gives information about the asymptotics of and the NN
forces.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Scaling Function, Spectral Function and Nucleon Momentum Distribution in Nuclei
The link between the scaling function extracted from the analysis of (e,e')
cross sections and the spectral function/momentum distribution in nuclei is
revisited. Several descriptions of the spectral function based on the
independent particle model are employed, together with the inclusion of nucleon
correlations, and effects of the energy dependence arising from the width of
the hole states are investigated. Although some of these approaches provide
rough overall agreement with data, they are not found to be capable of
reproducing one of the distinctive features of the experimental scaling
function, namely its asymmetry. However, the addition of final-state
interactions, incorporated in the present study using either relativistic mean
field theory or via a complex optical potential, does lead to asymmetric
scaling functions in accordance with data. The present analysis seems to
indicate that final-state interactions constitute an essential ingredient and
are required to provide a proper description of the experimental scaling
function.Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
String Nature of Confinement in (Non-)Abelian Gauge Theories
Recent progress achieved in the solution of the problem of confinement in
various (non-)Abelian gauge theories by virtue of a derivation of their string
representation is reviewed. The theories under study include QCD within the
so-called Method of Field Correlators, QCD-inspired Abelian-projected theories,
and compact QED in three and four space-time dimensions. Various
nonperturbative properties of the vacua of the above mentioned theories are
discussed. The relevance of the Method of Field Correlators to the study of
confinement in Abelian models, allowing for an analytical description of this
phenomenon, is illustrated by an evaluation of field correlators in these
models.Comment: 100 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures, 1 table, based on the Ph.D. thesises
at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1999) (available under
http://dochost.rz.hu-berlin.de) and the Institute of Theoretical and
Experimental Physics, Moscow (2000), new results are included, extended with
respect to the journal versio
Superscaling and Charge-Changing Neutrino Scattering from Nuclei in the -Region beyond the Relativistic Fermi Gas Model
The superscaling analysis using the scaling function obtained within the
coherent density fluctuation model is extended to calculate charge-changing
neutrino and antineutrino scattering on C at energies from 1 to 2 GeV
not only in the quasielastic but also in the delta excitation region. The
results are compared with those obtained using the scaling functions from the
relativistic Fermi gas model and from the superscaling analysis of inclusive
scattering of electrons from nuclei.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Curvature Expansion for the Gluodynamics String including Perturbative Gluonic Contributions
Perturbation theory in the nonperturbative QCD vacuum and the non-Abelian
Stokes theorem, representing a Wilson loop in the SU(2) gluodynamics as an
integral over all the orientations in colour space, are applied to a derivation
of the correction to the string effective action in the lowest order in the
coupling constant . This correction is due to the interaction of
perturbative gluons with the string world sheet and affects only the coupling
constant of the rigidity term, while its contribution to the string tension of
the Nambu-Goto term vanishes. The obtained correction to the rigidity coupling
constant multiplicatively depends on the colour "spin" of the representation of
the Wilson loop under consideration and a certain path integral, which includes
the background Wilson loop average.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, no figure
A three-dimensional scalar field theory model of center vortices and its relation to k-string tensions
In d=3 SU(N) gauge theory, we study a scalar field theory model of center
vortices that furnishes an approach to the determination of so-called k-string
tensions. This model is constructed from string-like quantum solitons
introduced previously, and exploits the well-known relation between string
partition functions and scalar field theories in d=3. Center vortices
corresponding to magnetic flux J (in units of 2\pi /N) are composites of J
elementary J=1 constituent vortices that come in N-1 types, with repulsion
between like constituents and attraction between unlike constituents. The
scalar field theory involves N scalar fields \phi_i (one of which is
eliminated) that can merge, dissociate, and recombine while conserving flux mod
N. The properties of these fields are deduced directly from the corresponding
gauge-theory quantum solitons. Every vacuum Feynman graph of the theory
corresponds to a real-space configuration of center vortices. We study
qualitatively the problem of k-string tensions at large N, whose solution is
far from obvious in center-vortex language. We construct a simplified dynamical
picture of constituent-vortex merging, dissociation, and recombination, which
allows in principle for the determination of vortex areal densities and
k-string tensions. This picture involves point-like "molecules" (cross-sections
of center vortices) made of constituent "atoms" that combine and disassociate
dynamically in a d=2 test plane . The vortices evolve in a Euclidean "time"
which is the location of the test plane along an axis perpendicular to the
plane. A simple approximation to the molecular dynamics is compatible with
k-string tensions that are linear in k for k<< N, as naively expected.Comment: 21 pages; RevTeX4; 4 .eps figure
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