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Self-dual formulations of d=3 gravity theories in the path-integral framework
We study the connection, at the quantum level, between d=2+1 dimensional
self-dual models with actions of growing (from first to fourth) order,
governing the dynamics of helicity +2 (or -2) massive excitations. We obtain
identities between generating functionals of the different models using the
path-integral framework, this allowing to establish dual maps among relevant
vacuum expectation values. We check consistency of these v.e.v.'s with the
gauge invariance gained in each mapping.Comment: 26 pages. LaTeX. Minor changes. Published in Int. J Modern Phys. A;
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Critical point symmetries in boson-fermion systems. The case of shape transition in odd nuclei in a multi-orbit model
We investigate phase transitions in boson-fermion systems. We propose an
analytically solvable model (E(5/12)) to describe odd nuclei at the critical
point in the transition from the spherical to -unstable behaviour. In
the model, a boson core described within the Bohr Hamiltonian interacts with an
unpaired particle assumed to be moving in the three single particle orbitals
j=1/2,3/2,5/2. Energy spectra and electromagnetic transitions at the critical
point compare well with the results obtained within the Interacting Boson
Fermion Model, with a boson-fermion Hamiltonian that describes the same
physical situation.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press
Intrinsic structure of two-phonon states in the interacting boson model
A general study of excitations up to two-phonon states is carried out using
the intrinsic-state formalism of the Interacting Boson Model (IBM). Spectra and
transitions for the different dynamical symmetries are analyzed and the
correspondence with states in the laboratory frame is established. The
influence of multi-phonon states is discussed. The approach is useful in
problems where the complexity of the IBM spectrum renders the analysis in the
laboratory frame difficult.Comment: 22 pages, TeX (ReVTeX). 7 eps figures. Submitted to Nucl. Phys.
Evidence of strong dynamic core excitation in C resonant break-up
The resonant break-up of C on protons measured at RIKEN [Phys. Lett. B
660, 320 (2008)] is analyzed in terms of a valence-core model for C
including possible core excitations. The analysis of the angular distribution
of a prominent peak appearing in the relative-energy spectrum could be well
described with this model and is consistent with the previous assignment of
for this state. Inclusion of core-excitation effects are found to be
essential to give the correct magnitude of the cross section for this state. By
contrast, the calculation assuming an inert C core is found to largely
underestimate the data.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, to be submitte
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