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    Coulomb corrections to superallowed beta decay in nuclei

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    Corrections to the superallowed beta decay matrix elements are evaluated in perturbation theory using the notion of the isovector monopole resonance. The calculation avoids the separation into different contributions and thus presents a consistent, systematic and more transparent approach. Explicit expressions for the Coulomb correction as a function of mass number A, are given.Comment: 10 page

    Renormalization of the one-body off-diagonal Coulomb field in nuclei

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    Isospin violation effects in nuclei are investigated within a microscopic approach which takes into account the influence of the residual strong interaction on the Coulomb interaction. The renormalization of the off-diagonal Coulomb field acting within a nucleus, by the residual strong interaction is calculated analytically in a simplified RPA. From the expression for the suppression coefficient of the isospin violating part of the Coulomb field, the isospin violating spreading widths of isobaric analog states are derived. The resulting reduction of the width is in agreement with the data on the isospin symmetry restoration and with some earlier evaluations of the isospin violating spreading widths.Comment: 11 pages, Late

    "Super-radiance" and the width of exotic baryons

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    It is suggested that the narrow width of the recently observed resonance Θ+(1540)\Theta^{+}(1540) with strangeness S=+1S=+1 could be a result of the super-radiance mechanism of the redistribution of the widths of overlapping resonances due to their coupling through common decay channels.Comment: This is an update of the original version submitted on October 08, 2003; it includes consideration of an additional model and one new figur

    Studies of highly-boosted top quarks near the TeV scale using jet masses at the LHC

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    Studies of highly-boosted top quarks produced inclusively in pp collisions at 14 TeV are discussed. The hadronic decays of boosted top quarks was studied in a data-driven approach by analysing shapes of jet-mass distributions. Using Monte Carlo models after a fast detector simulation, it is shown that inclusive production of boosted top quarks can be observed if it has a cross section at least twice larger than the prediction from the approximate next-to-next-to-leading-order (aNNLO) calculation for the ttbar process. The ttbar process with the nominal aNNLO strength can be measured using the masses of jets after a b-tagging.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure

    The Effects of Deformation on Isovector Electromagnetic and Weak Transition Strengths

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    The summed strength for transitions from the ground state of 12C^{12}C via the operators s⃗t,ℓ⃗t,rYâ€Čt,r[Yâ€Čs]λt\vec{s}t, \vec{\ell}t, rY't, r[Y's]^{\lambda}t and r[Yâ€Čℓ]λtr[Y'\ell]^{\lambda}t are calculated using the ΔN=0\Delta N = 0 rotational model. If we choose the z component of the isospin operator tzt_{z}, the above operators are relevant to electromagnetic transitions; if we choose t+t_{+} they are relevant to weak transitions such as neutrino capture. In going from the spherical limit to the asymptotic (oblate) limit the strength for the operator s⃗t\vec{s} t decreases steadily to zero; the strength for the operator ℓ⃗τ\vec{\ell}\tau (scissors mode) increases by a factor of three. For the last three operators - isovector dipole, spin dipole and orbital dipole (including the twist mode) it is shown that the summed strength is independant of deformation. The main difference in the behavior is that for the first two operators we have in-shell transitions whereas for the last three operators the transitions are out of shell.Comment: 14 pages, late

    Widths of Isobaric Analog Resonances: a microscopic approach

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    A self-consistent particle-phonon coupling model is used to investigate the properties of the isobaric analog resonance in 208^{208}Bi. It is shown that quantitative agreement with experimental data for the energy and the width can be obtained if the effects of isospin-breaking nuclear forces are included, in addition to the Coulomb force effects. A connection between microscopic model predictions and doorway state approaches which make use of the isovector monopole resonance, is established via a phenomenological ansatz for the optical potential.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figure. To appear on Phys. Rev. C (tentatively scheduled for June 1998
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