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Rates for the reactions antiproton-proton --> pi phi and gamma phi
We study antiproton-proton annihilation at rest into and
. Rescattering by and
for states is sizable, of
order in the branching ratio, but
smaller than experiment. For the
rescattering contributions are negligible, but the channel is well
explained by a intermediate state combined with vector meson
dominance.Comment: 12 pages, plain latex, 2 postscript figures available upon request,
PSI-PR-93-2
Seawater acidification more than warming presents a challenge for two Antarctic macroalgal-associated amphipods
Elevated atmospheric pCO2 concentrations are triggering seawater pH reductions and seawater temperature increases along the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). These factors in combination have the potential to influence organisms in an antagonistic, additive, or synergistic manner. The amphipods Gondogeneia antarctica and Paradexamine fissicauda represent prominent members of macroalgal-associated mesograzer assemblages of the WAP. Our primary objective was to investigate amphipod behavioral and physiological responses to reduced seawater pH and elevated temperature to evaluate potential cascading ecological impacts. For 90 d, amphipods were exposed to combinations of seawater conditions based on present ambient (pH 8.0, 1.5°C) and predicted end-of-century conditions (pH 7.6, 3.5°C). We recorded survival, molt frequency, and macroalgal consumption rates as well as change in wet mass and proximate body composition (protein and lipid). Survival for both species declined significantly at reduced pH and co-varied with molt frequency. Consumption rates in G. antarctica were significantly higher at reduced pH and there was an additive pH-temperature effect on consumption rates in P. fissicauda. Body mass was reduced for G. antarctica at elevated temperature, but there was no significant effect of pH or temperature on body mass in P. fissicauda. Exposure to the pH or temperature levels tested did not induce significant changes in whole body biochemical composition of G. antarctica, but exposure to elevated temperature resulted in a significant increase in whole body protein content of P. fissicauda. Our study indicates that while elevated temperature causes sub-lethal impacts on both species of amphipods, reduced pH causes significant mortality
Single photo and electroproduction of pions at EBAC@JLAB
Within the Excited Baryon Analysis Center we have performed a dynamical
coupled-channels analysis of the available data in the region of
1.6 GeV and 1.45 (GeV/c). The channels included are
, , , and which has , , and components. With the hadronic parameters of the model
determined in our previous investigations of reaction, we have
found that the available data in the considered 1.6 GeV region can be
fitted well by only adjusting the bare helicity amplitudes
for the lowest states in , , and
partial waves. The meson cloud effect, as required by the unitarity conditions,
on the form factors are examined.Comment: 6 pages, invited talk at NSTAR 2009, Beijing (China), 2009, to appear
in the proceeding
Jets associated with Z^0 boson production in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC
The heavy ion program at the LHC will present unprecedented opportunities to
probe hot QCD matter, that is, the quark gluon plasma (QGP). Among these
exciting new probes are high energy partons associated with the production of a
Z^0 boson, or Z^0 tagged jets. Once produced, Z^0 bosons are essentially
unaffected by the strongly interacting medium produced in heavy-ion collisions,
and therefore provide a powerful signal of the initial partonic energy and
subsequent medium induced partonic energy loss. When compared with theory,
experimental measurements of Z^0 tagged jets will help quantify the jet
quenching properties of the QGP and discriminate between different partonic
energy loss formalisms. In what follows, I discuss the advantages of tagged
jets over leading particles, and present preliminary results of the production
and suppression of Z^0 tagged jets in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at LHC
energies using the Guylassy-Levai-Vitev (GLV) partonic energy loss formalism.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the 2010 Winter Workshop on Nuclear
Dynamics, which was held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, mon
Low energy phases of bilayer Bi predicted by structure search in two dimensions
We employ an ab-initio structure search algorithm to explore the
configurational space of Bi in quasi two dimensions. A confinement potential
restricts the movement of atoms within a pre-defined thickness during structure
search calculations within the minima hopping method to find the stable and
metastable forms of bilayer Bi. In addition to recovering the two known
low-energy structures (puckered monoclinic and buckled hexagonal), our
calculations predict three new structures of bilayer Bi. We call these
structures the , , and phases of bilayer Bi, which are,
respectively, 63, 72, and 83 meV/atom higher in energy than that of the
monoclinic ground state, and thus potentially synthesizable using appropriate
substrates. We also compare the structural, electronic, and vibrational
properties of the different phases. The puckered monoclinic, buckled hexagonal,
and phases exhibit a semiconducting energy gap, whereas and
phases are metallic. We notice an unusual Mexican-hat type band
dispersion leading to a van Hove singularity in the buckled hexagonal bilayer
Bi. Notably, we find symmetry-protected topological Dirac points in the
electronic spectrum of the phase. The new structures suggest that
bilayer Bi provides a novel playground to study distortion-mediated
metal-insulator phase transitions
Properties of scalar--isoscalar mesons from multichannel interaction analysis below 1800 MeV
Scalar-isoscalar mesons are studied using an unitary model in three channels:
pi-pi, K-anti K and an effective 2pi-2pi.
All the solutions, fitted to the pi-pi and K-anti K data, exhibit a wide
f0(500), a narrow f0(980) and two relatively narrow resonances, lying on
different sheets between 1300 MeV and 1500 MeV.
These latter states are similar to the f0(1370) and f0(1500) seen in
experiments at CERN. Branching ratios are compared with available data. We have
started investigations of some crossing symmetry and chiral constraints imposed
near the pi-pi threshold on the scalar-isoscalar, scalar-isotensor and P-wave
pi-pi amplitudes.Comment: Talk given at XVth Particles and Nuclei Int. Conf. (PANIC99),
Uppsala, Sweden, June 10-16, 1999; 4 pages, 3 figures, file espcrc1.sty
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Three channel model of meson-meson scattering and scalar meson spectroscopy
New solutions on the scalar -- isoscalar phase shifts are analysed
together with previous results using a separable potential model of
three coupled channels (, and an effective
system). Model parameters are fitted to two sets of solutions obtained in a
recent analysis of the CERN-Cracow-Munich measurements of the reaction on a polarized target. A relatively
narrow (90 -- 180 MeV) scalar resonance is found, in contrast
to a much broader ( MeV) state emerging from the analysis
of previous unpolarized target data.Comment: 10 Latex pages + 6 postscript figure
A Study in Depth of f0(1370)
Claims have been made that f0(1370) does not exist. The five primary sets of
data requiring its existence are refitted. Major dispersive effects due to the
opening of the 4pi threshold are included for the first time; the sigma -> 4pi
amplitude plays a strong role. Crystal Barrel data on pbar-p -> 3pizero at rest
require f0(1370) signals of at least 32 and 33 standard deviations in 1S0 and
3P1 annihilation respectively. Furthermore, they agree within 5 MeV for mass
and width. Data on pbar-p -> eta-eta-pizero agree and require at least a 19
standard deviation contribution. This alone is sufficient to demonstrate the
existence of f0(1370). BES II data for J/Psi -> phi-pi-pi contain a visible
f0(1370) signal > 8 standard devations. In all cases, a resonant phase
variation is required. The possibility of a second pole in the sigma amplitude
due to the opening of the 4pi channel is excluded. Cern-Munich data for pi-pi
elastic scattering are fitted well with the inclusion of some mixing between
sigma, f0(1370) and f0(1500). The pi-pi widths for f2(1565), rho3(1690),
rho3(1990) and f4(2040) are determined.Comment: 25 pages, 22 figures. Typos corrected in Eqs 2 and 7. Introduction
rewritten. Conclusions unchange
Spin-Parity Analysis of the Centrally produced KsKs system at 800 GeV
Results are presented of the spin-parity analysis on a sample of centrally
produced mesons in the reaction (p p -> p_{slow} K_s K_s p_{fast}) with 800 GeV
protons on liquid hydrogen. The spin-parity analysis in the mass region between
threshold and 1.58 GeV/c^2 shows that the (K_s K_s) system is produced mainly
in S-wave. The f_0(1500) is clearly observed in this region. Above 1.58 GeV/c^2
two solutions are possible, one with mainly S-wave and another with mainly
D-wave. This ambiguity prevents a unique determination of the spin of the
f_J(1710) meson.Comment: 6 pages, including 6 figures. LaTex, uses 'espcrc2.sty'. To appear in
LEAP'96 proceeding
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