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Polarized antiquark flavor asymmetry: Pauli blocking vs. the pion cloud
The flavor asymmetry of the unpolarized antiquark distributions in the
proton, dbar(x) - ubar(x) > 0, can qualitatively be explained either by Pauli
blocking by the valence quarks, or as an effect of the pion cloud of the
nucleon. In contrast, predictions for the polarized asymmetry Delta_ubar(x) -
Delta_dbar(x) based on rho meson contributions disagree even in sign with the
Pauli blocking picture. We show that in the meson cloud picture a large
positive Delta_ubar(x) - Delta_dbar(x) is obtained from pi-N - sigma-N
interference-type contributions, as suggested by chiral symmetry. This effect
restores the equivalence of the 'quark' and 'meson' descriptions also in the
polarized case.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 3 eps figure
Results of the 1980 NASA/JPL balloon flight solar cell calibration program
Thirty-eight modules were carried to an altitude of about 36 kilometers. In addition to the cell calibration program, an experiment to evaluate the calibration error versus altitude was performed. The calibrated cells can be used as reference standards in simulator testing of cells and arrays
Results of the 1981 NASA/JPL balloon flight solar cell calibration program
The calibration of the direct conversion of solar energy through use of solar cells at high altitudes by balloon flight is reported. Twenty seven modules were carried to an altitude of 35.4 kilometers. Silicon cells are stable for long periods of time and can be used as standards. It is demonstrated that the cell mounting cavity may be either black or white with equal validity in setting solar simulators. The calibrated cells can be used as reference standards in simulator testing of cells and arrays
Results of the 1979 NASA/JPL balloon flight solar cell calibration program
Calibration of solar cells to be used as reference standards in simulator testing of cells and arrays was accomplished. Thirty-eight modules were carried to an altitude of about 36 kilometers during the solar cell calibration balloon flight
Imaging Pauli repulsion in scanning tunneling microscopy
A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has been equipped with a nanoscale
force sensor and signal transducer composed of a single D2 molecule that is
confined in the STM junction. The uncalibrated sensor is used to obtain
ultra-high geometric image resolution of a complex organic molecule adsorbed on
a noble metal surface. By means of conductance-distance spectroscopy and
corresponding density functional calculations the mechanism of the
sensor/transducer is identified. It probes the short-range Pauli repulsion and
converts this signal into variations of the junction conductance.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Let
Light scattering from a periodically modulated two dimensional electron gas with partially filled Landau levels
We study light scattering from a periodically modulated two dimensional
electron gas in a perpendicular magnetic field. If a subband is partially
filled, the imaginary part of the dielectric function as a function of
frequency contains additional discontinuities to the case of completely filled
subbands. The positions of the discontinuities may be determined from the
partial filling factor and the height of the discontinuity can be directly
related to the modulation potential. The light scattering cross section
contains a new peak which is absent for integer filling.Comment: RevTex, 4 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. B as a brief repor
Phase space dynamics of overdamped quantum systems
The phase space dynamics of dissipative quantum systems in strongly condensed
phase is considered. Based on the exact path integral approach it is shown that
the Wigner transform of the reduced density matrix obeys a time evolution
equation of Fokker-Planck type valid from high down to very low temperatures.
The effect of quantum fluctuations is discussed and the accuracy of these
findings is tested against exact data for a harmonic system.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Euro. Phys. Let
Generation of mesoscopic superpositions of a binary Bose-Einstein condensate in a slightly asymmetric double well
A previous publication [Europhysics Letters 78, 10009 (2007)] suggested to
coherently generate mesoscopic superpositions of a two-component Bose-Einstein
condensate in a double well under perfectly symmetric conditions. However,
already tiny asymmetries can destroy the entanglement properties of the ground
state. Nevertheless, even under more realistic conditions, the scheme is
demonstrated numerically to generate mesoscopic superpositions.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, preprint-versio
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