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Charge form factor of and mesons
The charge form factor of and mesons is evaluated adopting a
relativistic constituent quark model based on the light-front formalism. The
relevance of the high-momentum components of the meson wave function, for
values of the momentum transfer accessible to energies, is illustrated.
The predictions for the elastic form factor of and mesons are
compared with the results of different relativistic approaches, showing that
the measurements of the pion and kaon form factors planned at could
provide information for discriminating among various models of the meson
structure.Comment: 8 pages, latex, 4 figures available as separate .uu fil
Signatures of Electronic Nematic Phase at Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition
The electronic nematic phase occurs when the point-group symmetry of the
lattice structure is broken, due to electron-electron interactions. We study a
model for the nematic phase on a square lattice with emphasis on the phase
transition between isotropic and nematic phases within mean field theory. We
find the transition to be first order, with dramatic changes in the Fermi
surface topology accompanying the transition. Furthermore, we study the
conductivity tensor and Hall constant as probes of the nematic phase and its
transition. The relevance of our findings to Hall resistivity experiments in
the high- cuprates is discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Laser ablation loading of a radiofrequency ion trap
The production of ions via laser ablation for the loading of radiofrequency
(RF) ion traps is investigated using a nitrogen laser with a maximum pulse
energy of 0.17 mJ and a peak intensity of about 250 MW/cm^2. A time-of-flight
mass spectrometer is used to measure the ion yield and the distribution of the
charge states. Singly charged ions of elements that are presently considered
for the use in optical clocks or quantum logic applications could be produced
from metallic samples at a rate of the order of magnitude 10^5 ions per pulse.
A linear Paul trap was loaded with Th+ ions produced by laser ablation. An
overall ion production and trapping efficiency of 10^-7 to 10^-6 was attained.
For ions injected individually, a dependence of the capture probability on the
phase of the RF field has been predicted. In the experiment this was not
observed, presumably because of collective effects within the ablation plume.Comment: submitted to Appl. Phys. B., special issue on ion trappin
Age Constraints on Brane Models of Dark Energy
Inspired by recent developments in particle physics, the so-called brane
world cosmology seems to provide an alternative explanation for the present
dark energy problem. In this paper, we use the estimated age of high-
objects to constrain the value of the cosmological parameters in some
particular scenarios based on this large scale modification of gravity. We show
that such models are compatible with these observations for values of the
crossover distance between the 4 and 5 dimensions of the order of .Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Spin Structure of the Pion in a Light-Cone Representation
The spin structure of the pion is discussed by transforming the wave function
for the pion in the naive quark model into a light-cone representation. It is
shown that there are higher helicity () states in
the full light-cone wave function for the pion besides the ordinary helicity
() component wave functions as a consequence from
the Melosh rotation relating spin states in light-front dynamics and those in
instant-form dynamics. Some low energy properties of the pion, such as the
electromagnetic form factor, the charged mean square radius, and the weak decay
constant, could be interrelated in this representation with reasonable
parameters.Comment: 15 Latex pages, 2 figures upon reques
Towards an understanding of the effect of adding a foam core on the blast performance of glass fibre reinforced epoxy laminate panels
This paper presents insights into the blast response of sandwich panels with lightweight foam cores and asymmetric (different thicknesses) glass fibre epoxy face sheets. Viscously damped elastic vibrations were observed in the laminates (no core), while the transient response of the sandwich panels was more complex, especially after the peak displacement was observed. The post-peak residual oscillations in the sandwich panels were larger and did not decay as significantly with time when compared to the equivalent mass laminate panel test. Delamination was the predominant mode of failure on the thinner facesheet side of the sandwich panel, whereas cracking and matrix failure were more prominent on the thicker side (which was exposed to the blast). The type of constituent materials used and testing conditions, including the clamping method, influenced the resulting failure modes observed. A probable sequence of damage in the sandwich panels was proposed, based on the transient displacement measurements, a post-test failure analysis, and consideration of the stress wave propagation through the multilayered, multimaterial structure. This work demonstrates the need for detailed understanding of the transient behaviour of multilayered structures with significant elastic energy capacity and a wide range of possible damage mechanisms. The work should prove valuable to structural engineers and designers considering the deployment of foam-core sandwich panels or fibre reinforced polymer laminates in applications when air-blast loading may pose a credible threat
Partial wave analysiss of pbar-p -> piminus-piplus, pizero-pizero, eta-eta and eta-etaprime
A partial wave analysis is presented of Crystal Barrel data on pbar-p ->
pizero-pizero, eta-eta and eta-etaprime from 600 to 1940 MeV/c, combined with
earlier data on d\sigma /d\Omega and P for pbar-p->piminus-piplus. The
following s-channel I=0 resonances are identified: (i) J^{PC} = 5^{--} with
mass and width (M,\Gamma) at (2295+-30,235^{+65}_{-40}) MeV, (ii) J^{PC} =
4^{++} at (2020+-12, 170+-15) MeV and (2300+-25, 270+-50) MeV, (iii) 3D3 JPC =
3^{--} at (1960+-15, 150+-25) MeV and (2210+-4$, 360+-55) MeV, and a 3G3 state
at (2300 ^{+50}_{-80}, 340+-150) MeV, (iv) JPC = 2^{++} at (1910+-30, 260+-40)
MeV, (2020+-30, 275+-35) MeV, (2230+-30, 245+-45) MeV, and (2300+-35, 290+-50)
MeV, (v) JPC = 1^{--} at (2005+-40, 275+-75) MeV, and (2165+-40, 160
^{+140}_{-70}) MeV, and (vi) JPC = 0^{++} at (2005+-30, 305+-50) MeV,
(2105+-15, 200+-25) MeV, and (2320+-30, 175+-45) MeV. In addition, there is a
less well defined 6^{++} resonance at 2485+-40 MeV, with Gamma = 410+-90 MeV.
For every JP, almost all these resonances lie on well defined linear
trajectories of mass squared v. excitation number. The slope is 1.10+-0.03
Gev^2 per excitation. The f_0(2105) has strong coupling to eta-\eta, but much
weaker coupling to pizero-pizero. Its flavour mixing angle between q-qbar and
s-sbar is (59-71.6)deg, i.e. dominant decays to s-sbar. Such decays and its
strong production in pbar-p interactions strongly suggest exotic character.Comment: Makes available the combined fit to Crystal Barrel data on pbar-p ->
2-body final states. 29 pages, 11 figures. Typo corrected in version
Combined CI+MBPT calculations of energy levels and transition amplitudes in Be, Mg, Ca, and Sr
Configuration interaction (CI) calculations in atoms with two valence
electrons, carried out in the V(N-2) Hartree-Fock potential of the core, are
corrected for core-valence interactions using many-body perturbation theory
(MBPT). Two variants of the mixed CI+MBPT theory are described and applied to
obtain energy levels and transition amplitudes for Be, Mg, Ca, and Sr
Utilizing a biology-driven approach to map the exposome in health and disease:An essential investment to drive the next generation of environmental discovery
BACKGROUND: Recent developments in technologies have offered opportunities to measure the exposome with unprecedented accuracy and scale. However, because most investigations have targeted only a few exposures at a time, it is hypothesized that the majority of the environmental determinants of chronic diseases remain unknown. OBJECTIVES: We describe a functional exposome concept and explain how it can leverage existing bioassays and high-resolution mass spectrometry for exploratory study. We discuss how such an approach can address well-known barriers to interpret exposures and present a vision of next-generation exposomics. DISCUSSION: The exposome is vast. Instead of trying to capture all exposures, we can reduce the complexity by measuring the functional exposome— the totality of the biologically active exposures relevant to disease development—through coupling biochemical receptor-binding assays with affinity purification–mass spectrometry. We claim the idea of capturing exposures with functional biomolecules opens new opportunities to solve critical problems in exposomics, including low-dose detection, unknown annotations, and complex mixtures of exposures. Although novel, biology-based measurement can make use of the existing data processing and bioinformatics pipelines. The functional exposome concept also complements conven-tional targeted and untargeted approaches for understanding exposure-disease relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Although measurement technology has advanced, critical technological, analytical, and inferential barriers impede the detection of many environmental exposures relevant to chronic-disease etiology. Through biology-driven exposomics, it is possible to simultaneously scale up discovery of these causal environmental factors. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8327
The Role of Color Neutrality in Nuclear Physics--Modifications of Nucleonic Wave Functions
The influence of the nuclear medium upon the internal structure of a
composite nucleon is examined. The interaction with the medium is assumed to
depend on the relative distances between the quarks in the nucleon consistent
with the notion of color neutrality, and to be proportional to the nucleon
density. In the resulting description the nucleon in matter is a superposition
of the ground state (free nucleon) and radial excitations. The effects of the
nuclear medium on the electromagnetic and weak nucleon form factors, and the
nucleon structure function are computed using a light-front constituent quark
model. Further experimental consequences are examined by considering the
electromagnetic nuclear response functions. The effects of color neutrality
supply small but significant corrections to predictions of observables.Comment: 37 pages, postscript figures available on request to
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