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A QCD sum rules calculation of the strong coupling constant
In this work, we calculate the form factors and the coupling constant of the
strange-charmed vertex in the framework of the QCD sum rules
by studying their three-point correlation functions. All the possible off-shell
cases are considered, , and , resulting in three different
form factors. These form factors are extrapolated to the pole of their
respective off-shell mesons, giving the same coupling constant for the process.
Our final result for the coupling constant is .Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure
Coupling constants of and processes
We calculate the coupling constants of and vertices using
the QCD sum rules technique. We compare results obtained in the limit of SU(4)
symmetry and found that the symmetry is broken on the order of 40%.Comment: 4 pages, 3 ps figures. Talk presented in the 18 Workshop on Hadron
Interactions, IFUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, may 22-24 of 200
Temperature dependence of the first order Raman scattering in thin films of mc-Si:H
The temperature effect on microcrystalline silicon (mc-Si:H) films produced by R.F. magnetron sputtering has been studied by Raman spectroscopy. The thermal behaviour of mc-Si:H films and crystalline silicon is compared and interpreted on the basis of anharmonic effects.
We have studied the first order Raman spectra of our films for several Ar+ laser powers. Our results show a blue shift and a broadening of the Raman spectra with increasing the laser power. This effect is not due to structural changes since it is reproducible.
The sample temperature has been calculated according to the well known relation between Stokes and anti-Stokes components.
Our results show that the temperature effect is stronger in mc-Si:H than in crystalline silicon. This difference can be attributed to the size of the microcrystals, which are imbedded in a amorphous matrix surrounded by a third phase called grain boundary
Empiricism and stochastics in cellular automaton modeling of urban land use dynamics
An increasing number of models for predicting land use change in regions of rapidurbanization are being proposed and built using ideas from cellular automata (CA)theory. Calibrating such models to real situations is highly problematic and to date,serious attention has not been focused on the estimation problem. In this paper, wepropose a structure for simulating urban change based on estimating land usetransitions using elementary probabilistic methods which draw their inspiration fromBayes' theory and the related ?weights of evidence? approach. These land use changeprobabilities drive a CA model ? DINAMICA ? conceived at the Center for RemoteSensing of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (CSR-UFMG). This is based on aneight cell Moore neighborhood approach implemented through empirical land useallocation algorithms. The model framework has been applied to a medium-size townin the west of São Paulo State, Bauru. We show how various socio-economic andinfrastructural factors can be combined using the weights of evidence approach whichenables us to predict the probability of changes between land use types in differentcells of the system. Different predictions for the town during the period 1979-1988were generated, and statistical validation was then conducted using a multipleresolution fitting procedure. These modeling experiments support the essential logicof adopting Bayesian empirical methods which synthesize various information aboutspatial infrastructure as the driver of urban land use change. This indicates therelevance of the approach for generating forecasts of growth for Brazilian citiesparticularly and for world-wide cities in general
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