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Photon-meson transition form factors of light pseudoscalar mesons
The photon-meson transition form factors of light pseudoscalar mesons , , and are systematically calculated in a
light-cone framework, which is applicable as a light-cone quark model at low
and is also physically in accordance with the light-cone pQCD approach
at large . The calculated results agree with the available experimental
data at high energy scale. We also predict the low behaviors of the
photon-meson transition form factors of , and , which are measurable in process via Primakoff
effect at JLab and DESY.Comment: 22 Latex pages, 7 figures, Version to appear in PR
Abell 1201: a Minor merger at second core passage
We present an analysis of the structures and dynamics of the merging cluster
Abell~1201, which has two sloshing cold fronts around a cooling core, and an
offset gas core approximately 500kpc northwest of the center. New Chandra and
XMM-Newton data reveal a region of enhanced brightness east of the offset core,
with breaks in surface brightness along its boundary to the north and east.
This is interpreted as a tail of gas stripped from the offset core. Gas in the
offset core and the tail is distinguished from other gas at the same distance
from the cluster center chiefly by having higher density, hence lower entropy.
In addition, the offset core shows marginally lower temperature and metallicity
than the surrounding area. The metallicity in the cool core is high and there
is an abrupt drop in metallicity across the southern cold front. We interpret
the observed properties of the system, including the placement of the cold
fronts, the offset core and its tail in terms of a simple merger scenario. The
offset core is the remnant of a merging subcluster, which first passed
pericenter southeast of the center of the primary cluster and is now close to
its second pericenter passage, moving at ~1000 km/s. Sloshing excited by the
merger gave rise to the two cold fronts and the disposition of the cold fronts
reveals that we view the merger from close to the plane of the orbit of the
offset core.Comment: accepted by Ap
The Quark/Antiquark Asymmetry of the Nucleon Sea
Although the distributions of sea quarks and antiquarks generated by
leading-twist QCD evolution through gluon splitting
are necessarily CP symmetric, the distributions of nonvalence quarks and
antiquarks which are intrinsic to the nucleon's bound state wavefunction need
not be identical. In this paper we investigate the sea quark/antiquark
asymmetries in the nucleon wavefunction which are generated by a light-cone
model of energetically-favored meson-baryon fluctuations. The model predicts
striking quark/antiquark asymmetries in the momentum and helicity distributions
for the down and strange contributions to the proton structure function: the
intrinsic and quarks in the proton sea are predicted to be negatively
polarized, whereas the intrinsic and antiquarks give zero
contributions to the proton spin. Such a picture is supported by experimental
phenomena related to the proton spin problem and the violation of the
Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. The light-cone meson-baryon fluctuation model also
suggests a structured momentum distribution asymmetry for strange quarks and
antiquarks which could be relevant to an outstanding conflict between two
different determinations of the strange quark sea in the nucleon. The model
predicts an excess of intrinsic pairs over pairs, as
supported by the Gottfried sum rule violation. We also predict that the
intrinsic charm and anticharm helicity and momentum distributions are not
identical.Comment: LaTex 18 pages, 4 figures. To obtain a copy, send e-mail to
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Unified nonequilibrium dynamical theory for exchange bias and training effects
We investigate the exchange bias and training effects in the FM/AF
heterostructures using a unified Monte Carlo dynamical approach. This real
dynamical method has been proved reliable and effective in simulating dynamical
magnetization of nanoscale magnetic systems. The magnetization of the
uncompensated AF layer is still open after the first field cycling is finished.
Our simulated results show obvious shift of hysteresis loops (exchange bias)
and cycling dependence of exchange bias (training effect) when the temperature
is below 45 K. The exchange bias fields decrease with decreasing the cooling
rate or increasing the temperature and the number of the field cycling. With
the simulations, we show the exchange bias can be manipulated by controlling
the cooling rate, the distributive width of the anisotropy energy, or the
magnetic coupling constants. Essentially, these two effects can be explained on
the basis of the microscopical coexistence of both reversible and irreversible
moment reversals of the AF domains. Our simulated results are useful to really
understand the magnetization dynamics of such magnetic heterostructures. This
unified nonequilibrium dynamical method should be applicable to other exchange
bias systems.Comment: Chin. Phys. B, in pres
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Heterogeneously integrated impedance measuring system with disposable thin-film electrodes
We propose a novel integrated impedance measurement system with disposable thin-film electrodes. Most modern CMOS-based biosensors use on-chip electrodes to interface between the electronics and biosamples, which forces disposal of the CMOS chip after a few measurements, since most biological reactions are non-reversible. The sensor performance is also limited by the design of on-chip electrodes due to the physical dimensions and the CMOS design rules restrictions. In this work, we extract the electrodes from the silicon chip for relocation onto a low-cost, disposable substrate. This enables reusability of the high-performance CMOS chip, at the same time providing a low-cost route for manufacture of the active thin-film electrodes using large-area processing. The use of disposable thin-film chip also enables customised designed electrodes for different applications, such as extra high sensitivity concentration sensors. In this work, DNA concentration measurements are performed, and it shows a doubling of sensitivity over the previously reported system.This work is partially supported by Isaac Newton Trust.This is the accepted manuscript of a paper published in Sensors and Actuators B (Ma H, Li J, Cheng X, Nathan A, Sensors and Actuators B 2015, 21, 77–82, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.044)
A New Solution of the Yang-Baxter Equation Related to the Adjoint Representation of
A new solution of the Yang-Baxter equation, that is related to the adjoint
representation of the quantum enveloping algebra , is obtained by
fusion formulas from a non-standard solution.Comment: 16 pages (Latex), Preprint BIHEP-TH-93-3
Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Weak-Scale Scalars and Rare Top Decays
We examine the decays and in the Standard
Model with an extra scalar doublet and no discrete symmetry preventing
tree-level flavour changing neutral currents. The Yukawa couplings of the new
scalars are assumed to be proportional to fermion masses, evading bounds on
FCNC's from the light quark sector. These rare top decays may be visible at the
SSC.Comment: (some wording changed, and several references added) 13 pages, 2
figures included, uses harvmac.tex and epsf.tex, UCSD/PTH 93-0
Effects of rumen-protected tryptophan on performance, nutrient utilization and plasma tryptophan in cashmere goats
Thirty-six Liaoning cashmere goat wethers (28.72 ± 0.59 kg) were used to determine the effects of rumen-protected tryptophan (RPT) on performance, nutrient utilization and plasma tryptophan (Trp) during the cashmere fast-growing period. The goats were randomly assigned to the following treatments: Control (without RPT), LRPT (RPT – low), MRPT (RPT– medium) and HRPT (RPT – high) at RPT levels of 0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 g per goat per day, respectively. RPT-medium supplementation improved average daily gain and feed efficiency (P < 0.05) when compared with the control and HRPT. RPT supplementation increased (P < 0.05) the length and growth rate of cashmere fiber, whereas no differences were observed among the LRPT, MRPT and HRPT treatment groups (P > 0.05). RPT-medium supplementation decreased urinary nitrogen (N) excretion and increased N retention when compared with other groups (P < 0.05). Plasma Trp concentration was higher for HRPT treatment group when compared with other treatments (P < 0.05). In conclusion, RPT supplementation potentially improved growth performance, N utilization and cashmere fibre growth in Liaoning cashmere goats. In the experimental conditions of the current trial, the optimum RPT supplementation level was 4.0 g per goat per day during the cashmere fast-growing period.Key words: Rumen-protected tryptophan, growth performance, fibre characteristics, nutrient utilization, plasma tryptophan, cashmere goats
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