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Anomalous Gluon Self-Interactions and Production
Strong-interaction physics that lies beyond the standard model may
conveniently be described by an effective Lagrangian. The only genuinely
gluonic CP-conserving term at dimension six is the three-gluon-field-strength
operator . This operator, which alters the 3-gluon and 4-gluon vertices
form their standard model forms, turns out to be difficult to detect in final
states containing light jets. Its effects on top quark pair production hold the
greatest promise of visibility.Comment: Latex file using [aps,aipbook,floats,epsf]{revtex}. 12 pages, 4
Postscript figures. Full PS copy at http://smyrd.bu.edu/htfigs/htfigs.html
Talk presented by EHS at the International Symposium on Vector Boson
Self-Interactions, UCLA, Feb. 1-3, 199
Strong and Electromagnetic Decays of Two New Baryons
Two recently discovered excited charm baryons are studied within the
framework of Heavy Hadron Chiral Perturbation Theory. We interpret these new
baryons which lie 308 \MeV and 340 \MeV above the as
members of a P-wave spin doublet. Differential and total decay rates for their
double pion transitions down to the ground state are calculated.
Estimates for their radiative decay rates are also discussed. We find that the
experimentally determined characteristics of the baryons may be
simply understood in the effective theory.Comment: 16 pages with 4 figures not included but available upon request,
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Observation of confined propagation in Bragg waveguides
A new type of waveguiding in a slab dielectric bounded on one side by air and on the other by a periodic layered medium (grown by molecular beam epitaxy) has been demonstrated
Monopoles and Knots in Skyrme Theory
We show that the Skyrme theory actually is a theory of monopoles which allows
a new type of solitons, the topological knots made of monopole-anti-monopole
pair,which is different from the well-known skyrmions. Furthermore, we derive a
generalized Skyrme action from the Yang-Mills action of QCD, which we propose
to be an effective action of QCD in the infra-red limit. We discuss the
physical implications of our results.Comment: 4 pages. Phys. Rev. Lett. in pres
Comment on Decay
We calculate the rate for decay using Chiral
Perturbation Theory. This isospin violating process results from -
mixing, and its amplitude is proportional to . Experimental information on the branching
ratio for can provide insight into the pattern of
violation in radiative decays.Comment: 7 pages with 2 figures not included but available upon request,
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Efficiency and marginal cost pricing in dynamic competitive markets with friction
This paper examines a dynamic general equilibrium model with supply friction. With or without friction, the competitive equilibrium is efficient. Without friction, the market price is completely determined by the marginal production cost. If friction is present, no matter how small, then the market price fluctuates between zero and the "choke-up" price, without any tendency to converge to the marginal production cost, exhibiting considerable volatility. The distribution of the gains from trading in an efficient allocation may be skewed in favor of the supplier, although every player in the market is a price taker.Dynamic general equilibrium model with supply friction, choke-up price, marginal production cost, welfare theorems
Classical Strongly Coupled QGP: VII. Shear Viscosity and Self Diffusion
We construct the Liouville operator for the SU(2) classical colored Coulomb
plasma (cQGP) for arbitrary values of the Coulomb coupling , the
ratio of the mean Coulomb to kinetic energy. We show that its resolvent in the
classical colored phase space obeys a hierarchy of equations. We use a free
streaming approximation to close the hierarchy and derive an integral equation
for the time-dependent structure factor. Its reduction by projection yields
hydrodynamical equations in the long-wavelength limit. We discuss the character
of the hydrodynamical modes at strong coupling. The shear viscosity is shown to
exhibit a minimum at near the liquid point. This minimum
follows from the cross-over between the single particle collisional regime
which drops as and the hydrodynamical collisional regime which
rises as . The self-diffusion constant drops as
irrespective of the regime. We compare our results to molecular dynamics
simulations of the SU(2) colored Coulomb plasma. We also discuss the relevance
of our results for the quantum and strongly coupled quark gluon plasma (sQGP)Comment: 36 pages, 14 figure
Atmospheric Circulation of Exoplanets
We survey the basic principles of atmospheric dynamics relevant to explaining
existing and future observations of exoplanets, both gas giant and terrestrial.
Given the paucity of data on exoplanet atmospheres, our approach is to
emphasize fundamental principles and insights gained from Solar-System studies
that are likely to be generalizable to exoplanets. We begin by presenting the
hierarchy of basic equations used in atmospheric dynamics, including the
Navier-Stokes, primitive, shallow-water, and two-dimensional nondivergent
models. We then survey key concepts in atmospheric dynamics, including the
importance of planetary rotation, the concept of balance, and scaling arguments
to show how turbulent interactions generally produce large-scale east-west
banding on rotating planets. We next turn to issues specific to giant planets,
including their expected interior and atmospheric thermal structures, the
implications for their wind patterns, and mechanisms to pump their east-west
jets. Hot Jupiter atmospheric dynamics are given particular attention, as these
close-in planets have been the subject of most of the concrete developments in
the study of exoplanetary atmospheres. We then turn to the basic elements of
circulation on terrestrial planets as inferred from Solar-System studies,
including Hadley cells, jet streams, processes that govern the large-scale
horizontal temperature contrasts, and climate, and we discuss how these
insights may apply to terrestrial exoplanets. Although exoplanets surely
possess a greater diversity of circulation regimes than seen on the planets in
our Solar System, our guiding philosophy is that the multi-decade study of
Solar-System planets reviewed here provides a foundation upon which our
understanding of more exotic exoplanetary meteorology must build.Comment: In EXOPLANETS, edited by S. Seager, to be published in the Spring of
2010 in the Space Science Series of the University of Arizona Press (Tucson,
AZ) (refereed; accepted for publication
Polarization of Upsilon(nS) at the Tevatron
The polarization of inclusive Upsilon(nS) at the Fermilab Tevatron is
calculated within the nonrelativistic QCD factorization framework. We use a
recent determination of the NRQCD matrix elements from fitting the CDF data on
bottomonium production from Run IB of the Tevatron. The result for the
polarization of Upsilon(1S) integrated over the transverse momentum bin 8 < p_T
< 20 GeV is consistent with a recent measurement by the CDF Collaboration. The
transverse polarization of Upsilon(1S) is predicted to increase steadily for
p_T greater than about 10 GeV. The Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) are predicted to
have significantly larger transverse polarizations than Upsilon(1S).Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
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