Kaon-Baryon Couplings and the Goldberger-Treiman Relation in SU(3) x SU(3)

The coupling constants G_(K N Lambda) and G_(K N Sigma) are obtained from the Goldberger-Treiman relation in the strange channel with chiral symmetry breaking taken into account. The results, G_(K N Lambda)=-12.3+-1.2 and G_(K N Sigma)=5.5+-.5 come close to the SU(3) values.Comment: 6 Page

QCD sum rule approach for the light scalar mesons as four-quark states

We study the two point-function for the scalar mesons $\sigma, \kappa, f_0(980)$ and $a_0(980)$ as diquak-antidiquark states. We also study the decays of these mesons into $\pi\pi$, $K\pi$ and $K\bar{K}$. We found that the couplings are consistent with existing experimental data, pointing in favor of the four-quark structure for the light scalar mesons.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

Generalized Semimagic Squares for Digital Halftoning

Completing Aronov et al.'s study on zero-discrepancy matrices for digital halftoning, we determine all (m, n, k, l) for which it is possible to put mn consecutive integers on an m-by-n board (with wrap-around) so that each k-by-l region holds the same sum. For one of the cases where this is impossible, we give a heuristic method to find a matrix with small discrepancy.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure

Multiquark picture for Lambda(1405) and Sigma(1620)

We propose a new QCD sum rule analysis for the Lambda(1405) and the Sigma(1620). Using the I=0 and I=1 multiquark sum rules we predict their masses.Comment: 5 pages, 3 ps files. Talk given at 11th International Light-Cone School and Workshop : New Directions in Quantum Chromodynamics, and 12th Nuclear Physics Summer School and Symposium (NuSS'99), Seoul, Korea, 26 May - 26 Jun, 199

An analytical model of prominence dynamics

Solar prominences are magnetic structures incarcerating cool and dense gas in an otherwise hot solar corona. Prominences can be categorized as quiescent and active. Their origin and the presence of cool gas (~$10^4$K) within the hot (~$10^6$K) solar corona remains poorly understood. The structure and dynamics of solar prominences was investigated in a large number of observational and theoretical (both analytical and numerical) studies. In this paper, an analytic model of quiescent solar prominence is developed and used to demonstrate that the prominence velocity increases exponentially, which means that some gas falls downward towards the solar surface, and that Alfven waves are naturally present in the solar prominences. These theoretical predictions are consistent with the current observational data of solar quiescent prominences.Comment: Update Final Journal Print Version along with other Metadat

Solutions of xqk+⋯+xq+x=ax^{q^k}+\cdots+x^{q}+x=a in GF2nGF{2^n}

Though it is well known that the roots of any affine polynomial over a finite field can be computed by a system of linear equations by using a normal base of the field, such solving approach appears to be difficult to apply when the field is fairly large. Thus, it may be of great interest to find an explicit representation of the solutions independently of the field base. This was previously done only for quadratic equations over a binary finite field. This paper gives an explicit representation of solutions for a much wider class of affine polynomials over a binary prime field