397 research outputs found
Calculation of Chirality Violating Proton Structure Function h(x) in QCD
The twist-two chirality violating proton structure function
measurable in the polarized Drell-Yan process is calculated by means of QCD sum
rules at intermediate , and .Comment: 12 pages + 6 figures , LaTeX, preprint LMU-01-94. a few additions to
the text; the figures have been added as uuencoded fil
Parton model versus color dipole formulation of the Drell-Yan process
In the kinematical region where the center of mass energy is much larger than
all other scales, the Drell-Yan process can be formulated in the target rest
frame in terms of the same color dipole cross section as low Bjorken-x deep
inelastic scattering. Since the mechanisms for heavy dilepton production appear
very different in the dipole approach and in the conventional parton model, one
may wonder whether these two formulations really represent the same physics. We
perform a comparison of numerical calculations in the color dipole approach
with calculations in the next-to-leading order parton model. For proton-proton
scattering, the results are very similar at low x_2 from fixed target to RHIC
energies, confirming the close connection between these two very different
approaches. We also compare the transverse momentum distributions of Drell-Yan
dileptons predicted in both formulations. The range of applicability of the
dipole formulation and the impact of future Drell-Yan data from RHIC for
determining the color dipole cross section are discussed. A detailed derivation
of the dipole formulation of the Drell-Yan process is also included.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figure
First lattice QCD estimate of the g_{D^* D pi} coupling
We present the results of the first lattice QCD study of the strong coupling
g_{D^* D pi}. From our simulations in the quenched approximation, we obtain
g_{D^* D pi} = 18.8 +/- 2.3^{+1.1}_{-2.0} and hat(g)_c = 0.67 +/-
0.08^{+0.04}_{-0.06}. Whereas previous theoretical studies gave different
predictions, our result favours a large value for hat(g)_c. It agrees very well
with the recent experimental value by CLEO. hat(g) varies very little with the
heavy mass and we find in the infinite mass limit hat(g)_infinity = 0.69(18).Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures; references added, corrected typos, Comments
added about the continuum limi
Equilibrium Properties of A Monomer-Monomer Catalytic Reaction on A One-Dimensional Chain
We study the equilibrium properties of a lattice-gas model of an catalytic reaction on a one-dimensional chain in contact with a reservoir
for the particles. The particles of species and are in thermal contact
with their vapor phases acting as reservoirs, i.e., they may adsorb onto empty
lattice sites and may desorb from the lattice. If adsorbed and
particles appear at neighboring lattice sites they instantaneously react and
both desorb. For this model of a catalytic reaction in the
adsorption-controlled limit, we derive analytically the expression of the
pressure and present exact results for the mean densities of particles and for
the compressibilities of the adsorbate as function of the chemical potentials
of the two species.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Investigating atmospheric predictability on Mars using breeding vectors in a general-circulation model
A breeding vectors approach is used to investigate the hypothesis that the Martian atmosphere is predictable at certain times of year, by identifying the fastest-growing modes of instability at different times in a Mars general-circulation model. Results indicate that the period from northern mid-spring until mid-autumn is remarkably predictable, with negative global growth rates for a range of conditions, in contrast to the situation on the earth.
From northern late autumn to early spring growing modes do occur, peaking in northern high latitudes and near winter solstice. Reducing the size of the initial perturbations increases global growth rates in most cases, supporting the idea that instabilities which saturate nonlinearly at lower amplitudes have generally faster growth rates. In late autumn/early winter the fastest-growing modes ('bred vectors') are around the north pole, increase with dust loading, and probably grow via barotropic as well as baroclinic energy conversion. In northern late winter/early spring the bred vectors are around the north pole and are strongly baroclinic in nature. As dust loading (and with it the global circulation strength) is increased their growth rates first decrease, as the baroclinic mode is suppressed, then increase again as the fastest-growing instabilities switch to being those which dominated earlier in the year. If dust levels are very low during late northern autumn (late southern spring) then baroclinic modes are also found around the spring pole in the south, though for a slight increase in dust loading the dominant modes shift back to northern high latitudes.
The bred vectors are also used as perturbations to the initial conditions for ensemble simulations. One possible application within the Mars model is as a means of identifying regions and times when dust-lifting activity (related to surface wind stress) might show significant interannual variability for a given model configuration, without the need to perform long, computationally expensive multi-year model runs with each new set-up. This is tested for a time of year when previous multi-year experiments showed significant variability in dust storm onset in the region north of Chryse. Despite the model having no feedbacks between dust lifting and atmospheric state (unlike the original multi-year run), the ensemble members still show maximum divergence in this region in terms of near-surface wind stress, suggesting both that this application deserves further testing, and that the intrinsic atmospheric variability alone may be important in producing interannual variability in this storm type
Coping with Complex Real-World Problems: Strategies for Developing the Competency of Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Exact steady state solution of the Boltzmann equation: A driven 1-D inelastic Maxwell gas
The exact nonequilibrium steady state solution of the nonlinear Boltzmann
equation for a driven inelastic Maxwell model was obtained by Ben-Naim and
Krapivsky [Phys. Rev. E 61, R5 (2000)] in the form of an infinite product for
the Fourier transform of the distribution function . In this paper we
have inverted the Fourier transform to express in the form of an
infinite series of exponentially decaying terms. The dominant high energy tail
is exponential, , where and the amplitude is given in terms of a converging
sum. This is explicitly shown in the totally inelastic limit ()
and in the quasi-elastic limit (). In the latter case, the
distribution is dominated by a Maxwellian for a very wide range of velocities,
but a crossover from a Maxwellian to an exponential high energy tail exists for
velocities around a crossover velocity , where .
In this crossover region the distribution function is extremely small, .Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures; a table and a few references added; to be
published in PR
Q^2-Evolution of Nucleon's Chiral-Odd Twist-3 Structure Function: h_L(x,Q^2)
We investigate the -evolution of the chiral-odd spin-dependent parton
distribution relevant for the polarized Drell-Yan processes.
The results are obtained in the leading logarithmic order in the framework of
the renormalization group and the standard QCD perturbation theory. We
calculate the anomalous dimension matrix for the twist-3 operators for
in the one-loop order. The operator mixing among the relevant twist-3 operators
including the operators proportional to the QCD equations of motion is treated
properly in a consistent scheme. Implications for future experiments are also
discussed.Comment: HUPD-9419, Latex file, 21 pages, 7 figures available on reques
Nuclear dependence coefficient for the Drell-Yan and J/ production
Define the nuclear dependence coefficient in terms of ratio
of transverse momentum spectrum in hadron-nucleus and in hadron-nucleon
collisions: . We argue that in small region, the
for the Drell-Yan and J/ production is given by a universal function:\
, where parameters a and b are completely determined by either
calculable quantities or independently measurable physical observables. We
demonstrate that this universal function is insensitive to the
A for normal nuclear targets. For a color deconfined nuclear medium, the
becomes strongly dependent on the A. We also show that our
for the Drell-Yan process is naturally linked to perturbatively
calculated at large without any free parameters, and the
is consistent with E772 data for all .Comment: latex, 28 pages, 10 figures, updated two figures, and add more
discussion
New Fits for the Non-Perturbative Parameters in the CSS Resummation Formalism
We update the non-perturbative function of the Collins-Soper- Sterman
resummation formalism in hadron collisions. Two functional forms in impact
parameter space are considered, one with a pure Gaussian form with two
parameters and the other with an additional linear term. The results for the
two parameter fit are found to be g1=0.24+0.08-0.07 GeV^2, g2=0.34+0.07-0.08
GeV^2. The results for the three parameter fit are g1=0.15+004-0.03 GeV^2,
g2=0.48+0.07-0.05 GeV^2, and g3=-0.58+0.26-0.20 GeV^-1. We discuss the
potential for the full Tevatron Run I Z boson data for further testing of the
universality of the non-perturbative function.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figures, LaTe
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