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The electromagnetic self-force on a charged spherical body slowly undergoing a small, temporary displacement from a position of rest
The self-force of classical electrodynamics on a charged "rigid" body of
radius R is evaluated analytically for the body undergoing a slow (i.e., with a
speed v<<c), slight (i.e., small compared to R), and temporary displacement
from an initial position of rest. The results are relevant to the
Bohr-Rosenfeld analysis of the measurability of the electromagnetic field,
which has been the subject of a recent controversy.Comment: REVTeX, 15 pages, 3 figures, accepted by J. Phys.
Complementarity and Scientific Rationality
Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics has been criticized as incoherent
and opportunistic, and based on doubtful philosophical premises. If so Bohr's
influence, in the pre-war period of 1927-1939, is the harder to explain, and
the acceptance of his approach to quantum mechanics over de Broglie's had no
reasonable foundation. But Bohr's interpretation changed little from the time
of its first appearance, and stood independent of any philosophical
presuppositions. The principle of complementarity is itself best read as a
conjecture of unusually wide scope, on the nature and future course of
explanations in the sciences (and not only the physical sciences). If it must
be judged a failure today, it is not because of any internal inconsistency.Comment: 29 page
Cycles, submanifolds, and structures on normal bundles
We give explicit examples of degree 3 cohomology classes not Poincare dual to
submanifolds, and discuss the realisability of homology classes by submanifolds
with Spin-C normal bundles.Comment: Several changes including an improvement of Theorem 1, our new
examples have torsion-free homolog
Electromagnetic Transition Strengths in Heavy Nuclei
We calculate reduced B(E2) and B(M1) electromagnetic transition strengths
within and between K-bands in support of a recently proposed model for the
structure of heavy nuclei. Previously, only spectra and a rough indication of
the largest B(E2) strengths were reported. The present more detailed
calculations should aid the experimental identification of the predicted ,
and bands and, in particular, act to confirm or refute the
suggestion that the model and bands correspond to the well known
and widespread beta and gamma bands. Furthermore they pinpoint transitions
which can indicate the presence of a so far elusive band by feeding
relatively strongly into or out of it. Some of these transitions may already
have been measured in Th, Th and U.Comment: 10 pages, 1 Figure, submitted to Physical Review
Spectral properties of a tractable collective Hamiltonian
The spectral properties of a tractable collective model Hamiltonian are
studied. The potential energy is truncated up to quartic terms in the
quadrupole deformation variables, incorporating vibrational,
-independent rotational and axially deformed rotational structures.
These physically significant limits are analysed in detail and confronted with
well-established approximation schemes. Furthermore, transitional Hamiltonians
in between the limits are presented and discussed. All results are obtained
within a recently presented Cartan-Weyl based framework to calculate
embedded quadrupole collective observables.Comment: submitted to PR
Triaxial quadrupole deformation dynamics in sd-shell nuclei around 26Mg
Large-amplitude dynamics of axial and triaxial quadrupole deformation in
24,26Mg, 24Ne, and 28Si is investigated on the basis of the quadrupole
collective Hamiltonian constructed with use of the constrained
Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov plus the local quasiparticle random phase approximation
method. The calculation reproduces well properties of the ground rotational
bands, and beta and gamma vibrations in 24Mg and 28Si. The gamma-softness in
the collective states of 26Mg and 24Ne are discussed. Contributions of the
neutrons and protons to the transition properties are also analyzed in
connection with the large-amplitude quadrupole dynamics.Comment: 16 pages, 18 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Nuclear phenomena derived from quark-gluon strings
We propose a QCD based many-body model for the nucleus where the strong
coupling regime is controlled by a three body string force and the weak
coupling regime is dominated by a pairing force. This model operates
effectively with a quark-gluon Lagrangian containing a pairing force from
instantons and a baryonic string term which contains a confining potential. The
unified model for weak and strong coupling regimes, is, however, only
consistent at the border of perturbative QCD. The baryonic string force is
necessary, as a {stability and} compressibility analysis shows, for the
occurrence of the phases of nuclear matter. The model exhibits a quark
deconfinement transition and chiral restoration which are suggested by QCD and
give qualitatively correct numerics. The effective model is shown to be
isomorphic to the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and exhibits the correct chirality
provided that the chiral fields are identified with the 2-particle strings,
which are natural in a QCD frameworkComment: 17 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
A simple description of the states and in
A sixth-order quadrupole boson Hamiltonian is used to describe 26 states
and 67 states which have been recently identified in .
Two closed expressions are alternatively used for energy levels. One
corresponds to a semi-classical approach while the other one represents the
exact eigenvalue of the model Hamiltonian. The semi-classical expression
involves four parameters, while the exact eigenvalue is determined by five
parameters. In each of the two descriptions a least square fit procedure is
adopted.
Both expressions provide a surprisingly good agreement with the experimental
data.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
Quadrupole collective variables in the natural Cartan-Weyl basis
The matrix elements of the quadrupole collective variables, emerging from
collective nuclear models, are calculated in the natural Cartan-Weyl basis of
O(5) which is a subgroup of a covering structure. Making
use of an intermediate set method, explicit expressions of the matrix elements
are obtained in a pure algebraic way, fixing the -rotational structure
of collective quadrupole models.Comment: submitted to Journal of Physics
Microscopic calculation of transition intensities for vibrational bands and high-K isomers
We investigate the effect of the Coriolis coupling and the residual
interactions upon the inter-band transition rates for the vibrational bands and
the decay of two-quasiparticle high-K isomers.Comment: 5 pages, RevTex using epsf.sty, 2 postscript figures included. Talk
presented at Conference on "Nuclear structure at the extremes" (June 17 - 19,
1998, Lewes, UK
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