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Green's function method for strength function in three-body continuum
Practical methods to compute dipole strengths for a three-body system by
using a discretized continuum are analyzed. New techniques involving Green's
function are developed, either by correcting the tail of the approximate wave
function in a direct calculation of the strength function or by using a
solution of a driven Schroedinger equation in a summed expression of the
strength. They are compared with the complex scaling method and the Lorentz
integral transform, also making use of a discretized continuum. Numerical tests
are performed with a hyperscalar three-body potential in the
hyperspherical-harmonics formalism. They show that the Lorentz integral
transform method is less practical than the other methods because of a
difficult inverse transform. These other methods provide in general comparable
accuracies.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physic
Electric dipole response of He: Halo-neutron and core excitations
Electric dipole () response of He is studied with a fully
microscopic six-body calculation. The wave functions for the ground and excited
states are expressed as a superposition of explicitly correlated Gaussians
(CG). Final state interactions of three-body decay channels are explicitly
taken into account. The ground state properties and the low-energy
strength are obtained consistently with observations. Two main peaks as well as
several small peaks are found in the strength function. The peak at the
high-energy region indicates a typical macroscopic picture of the giant dipole
resonance, the out-of-phase proton-neutron motion. The transition densities of
the lower-lying peaks exhibit in-phase proton-neutron motion in the internal
region, out-of-phase motion near the surface region, and spatially extended
neutron oscillation, indicating a soft-dipole mode (SDM) and its vibrationally
excited mode.Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Alpha-cluster structure and density wave in oblate nuclei
Pentagon and triangle shapes in Si-28 and C-12 are discussed in relation with
nuclear density wave. In the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics calculations,
the band in Si-28 and the band in C-12 are described by
the pentagon and triangle shapes, respectively. These negative-parity bands can
be interpreted as the parity partners of the ground bands and they
are constructed from the parity-asymmetric-intrinsic states. The pentagon and
the triangle shapes originate in 7alpha and 3alpha cluster structures,
respectively. In a mean-field picture, they are described also by the static
one-dimensional density wave at the edge of the oblate states. In analysis with
ideal alpha cluster models using Brink-Bloch cluster wave functions and that
with a simplified model, we show that the static edge density wave for the
pentagon and triangle shapes can be understood by spontaneous breaking of axial
symmetry, i.e., the instability of the oblate states with respect to the edge
density wave. The density wave is enhanced in the Z=N nuclei due to the
proton-neutron coherent density waves, while it is suppressed in Z\ne N nuclei.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figure
nature of the superdeformed band of and the evolution of the molecular structure
The relation between the superdeformed band of and molecular bands is studied by the deformed-base
antisymmetrized molecular dynamics with the Gogny D1S force. It is found that
the obtained superdeformed band members of have considerable
amount of the component. Above the superdeformed
band, we have obtained two excited rotational bands which have more prominent
character of the molecular band. These three
rotational bands are regarded as a series of
molecular bands which were predicted by using the unique
- optical potentil. As the excitation energy and principal
quantum number of the relative motion increase, the cluster structure becomes more prominent but at the same time, the band
members are fragmented into several states
Cosmic Neutrino Bound on the Dark Matter Annihilation Rate in the Late Universe
How large can the dark matter self-annihilation rate in the late universe be?
This rate depends on (rho_DM/m_chi)^2 , where rho_DM/m_chi is the
number density of dark matter, and the annihilation cross section is averaged
over the velocity distribution. Since the clustering of dark matter is known,
this amounts to asking how large the annihilation cross section can be.
Kaplinghat, Knox, and Turner proposed that a very large annihilation cross
section could turn a halo cusp into a core, improving agreement between
simulations and observations; Hui showed that unitarity prohibits this for
large dark matter masses. We show that if the annihilation products are
Standard Model particles, even just neutrinos, the consequent fluxes are ruled
out by orders of magnitude, even at small masses. Equivalently, to invoke such
large annihilation cross sections, one must now require that essentially no
Standard Model particles are produced.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; to appear in the proceedings of the TeV Particle
Astrophysics II Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 28-31 Aug 200
Nucleon Flow and Fragment Flow in Heavy Ion Reactions
The collective flow of nucleons and that of fragments in the 12C + 12C
reaction below 150 MeV/nucleon are calculated with the antisymmetrized version
of molecular dynamics combined with the statistical decay calculation. Density
dependent Gogny force is used as the effective interaction. The calculated
balance energy is about 100 MeV/nucleon, which is close to the observed value.
Below the balance energy, the absolute value of the fragment flow is larger
than that of nucleon flow, which is also in accordance with data. The
dependence of the flow on the stochastic collision cross section and its origin
are discussed. All the results are naturally understood by introducing the
concept of two components of flow: the flow of dynamically emitted nucleons and
the flow of the nuclear matter which contributes to both the flow of fragments
and the flow of nucleons due to the statistical decay.Comment: 20 pages, PostScript figures, LaTeX with REVTeX and EPSF, KUNS 121
Multifrequency Polarimetry of the Nrao 140 Jet: Possible Detection of a Helical Magnetic Field and Constraints on its Pitch Angle
We present results from multifrequency polarimetry of NRAO 140 using the Very
Long Baseline Array. These observations allow us to reveal the distributions of
both the polarization position angle and the Faraday rotation measure (RM).
These distributions are powerful tools to discern the projected and
line-of-sight components of the magnetic field, respectively. We find a
systematic gradient in the RM distribution, with its sign being opposite at
either side of the jet with respect to the jet axis. The sign of the RM changes
only with the direction of the magnetic field component along the line of
sight, so this can be explained by the existence of helical magnetic components
associated with the jet itself. We derive two constraints for the pitch angle
of the helical magnetic field from the distributions of the RM and the
projected magnetic field; the RM distribution indicates that the helical fields
are tightly wound, while that of the projected magnetic field suggests they are
loosely wound around the jet axis. This inconsistency may be explained if the
Faraday rotator is not cospatial with theemitting region. Our results may point
toward a physical picture in which an ultra-relativistic jet (spine) with a
loosely wound helical magnetic field is surrounded by a sub-relativistic wind
layer (sheath) with a tightly wound helical magnetic field.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, ApJ, in pres
The {\alpha}-Decay Chains of the Isotopes using Relativistic Mean Field Theory
We study the binding energy, root-mean-square radius and quadrupole
deformation parameter for the synthesized superheavy element Z = 115, within
the formalism of relativistic mean field theory. The calculation is dones for
various isotopes of Z = 115 element, starting from A = 272 to A = 292. A
systematic comparison between the binding energies and experimental data is
made.The calculated binding energies are in good agreement with experimental
result. The results show the prolate deformation for the ground state of these
nuclei. The most stable isotope is found to be 282115 nucleus (N = 167) in the
isotopic chain. We have also studied Q{\alpha} and T{\alpha} for the
{\alpha}-decay chains of 115.Comment: 12 Pages 6 Figures 3 Table
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