379 research outputs found
Large Logarithms in the Beam Normal Spin Asymmetry of Elastic Electron--Proton Scattering
We study a parity-conserving single-spin beam asymmetry of elastic
electron-proton scattering induced by an absorptive part of the two-photon
exchange amplitude. It is demonstrated that excitation of inelastic hadronic
intermediate states by the consecutive exchange of two photons leads to
logarithmic and double-logarithmic enhancement due to contributions of hard
collinear quasi-real photons. The asymmetry at small electron scattering angles
is expressed in terms of the total photoproduction cross section on the proton,
and is predicted to reach the magnitude of 20-30 parts per million. At these
conditions and fixed 4-momentum transfers, the asymmetry is rising
logarithmically with increasing electron beam energy, following the high-energy
diffractive behavior of total photoproduction cross section on the proton.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; typos fixed, a reference adde
Scaling and Duality in Semi-exclusive Processes
We discuss extending scaling and duality studies to semi-exclusive processes.
We show that semi-exclusive hard pion photoproduction should exhibit scaling
behavior in kinematic regions where the photon and pion both interact directly
with the same quark. We show that such kinematic regions exist. We also show
that the constancy with changing momentum transfer of the resonance
peak/scaling curve ratio, familiar for many resonances in deep inelastic
scattering, is also expected in the semi-exclusive case.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.
QED Radiative Corrections in Processes of Exclusive Pion Electroproduction
Formalism for radiative correction (RC) calculation in exclusive pion
electroproduction on the proton is presented. A FORTRAN code EXCLURAD is
developed for the RC procedure. The numerical analysis is done in the
kinematics of current Jefferson Lab experiments.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures; requires RevTeX
Fiber bundle model with stick-slip dynamics
We propose a generic model to describe the mechanical response and failure of
systems which undergo a series of stick-slip events when subjected to an
external load. We model the system as a bundle of fibers, where single fibers
can gradually increase their relaxed length with a stick-slip mechanism
activated by the increasing load. We determine the constitutive equation of the
system and show by analytical calculations that on the macro-scale a plastic
response emerges followed by a hardening or softening regime. Releasing the
load, an irreversible permanent deformation occurs which depends on the
properties of sliding events. For quenched and annealed disorder of the failure
thresholds the same qualitative behavior is found, however, in the annealed
case the plastic regime is more pronounced.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Biologically active peptides of meat and meat product proteins: a review. Part 2. Functionality of meat bioactive peptides
Biologically active peptides (BAP) are regarded as the main products of protein hydrolysis. BAP activity depends on the amino acid sequence molecular weight and chain length, type and charge of an amino acid at the N-terminus and C-terminus, hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties, spatial structure. They positively influence many systems of the human body, including the blood circulatory, nervous, immune, gastrointestinal and other systems. The health-improving effect of bioactive peptides is formed due to their antioxidant, antihypertensive, antithrombotic, immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, anti-allergic, opioid, anti-inflammatory, hypocholesterolemic and anticancer properties. Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides are most studied due to their effect on blood pressure regulation. Unlike synthetic preparations, biologically active peptides do not have side effects and, therefore, can be used as their alternative. There is a growing commercial interest in peptides generated from meat proteins is in the context of health saving functional foods. The paper describes prospects, pros and cons of using bioactive peptides as functional food ingredients and biologically active food additives
Radiative Correction to the Transferred Polarization in Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering
Model independent radiative correction to the recoil proton polarization for
the elastic electron-proton scattering is calculated within method of electron
structure functions. The explicit expressions for the recoil proton
polarization are represented as a contraction of the electron structure and the
hard part of the polarization dependent contribution into cross-section. The
calculation of the hard part with first order radiative correction is
performed. The obtained representation includes the leading radiative
corrections in all orders of perturbation theory and the main part of the
second order next-to-leading ones. Numerical calculations illustrate our
analytical results.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Soft Contributions to Hard Pion Photoproduction
Hard, or high transverse momentum, pion photoproduction can be a tool for
probing the parton structure of the beam and target. We estimate the soft
contributions to this process, with an eye toward delineating the region where
perturbatively calculable processes dominate. Our soft process estimate is
based on vector meson dominance and data based parameterizations of
semiexclusive hadronic cross sections. We find that soft processes dominate in
single pion photoproduction somewhat past 2 GeV transverse momentum at a few
times 10 GeV incoming energy. The recent polarization asymmetry data is
consistent with the perturbative asymmetry being diluted by polarization
insensitive soft processes. Determining the polarized gluon distribution using
hard pion photoproduction appears feasible with a few hundred GeV incoming
energy (in the target rest frame).Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
- …