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Twisty itsy bitsy topological field theory
We extend the topological field theory (``itsy bitsy topological field
theory"') of our previous work from mod-2 to twisted coefficients. This
topological field theory is derived from sutured Floer homology but described
purely in terms of surfaces with signed points on their boundary (occupied
surfaces) and curves on those surfaces respecting signs (sutures). It has
information-theoretic (``itsy'') and quantum-field-theoretic (``bitsy'')
aspects. In the process we extend some results of sutured Floer homology,
consider associated ribbon graph structures, and construct explicit admissible
Heegaard decompositions.Comment: 52 pages, 26 figure
Inclusive Jet Cross Sections in pbarp Collisions at 630 and 1800 GeV
We have made a precise measurement of the inclusive jet cross section at 1800
GeV. The result is based on an integrated luminosity of 92 pb**-1 collected at
the Fermilab Tevatron pbarp Collider with the DO detector. The measurement is
reported as a function of jet transverse energy (60 GeV < ET < 500 GeV), and in
the pseudorapidity intervals |eta|<0.5 and 0.1<eta<0.7. A preliminary
measurement of the pseudorapidity dependence of inclusive jet production
(eta<1.5) is also discussed. The results are in good agreement with predictions
from next-to-leading order (NLO) quantum chromodynamics (QCD). D\O has also
determined the ratio of jet cross sections at =630 GeV and
=1800 GeV (). This preliminary measurement differs
from NLO QCD predictions.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, conference (DIS99, Zeuthen, Germany
QCD at the Tevatron: Jets and Fragmentation
At the Fermilab Tevatron energies, (=1800 GeV and =630
GeV), jet production is the dominant process. During the period 1992-1996, the
D0 and CDF experiments accumulated almost 100 pb**-1 of data and performed the
most accurate jet production measurements up to this date. These measurements
and the NLO-QCD theoretical predictions calculated during the last decade, have
improved our understanding of QCD, our knowledge of the proton structure, and
pushed the limit to the scale associated with quark compositeness to 2.4-2.7
TeV. In this paper, we present the most recent published and preliminary
measurements on jet production and fragmentation by the D0 and CDF
collaborations.Comment: 11 pages, 16 figures, Physics in Collisions Conference 2000 (Lisbon,
Portugal
Quantum dynamics of cold trapped ions, with application to quantum computation
The theory of interactions between lasers and cold trapped ions as it
pertains to the design of Cirac-Zoller quantum computers is discussed. The mean
positions of the trapped ions, the eigenvalues and eigenmodes of the ions'
oscillations, the magnitude of the Rabi frequencies for both allowed and
forbidden internal transitions of the ions and the validity criterion for the
required Hamiltonian are calculated. Energy level data for a variety of ion
species is also presented.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures, 3 table
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