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A case in favor of the
Using an interaction extracted from the local hidden gauge Lagrangians, which
brings together vector and pseudoscalar mesons, and the coupled channels (s-wave), (d-wave), (s-wave) and (d-wave),
we look in the region of MeV and we find two resonances
dynamically generated by the interaction of these channels, which are naturally
associated to the and . The appears neatly as a pole in the complex plane. The free parameters of
the theory are chosen to fit the (d-wave) data. Both the real and
imaginary parts of the amplitude vanish in our approach in the vicinity
of this resonance, similarly to what happens in experimental determinations,
what makes this signal very weak in this channel. This feature could explain
why this resonance does not show up in some experimental analyses, but the
situation is analogous to that of the resonance, the second scalar
meson after the in the (d-wave) amplitude. The
unitary coupled channel approach followed here, in connection with the
experimental data, leads automatically to a pole in the 1700 MeV region and
makes this second resonance unavoidable
A Study of the Biology of \u3ci\u3eRhopalosiphum Padi\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Winter Wheat in Northwestern Indiana
Periodic collections of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, during two years revealed small populations on winter wheat in Lafayette, Indiana. The greatest numbers were found on volunteer wheat plants before planting. In the autumn, aphids were detected on one-shoot plants by mid-October and also early March. The populations remained small until mid-June. We conclude that the aphid feeding did not significantly affect the plants, but helped spread barley yellow dwarf virus
Self-tuning of cosmological constant and exit from inflation
I review the recent 5D self-tuning solutions of the cosmological constant
problem, and try to unify two cosmological constant problems within the
framework of the self-tuning solutions. One problem, the large cosmological
constant needed for inflation, is interpreted by starting with the parameters
allowing only the dS vacuum, and the vanishing cosmological constant at a true
vacuum is realized by changing parameters by exit from inflation at the brane
such that the self-tuning solution is allowed.Comment: Latex file of 8 pages, including 2 figures. Talk presented at
COSPA-03, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 13-15, 200
Predicted electric field near small superconducting ellipsoids
We predict the existence of large electric fields near the surface of
superconducting bodies of ellipsoidal shape of dimensions comparable to the
penetration depth. The electric field is quadrupolar in nature with significant
corrections from higher order multipoles. Prolate (oblate) superconducting
ellipsoids are predicted to exhibit fields consistent with negative (positive)
quadrupole moments, reflecting the fundamental charge asymmetry of matter.Comment: To be published in Phys.Rev.Let
Superconductivity from Undressing. II. Single Particle Green's Function and Photoemission in Cuprates
Experimental evidence indicates that the superconducting transition in high
cuprates is an 'undressing' transition. Microscopic mechanisms giving
rise to this physics were discussed in the first paper of this series. Here we
discuss the calculation of the single particle Green's function and spectral
function for Hamiltonians describing undressing transitions in the normal and
superconducting states. A single parameter, , describes the strength
of the undressing process and drives the transition to superconductivity. In
the normal state, the spectral function evolves from predominantly incoherent
to partly coherent as the hole concentration increases. In the superconducting
state, the 'normal' Green's function acquires a contribution from the anomalous
Green's function when is non-zero; the resulting contribution to
the spectral function is for hole extraction and for hole
injection. It is proposed that these results explain the observation of sharp
quasiparticle states in the superconducting state of cuprates along the
direction and their absence along the direction.Comment: figures have been condensed in fewer pages for easier readin
Flash Point and Chemical Composition of Aviation Kerosene (Jet A)
The relationship between chemical composition, flash point, and ignition energy was examined for eight samples of aviation kerosene (Jet A) with flash points between 29°C (84°F) and 74°C (165°F). We report the results of liquid characterization by two different laboratories. We use the results of headspace gas chromatography carried out by Woodrow and Seiber to characterize the vapor composition at liquid mass loading fractions of 3 and 400 kg/m^3. The composition data were analyzed to obtain analytical representations of vapor pressure and average molar mass as a function of temperature for each flash point fuel. The relationship between composition and flash point is examined by using two prediction methods. The first method is based on the notion of a critical value of fuel-air mass ratio at the flammability limit. The second method is based on Le Chatelier's rule for flammability limits. Both methods show a reasonable correlation between measured and predicted flash point. The relationship between flash point and ignition temperature threshold at a fixed spark ignition energy was examined for four fuels. A linear correlation was obtained for an ignition energy of 0.3 J. The effect of fuel weathering was examined by determining the flashpoints of seven fuel samples obtained from flight tests. The flash point increased about 8°C for fuel that had been exposed to 5 take-off, cruise, and landing cycles
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