390 research outputs found
Baryonic contributions to the dilepton spectrum of nucleon-nucleon collisions
We study the production of dileptons in relativistic nucleon-nucleon
collisions. Additionally to the traditional dilepton production channels
(vector meson decays, meson and Delta(1232) Dalitz decays) we included in our
model as new dilepton sources the Dalitz decay of higher unflavored baryon
resonances with spin<=5/2 and mass<=2.25 GeV/c^2. The contributions of these
new channels are estimated using experimental information about the Ngamma
decays of the resonances and have large uncertainties. The obtained dilepton
spectra are compared to the experimental data by the DLS collaboration.
Predictions for the HADES detector (SIS, GSI) are also discussed. In spite of
the large uncertainties of the higher resonance Dalitz decay contributions we
are able to draw the conclusion that these contributions are negligible
compared to the other dilepton sources and do not influence the detectability
of the phi and omega vector meson peaks.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Dilepton anisotropy from and collisions at BEVALAC energies
A full calculation of lepton-pair angular characteristics is carried out for
pairs created in and collisions from 1.0 to 2.1
GeV/A. It is demonstrated that the dilepton decay anisotropy depends
sensitively on the different sources and may be used for their disentangling.
Due to the dominance of the -and -Dalitz decays and only a small
anisotropy coefficient for annihilation, the expected anisotropy
coefficients show a decrease with invariant mass of the dilepton pair and
change only moderately when comparing and reactions at the
same bombarding energy.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, plus 4 postscript figures tarred, compressed and
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Tunneling Conductance Between Parallel Two Dimensional Electron Systems
We derive and evaluate expressions for the low temperature {\it dc}
equilibrium tunneling conductance between parallel two-dimensional electron
systems. Our theory is based on a linear-response formalism and on
impurity-averaged perturbation theory. The disorder broadening of features in
the dependence of tunneling conductance on sheet densities and in-plane
magnetic field strengths is influenced both by the finite lifetime of electrons
within the wells and by non-momentum-conserving tunneling events. Disorder
vertex corrections are important only for weak in-plane magnetic fields and
strong interwell impurity-potential correlations. We comment on the basis of
our results on the possibility of using tunneling measurements to determine the
lifetime of electrons in the quantum wells.Comment: 14 pages, 5 Fig. not included, revtex, IUcm92-00
Tunneling Spectroscopy in Degenerate p-Type Silicon
Coordinated Science Laboratory was formerly known as Control Systems LaboratoryJoint Services Electronics Program / DAAB 07-67-C-0199Jet Propulsion Lab / 95238
Role of baryonic resonances in the dilepton emission in nucleon-nucleon collisions
Within an effective Lagrangian model, we present calculations for cross
sections of the dilepton production in proton-proton and proton-neutron
collisions at laboratory kinetic energies in 1-5 GeV range. Production
amplitudes include contributions from the nucleon-nucleon bremsstrahlung as
well as from the mechanism of excitation, propagation, and radiative decay of
Delta(1232) and N*(1520) intermediate baryonic resonances. It is found that the
delta isobar terms dominate the cross sections in the entire considered beam
energy range. Our calculations are able to explain the data of the DLS
collaboration on the dilepton production in proton-proton collisions for beam
energies below 1.3 GeV. However, for incident energies higher than this the
inclusion of contributions from other dilepton sources like Dalitz decay of pi0
and eta mesons, and direct decay of rho and omega mesons is necessary to
describe the data.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figures, more details of the calculations added, version
to appear in Phys. Rev
Dilepton Production from AGS to SPS Energies within a Relativistic Transport Approach
We present a nonperturbative dynamical study of production in
proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions from AGS to SPS energies on the
basis of the covariant transport approach HSD. For p + Be reactions the
dilepton yield for invariant masses GeV is found to be dominated
by the decays of the and mesons at all energies
from 10 -- 450 GeV. For nucleus-nucleus collisions, however, the dilepton yield
shows an additional large contribution from , and channels. Systematic studies are presented for the 'free' meson mass
scenario in comparison to a 'dropping' meson mass scenario at finite baryon
density. We find that for 'dropping' meson masses the invariant dilepton mass
range 0.35 GeV 0.65 GeV is increased in comparison to the 'free'
meson mass scenario and that the data of the CERES-collaboration for
nucleus-nucleus collisions can be described much better within the 'dropping'
mass scheme. We study in detail the contributions from the various dilepton
channels as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of the lepton
pair as well as a function of the charged particle multiplicity. Furthermore,
various direct photon channels for S + Au at 200 GeV/u are computed and found
to be well below the upper bounds measured by the WA80-collaboration.Comment: 38 pages, LaTeX, including 19 postscript figures, to appear in Nucl.
Phys.
Magnetic-field dependence of electron spin relaxation in n-type semiconductors
We present a theoretical investigation of the magnetic field dependence of
the longitudinal () and transverse () spin relaxation times of
conduction band electrons in n-type III-V semiconductors. In particular, we
find that the interplay between the Dyakonov-Perel process and an additional
spin relaxation channel, which originates from the electron wave vector
dependence of the electron -factor, yields a maximal at a finite
magnetic field. We compare our results with existing experimental data on
n-type GaAs and make specific additional predictions for the magnetic field
dependence of electron spin lifetimes.Comment: accepted for publication in PRB, minor changes to previous manuscrip
production in reactions at SIS energies
Detailed predictions for dilepton production from reactions at SIS
energies are presented within a semi-classical BUU transport model that
includes the off-shell propagation of vector mesons nonperturbatively and
calculates the width of the vector mesons dynamically. Different scenarios of
in-medium modifications of vector mesons, such as collisional broadening and
dropping vector meson masses, are investigated and the possibilities for an
experimental observation of in-medium effects in reactions at 1--4 GeV
are discussed for a variety of nuclear targets.Comment: 38 pages, LaTeX, including 20 postscript figures, to be published in
Nucl. Phys.
Electron Spin Relaxation in a Semiconductor Quantum Well
A fully microscopic theory of electron spin relaxation by the
D'yakonov-Perel' type spin-orbit coupling is developed for a semiconductor
quantum well with a magnetic field applied in the growth direction of the well.
We derive the Bloch equations for an electron spin in the well and define
microscopic expressions for the spin relaxation times. The dependencies of the
electron spin relaxation rate on the lowest quantum well subband energy,
magnetic field and temperature are analyzed.Comment: Revised version as will appear in Physical Review
Perspectives of production in pp, pd and p Be reactions at SIS energies
We study dilepton production from pp, pd and p Be collisions from 1 - 5 GeV
including the , , and Dalitz decays, direct
decays of vector mesons (, ) as well as subthreshold
production via baryonic resonances (e.g. ). Our
calculations compare rather well with the pp and pd data from the DLS
Collaboration, however, overestimate slightly the 'old' p Be data from that
group. Futhermore, detailed predictions for differential dilepton spectra at
SIS energies are made with a high mass resolution that can be controlled
experimentally by the HADES Collaboration in near future.Comment: 27 pages, LaTeX, including 13 postscript figures, to be published in
Nucl. Phys.
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