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Masses of light tetraquarks and scalar mesons in the relativistic quark model
Masses of the ground state light tetraquarks are dynamically calculated in
the framework of the relativistic diquark-antidiquark picture. The internal
structure of the diquark is taken into account by calculating the form factor
of the diquark-gluon interaction in terms of the overlap integral of the
diquark wave functions. It is found that scalar mesons with masses below 1 GeV:
f_0(600) (\sigma), K^*_0(800) (\kappa), f_0(980) and a_0(980) agree well with
the light tetraquark interpretation.Comment: 9 pages, Report-no adde
Streamers in air splitting into three branches
We investigate the branching of positive streamers in air and present the
first systematic investigation of splitting into more than two branches. We
study discharges in 100 mbar artificial air that is exposed to voltage pulses
of 10 kV applied to a needle electrode 160 mm above a grounded plate. By
imaging the discharge with two cameras from three angles, we establish that
about every 200th branching event is a branching into three. Branching into
three occurs more frequently for the relatively thicker streamers. In fact, we
find that the surface of the total streamer cross-sections before and after a
branching event is roughly the same.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure
Sulfur and Methionine Supplementation With Soybean Meal and Urea for Feedlot Lambs
Some experiments have shown that the sulfur containing amino acids are the first limiting ones where urea furnishes a major part of the dietary nitrogren. Rumen microorganisms can synthesize the sulfur containing amino acids when there is an adequate level of sulfur in the diet The objectives of the experiments reported herein were to compare diets using soybean meal or urea as the supplemental protein for growing and finishing lambs and to test the value of an added methionine and various levels and sources of supplemental sulfur
Zeranol or Diethylstilbestrol Implants for Feedlot Lambs
Less research has been conducted with lambs than with cattle where zeranol has been compared to a control group and to a DES-implanted group. With the removal of DES as an additive to the feed or as an implant, there is more interest in possible substitue products. While response of feedlot lambs to DES is of no practical concern at present, results from zeranol in comparison to DES give a more thorough evaluation of the product than studies with a comparison to only a control group. Two such experiments have been completed and are reported herein
Pion condensation in quark matter with finite baryon density
The phase structure of the Nambu -- Jona-Lasinio model at zero temperature
and in the presence of baryon- and isospin chemical potentials is investigated.
It is shown that in the chiral limit and for a wide range of model parameters
there exist two different phases with pion condensation. In the first, ordinary
phase, quarks are gapped particles. In the second, gapless pion condensation
phase, there is no energy cost for creating only - or both and
quarks, and the density of baryons is nonzero.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures; two references adde
Symmetric Versus Nonsymmetric Structure of the Phosphorus Vacancy on InP(110)
The atomic and electronic structure of positively charged P vacancies on
InP(110) surfaces is determined by combining scanning tunneling microscopy,
photoelectron spectroscopy, and density-functional theory calculations. The
vacancy exhibits a nonsymmetric rebonded atomic configuration with a charge
transfer level 0.75+-0.1 eV above the valence band maximum. The scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) images show only a time average of two degenerate
geometries, due to a thermal flip motion between the mirror configurations.
This leads to an apparently symmetric STM image, although the ground state
atomic structure is nonsymmetric.Comment: 5 pages including 3 figures. related publications can be found at
http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/th/paper.htm
Observation and theoretical description of the pure Fano-effect in the valence-band photo-emission of ferromagnets
The pure Fano-effect in angle-integrated valence-band photo-emission of
ferromagnets has been observed for the first time. A contribution of the
intrinsic spin polarization to the spin polarization of the photo-electrons has
been avoided by an appropriate choice of the experimental parameters. The
theoretical description of the resulting spectra reveals a complete analogy to
the Fano-effect observed before for paramagnetic transition metals. While the
theoretical photo-current and spin difference spectra are found in good
quantitative agreement with experiment in the case of Fe and Co only a
qualitative agreement could be achieved in the case of Ni by calculations on
the basis of plain local spin density approximation (LSDA). Agreement with
experimental data could be improved in this case in a very substantial way by a
treatment of correlation effects on the basis of dynamical mean field theory
(DMFT).Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures accepted by PR
Moving boundary approximation for curved streamer ionization fronts: Solvability analysis
The minimal density model for negative streamer ionization fronts is
investigated. An earlier moving boundary approximation for this model consisted
of a "kinetic undercooling" type boundary condition in a Laplacian growth
problem of Hele-Shaw type. Here we derive a curvature correction to the moving
boundary approximation that resembles surface tension. The calculation is based
on solvability analysis with unconventional features, namely, there are three
relevant zero modes of the adjoint operator, one of them diverging;
furthermore, the inner/outer matching ahead of the front has to be performed on
a line rather than on an extended region; and the whole calculation can be
performed analytically. The analysis reveals a relation between the fields
ahead and behind a slowly evolving curved front, the curvature and the
generated conductivity. This relation forces us to give up the ideal
conductivity approximation, and we suggest to replace it by a constant
conductivity approximation. This implies that the electric potential in the
streamer interior is no longer constant but solves a Laplace equation; this
leads to a Muskat-type problem.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figure
A moving boundary model motivated by electric breakdown: II. Initial value problem
An interfacial approximation of the streamer stage in the evolution of sparks
and lightning can be formulated as a Laplacian growth model regularized by a
'kinetic undercooling' boundary condition. Using this model we study both the
linearized and the full nonlinear evolution of small perturbations of a
uniformly translating circle. Within the linear approximation analytical and
numerical results show that perturbations are advected to the back of the
circle, where they decay. An initially analytic interface stays analytic for
all finite times, but singularities from outside the physical region approach
the interface for , which results in some anomalous relaxation at
the back of the circle. For the nonlinear evolution numerical results indicate
that the circle is the asymptotic attractor for small perturbations, but larger
perturbations may lead to branching. We also present results for more general
initial shapes, which demonstrate that regularization by kinetic undercooling
cannot guarantee smooth interfaces globally in time.Comment: 44 pages, 18 figures, paper submitted to Physica
Turbulent Cooling Flows in Molecular Clouds
We propose that inward, subsonic flows arise from the local dissipation of
turbulent motions in molecular clouds. Such "turbulent cooling flows" may
account for recent observations of spatially extended inward motions towards
dense cores. These pressure-driven flows may arise from various types of
turbulence and dissipation mechanisms. For the example of MHD waves and
turbulence damped by ion-neutral friction, sustained cooling flow requires that
the outer gas be sufficiently turbulent, that the inner gas have marginal
field-neutral coupling, and that this coupling decrease sufficiently rapidly
with increasing density. These conditions are most likely met at the transition
between outer regions ionized primarily by UV photons and inner regions ionized
primarily by cosmic rays. If so, turbulent cooling flows can help form dense
cores, with speeds faster than expected for ambipolar diffusion. Such motions
could reduce the time needed for dense core formation and could precede and
enhance the motions of star-forming gravitational infall.Comment: To appear ApJL, Nov.10, 4 ApJ style pages, Postscrip
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