355 research outputs found
Dynamical Mass Generation in Landau gauge QCD
We summarise results on the infrared behaviour of Landau gauge QCD from the
Green's functions approach and lattice calculations. Approximate,
nonperturbative solutions for the ghost, gluon and quark propagators as well as
first results for the quark-gluon vertex from a coupled set of Dyson-Schwinger
equations are compared to quenched and unquenched lattice results. Almost
quantitative agreement is found for all three propagators. Similar effects of
unquenching are found in both approaches. The dynamically generated quark
masses are close to `phenomenological' values. First results for the
quark-gluon vertex indicate a complex tensor structure of the non-perturbative
quark-gluon interaction.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, Summary of a talk given at the international
conference QCD DOWN UNDER, March 10 - 19, Adelaide, Australi
Rho and Sigma Mesons in Unitarized Thermal ChPT
We present our recent results for the rho and sigma mesons considered as
resonances in pion-pion scattering in a thermal bath. We use chiral
perturbation theory to fourth order in p for the low energy behaviour, then
extend the analysis via the unitarization method of the Inverse Amplitude into
the resonance region. The width of the rho broadens about twice the amount
required by phase space considerations alone, its mass staying practically
constant up to temperatures of order 150 MeV. The sigma meson behaves in
accordance to chiral symmetry restoration expectations.Comment: Proc. Workshop Strong and Electroweak Matter 02, Heidelberg, German
Implementation of an effective time-saving two-stage methodology for microstructural characterization of cemented carbides
Linear intercept on scanning electron microscopy micrographs is the most commonly used measurement method to determine carbide grain size and contiguity in WCâCo cemented carbides (hardmetals). However, it involves manual time-consuming measurements and is critically dependent on the quality of the micrographs as well as on the identification and definition of grain boundaries. In this study a two-stage methodology for microstructural characterization of hardmetals is presented. First, a digital semi-automatic image analysis procedure for grain size determination of the carbide phase is presented. It involves an experimental assessment of grain size on processed images corresponding to a series of WCâCo and WCâNi cemented carbide grades with different microstructural characteristics. Obtained results are then compared to the values obtained by means of the linear intercept technique. A good correlation between the mean grain sizes determined following both measurement techniques was attained. Based on experimental findings, a series of empirical relations were found to correlate grain size distributions obtained following both methods. Second, an empirical relation for estimating carbide contiguity in WCâCo cemented carbides is proposed. This relation considers simultaneously the influence of the binder content and the experimentally determined mean grain size on contiguity. The proposed equation for contiguity estimation is based on extensive data collection from open literature. An excellent agreement was attained between contiguity values estimated from such equation and those obtained using the linear intercept technique. This validates the two-stage procedure as an effective time-saving methodology for microstructural characterization of WCâCo cemented carbides.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Tetraquark spectroscopy
A complete classification of tetraquark states in terms of the spin-flavor,
color and spatial degrees of freedom was constructed. The permutational
symmetry properties of both the spin-flavor and orbital parts of the
quark-quark and antiquark-antiquark subsystems are discussed. This complete
classification is general and model-independent, and is useful both for
model-builders and experimentalists. The total wave functions are also
explicitly constructed in the hypothesis of ideal mixing; this basis for
tetraquark states will enable the eigenvalue problem to be solved for a
definite dynamical model. This is also valid for diquark-antidiquark models,
for which the basis is a subset of the one we have constructed. An evaluation
of the tetraquark spectrum is obtained from the Iachello mass formula for
normal mesons, here generalized to tetraquark systems. This mass formula is a
generalizazion of the Gell-Mann Okubo mass formula, whose coefficients have
been upgraded by means of the latest PDG data.
The ground state tetraquark nonet was identified with ,
, , . The mass splittings predicted by
this mass formula are compared to the KLOE, Fermilab E791 and BES experimental
data. The diquark-antidiquark limit was also studied.Comment: Invited talk at 11th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon
Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2007), Julich, Germany, 10-14
Sep 2007. In the Proceedings of 11th International Conference on
Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2007), Julich,
Germany, 10-14 Sep 2007, eConf C070910, 163 (2007
Hadronic aspects of exotic baryons
In this talk I look into three different topics, addressing first the
possibility that the is a bound state of , exploiting the
results of this study to find out the contribution of two meson and one baryon
components in the baryon antidecuplet and in the third place I present results
on a new resonant exotic baryonic state which appears as dynamically generated
by the Weinberg Tomozawa interaction.Comment: Talk at the International Workshop PENTAQUARK0
The BES f_0(1810): a new glueball candidate
We analyze the f_0(1810) state recently observed by the BES collaboration via
radiative J/\psi decay to a resonant \phi\omega spectrum and confront it with
DM2 data and glueball theory. The DM2 group only measured \omega\omega decays
and reported a pseudoscalar but no scalar resonance in this mass region. A
rescattering mechanism from the open flavored KKbar decay channel is considered
to explain why the resonance is only seen in the flavor asymmetric \omega\phi
branch along with a discussion of positive C parity charmonia decays to
strengthen the case for preferred open flavor glueball decays. We also
calculate the total glueball decay width to be roughly 100 MeV, in agreement
with the narrow, newly found f_0, and smaller than the expected estimate of
200-400 MeV. We conclude that this discovered scalar hadron is a solid glueball
candidate and deserves further experimental investigation, especially in the
K-Kbar channel. Finally we comment on other, but less likely, possible
assignments for this state.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures. Major substantive additions, including an
ab-initio, QCD-based computation of the glueball inclusive decay width,
evaluation of final state effects, and enhanced discussion of several
alternative possibilities. Our conclusions are unchanged: the BES f_0(1810)
is a promising glueball candidat
On the determination of quantum numbers and other topics of exotic baryons
In this talk I look into three different topics, addressing first a method to
determine the quantum numbers of the , then exploiting the
possibility that the is a bound state of and in the third
place I present results on a new resonant exotic baryonic state which appears
as dynamically generated by the Weinberg Tomozawa interaction.Comment: 9 pags. Talk in the NSTAR04 Workshop, Grenoble, march 200
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