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Suppression of vortex channeling in meandered YBa2Cu3O7-d grain boundaries
We report on the in-plane magnetic field (H) dependence of the critical
current density (Jc) in meandered and planar single grain boundaries (GBs)
isolated in YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO) coated conductors. The Jc(H)properties of the
planar GB are consistent with those previously seen in single GBs of YBCO films
grown on SrTiO3 bi-crystals. In the straight boundary a characteristic flux
channeling regime when H is oriented near the GB plane, associated with a
reduced Jc, is seen. The meandered GB does not show vortex channeling since it
is not possible for a sufficient length of vortex line to lie within it.Comment: Submitted to AP
Bloch oscillations of Bose-Einstein condensates: Breakdown and revival
We investigate the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in a tilted
one-dimensional periodic lattice within the mean-field (Gross-Pitaevskii)
description. Unlike in the linear case the Bloch oscillations decay because of
nonlinear dephasing. Pronounced revival phenomena are observed. These are
analyzed in detail in terms of a simple integrable model constructed by an
expansion in Wannier-Stark resonance states. We also briefly discuss the pulsed
output of such systems for stronger static fields.Comment: RevTeX4, 9 pages, 14 figure
Hyperatlas: A New Framework for Image Federation
Hyperatlas is an open standard intended to facilitate the large-scale
federation of image-based data. The subject of hyperatlas is the space of
sphere-to-plane projection mappings (the FITS-WCS information), and the
standard consists of coherent collections of these on which data can be
resampled and thereby federated with other image data. We hope for a
distributed effort that will produce a multi-faceted image atlas of the sky,
made by federating many different surveys at different wavelengths and
different times. We expect that hyperatlas-compliant imagery will be published
and discovered through an International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA)
registry, and that grid-based services will emerge for the required resampling
and mosaicking.Comment: Published in ADASS XIII proceeding
Atlasmaker: A Grid-based Implementation of the Hyperatlas
The Atlasmaker project is using Grid technology, in combination with NVO
interoperability, to create new knowledge resources in astronomy. The product
is a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, scientifically trusted image atlas of
the sky, made by federating many different surveys at different wavelengths,
times, resolutions, polarizations, etc. The Atlasmaker software does resampling
and mosaicking of image collections, and is well-suited to operate with the
Hyperatlas standard. Requests can be satisfied via on-demand computations or by
accessing a data cache. Computed data is stored in a distributed virtual file
system, such as the Storage Resource Broker (SRB). We expect these atlases to
be a new and powerful paradigm for knowledge extraction in astronomy, as well
as a magnificent way to build educational resources. The system is being
incorporated into the data analysis pipeline of the Palomar-Quest synoptic
survey, and is being used to generate all-sky atlases from the 2MASS, SDSS, and
DPOSS surveys for joint object detection.Comment: Published in the Proceedings of ADASS XI
Pseudoscalar Meson Mixing in Effective Field Theory
We show that for any effective field theory of colorless meson fields, the
mixing schemes of particle states and decay constants are not only related but
also determined exclusively by the kinetic and mass Lagrangian densities. In
the general case, these are bilinear in terms of the intrinsic fields and
involve non-diagonal kinetic and mass matrices. By applying three consecutive
steps this Lagrangian can be reduced into the standard quadratic form in terms
of the physical fields. These steps are : (i) the diagonalization of the
kinetic matrix, (ii) rescaling of the fields, and (iii) the diagonalization of
the mass matrix. In case, where the dimensions of the non-diagonal kinetic and
mass sub-matrices are respectively, and , this procedure
leads to mixing schemes which involve angles and
field rescaling parameters. This observation holds true irrespective with the
type of particle interactions presumed. The commonly used mixing schemes,
correspond to a proper choice of the kinetic and mass matrices, and are derived
as special cases. In particular, - mixing, requires one angle, if
and only if, the kinetic term with the intrinsic fields has a quadratic form.Comment: REVTeX, 6 page
Systematic approach to exclusive B ->V l^+l^-, V gamma decays
We show -- by explicit computation of first-order corrections -- that the QCD
factorization approach previously applied to hadronic two-body decays and to
form factor ratios also allows us to compute non-factorizable corrections to
exclusive, radiative B meson decays in the heavy quark mass limit. This removes
a major part of the theoretical uncertainty in the region of small invariant
mass of the photon. We discuss in particular the decays B\to K^* \gamma and
B\to K^* l^+l^- and complete the calculation of corrections to the
forward-backward asymmetry zero. The new correction shifts the asymmetry zero
by 30%, but the result confirms our previous conclusion that the asymmetry zero
provides a clean phenomenological determination of the Wilson coefficient C_9.Comment: 34 pages, LaTeX; (v2): reference added, typo in Eq. (93) corrected,
Eq. (47) + conventions in Table 1 correcte
and mesons in the Dyson-Schwinger approach at finite temperature
We study the temperature dependence of the pseudoscalar meson properties in a
relativistic bound-state approach exhibiting the chiral behavior mandated by
QCD. Concretely, we adopt the Dyson-Schwinger approach with a rank-2 separable
model interaction. After extending the model to the strange sector and fixing
its parameters at zero temperature, T=0, we study the T-dependence of the
masses and decay constants of all ground-state mesons in the pseudoscalar
nonet. Of chief interest are and . The influence of the QCD
axial anomaly on them is successfully obtained through the Witten-Veneziano
relation at T=0. The same approach is then extended to T>0, using lattice QCD
results for the topological susceptibility. The most conspicuous finding is an
increase of the mass around the chiral restoration temperature
, which would suggest a suppression of production in
relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The increase of the mass may
also indicate that the extension of the Witten-Veneziano relation to finite
temperatures becomes unreliable around and above . Possibilities of
an improved treatment are discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 15 figure
eta and eta' mesons and dimension 2 gluon condensate <A^2>
The study of light pseudoscalar quark-antiquark bound states in the
Dyson-Schwinger approach with the effective QCD coupling enhanced by the
interplay of the dimension 2 gluon condensate and dimension 4 gluon
condensate , is extended to the eta-eta' complex. We include the effects
of the gluon axial anomaly into the Dyson-Schwinger approach to mesons. The
calculated masses, mixing and two-photon decay widths of eta and eta' mesons
are in agreement with experiment. Also, in a model-independent way, we give the
modification of the Gell-Mann--Okubo and Schwinger nonet relations due to the
interplay of the gluon anomaly and SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking.Comment: 15 pages, 2 tables, 1 eps figure, revtex
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