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Detection of positron-atom bound states through resonant annihilation
A method is proposed for detecting positron-atom bound states by observing
enhanced positron annihilation due to electronic Feshbach resonances at
electron-volt energies. The method is applicable to a range of open-shell
transition metal atoms which are likely to bind the positron: Fe, Co, Ni, Tc,
Ru, Rh, Sn, Sb, Ta, W, Os, Ir, and Pt. Estimates of their binding energies are
provided.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure; estimates of binding energies have been adde
Quantitative High Dynamic Range Beam Proling for Fluorescence Microscopy
Modern developmental biology relies on optically-sectioning uorescence microscope techniques to produce non-destructive in-vivo images of developing specimens at high resolution in three dimensions. As optimal performance of these techniques is reliant on the three-dimensional (3-D) intensity prole of the illumination employed, the ability to directly record and analyze these proles is of great use to the uorescence microscopist or instrument builder. Though excitation beam proles can be measured indirectly using a sample of uorescent beads and recording the emission along the microscope detection path, we demonstrate an alternative approach where a miniature camera sensor is used directly within the illumination beam. Measurements taken using our approach are solely concerned with the illumination optics as the detection optics are not involved. We present a miniature beam proling device and high dynamic range ux reconstruction algorithm that together are capable of accurately reproducing quantitative 3-D ux maps over a large focal volume. Performance of this beam proling system is veried within an optical test bench and demonstrated for uorescence microscopy by proling the low NA illumination beam of a single plane illumination microscope. The generality and success of this approach showcases a widely- exible beam amplitude diagnostic tool for use within the life sciences
Solving the radial Dirac equations: a numerical odyssey
We discuss, in a pedagogical way, how to solve for relativistic wave
functions from the radial Dirac equations. After an brief introduction, in
Section II we solve the equations for a linear Lorentz scalar potential,
V_s(r), that provides for confinement of a quark. The case of massless u and d
quarks is treated first, as these are necessarily quite relativistic. We use an
iterative procedure to find the eigenenergies and the upper and lower component
wave functions for the ground state and then, later, some excited states.
Solutions for the massive quarks (s, c, and b) are also presented. In Section
III we solve for the case of a Coulomb potential, which is a time-like
component of a Lorentz vector potential, V_v(r). We re-derive, numerically, the
(analytically well-known) relativistic hydrogen atom eigenenergies and wave
functions, and later extend that to the cases of heavier one-electron atoms and
muonic atoms. Finally, Section IV finds solutions for a combination of the V_s
and V_v potentials. We treat two cases. The first is one in which V_s is the
linear potential used in Sec. II and V_v is Coulombic, as in Sec. III. The
other is when both V_s and V_v are linearly confining, and we establish when
these potentials give a vanishing spin-orbit interaction (as has been shown to
be the case in quark models of the hadronic spectrum).Comment: 39 pages (total), 23 figures, 2 table
A unified approach for the solution of the Fokker-Planck equation
This paper explores the use of a discrete singular convolution algorithm as a
unified approach for numerical integration of the Fokker-Planck equation. The
unified features of the discrete singular convolution algorithm are discussed.
It is demonstrated that different implementations of the present algorithm,
such as global, local, Galerkin, collocation, and finite difference, can be
deduced from a single starting point. Three benchmark stochastic systems, the
repulsive Wong process, the Black-Scholes equation and a genuine nonlinear
model, are employed to illustrate the robustness and to test accuracy of the
present approach for the solution of the Fokker-Planck equation via a
time-dependent method. An additional example, the incompressible Euler
equation, is used to further validate the present approach for more difficult
problems. Numerical results indicate that the present unified approach is
robust and accurate for solving the Fokker-Planck equation.Comment: 19 page
Social preferences, accountability, and wage bargaining
We assess the extent of preferences for employment in a collective wage bargaining situation with heterogeneous workers. We vary the size of the union and introduce a treatment mechanism transforming the voting game into an individual allocation task. Our results show that highly productive workers do not take employment of low productive workers into account when making wage proposals, regardless of whether insiders determine the wage or all workers. The level of pro-social preferences is small in the voting game, while it increases as the game is transformed into an individual allocation task. We interpret this as an accountability effect
Solving the inhomogeneous Bethe-Salpeter equation
We develop an advanced method of solving homogeneous and inhomogeneous
Bethe-Salpeter equations by using the expansion over the complete set of
4-dimensional spherical harmonics. We solve Bethe-Salpeter equations for bound
and scattering states of scalar and spinor particles for the case of one meson
exchange kernels. Phase shifts calculated for the scalar model are in agreement
with the previously published results. We discuss possible manifestations of
separability for one meson exchange interaction kernels.Comment: 9 pages, 11 eps-figures. Talk presented by S. S. Semikh at XVII
International Baldin Seminar on High Energy Physics Problems "Relativistic
Nuclear Physics and Quantum Chromodynamics", September 27 - October 2, 2004,
Dubna, Russia; to appear in the proceedings of this conferenc
Dark-in-Bright Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates with Attractive Interactions
We demonstrate a possibility to generate localized states in effectively
one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates with a negative scattering length in
the form of a dark soliton in the presence of an optical lattice (OL) and/or a
parabolic magnetic trap. We connect such structures with twisted localized
modes (TLMs) that were previously found in the discrete nonlinear
Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Families of these structures are found as functions
of the OL strength, tightness of the magnetic trap, and chemical potential, and
their stability regions are identified. Stable bound states of two TLMs are
also found. In the case when the TLMs are unstable, their evolution is
investigated by means of direct simulations, demonstrating that they transform
into large-amplitude fundamental solitons. An analytical approach is also
developed, showing that two or several fundamental solitons, with the phase
shift between adjacent ones, may form stable bound states, with
parameters quite close to those of the TLMs revealed by simulations. TLM
structures are found numerically and explained analytically also in the case
when the OL is absent, the condensate being confined only by the magnetic trap.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures, New Journal of Physics (in press
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