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Palatini approach to Born-Infeld-Einstein theory and a geometric description of electrodynamics
The field equations associated with the Born-Infeld-Einstein action are
derived using the Palatini variational technique. In this approach the metric
and connection are varied independently and the Ricci tensor is generally not
symmetric. For sufficiently small curvatures the resulting field equations can
be divided into two sets. One set, involving the antisymmetric part of the
Ricci tensor , consists of the field equation for
a massive vector field. The other set consists of the Einstein field equations
with an energy momentum tensor for the vector field plus additional
corrections. In a vacuum with the field
equations are shown to be the usual Einstein vacuum equations. This extends the
universality of the vacuum Einstein equations, discussed by Ferraris et al.
\cite{Fe1,Fe2}, to the Born-Infeld-Einstein action. In the simplest version of
the theory there is a single coupling constant and by requiring that the
Einstein field equations hold to a good approximation in neutron stars it is
shown that mass of the vector field exceeds the lower bound on the mass of the
photon. Thus, in this case the vector field cannot represent the
electromagnetic field and would describe a new geometrical field. In a more
general version in which the symmetric and antisymmetric parts of the Ricci
tensor have different coupling constants it is possible to satisfy all of the
observational constraints if the antisymmetric coupling is much larger than the
symmetric coupling. In this case the antisymmetric part of the Ricci tensor can
describe the electromagnetic field, although gauge invariance will be broken.Comment: 12 page
A mass formula for baryon resonances
Light-baryon resonances with u,d, and s quarks only can be classified using
the non-relativistic quark model. When we assign to baryon resonances with
total angular momenta J intrinsic orbital angular momenta L and spin S we make
the following observations: plotting the squared masses of the light-baryon
resonances against these intrinsic orbital angular momenta L, Delta's with even
and odd parity can be described by the same Regge trajectory. For a given L,
nucleon resonances with spin S=3/2 are approximately degenerate in mass with
Delta resonances of same total orbital momentum L. To which total angular
momentum L and S couple has no significant impact on the baryon mass. Nucleons
with spin 1/2 are shifted in mass; the shift is - in units of squared masses -
proportional to the component in the wave function which is antisymmetric in
spin and flavor. Sequential resonances in the same partial wave are separated
in mass square by the same spacing as observed in orbital angular momentum
excitations. Based on these observations, a new baryon mass formula is proposed
which reproduces nearly all known baryon masses.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
On universality of the coupling of neutrinos to Z
We employ an effective Lagrangian approach and use LEP data to place severe
bounds on universality violations of the couplings of , , and
to the boson. Our results justify the assumption of universality
in these couplings that is usually made, as for example in the analysis of
solar neutrinos detected at SNO.Comment: 8 pages, no figures. A few comments added. It matches version to be
published in PR
A method to polarise antiprotons in storage rings and create polarised antineutrons
An intense circularely polarised photon beam interacts with a cooled
antiproton beam in a storage ring. Due to spin dependent absorption cross
sections for the reaction gamma+antiproton > pi- + antineutron a built-up of
polarisation of the stored antiprotons takes place. Figures-of-merit around 0.1
can be reached in principle over a wide range of antiproton energies. In this
process antineutrons with Polarisation > 70% emerge. The method is presented
for the case of 300 MeV/c cooled antiproton beam
Quark and Lepton Mass Patterns and the Absolute Neutrino Mass Scale
We investigate what could be learned about the absolute scale of neutrino
masses from comparisons among the patterns within quark and lepton mass
hierarchies. First, we observe that the existing information on neutrino masses
fits quite well to the unexplained, but apparently present regularities in the
quark and charged lepton sectors. Second, we discuss several possible mass
patterns, pointing out that this quite generally leads towards hierarchical
neutrino mass patterns especially disfavoring the vacuum solution.Comment: final version to be published in PRD, 5 pages, 2 figures, RevTe
P-parity of charmed particles from associative photoproduction of D and D^*-mesons
We suggest to measure the triple polarization correlations in the exclusive
associative charm particle photoproduction, vector gamma + vector p --> vector
Lambda_c^{++} bar{D^0} with linearly polarized photons, as a method to
determine the P-parity of the charmed D-meson. The dependence of these
correlations on the parity P(N Lambda_c D) can be predicted in model
independent way. The t-dependence of the differential cross section for vector
meson photoproduction, gamma + p --> Lambda_c^{++} bar{D^{*0}}, in a model
based on D-exchange, is also sensitive to P(N Lambda_c D).Comment: 11 pages, 1 figur
CP Tagged Decays at SuperBaBar
We explore the possibility of measuring the CKM parameter gamma using CP
tagged decays at a very high luminosity e+e- B Factory. A new collider capable
of integrating as much as 10 inverse attobarns per year is being discussed as a
possible future for SLAC beyond the current PEP-II program, and could also be
in the future of KEK. In two years of operation, it could be possible for a
successor to BaBar or Belle to accumulate a sample of one million CP tagged B
decays. We find that a theoretically clean extraction of gamma with uncertainty
less than 5 degrees may be achievable in the analysis of such a data set.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures; minimal revisions for version to appear in
Physical Review D, all formulas and conclusions unchange
Interpreting experimental bounds on D^0 - \bar{D^0} mixing in the presence of CP violation
We analyse the most recent experimental data regarding D^0 - \bar{D^0}
mixing, allowing for CP violation. We focus on the dispersive part of the
mixing amplitude, M^D_{12}, which is sensitive to new physics contributions. We
obtain a constraint on the mixing amplitude: |M^D_{12}| < 6.2\times 10^{-11}
MeV at 95% C.L. . This constraint is weaker by a factor of about three than the
one which is obtained when no CP violation is assumed.Comment: 9 pages, revtex4; One reference updated, one reference added,
footnote 3 correcte
Contribution to muon g-2 from the \pi0\gamma and \eta\gamma intermediate states in the vacuum polarization
Using new experimental data, we have calculated the contribution to the
anomalous magnetic moment of the muon from the \pi0\gamma and \eta\gamma
intermediate states in the vacuum polarization with high precision:
a{\mu}(\pi0\gamma)+a{\mu}(\eta\gamma)=(54.7\pm 1.5)\times 10^{-11}. We have
also found the small contribution from e+e-\pi0, e+e-\eta and \mu+\mu-\pi0
intermediate states equal to 0.5\times 10^{-11}.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, revte
and the tree amplitude in
The recently-observed decay is expected to proceed
mainly by means of a tree amplitude in the factorization limit: , . Under this assumption, we predict the
corresponding contribution of the tree amplitude to . We
indicate the needed improvements in data that will allow a useful estimate of
this amplitude with errors comparable to those accompanying other methods.
Since the factorization hypothesis for this process goes beyond that proved in
most approaches, we also discuss independent tests of this hypothesis.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D (Brief
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