Decay constants of the heavy-light mesons from the field correlator method

Meson Green's functions and decay constants $f_{\Gamma}$ in different channels $\Gamma$ are calculated using the Field Correlator Method. Both, spectrum and $f_\Gamma$, appear to be expressed only through universal constants: the string tension $\sigma$, $\alpha_s$, and the pole quark masses. For the $S$-wave states the calculated masses agree with the experimental numbers within $\pm 5$ MeV. For the $D$ and $D_s$ mesons the values of $f_{\rm P} (1S)$ are equal to 210(10) and 260(10) MeV, respectively, and their ratio $f_{D_s}/f_D$=1.24(3) agrees with recent CLEO experiment. The values $f_{\rm P}(1S)=182, 216, 438$ MeV are obtained for the $B$, $B_s$, and $B_c$ mesons with the ratio $f_{B_s}/f_B$=1.19(2) and $f_D/f_B$=1.14(2). The decay constants $f_{\rm P}(2S)$ for the first radial excitations as well as the decay constants $f_{\rm V}(1S)$ in the vector channel are also calculated. The difference of about 20% between $f_{D_s}$ and $f_D$, $f_{B_s}$ and $f_B$ directly follows from our analytical formulas.Comment: 37 pages, 10 tables, RevTeX

Effect of the sample geometry on the second magnetization peak in single crystalline Ba0.63_{0.63}K0.37_{0.37}BiO3_3 thick film

Magnetization hysteresis loop $M(H)$ measurements performed on a single crystalline Ba$_{0.63}$K$_{0.37}$BiO$_3$ superconducting thick film reveal pronounced sample geometry dependence of the "second magnetization peak" (SMP), i.e. a maximum in the width of $M(H)$ occurring at the field $H_{\rm SMP}(T)$. In particular, it is found that the SMP vanishes decreasing the film dimension. We argue that the observed sample geometry dependence of the SMP cannot be accounted for by models which assume a vortex pinning enhancement as the origin of the SMP. Our results can be understood considering the thermomagnetic instability effect and/or non-uniform current distribution at $H < H_{\rm SMP}$ in large enough samples.Comment: 8 pages 3 figure

Masses of heavy baryons in the relativistic quark model

The masses of the ground state heavy baryons consisting of two light (u,d,s) and one heavy (c,b) quarks are calculated in the heavy-quark--light-diquark approximation within the constituent quark model. The light quarks, forming the diquark, and the light diquark in the baryon are treated completely relativistically. The expansion in v/c up to the second order is used only for the heavy (b and c) quarks. The diquark-gluon interaction is taken modified by the form factor describing the light diquark structure in terms of the diquark wave functions. An overall reasonable agreement of the obtained predictions with available experimental data and previous theoretical results is found.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, version published in Phys. Rev.

Spin Glass Phase in Spin-Density-Wave Cr–Co Alloys

A spin glass (SG) phase was observed in the spin-density wave (SDW) alloys Cr1−xCox at high Co concentrations (x≥13%). After zero-field cooling, the temperature dependence of the magnetization M(T) of Cr0.87Co0.13 and Cr0.85Co0.15, measured in an applied field H=100 Oe with a SQUID magnetometer, exhibits a low T maximum, characteristic of a SG. Cooling in the measuring field, however, gives quite a different behavior. The field dependence of the magnetization M(H) is nonlinear, with a pronounced hysteresis. A strong time relaxation M(t) is also an indication of a SG phase. SG in Cr1−xCox is formed at high impurity concentrations, possibly due to clustering of the magnetic impurities

Core-Core Dynamics in Spin Vortex Pairs

We investigate magnetic nano-pillars, in which two thin ferromagnetic nanoparticles are separated by a nanometer thin nonmagnetic spacer and can be set into stable spin vortex-pair configurations. The 16 ground states of the vortex-pair system are characterized by parallel or antiparallel chirality and parallel or antiparallel core-core alignment. We detect and differentiate these individual vortex-pair states experimentally and analyze their dynamics analytically and numerically. Of particular interest is the limit of strong core-core coupling, which we find can dominate the spin dynamics in the system. We observe that the 0.2 GHz gyrational resonance modes of the individual vortices are replaced with 2-6 GHz range collective rotational and vibrational core-core resonances in the configurations where the cores form a bound pair. These results demonstrate new opportunities in producing and manipulating spin states on the nanoscale and may prove useful for new types of ultra-dense storage devices where the information is stored as multiple vortex-core configurations

Relativistic Description of Exclusive Semileptonic Decays of Heavy Mesons

Using quasipotential approach, we have studied exclusive semileptonic decays of heavy mesons with the account of relativistic effects. Due to more complete relativistic description of the $s$ quark more precise expressions for semileptonic form factors are obtained. Various differential distributions in exclusive semileptonic decays of heavy mesons are calculated. It is argued that consistent account of relativistic effects and HQET motivated choice of the parameters of quark-antiquark potential allow to get reliable value for the ratio $A_2(0)/A_1(0)$ in the $D\to K^*l\nu_l$ decay as well as the ratio~$\Gamma(D\to K^*l\nu_l)/\Gamma(D\to Kl\nu_l)$. All calculated branching ratios are in accord with available experimental data.Comment: 18 pages, LATEX, 2 figures inclosed + 4 Postscript figure