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The Non-Mesonic Weak Decay of Double-Lambda Hypernuclei: A Microscopic Approach
The non--mesonic weak decay of double-- hypernuclei is studied
within a microscopic diagrammatic approach. Besides the nucleon--induced
mechanism, , widely studied in single-- hypernuclei,
additional hyperon--induced mechanisms, ,
and , are
accessible in double-- hypernuclei and are investigated here. As in
previous works on single-- hypernuclei, we adopt a nuclear matter
formalism extended to finite nuclei via the local density approximation and a
one--meson exchange weak transition potential (including the ground state
pseudoscalar and vector octets mesons) supplemented by correlated and
uncorrelated two--pion--exchange contributions. The weak decay rates are
evaluated for hypernuclei in the region of the experimentally accessible light
hypernuclei Be and B. Our
predictions are compared with a few previous evaluations. The rate for the
decay is dominated by --, -- and
--exchange and turns out to be about 2.5\% of the free decay
rate, , while the total rate for the and decays, dominated by
--exchange, amounts to about 0.25\% of . The
experimental measurement of these decays would be essential for the beginning
of a systematic study of the non--mesonic decay of strangeness
hypernuclei. This field of research could also shed light on the possible
existence and nature of the --dibaryon.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figure
Evidence for polarons in iron pnictides of the Ln-1111 and AE-122 families
Examination of the electrical resistivities of iron pnictides shows that they
can be accounted by conduction by polarons. Their activation energies show a
linear behaviour with the critical temperatures of the spin density waves
(SDW), T*, as both vary with pressure. The slope matches the ratio SDW gap to
T*, while the intercept can be related to the transition temperature of the
lattice distortion, T0. An adapted Landau free energy predicts the observed
order of the transitions, according to which is higher, T* or T0. Simple
arguments favour combined Jahn-Teller antiferromagnetic bipolarons.Comment: 14 pages with 4 Figure
Active and Passive Quantum Erasers for Neutral Kaons
Quantum marking and quantum erasure are discussed for the neutral kaon
system. Contrary to other two-level systems, strangeness and lifetime of a
neutral kaon state can be alternatively measured via an "active" or a "passive"
procedure. This offers new quantum erasure possibilities. In particular, the
operation of a quantum eraser in the "delayed choice" mode is clearly
illustrated.Comment: 17 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, references added, accepted by Phys. Rev.
A phenomenological model for the pressure sensitivity of the Curie temperature in hole-doped manganites
We performed high pressure experiments on La(0.8)Ca(0.2-x)Sr(x)MnO(3) (LCSMO)
(0<x< 0.2) ceramic samples in order to analyze the validity of the well known
relation between the A mean ionic radius () and the Curie temperature Tc of
hole-doped manganites at a fixed doping level and for doping values below the
0.3 (Mn+4/Mn+3) ratio. By considering our results and collecting others from
the literature, we were able to propose a phenomenological law that considers
the systematic dependence of Tc with structural and electronic parameters. This
law predicts fairly well the pressure sensitivity of Tc, its dependence with
the A-cation radius disorder and its evolution in the high pressure range.
Considering a Double Exchange model, modified by polaronic effects, the
phenomenological law obtained for Tc can be associated with the product of two
terms: the polaronic modified bandwidth and an effective hole doping.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures, corresponding author: C. Acha ([email protected]
Quantum marking and quantum erasure for neutral kaons
Entangled K0 anti-K0 pairs are shown to be suitable to discuss extensions and
tests of Bohr's complementarity principle through the quantum marking and
quantum erasure techniques suggested by M. O. Scully and K. Druehl [Phys. Rev.
A 25, 2208 (1982)]. Strangeness oscillations play the role of the traditional
interference pattern linked to wave-like behaviour, whereas the distinct
propagation in free space of the K_S and K_L components mimics the two possible
interferometric paths taken by particle-like objects.Comment: 4 RevTeX page
A test of Local Realism with entangled kaon pairs and without inequalities
We propose the use of entangled pairs of neutral kaons, considered as a
promising tool to close the well known loopholes affecting generic Bell's
inequality tests, in a specific Hardy-type experiment. Hardy's contradiction
without inequalities between Local Realism and Quantum Mechanics can be
translated into a feasible experiment by requiring ideal detection efficiencies
for only one of the observables to be alternatively measured. Neutral kaons are
near to fulfil this requirement and therefore to close the efficiency loophole.Comment: 4 RevTeX page
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