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Energy Calibration of the JLab Bremsstrahlung Tagging System
In this report, we present the energy calibration of the Hall B
bremsstrahlung tagging system at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
Facility. The calibration was performed using a magnetic pair spectrometer. The
tagged photon energy spectrum was measured in coincidence with pairs
as a function of the pair spectrometer magnetic field. Taking advantage of the
internal linearity of the pair spectrometer, the energy of the tagging system
was calibrated at the level of . The absolute energy scale
was determined using the rate measurements close to the end-point of
the photon spectrum. The energy variations across the full tagging range were
found to be MeV.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figure
Current conservation in two-dimensional AC-transport
The electric current conservation in a two-dimensional quantum wire under a
time dependent field is investigated. Such a conservation is obtained as the
global density of states contribution to the emittance is balanced by the
contribution due to the internal charge response inside the sample. However
when the global partial density of states is approximately calculated using
scattering matrix only, correction terms are needed to obtain precise current
conservation. We have derived these corrections analytically using a specific
two-dimensional system. We found that when the incident energy is near the
first subband, our result reduces to the one-dimensional result. As
approaches to the -th subband with , the correction term diverges. This
explains the systematic deviation to precise current conservation observed in a
previous numerical calculation.Comment: 12 pages Latex, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Nonbackscattering Contribution to the Weak Localization
We show that the enhancement of backscattering responsible for the weak
localization is accompanied by reduction of the scattering in other directions.
A simple quasiclassical interpretation of this phenomenon is presented in terms
of a small change in the effective differential cross-section for a single
impurity. The reduction of the scattering at the arbitrary angles leads to the
decrease of the quantum correction to the conductivity. Within the diffusion
approximation this decrease is small, but it should be taken into account in
the case of a relatively strong magnetic field when the diffusion approximation
is not valid.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to PR
Threshold Hyperon Production at COSY-11
The Lambda, Sigma0 and Sigma+ hyperon production in NN collisions is studied
at the COSY - 11 installation in order to investigate the production mechanism
as well as to extract information about the Y-N interaction.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figure
Weakly nonlinear quantum transport: an exactly solvable model
We have studied the weakly non-linear quantum transport properties of a
two-dimensional quantum wire which can be solved exactly. The non-linear
transport coefficients have been calculated and interesting physical properties
revealed. In particular we found that as the incoming electron energy
approaches a resonant point given by energy , where the transport is
characterized by a complete reflection, the second order non-linear conductance
changes its sign. This has interesting implications to the current-voltage
characteristics. We have also investigated the establishment of the gauge
invariance condition. We found that for systems with a finite scattering
region, correction terms to the theoretical formalism are needed to preserve
the gauge invariance. These corrections were derived analytically for this
model.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev.
First direct evidence of chalcolithic footwear from the near eastern highlands
Abstract In 2008, a well preserved and complete shoe was recovered at the base of a Chalcolithic pit in the cave of Areni-1, Armenia. Here, we discuss the chronology of this find, its archaeological context and its relevance to the study of the evolution of footwear. Two leather samples and one grass sample from the shoe were dated at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU). A third leather sample was dated at the University of California-Irvine Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility (UCIAMS). The R_Combine function for the three leather samples provides a date range of 3627-3377 Cal BC (95.4% confidence interval) and the calibrated range for the straw is contemporaneous (3627-3377 Cal BC). The shoe was stuffed with loose, unfastened grass (Poaceae) without clear orientation which was more than likely used to maintain the shape of the shoe and/or prepare it for storage. The shoe is 24.5 cm long (European size 37), 7.6 to 10 cm wide, and was made from a single piece of leather that wrapped around the foot. It was worn and shaped to the wearer's right foot, particularly around the heel and hallux where the highest pressure is exerted in normal gait. The Chalcolithic shoe provides solid evidence for the use of footwear among Old World populations at least since the Chalcolithic. Other 4 th millennium discoveries of shoes (Italian and Swiss Alps), and sandals (Southern Israel) indicate that more than one type of footwear existed during the 4 th millennium BC, and that we should expect to discover more regional variations in the manufacturing and style of shoes where preservation conditions permit
Anomalously large critical regions in power-law random matrix ensembles
We investigate numerically the power-law random matrix ensembles.
Wavefunctions are fractal up to a characteristic length whose logarithm
diverges asymmetrically with different exponents, 1 in the localized phase and
0.5 in the extended phase. The characteristic length is so anomalously large
that for macroscopic samples there exists a finite critical region, in which
this length is larger than the system size. The Green's functions decrease with
distance as a power law with an exponent related to the correlation dimension.Comment: RevTex, 4 pages, 4 eps figures. Final version to be published in
Phys. Rev. Let
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