180 research outputs found
Multipole analysis of spin observables in vector meson photoproduction
A multipole analysis of vector meson photoproduction is formulated as a
generalization of the pseudoscalar meson case. Expansion of spin observables in
the multipole basis and behavior of these observables near threshold and
resonances are examined.Comment: 15 pages, latex, 2 figure
Neutron-antineutron Oscillations in the Trapping Box
We have reexamined the problem of oscillations for ultra-cold
neutrons (UCN) confined within a trap. We have shown that the growth of the
component with time is to a decent accuracy given by where is the mixing parameter,
sec in the neutron propagation time between subsequent collisions
with the trap walls. Possible corrections to this law and open questions are
discussed.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX2
Casimir Effect in Spacetime with Extra Dimensions -- From Kaluza-Klein to Randall-Sundrum Models
In this article, we derive the finite temperature Casimir force acting on a
pair of parallel plates due to a massless scalar field propagating in the bulk
of a higher dimensional brane model. In contrast to previous works which used
approximations for the effective masses in deriving the Casimir force, the
formulas of the Casimir force we derive are exact formulas. Our results
disprove the speculations that existence of the warped extra dimension can
change the sign of the Casimir force, be it at zero or any finite temperature.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure. Final version accepted by Phys. Lett.
Distinguishing Various Models of the 125 GeV Boson in Vector Boson Fusion
The hint of a new particle around 125 GeV at the LHC through the decay modes
of diphoton and a number of others may point to quite a number of
possibilities. While at the LHC the dominant production mechanism for the Higgs
boson of the standard model and some other extensions is via the gluon fusion
process, the alternative vector boson fusion is more sensitive to electroweak
symmetry breaking through the gauge-Higgs couplings and therefore can be used
to probe for models beyond the standard model. In this work, using the well
known dijet-tagging technique to single out the vector boson fusion mechanism,
we investigate its capability to discriminate a number of models that have been
suggested to give an enhanced inclusive diphoton production rate, including the
standard model Higgs boson, fermiophobic Higgs boson, Randall-Sundrum radion,
inert-Higgs-doublet model, two-Higgs-doublet model, and the MSSM. The rates in
vector-boson fusion can give more information of the underlying models to help
distinguishing among the models.Comment: 31 pages, 3 figures; in this version some wordings are change
Randall-Sundrum Reality at the LHC
The radion is expected to be the first signal of the Randall-Sundrum (RS)
model. We explore the possibility of finding it in the ongoing Higgs searches
at the LHC. The little RS model (LRS), which has a fundamental scale at about
1000 TeV, is excluded over wide ranges of the radion mass from the latest
and gamma gamma data by ATLAS and CMS.Comment: 14 page including 5 figure
Renormalization of Singular Potentials and Power Counting
We use a toy model to illustrate how to build effective theories for singular
potentials. We consider a central attractive 1/r^2 potential perturbed by a
1/r^4 correction. The power-counting rule, an important ingredient of effective
theory, is established by seeking the minimum set of short-range counterterms
that renormalize the scattering amplitude. We show that leading-order
counterterms are needed in all partial waves where the potential overcomes the
centrifugal barrier, and that the additional counterterms at next-to-leading
order are the ones expected on the basis of dimensional analysis.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figure
Casimir effect of electromagnetic field in Randall-Sundrum spacetime
We study the finite temperature Casimir effect on a pair of parallel
perfectly conducting plates in Randall-Sundrum model without using scalar field
analogy. Two different ways of interpreting perfectly conducting conditions are
discussed. The conventional way that uses perfectly conducting condition
induced from 5D leads to three discrete mode corrections. This is very
different from the result obtained from imposing 4D perfectly conducting
conditions on the 4D massless and massive vector fields obtained by decomposing
the 5D electromagnetic field. The latter only contains two discrete mode
corrections, but it has a continuum mode correction that depends on the
thicknesses of the plates. It is shown that under both boundary conditions, the
corrections to the Casimir force make the Casimir force more attractive. The
correction under 4D perfectly conducting condition is always smaller than the
correction under the 5D induced perfectly conducting condition. These
statements are true at any temperature.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figure
Multi-component based cross correlation beat detection in electrocardiogram analysis
BACKGROUND: The first stage in computerised processing of the electrocardiogram is beat detection. This involves identifying all cardiac cycles and locating the position of the beginning and end of each of the identifiable waveform components. The accuracy at which beat detection is performed has significant impact on the overall classification performance, hence efforts are still being made to improve this process. METHODS: A new beat detection approach is proposed based on the fundamentals of cross correlation and compared with two benchmarking approaches of non-syntactic and cross correlation beat detection. The new approach can be considered to be a multi-component based variant of traditional cross correlation where each of the individual inter-wave components are sought in isolation as opposed to being sought in one complete process. Each of three techniques were compared based on their performance in detecting the P wave, QRS complex and T wave in addition to onset and offset markers for 3000 cardiac cycles. RESULTS: Results indicated that the approach of multi-component based cross correlation exceeded the performance of the two benchmarking techniques by firstly correctly detecting more cardiac cycles and secondly provided the most accurate marker insertion in 7 out of the 8 categories tested. CONCLUSION: The main benefit of the multi-component based cross correlation algorithm is seen to be firstly its ability to successfully detect cardiac cycles and secondly the accurate insertion of the beat markers based on pre-defined values as opposed to performing individual gradient searches for wave onsets and offsets following fiducial point location
QCD in the nuclear medium and effects due to Cherenkov gluons
The equations of in-medium gluodynamics are proposed. Their classical lowest
order solution is explicitly shown for a color charge moving with constant
speed. For nuclear permittivity larger than 1 it describes emission of
Cherenkov gluons resembling results of classical electrodynamics. The values of
the real and imaginary parts of the nuclear permittivity are obtained from the
fits to experimental data on the double-humped structure around the away-side
jet obtained at RHIC. The dispersion of the nuclear permittivity is predicted
by comparing the RHIC, SPS and cosmic ray data. This is important for LHC
experiments. Cherenkov gluons may be responsible for the asymmetry of dilepton
mass spectra near rho-meson, observed in the SPS experiment with excess in the
low-mass wing of the resonance. This feature is predicted to be common for all
resonances. The "color rainbow" quantum effect might appear according to higher
order terms of in-medium QCD if the nuclear permittivity depends on color.Comment: 29 p., 4 figs; for "Phys. Atom. Nucl." volume dedicated to 80th
birthday of L.B. Okun; minor corrections on pp. 11 and 13 in v
Low-energy Pion-nucleon Scattering
This paper contains the results of an analysis of recent low-energy
pion-nucleon scattering experiments. Obtained are phase shifts, the
pion-nucleon coupling constant and an estimate of the Sigma term.Comment: 30 pages, 11 figures, LaTe
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