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Combined method to extract spectroscopic information
Spectroscopic factors (SF) play an important role in nuclear physics and
astrophysics. The traditional method of extracting SF from direct transfer
reactions suffers from serious ambiguities. We discuss a modified method which
is based on including the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) of the
overlap functions into the transfer analysis. In the modified method the
contribution of the external part of the reaction amplitude, typically
dominant, is fixed and the SF is determined from fitting the internal part. We
illustrate the modified method with reactions on , and targets at different energies. The
modified method allows one to extract the SF, which do not depend on the shape
of the single-particle nucleon-target interaction, and has the potential of
improving the reliability and accuracy of the structure information. This is
specially important for nuclei on dripline, where not much is known.Comment: accepted in Phys. Rev. C, 4 pages and 2 figure
Families of superhard crystalline carbon allotropes induced via cold-compressed graphite and nanotubes
We report a general scheme to systematically construct two classes of
structural families of superhard sp3 carbon allotropes of cold compressed
graphite through the topological analysis of odd 5+7 or even 4+8 membered
carbon rings stemmed from the stacking of zigzag and armchair chains. Our
results show that the previously proposed M, bct-C4, W and Z allotropes belong
to our currently proposed families and that depending on the topological
arrangement of the native carbon rings numerous other members are found that
can help us understand the structural phase transformation of cold-compressed
graphite and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). In particular, we predict the existence
of two simple allotropes, R- and P-carbon, which match well the experimental
X-ray diffraction patterns of cold-compressed graphite and CNTs, respectively,
display a transparent wide-gap insulator ground state and possess a large
Vickers hardness comparable to diamond.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. Let
Quantum and Classical Orientational Ordering in Solid Hydrogen
We present a unified view of orientational ordering in phases I, II, and III
of solid hydrogen. Phases II and III are orientationally ordered, while the
ordering objects in phase II are angular momenta of rotating molecules, and in
phase III the molecules themselves. This concept provides quantitative
explanation of the vibron softening, libron and roton spectra, and increase of
the IR vibron oscillator strength in phase III. The temperature dependence of
the effective charge parallels the frequency shifts of the IR and Raman
vibrons. All three quantities are linear in the order parameter.Comment: Replaced with the final text, accepted for publication in PRL. 1 Fig.
added. Misc. text revision
Primordial magnetic fields and nonlinear electrodynamics
The creation of large scale magnetic fields is studied in an inflationary
universe where electrodynamics is assumed to be nonlinear. After inflation ends
electrodynamics becomes linear and thus the description of reheating and the
subsequent radiation dominated stage are unaltered. The nonlinear regime of
electrodynamics is described by lagrangians having a power law dependence on
one of the invariants of the electromagnetic field. It is found that there is a
range of parameters for which primordial magnetic fields of cosmologically
interesting strengths can be created.Comment: 21 pages, 3 figure
Benchmark on neutron capture extracted from reactions
Direct neutron capture reactions play an important role in nuclear
astrophysics and applied physics. Since for most unstable short-lived nuclei it
is not possible to measure the cross sections, reactions
have been used as an alternative indirect tool. We analyze simultaneously
at deuteron energies and 56 MeV
and the thermal reaction at 25 meV. We include results for the
ground state and the first excited state of Ca. From the low-energy
reaction, the neutron asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) is
determined. Using this ANC, we extract the spectroscopic factor (SF) from the
higher energy data and the data. The SF obtained through
the 56 MeV data are less accurate but consistent with those from the
thermal capture. We show that to have a similar dependence on the single
particle parameters as in the , the (d,p) reaction should be
measured at 30 MeV.Comment: 5 pg, 4 figs, Phys. Rev. C (rapid) in pres
False Vacuum Chaotic Inflation: The New Paradigm?
Recent work is reported on inflation model building in the context of
supergravity and superstrings, with special emphasis on False Vacuum (`Hybrid')
Chaotic Inflation. Globally supersymmetric models do not survive in generic
supergravity theories, but fairly simple conditions can be formulated which do
ensure successful supergravity inflation. The conditions are met in some of the
versions of supergravity that emerge from superstrings.Comment: 4 pages, LATEX, LANCASTER-TH 94-1
Thermodynamical properties of metric fluctuations during inflation
I study a thermodynamical approach to scalar metric perturbations during the
inflationary stage. In the power-law expanding universe here studied, I find a
negative heat capacity as a manifestation of superexponential growing for the
number of states in super Hubble scales. The power spectrum depends on the
Gibbons-Hawking and Hagedorn temperatures.Comment: 7 pages, no figures (accepted to publication in General Relativity
and Gravitation
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