Brueckner Rearrangement Effects in Λ5^5_\LambdaHe and ΛΛ6^6_{\Lambda\Lambda}He

Rearrangement effects in light hypernuclei are investigated in the framework of the Brueckner theory. We can estimate without detailed numerical calculations that the energy of the $\alpha$-core is reduced by more than 2.5 MeV when the $\Lambda$ adheres to $^4$He to form $^5_\Lambda$He. Similar assessment of rearrangement contributions is essential to deduce the strength of $\Lambda\Lambda$ interaction from experimentally observed $\Delta B_{\Lambda\Lambda}$. The recently observed experimental value of $\sim$ 1 MeV for the $\Delta B_{\Lambda\Lambda}$ of \hll suggests that the matrix element of $$ in \hll is around -2 MeV.Comment: 7 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev.

Relativistic Mean Field Approximation in a Density Dependent Parametrization Model at Finite Temperature

In this work we calculate the equation of state of nuclear matter for different proton fractions at zero and finite temperature within the Thomas Fermi approach considering three different parameter sets: the well-known NL3 and TM1 and a density dependent parametrization proposed by Typel and Wolter. The main differences are outlined and the consequences of imposing beta-stability in these models are discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure

Lambda-proton correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions

The prospect of using lambda-proton correlations to extract source sizes in relativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated. It is found that the strong interaction induces a large peak in the correlation function that provides more sensitive source size measurements than two-proton correlations under some circumstances. The prospect of using lambda-proton correlations to measure the time lag between lambda and proton emissions is also studied.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure, revtex style. Two short paragraphs are added at referees' recommendations. Phys. Rev. Lett. in pres

Staphylococcus aureus und seine Genotypen als Mastitiserreger der Milchkuh – eine Übersicht

INTRODUCTION In the last decade the knowledge on Staphylococcus aureus as the etiologic agent of chronic mastitis in dairy cattle has increased. Molecular biology and increasingly whole genome sequencing provide an advanced technology far beyond the classical, phenotypic bacteriology. Staphylococcus aureus has different characteristics, thus clinical and epidemiological properties are massively dependent on the genotypes. In Switzerland, Staphylococcus aureus genotype B (GTB) is a common genotype that causes infectious mastitis. Often, half and more cows of the herd are infected. Conversely, genotype C (GTC) and some of the other Staphylococcus aureus genotypes are classified less problematic because they affect individual cows and only one mammary gland quarter. Since Staphylococcus aureus GTB causes herd problems, the associated costs are high in the dairy industry. This applies in particular in the alpine region, because GTB-positive and -negative cows are not separated during milking and the infectious pathogen can spread rapidly. The pathogen is transferred by contaminated milking liners. Staphylococcus aureus GTB is highly associated with the mammary gland. In contrast, the skin and the udder are identified as the reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus GTC and the other genotypes. Staphylococcus aureus GTC is a classic infectious pathogen in wounds and occasionally in mammary glands.Im letzten Jahrzehnt konnte viel neues Wissen zu Sta-phylococcus aureus als Mastitiserreger der Milchkuh erar-beitet werden. Dies hat vor allem damit zu tun, dass mit der Molekularbiologie und zunehmend auch mit der Vollgenomsequenzierung und der Bioinformatik völlig neue Analyseverfahren zur Verfügung stehen, die weit über diejenigen der klassischen, phänotypischen Bakte-riologie hinausgehen. Staphylococcus aureus ist nicht mehr ein Bakterium mit den immer gleichen Eigen-schaften, vielmehr hängen die klinischen und epidemio-logischen Eigenschaften massiv von den Genotypen von Staphylococcus aureus ab. In der Schweiz ist Staphylococcus aureus Genotyp B (GTB) der einzige Genotyp, der bei der Kuh ansteckende Mastitiden verursacht. Dabei sind oft die Hälfte und mehr Kühe eines Betriebes infiziert. Dagegen verursachen Genotyp C (GTC) und alle an-dern Genotypen in der Schweiz ausschliesslich Einzelviertelerkrankungen bei einzelnen Kühen. Da Staphylococcus aureus GTB Herdenprobleme verursacht, sind die damit verbundenen Kosten in der Milchwirt-schaft hoch. Dies trifft vor allem auf diejenigen Regio-nen der Schweiz zu, wo die Kühe gealpt werden, denn die Alpung selbst stellt das grösste Infektionsrisiko dar: hier kann sich der sehr ansteckende Erreger rasch aus-breiten, weil die GTB-positiven und -negativen Kühe beim Melken durchmischt werden. Dabei wird der Er-reger dann durch die kontaminierten Zitzengummis auf andere Kühe übertragen. Staphylococcus aureus GTB ist hochgradig euterassoziert. GTC und die übrigen Geno-typen dagegen kolonisieren hauptsächlich die Haut und verursachen gelegentlich auch Mastitiden. Daneben ist Staphylococcus aureus GTC ein klassischer Wunderreger

Variational calculations of the Λ\Lambda-seperation energy of the Λ17_{\Lambda}^{17}O hypernucleus

Variational Monte Carlo calculations have been made for the $_{ \Lambda}^{17}$O hypernucleus using realistic two- and three-baryon interactions. A two pion exchange potential with spin- and space-exchange components is used for the $\Lambda$N potential. Three-body two-pion exchange and strongly repulsive dispersive $\Lambda$NN interactions are also included. The trial wave function is constructed from pair- and triplet-correlation operators acting on a single particle determinant. These operators consist of central, spin, isospin, tensor and three- baryon potential components. A cluster Monte Carlo method is developed for noncentral correlations and is used with up to four-baryon clusters in our calculations. The three-baryon $\Lambda$NN force is discussed.Comment: 24 pages, 2 figs available by fax., for publication in Phys. Rev.

Strange stars in low-mass binary pulsar systems

Based on observational facts and a variety of theoretical arguments we discuss in this work the possibility that pulsars in Low-Mass Binary Pulsar systems could be strange stars rather than neutron stars. It is shown that, although subject to reasonable uncertainties, the consideration of the physics of the SQM core and thin normal crusts leads to the prediction of several observed features of the magnetic field history of these systems whitin this working hypothesis.Comment: 6 pages, no figures, PlainTex file submitted to IJMP

Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov Approach for Nuclear Matter with Non-Linear Coupling Terms

We investigate the pairing property of nuclear matter with Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov(RHB) approach. Recently, the RHB approach has been widely applied to nuclear matter and finite nuclei. We have extended the RHB approach to be able to include non-linear coupling terms of mesons. In this paper we apply it to nuclear matter and observe the effect of non-linear terms on pairing gaps.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure

Timing evolution of accreting strange stars

It has been suggested that the QPO phenomenon in LMXB's could be explained when the central compact object is a strange star. In this work we investigate within a standard model for disk accretion whether the observed clustering of spin frequencies in a narrow band is in accordance with this hypothesis. We show that frequency clustering occurs for accreting strange stars when typical values of the parameters of magnetic field initial strength and decay time, accretion rate are chosen. In contrast to hybrid star accretion no mass clustering effect is found.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, version accepted for publication in New Astronom

Consistency of Lambda-Lambda hypernuclear events

Highlights of Lambda-Lambda emulsion events are briefly reviewed. Given three accepted events, shell-model predictions based on p-shell Lambda hypernuclear spectroscopic studies are shown to reproduce the Lambda-Lambda (LL) binding energies of LL10Be and LL13B in terms of the LL binding energy of LL6He. Predictions for other species offer judgement on several alternative assignments of the LL13B KEK-E176 event, and on the assignments LL11Be and LL12Be suggested recently for the KEK-E373 HIDA event. The predictions of the shell model, spanning a wide range of A values, are compared with those of cluster models, where the latter are available.Comment: Based on talk given by Avraham Gal at EXA 2011, Vienna, September 2011; Proceedings version prepared for the journal Hyperfine Interactions; v2--slight changes, matches published versio

Parallelization of Kinetic Theory Simulations

Numerical studies of shock waves in large scale systems via kinetic simulations with millions of particles are too computationally demanding to be processed in serial. In this work we focus on optimizing the parallel performance of a kinetic Monte Carlo code for astrophysical simulations such as core-collapse supernovae. Our goal is to attain a flexible program that scales well with the architecture of modern supercomputers. This approach requires a hybrid model of programming that combines a message passing interface (MPI) with a multithreading model (OpenMP) in C++. We report on our approach to implement the hybrid design into the kinetic code and show first results which demonstrate a significant gain in performance when many processors are applied.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, conference proceeding