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Charmonium properties in hot quenched lattice QCD
We study the properties of charmonium states at finite temperature in
quenched QCD on large and fine isotropic lattices. We perform a detailed
analysis of charmonium correlation and spectral functions both below and above
. Our analysis suggests that both S wave states ( and )
and P wave states ( and ) disappear already at about . The charm diffusion coefficient is estimated through the Kubo formula and
found to be compatible with zero below and approximately at
.Comment: 32 pages, 19 figures, typo corrected, discussions on isotropic vs
anisotropic lattices expanded, published versio
Heavy Quark diffusion from lattice QCD spectral functions
We analyze the low frequency part of charmonium spectral functions on large
lattices close to the continuum limit in the temperature region as well as for . We present evidence for the
existence of a transport peak above and its absence below . The
heavy quark diffusion constant is then estimated using the Kubo formula. As
part of the calculation we also determine the temperature dependence of the
signature for the charmonium bound state in the spectral function and discuss
the fate of charmonium states in the hot medium.Comment: 4 pages, Proceedings for Quark Matter 2011 Conference, May 23-28,
2011, Annecy, Franc
BCS-like Bogoliubov Quasiparticles in High-Tc Superconductors Observed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
We performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on
triple-layered high-Tc cuprate Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+delta. We have observed the full
energy dispersion (electron and hole branches) of Bogoliubov quasiparticles and
determined the coherence factors above and below EF as a function of momentum
from the spectral intensity as well as from the energy dispersion based on BCS
theory. The good quantitative agreement between the experiment and the
theoretical prediction suggests the basic validity of BCS formalism in
describing the superconducting state of cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Evolution of the Fermi surface with carrier concentration in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}
We show, by use of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, that underdoped
Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} appears to have a large Fermi surface centered at
(\pi,\pi), even for samples with a T_c as low as 15 K. No clear evidence of a
Fermi surface pocket around (\pi/2,\pi/2) has been found. These conclusions are
based on a determination of the minimum gap locus in the pseudogap regime T_c <
T < T^*, which is found to coincide with the locus of gapless excitations in
momentum space (Fermi surface) determined above T^*. These results suggest that
the pseudogap is more likely of precursor pairing rather than magnetic origin.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 4 postscript color figure
Disentangling the timescales behind the non-perturbative heavy quark potential
The static part of the heavy quark potential has been shown to be closely
related to the spectrum of the rectangular Wilson loop. In particular the
lowest lying positive frequency peak encodes the late time evolution of the
two-body system, characterized by a complex potential. While initial studies
assumed a perfect separation of early and late time physics, where a simple
Lorentian (Breit-Wigner) shape suffices to describe the spectral peak, we argue
that scale decoupling in general is not complete. Thus early time, i.e.
non-potential effects, significantly modify the shape of the lowest peak. We
derive on general grounds an improved peak distribution that reflects this
fact. Application of the improved fit to non-perturbative lattice QCD spectra
now yields a potential that is compatible with a transition to a deconfined
screening plasma.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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