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B decays to final states including D_s^{(*)} and D^*
The e^+e^- annihilation data recorded with the BABAR detector has been used
to study B decays to D_s^(*) and D^* mesons. The production fraction of
inclusive D_s^(*) and the corresponding momentum spectra have been determined.
Exclusive decays B^0 --> D^{*-}D_s^{(*)+} have been identified with a partial
reconstruction technique and their branching fractions have been measured. We
also report branching fraction measurements for the exclusive hadronic modes
B^0 --> D^{*-} pi^+ and B^0 --> D^{*-} rho^+.Comment: 5 pages, 4 postscript figures, contributed paper to DPF200
Upper and lower bounds on the mean square radius and criteria for occurrence of quantum halo states
In the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, we obtain several upper
and lower limits on the mean square radius applicable to systems composed by
two-body bound by a central potential. A lower limit on the mean square radius
is used to obtain a simple criteria for the occurrence of S-wave quantum halo
sates.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Comment on "Quantum mechanics of smeared particles"
In a recent article, Sastry has proposed a quantum mechanics of smeared
particles. We show that the effects induced by the modification of the
Heisenberg algebra, proposed to take into account the delocalization of a
particle defined via its Compton wavelength, are important enough to be
excluded experimentally.Comment: 2 page
Renormalization of the singular attractive potential
We study the radial Schr\"odinger equation for a particle of mass in the
field of a singular attractive potential with particular emphasis
on the bound states problem. Using the regularization method of Beane
\textit{et al.}, we solve analytically the corresponding ``renormalization
group flow" equation. We find in agreement with previous studies that its
solution exhibits a limit cycle behavior and has infinitely many branches. We
show that a continuous choice for the solution corresponds to a given fixed
number of bound states and to low energy phase shifts that vary continuously
with energy. We study in detail the connection between this regularization
method and a conventional method modifying the short range part of the
potential with an infinitely repulsive hard core. We show that both methods
yield bound states results in close agreement even though the regularization
method of Beane \textit{et al.} does not include explicitly any new scale in
the problem. We further illustrate the use of the regularization method in the
computation of electron bound states in the field of neutral polarizable
molecules without dipole moment. We find the binding energy of s-wave
polarization bound electrons in the field of C molecules to be 17 meV
for a scattering length corresponding to a hard core radius of the size of the
molecule radius ( \AA). This result can be further compared with
recent two-parameter fits using the Lennard-Jones potential yielding binding
energies ranging from 3 to 25 meV.Comment: 8 page
A mass formula for light mesons from a potential model
The quark dynamics inside light mesons, except pseudoscalar ones, can be
quite well described by a spinless Salpeter equation supplemented by a Cornell
interaction (possibly partly vector, partly scalar). A mass formula for these
mesons can then be obtained by computing analytical approximations of the
eigenvalues of the equation. We show that such a formula can be derived by
combining the results of two methods: the dominantly orbital state description
and the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization approach. The predictions of the mass
formula are compared with accurate solutions of the spinless Salpeter equation
computed with a Lagrange-mesh calculation method.Comment: 5 figure
Hydrogen atom as an eigenvalue problem in 3D spaces of constant curvature and minimal length
An old result of A.F. Stevenson [Phys. Rev.} 59, 842 (1941)] concerning the
Kepler-Coulomb quantum problem on the three-dimensional (3D) hypersphere is
considered from the perspective of the radial Schr\"odinger equations on 3D
spaces of any (either positive, zero or negative) constant curvature. Further
to Stevenson, we show in detail how to get the hypergeometric wavefunction for
the hydrogen atom case. Finally, we make a comparison between the ``space
curvature" effects and minimal length effects for the hydrogen spectrumComment: 6 pages, v
One dimensional Coulomb-like problem in deformed space with minimal length
Spectrum and eigenfunctions in the momentum representation for 1D Coulomb
potential with deformed Heisenberg algebra leading to minimal length are found
exactly. It is shown that correction due to the deformation is proportional to
square root of the deformation parameter. We obtain the same spectrum using
Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition.Comment: 11 pages, typos corrected, references adde
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