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Nuclear Force from Lattice QCD
The first lattice QCD result on the nuclear force (the NN potential) is
presented in the quenched level. The standard Wilson gauge action and the
standard Wilson quark action are employed on the lattice of the size 16^3\times
24 with the gauge coupling beta=5.7 and the hopping parameter kappa=0.1665. To
obtain the NN potential, we adopt a method recently proposed by CP-PACS
collaboration to study the pi pi scattering phase shift. It turns out that this
method provides the NN potentials which are faithful to those obtained in the
analysis of NN scattering data. By identifying the equal-time Bethe-Salpeter
wave function with the Schroedinger wave function for the two nucleon system,
the NN potential is reconstructed so that the wave function satisfies the
time-independent Schroedinger equation. In this report, we restrict ourselves
to the J^P=0^+ and I=1 channel, which enables us to pick up unambiguously the
``central'' NN potential V_{central}(r). The resulting potential is seen to
posses a clear repulsive core of about 500 MeV at short distance (r < 0.5 fm).
Although the attraction in the intermediate and long distance regions is still
missing in the present lattice set-up, our method is appeared to be quite
promising in reconstructing the NN potential with lattice QCD.Comment: A talk given at the XXIV International Symposium on Lattice Field
Theory (Lattice2006), Tucson, Arizona, USA, July 23-28, 2006, 3 figures,
7page
Recent advances in the theory of nuclear forces
After a brief historical review, we present recent progress in our
understanding of nuclear forces in terms of chiral effective field theory.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; talk at International Symposium on Correlations
Dynamics in Nuclei, University of Tokyo, Japan, 31 January-4 February, 200
Measurement of neutron diffraction with compact neutron source RANS
Diffraction is used as a measurement technique for crystal structure. X-rays or electron beam with wavelength that is close to the lattice constant of the crystal is often used for the measurement. They have sensitivity in surface
(0.01mm) of heavy metals due to the mean free path for heavy ions. Neutron diffraction has the probe of the internal structure of the heavy metals because it has a
longer mean free path than that of the X-rays or the electrons. However, the neutron diffraction measurement is not widely used because large facilities are required in the many neutron sources. RANS (Riken Accelerator-driven Compact Neutron Source) is developed as a neutron source which is usable easily in laboratories and factories. In RANS, fast neutrons are generated by 7MeV protons colliding on a Be target. Some fast neutrons are moderated with polyethylene to thermal neutrons. The thermal neutrons of 10meV which have wavelength of 10nm can be used for the
diffraction measurement. In this study, the texture evolution in steels was measured with RANS and the validity of the compact neutron source was proved. The texture of IF steel sheets with the thickness of 1.0mm was measured with 10minutes run. The resolution is 2% and is enough to analyze a evolution in texture due to compression/tensile deformation or a volume fraction of two phases in the steel sample. These results have proven the possibility to use compact neutron source for the analysis of mesoscopic structure of metallic materials
Accurate Charge-Dependent Nucleon-Nucleon Potential at Fourth Order of Chiral Perturbation Theory
We present the first nucleon-nucleon potential at
next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (fourth order) of chiral perturbation
theory. Charge-dependence is included up to next-to-leading order of the
isospin-violation scheme. The accuracy for the reproduction of the NN data
below 290 MeV lab. energy is comparable to the one of phenomenological
high-precision potentials. Since NN potentials of order three and less are
known to be deficient in quantitative terms, the present work shows that the
fourth order is necessary and sufficient for a reliable NN potential derived
from chiral effective Lagrangians. The new potential provides a promising
starting point for exact few-body calculations and microscopic nuclear
structure theory (including chiral many-body forces derived on the same
footing).Comment: 4 pages Revtex including one figur
Scalar Glueball Decay Into Pions In Effective Theory
We discuss the mixing between the sigma meson sigma and the "pure" glueball
field H and study the decays of the scalar glueball candidates f_0(1370),
f_0(1500) and f_0(1710) (a linear combination of sigma and H) into two pions in
an effective linear sigma model.Comment: 10 pages and 3 figures (an extended version of hep-ph/9805412), to
appear in Phys. Rev.
Status and overview of development of the Silicon Pixel Detector for the PHENIX experiment at the BNL RHIC
We have developed a silicon pixel detector to enhance the physics
capabilities of the PHENIX experiment. This detector, consisting of two layers
of sensors, will be installed around the beam pipe at the collision point and
covers a pseudo-rapidity of | \eta | < 1.2 and an azimuth angle of | \phi | ~
2{\pi}. The detector uses 200 um thick silicon sensors and readout chips
developed for the ALICE experiment. In order to meet the PHENIX DAQ readout
requirements, it is necessary to read out 4 readout chips in parallel. The
physics goals of PHENIX require that radiation thickness of the detector be
minimized. To meet these criteria, the detector has been designed and
developed. In this paper, we report the current status of the development,
especially the development of the low-mass readout bus and the front-end
readout electronics.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures and 1 table in DOCX (Word 2007); PIXEL 2008
workshop proceedings, will be published in the Proceedings Section of
JINST(Journal of Instrumentation
Coupling a Superconducting Qubit to a Left-Handed Metamaterial Resonator
Metamaterial resonant structures made from arrays of superconducting lumped
circuit elements can exhibit microwave mode spectra with left-handed
dispersion, resulting in a high density of modes in the same frequency range
where superconducting qubits are typically operated, as well as a bandgap at
lower frequencies that extends down to dc. Using this novel regime for
multi-mode circuit quantum electrodynamics, we have performed a series of
measurements of such a superconducting metamaterial resonator coupled to a
flux-tunable transmon qubit. Through microwave measurements of the
metamaterial, we have observed the coupling of the qubit to each of the modes
that it passes through. Using a separate readout resonator, we have probed the
qubit dispersively and characterized the qubit energy relaxation as a function
of frequency, which is strongly affected by the Purcell effect in the presence
of the dense mode spectrum. Additionally, we have investigated the ac Stark
shift of the qubit as the photon number in the various metamaterial modes is
varied. The ability to tailor the dense mode spectrum through the choice of
circuit parameters and manipulate the photonic state of the metamaterial
through interactions with qubits makes this a promising platform for analog
quantum simulation and quantum memories.Comment: 12 pages, 11 figure
Nuclear Force from Monte Carlo Simulations of Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics
The nuclear force acting between protons and neutrons is studied in the Monte
Carlo simulations of the fundamental theory of the strong interaction, the
quantum chromodynamics defined on the hypercubic space-time lattice. After a
brief summary of the empirical nucleon-nucleon (NN) potentials which can fit
the NN scattering experiments in high precision, we outline the basic
formulation to derive the potential between the extended objects such as the
nucleons composed of quarks. The equal-time Bethe-Salpeter amplitude is a key
ingredient for defining the NN potential on the lattice. We show the results of
the numerical simulations on a lattice with the lattice spacing fm (lattice volume (4.4 fm)) in the quenched approximation.
The calculation was carried out using the massively parallel computer Blue
Gene/L at KEK. We found that the calculated NN potential at low energy has
basic features expected from the empirical NN potentials; attraction at long
and medium distances and the repulsive core at short distance. Various future
directions along this line of research are also summarized.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, version accepted for publication in
"Computational Science & Discovery" (IOP
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