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Perturbative and non-perturbative QCD corrections to wide-angle Compton scattering
We investigate corrections to the handbag approach for wide-angle Compton
scattering off protons at moderately large momentum transfer: the photon-parton
subprocess is calculated to next-to-leading order QCD and contributions from
the generalized parton distribution E} are taken into account. Photon and
proton helicity flip amplitudes are non-zero due to these corrections which
leads to a wealth of polarization phenomena in Compton scattering. Thus, for
instance, the incoming photon asymmetry or the transverse polarization of the
proton are non-zero although small.Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures (using LATEX with epsfig
Evaluation of Target Date Funds
Target date funds are an emerging class of investment products, designed for retirement savings. The project considered methodologies for ranking such funds
Transition Temperature of a Uniform Imperfect Bose Gas
We calculate the transition temperature of a uniform dilute Bose gas with
repulsive interactions, using a known virial expansion of the equation of
state. We find that the transition temperature is higher than that of an ideal
gas, with a fractional increase K_0(na^3)^{1/6}, where n is the density and a
is the S-wave scattering length, and K_0 is a constant given in the paper. This
disagrees with all existing results, analytical or numerical. It agrees exactly
in magnitude with a result due to Toyoda, but has the opposite sign.Comment: Email correspondence to [email protected] ; 2 pages using REVTe
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