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Chiral Extrapolation of Lattice Data for Heavy Baryons
The masses of heavy baryons containing a b quark have been calculated
numerically in lattice QCD with pion masses which are much larger than its
physical value. In the present work we extrapolate these lattice data to the
physical mass of the pion by applying the effective chiral Lagrangian for heavy
baryons, which is invariant under chiral symmetry when the light quark masses
go to zero and heavy quark symmetry when the heavy quark masses go to infinity.
A phenomenological functional form with three parameters, which has the correct
behavior in the chiral limit and appropriate behavior when the pion mass is
large, is proposed to extrapolate the lattice data. It is found that the
extrapolation deviates noticably from the naive linear extrapolation when the
pion mass is smaller than about 500MeV. The mass differences between Sigma_b
and Sigma_b^* and between Sigma_b^{(*)} and Lambda_b are also presented.
Uncertainties arising from both lattice data and our model parameters are
discussed in detail. We also give a comparision of the results in our model
with those obtained in the naive linear extrapolations.Comment: 29 pages, 9 figure
Asymptotic quasinormal modes of scalar field in a gravity's rainbow
In the context of a gravity's rainbow, the asymptotic quasinormal modes of
the scalar perturbation in the quantum modified Schwarzschild black holes are
investigated. By using the monodromy method, we calculated and obtained the
asymptotic quasinormal frequencies, which are dominated not only by the mass
parameter of the spacetime, but also by the energy functions from the modified
dispersion relations. However, the real parts of the asymptotic quasinormal
modes is still , which is consistent with Hod's conjecture. In
addition, for the quantum corrected black hole, the area spacing is calculated
and the result is independent of the energy functions, in spite of the area
itself is energy dependence. And that, by relating the area spectrum to loop
quantum gravity, the Barbero-Immirzi parameter is given and it remains the same
as from the usual black hole
Chiral extrapolation of lattice data for the hyperfine splittings of heavy mesons
Hyperfine splittings between the heavy vector (D*, B*) and pseudoscalar (D,
B) mesons have been calculated numerically in lattice QCD, where the pion mass
(which is related to the light quark mass) is much larger than its physical
value. Naive linear chiral extrapolations of the lattice data to the physical
mass of the pion lead to hyperfine splittings which are smaller than
experimental data. In order to extrapolate these lattice data to the physical
mass of the pion more reasonably, we apply the effective chiral perturbation
theory for heavy mesons, which is invariant under chiral symmetry when the
light quark masses go to zero and heavy quark symmetry when the heavy quark
masses go to infinity. This leads to a phenomenological functional form with
three parameters to extrapolate the lattice data. It is found that the
extrapolated hyperfine splittings are even smaller than those obtained using
linear extrapolation. We conclude that the source of the discrepancy between
lattice data for hyperfine splittings and experiment must lie in non-chiral
physics.Comment: 27 pages, 6 figure
Reflections on a degree initiative: the UK's Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers enter the University of Birmingham
This paper provides an opportunity to share experiences and perceptions of the first 5 years of a degree programme for professional dancers. A partnership developed in the mid-1990s between the UK's Birmingham Royal Ballet and the University of Birmingham, Westhill (now School of Education), to provide a part-time, post-experience, flexible study programme for full-time Company dancers. This is the first 'company customised' higher education programme to dovetail studies around rehearsal, performance and touring schedules. Methodology is based on a narrative by the author, informed by ongoing internal and external evaluations, in-depth interviews with dancers and Company managers, documentation and secondary sources. Outcomes indicate that the programme has made a positive difference to the Company, to the dancers and to the wider education and dance/arts world
Motivational Interviewing Post-Stroke: An Analysis of Stroke Survivors' Concerns and Adjustment
Our earlier research demonstrated that participation in four sessions of motivational interviewing (MI) early post-stroke has a positive impact on stroke survivors' mood. However, the theoretical underpinnings of MI in supporting adjustment (rather than its traditional use in supporting behavior change) require clarification. This article describes a content analysis of MI transcripts for 10 participants in our previous study, to identify the focus of discussions (patient "concerns") and potential effective components of our MI approach. Patients' post-stroke concerns were shown in 16 categories, including frustration, family impact, and getting well. There was a pattern of change discourse across sessions: "Sustain talk" (reasons for not changing) reduced from Session 1 onward, "change talk" (intent to change) increased then reduced, and "change expressed" (changes achieved) increased from Sessions 1 to 4. MI facilitates healthy adjustment post-stroke in some patients, in turn affecting mood, but clarification of how this effect is achieved requires further exploration
Current quark mass dependence of nucleon magnetic moments and radii
A calculation of the current-quark-mass-dependence of nucleon static
electromagnetic properties is necessary in order to use observational data as a
means to place constraints on the variation of Nature's fundamental parameters.
A Poincare' covariant Faddeev equation, which describes baryons as composites
of confined-quarks and -nonpointlike-diquarks, is used to calculate this
dependence The results indicate that, like observables dependent on the
nucleons' magnetic moments, quantities sensitive to their magnetic and charge
radii, such as the energy levels and transition frequencies in Hydrogen and
Deuterium, might also provide a tool with which to place limits on the allowed
variation in Nature's constants.Comment: 23 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables, 4 appendice
BAKTRAK: Backtracking drifting objects using an iterative algorithm with a forward trajectory model
The task of determining the origin of a drifting object after it has been
located is highly complex due to the uncertainties in drift properties and
environmental forcing (wind, waves and surface currents). Usually the origin is
inferred by running a trajectory model (stochastic or deterministic) in
reverse. However, this approach has some severe drawbacks, most notably the
fact that many drifting objects go through nonlinear state changes underway
(e.g., evaporating oil or a capsizing lifeboat). This makes it difficult to
naively construct a reverse-time trajectory model which realistically predicts
the earliest possible time the object may have started drifting. We propose
instead a different approach where the original (forward) trajectory model is
kept unaltered while an iterative seeding and selection process allows us to
retain only those particles that end up within a certain time-space radius of
the observation. An iterative refinement process named BAKTRAK is employed
where those trajectories that do not make it to the goal are rejected and new
trajectories are spawned from successful trajectories. This allows the model to
be run in the forward direction to determine the point of origin of a drifting
object. The method is demonstrated using the Leeway stochastic trajectory model
for drifting objects due to its relative simplicity and the practical
importance of being able to identify the origin of drifting objects. However,
the methodology is general and even more applicable to oil drift trajectories,
drifting ships and hazardous material that exhibit non-linear state changes
such as evaporation, chemical weathering, capsizing or swamping. The
backtracking method is tested against the drift trajectory of a life raft and
is shown to predict closely the initial release position of the raft and its
subsequent trajectory.Comment: 28 pages, 8 figures, 2 table
Supersymmetric AdS_5 Solutions of Type IIB Supergravity
We analyse the most general bosonic supersymmetric solutions of type IIB
supergravity whose metrics are warped products of five-dimensional anti-de
Sitter space AdS_5 with a five-dimensional Riemannian manifold M_5. All fluxes
are allowed to be non-vanishing consistent with SO(4,2) symmetry. We show that
the necessary and sufficient conditions can be phrased in terms of a local
identity structure on M_5. For a special class, with constant dilaton and
vanishing axion, we reduce the problem to solving a second order non-linear
ODE. We find an exact solution of the ODE which reproduces a solution first
found by Pilch and Warner. A numerical analysis of the ODE reveals an
additional class of local solutions.Comment: 33 page
Chiral extrapolation of lattice moments of proton quark distributions
We present the resolution of a long-standing discrepancy between the moments
of parton distributions calculated from lattice QCD and their experimental
values. We propose a simple extrapolation formula for the moments of the
nonsinglet quark distribution u-d, as a function of quark mass, which embodies
the general constraints imposed by the chiral symmetry of QCD. The inclusion of
the leading nonanalytic behavior leads to an excellent description of both the
lattice data and the experimental values of the moments.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Physical Review Letter
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