Dispersion relations and the spin polarizabilities of the nucleon

A forward dispersion calculation is implemented for the spin polarizabilities $\gamma_1, ... ,\gamma_4$ of the proton and the neutron. These polarizabilities are related to the spin structure of the nucleon at low energies and are structure-constants of the Compton scattering amplitude at ${\cal O}(\omega^3)$. In the absence of a direct experimental measurement of these quantities, a dispersion calculation serves the purpose of constraining the model building, and of comparing with recent calculations in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory.Comment: 14 pages Latex, 1 ps figur

Framing performance art: Acts of documenting in 'Being and Doing' (1984)

To explore documenting practices in detail that use the time-based medium of film to engage with performance art’s negotiation of duration and disappearance, this article addresses Stuart Brisley’s and Ken McMullen’s 16 mm film “Being and Doing”. “Being and Doing” is an experimental, highly subjective documentation of live art practices of the late 1970s and early 1980s in Eastern and Western Europe. The film’s highly concentrated and rhythmically elaborate montage assembles photographs, sound recordings, footage of communal rituals, and artists’ performances with a voice-over narration by Brisley. Starting from a detailed analysis of particular montage sequences the article elaborates on the inventive aesthetics of “Being and Doing” as a conjunction of body art practices and a process-oriented mode of documentation, which is concerned with the frame as the essential constituent of film form

Proton Polarization Shifts in Electronic and Muonic Hydrogen

The contribution of virtual excitations to the energy levels of electronic and muonic hydrogen is investigated combining a model-independent approach for the main part with quark model predictions for the remaining corrections. Precise values for the polarization shifts are obtained in the long-wavelength dipole approximation by numerically integrating over measured total photoabsorption cross sections. These unretarded results are considerably reduced by including retardation effects in an approximate way since the average momentum transfer (together with the mean excitation energy) turns out to be larger than usually assumed. Transverse and seagull contributions are estimated in a simple harmonic oscillator quark model and found to be non-negligible. Possible uncertainties and improvements of the final results are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, LATEX, no figures, discussion improved and references updated, final version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.

The E2/M1 and C2/M1 ratios and form factors in N -> Delta transitions

A partial wave analysis of pion photoproduction has been obtained in the framework of fixed-t dispersion relations valid from threshold up to 500 MeV. In the resonance region we have precisely determined the electromagnetic properties of the \Delta(1232) resonance, in particular the E2/M1 ratio R_{EM}=(-2.5 +- 0.1) %. For pion electroproduction recent experimental data from Mainz, Bates and JLab for Q^2 up to 4.0 (GeV/c)^2 have been analyzed with two different models, an isobar model (MAID) and a dynamical model. The E2/M1 ratios extracted with these two models show, starting from a small and negative value at the real photon point, a clear tendency to cross zero, and become positive with increasing Q^2. This is a possible indication of a very slow approach toward the pQCD region. The C2/M1 ratio near the photon point is found as R_{SM}(0)=(-6.5 +- 0.5) %. At high Q^2 the absolute value of the ratio is strongly increasing, a further indication that pQCD is not yet reached.Comment: 10 pages LaTeX including 3 figures. Talk given at the XVIIth European conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, Evora, Portugal, 11 - 16 September 2000; to be published in Nucl.Phys.

Multipole analysis of pion photoproduction based on fixed t dispersion relations and unitarity

We have analysed pion photoproduction imposing constraints from fixed t dispersion relations and unitarity. Coupled integral equations for the S and P wave multipoles were derived from the dispersion relations and solved by the method of Omnes and Muskhelishvili. The free parameters were determined by a fit to the most recent data for \pi^{+} and \pi^{0} production on the proton as well as \pi^{-} production on the neutron, in the energy We have analysed pion photoproduction imposing constraints from fixed t dispersion relations and unitarity. Coupled integral equations for the S and P wave multipoles were derived from the dispersion relations and solved by the method of Omnes and Muskhelishvili. The free parameters were determined by a fit to the most recent data for \pi^{+} and \pi^{0} production on the proton as well as \pi^{-} production on the neutron, in the energy range 160 MeV \leq E_{\gamma} \leq 420 MeV. The lack of high precision data on the neutron and of polarization observables leads to some limitations of our results. Especially the multipole M_{1-} connected with the Roper resonance P_{11}(1440) cannot be determined to the required precision. Our predictions for the threshold amplitudes are in good agreement with both the data and chiral perturbation theory. In the region of the \Delta(1232) we have determined the ratio of electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole excitation. The position of the resonance pole is obtained in excellent agreement with pion-nucleon scattering, and the complex residues of the multipoles are determined with the speed-plot technique.Comment: 46 pages LATEX including 29 postscript figure

A dispersion theoretical approach to the threshold amplitudes of pion photoproduction

We give predictions for the partial wave amplitudes of pion photoproduction near threshold by means of dispersion relations at fixed t. The free parameters of this approach are determined by a fit to experimental data in the energy range 160 MeV $\le E_{\gamma} \le$ 420 MeV. The observables near threshold are found to be rather sensitive to the amplitudes in the resonance region, in particular to the $\Delta$ (1232) and $N^*$ (1440). We obtain a good agreement with the existing threshold data for both charged and neutral pion production. Our predictions also agree well with the results of chiral perturbation theory, except for neutral pion production off the neutron.Comment: 16 pages LATEX including 4 postscript figure

Revue und Recherche: Jade Montserrats Performance 'Shadowing Josephine' (2013)

Jade Montserrat ist eine britische Performerin und bildende Künstlerin, die sich im Rahmen ihres künstlerischen PhD mit Josephine Bakers Performances auseinandersetzt. Sie performt geloopte Choreographien, die aus überlieferten Aufzeichnungen von Baker abgeleitet sind und setzt sich auch in Zeichnungen und Installationen mit Baker auseinander. Der Beitrag verortet diese Arbeiten in den Debatten von Performance und Blackness und beschreibt Montserrats Performanceverfahren selbst als Forschungsmethode. Daraus leiten sich neue Formen der Archivierung und Auseinandersetzung mit Performance-Geschichte ab

Beitrag zur Erhöhung der Standzeit der Arbeitsorgane von Gutbett-Walzenmühlen

Das Ziel der Arbeit bestand darin, einen Beitrag zur Verschleißminderung der Arbeitsorgane von Gutbett-Walzenmühlen zu leisten. Ausgehend von einer umfangreichen Literaturrecherche zum Dreikörper-Abrasivverschleiß und auf diesem Gebiet etablierten Verschleißprüfmethoden und einem anschließenden Vergleich mit den gestellten Anforderungen einer möglichst praxisnahen Versuchsdurchführung wurde ein Versuchsstand entwickelt und gebaut. Herzstück der Anlage ist eine Gutbett-Walzenmühle, die mit zahlreichen Messstellen versehen ist, um dem Betreiber zu ermöglichen, verschiedene Betriebsparameter während des Versuches zu erfassen und diese Daten einer umfangreichen Auswertung zugrundezulegen. Nach einführenden Versuchen wurden verschiedene Verschleißschutzwerkstoffe mit unterschiedlichen Abrasiven getestet. Die dimensionslos dargestellten Verschleißbeträge wurden diskutiert. Die Praxisrelevanz der Versuchsergebnisse wurde nachgewiesen