751 research outputs found
The meson annihilation to leptons and inclusive light hadrons
The annihilation of the meson to leptons and inclusive light hadrons is
analyzed in the framework of nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD) factorization. We find
that the decay mode, which escapes from the helicity suppression, contributes a
sizable fraction width. According to the analysis, the branching ratio due to
the contribution from the color-singlet component of the meson can be of
order (10^{-2}). We also estimate the contributions from the color-octet
components. With the velocity scaling rule of NRQCD, we find that the
color-octet contributions are sizable too, especially, in certain phase space
of the annihilation they are greater than (or comparative to) the color-singlet
component. A few observables relevant to the spectrum of charged lepton are
suggested, that may be used as measurements on the color-octet and
color-singlet components in the future experiments. A typical long
distance contribution in the annihilation is estimated too.Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures (6 eps-files), submitted to Phys. Rev.
La selva e il colle. La ermeneutica dei generi nel primo canto dell'Inferno
L'articolo legge il primo canto dell'Inferno secondo la prospettiva della ermeneutica dei generi sessuali. La iniziale contrapposizione, che criminalizza il femminile come genere basso e negativo nella linea della misoginia antica e medievale, si trasforma, nella seconda parte del canto, in una visione modernamente complementare dei generi, nella quale il femminile viene anzi ridefinito come categoria culturalmente alta e positiva
Thermally-induced expansion in the 8 GeV/c + Au reaction
Fragment kinetic energy spectra for reactions induced by 8.0 GeV/c
beams incident on a Au target have been analyzed in
order to deduce the possible existence and influence of thermal expansion. The
average fragment kinetic energies are observed to increase systematically with
fragment charge but are nearly independent of excitation energy. Comparison of
the data with statistical multifragmentation models indicates the onset of
extra collective thermal expansion near an excitation energy of E*/A
5 MeV. However, this effect is weak relative to the radial
expansion observed in heavy-ion-induced reactions, consistent with the
interpretation that the latter expansion may be driven primarily by dynamical
effects such as compression/decompression.Comment: 12 pages including 4 postscript figure
Signals for a Transition from Surface to Bulk Emission in Thermal Multifragmentation
Excitation-energy-gated two-fragment correlation functions have been studied
between 2 to 9A MeV of excitation energy for equilibrium-like sources formed in
and p + Au reactions at beam momenta of 8,9.2 and 10.2 GeV/c.
Comparison of the data to an N-body Coulomb-trajectory code shows a decrease of
one order of magnitude in the fragment emission time in the excitation energy
interval 2-5A MeV, followed by a nearly constant breakup time at higher
excitation energy. The observed decrease in emission time is shown to be
strongly correlated with the increase of the fragment emission probability, and
the onset of thermally-induced radial expansion. This result is interpreted as
evidence consistent with a transition from surface-dominated to bulk emission
expected for spinodal decomposition.Comment: 11 pages including 3 postscript figures (1 color
Influence of an external magnetic field on the decoherence of a central spin coupled to an antiferromagnetic environment
Using the spin wave approximation, we study the decoherence dynamics of a
central spin coupled to an antiferromagnetic environment under the application
of an external global magnetic field. The external magnetic field affects the
decoherence process through its effect on the antiferromagnetic environment. It
is shown explicitly that the decoherence factor which displays a Gaussian decay
with time depends on the strength of the external magnetic field and the
crystal anisotropy field in the antiferromagnetic environment. When the values
of the external magnetic field is increased to the critical field point at
which the spin-flop transition (a first-order quantum phase transition) happens
in the antiferromagnetic environment, the decoherence of the central spin
reaches its highest point. This result is consistent with several recent
quantum phase transition witness studies. The influences of the environmental
temperature on the decoherence behavior of the central spin are also
investigated.Comment: 29 preprint pages, 4 figures, to appear in New Journal of Physic
Thermal excitation of heavy nuclei with 5-15 GeV/c antiproton, proton and pion beams
Excitation-energy distributions have been derived from measurements of
5.0-14.6 GeV/c antiproton, proton and pion reactions with Au target
nuclei, using the ISiS 4 detector array. The maximum probability for
producing high excitation-energy events is found for the antiproton beam
relative to other hadrons, He and beams from LEAR. For protons
and pions, the excitation-energy distributions are nearly independent of hadron
type and beam momentum above about 8 GeV/c. The excitation energy enhancement
for beams and the saturation effect are qualitatively consistent with
intranuclear cascade code predictions. For all systems studied, maximum cluster
sizes are observed for residues with E*/A 6 MeV.Comment: 14 pages including 5 figures and 1 table. Accepted in Physics Letter
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Realistic simulations of single-spin nondemolition measurement by magnetic resonance force microscopy
A requirement for many quantum computation schemes is the ability to measure
single spins. This paper examines one proposed scheme: magnetic resonance force
microscopy, including the effects of thermal noise and back-action from
monitoring. We derive a simplified equation using the adiabatic approximation,
and produce a stochastic pure state unraveling which is useful for numerical
simulations.Comment: 33 pages LaTeX, 9 figure files in EPS format. Submitted to Physical
Review
A statistical interpretation of the correlation between intermediate mass fragment multiplicity and transverse energy
Multifragment emission following Xe+Au collisions at 30, 40, 50 and 60 AMeV
has been studied with multidetector systems covering nearly 4-pi in solid
angle. The correlations of both the intermediate mass fragment and light
charged particle multiplicities with the transverse energy are explored. A
comparison is made with results from a similar system, Xe+Bi at 28 AMeV. The
experimental trends are compared to statistical model predictions.Comment: 7 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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