233 research outputs found
Carbon Isotopes Near Drip Lines in the Relativistic Mean-Field Theory
We have investigated the ground-state properties of carbon isotopes in the
framework of the relativistic mean-field (RMF) theory. RMF calculations have
been performed with the non-linear scalar self-coupling of the meson
using an axially symmetric deformed configuration. We have also introduced the
vector self-coupling of the meson for the deformed mean-field
calculations. The results show that the RMF predictions on radii and
deformations are in good agreement with the available experimental data. It is
shown that several carbon isotopes possess a highly deformed shape akin to a
superdeformation. The single-particle structure of nuclei away from the
stability line has been discussed with a view to understand the properties near
the neutron drip line. Predictions of properties of carbon isotopes away from
the stability line are made.Comment: Revtex, 29 pages, 11 postscript figures include
Neutrino Mixing and Neutrino Telescopes
Measuring flux ratios of ultra-high energy neutrinos is an alternative method
to determine the neutrino mixing angles and the CP phase delta. We conduct a
systematic analysis of the neutrino mixing probabilities and of various flux
ratios measurable at neutrino telescopes. The considered cases are neutrinos
from pion, neutron and muon-damped sources. Explicit formulae in case of mu-tau
symmetry and its special case tri-bimaximal mixing are obtained, and the
leading corrections due to non-zero theta_{13} and non-maximal theta_{23} are
given. The first order correction is universal as it appears in basically all
ratios. We study in detail its dependence on theta_{13}, theta_{23} and the CP
phase, finding that the dependence on theta_{23} is strongest. The flavor
compositions for the considered neutrino sources are evaluated in terms of this
correction. A measurement of a flux ratio is a clean measurement of the
universal correction (and therefore of theta_{13}, theta_{23} and delta) if the
zeroth order ratio does not depend on theta_{12}. This favors pion sources over
the other cases, which in turn are good candidates to probe theta_{12}. The
only situations in which the universal correction does not appear are certain
ratios in case of a neutron and muon-damped source, which depend mainly on
theta_{12} and receive only quadratic corrections from the other parameters. We
further show that there are only two independent neutrino oscillation
probabilities, give the allowed ranges of the considered flux ratios and of all
probabilities, and show that none of the latter can be zero or one.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figures. Minor changes, to appear in JCA
Natural boundaries for the Smoluchowski equation and affiliated diffusion processes
The Schr\"{o}dinger problem of deducing the microscopic dynamics from the
input-output statistics data is known to admit a solution in terms of Markov
diffusions. The uniqueness of solution is found linked to the natural
boundaries respected by the underlying random motion. By choosing a reference
Smoluchowski diffusion process, we automatically fix the Feynman-Kac potential
and the field of local accelerations it induces. We generate the family of
affiliated diffusions with the same local dynamics, but different inaccessible
boundaries on finite, semi-infinite and infinite domains. For each diffusion
process a unique Feynman-Kac kernel is obtained by the constrained (Dirichlet
boundary data) Wiener path integration.As a by-product of the discussion, we
give an overview of the problem of inaccessible boundaries for the diffusion
and bring together (sometimes viewed from unexpected angles) results which are
little known, and dispersed in publications from scarcely communicating areas
of mathematics and physics.Comment: Latex file, Phys. Rev. E 49, 3815-3824, (1994
Observation by an Air-Shower Array in Tibet of the Multi-TeV Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy due to Terrestrial Orbital Motion Around the Sun
We report on the solar diurnal variation of the galactic cosmic-ray intensity
observed by the Tibet III air shower array during the period from 1999 to 2003.
In the higher-energy event samples (12 TeV and 6.2 TeV), the variations are
fairly consistent with the Compton-Getting anisotropy due to the terrestrial
orbital motion around the sun, while the variation in the lower-energy event
sample (4.0 TeV) is inconsistent with this anisotropy. This suggests an
additional anisotropy superposed at the multi-TeV energies, e.g. the solar
modulation effect. This is the highest-precision measurement of the
Compton-Getting anisotropy ever made.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, includes .bbl fil
The all-particle spectrum of primary cosmic rays in the wide energy range from 10^14 eV to 10^17 eV observed with the Tibet-III air-shower array
We present an updated all-particle energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays in
a wide range from 10^14 eV to 10^17 eV using 5.5 times 10^7 events collected in
the period from 2000 November through 2004 October by the Tibet-III air-shower
array located at 4300 m above sea level (atmospheric depth of 606 g/cm^2). The
size spectrum exhibits a sharp knee at a corresponding primary energy around 4
PeV. This work uses increased statistics and new simulation calculations for
the analysis. We performed extensive Monte Carlo calculations and discuss the
model dependences involved in the final result assuming interaction models of
QGSJET01c and SIBYLL2.1 and primary composition models of heavy dominant (HD)
and proton dominant (PD) ones. Pure proton and pure iron primary models are
also examined as extreme cases. The detector simulation was also made to
improve the accuracy of determining the size of the air showers and the energy
of the primary particle. We confirmed that the all-particle energy spectra
obtained under various plausible model parameters are not significantly
different from each other as expected from the characteristics of the
experiment at the high altitude, where the air showers of the primary energy
around the knee reaches near maximum development and their features are
dominated by electromagnetic components leading to the weak dependence on the
interaction model or the primary mass. This is the highest-statistical and the
best systematics-controlled measurement covering the widest energy range around
the knee energy region.Comment: 19 pages, 20 figures, accepted by Ap
The energy spectrum of all-particle cosmic rays around the knee region observed with the Tibet-III air-shower array
We have already reported the first result on the all-particle spectrum around
the knee region based on data from 2000 November to 2001 October observed by
the Tibet-III air-shower array. In this paper, we present an updated result
using data set collected in the period from 2000 November through 2004 October
in a wide range over 3 decades between eV and eV, in which
the position of the knee is clearly seen at around 4 PeV. The spectral index is
-2.68 0.02(stat.) below 1PeV, while it is -3.12 0.01(stat.) above 4
PeV in the case of QGSJET+HD model, and various systematic errors are under
study now.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, accepted by Advances in space researc
Drift effects and the cosmic ray density gradient in a solar rotation period: First observation with the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN)
We present for the first time hourly variations of the spatial density
gradient of 50 GeV cosmic rays within a sample solar rotation period in 2006.
By inversely solving the transport equation, including diffusion, we deduce the
gradient from the anisotropy that is derived from the observation made by the
Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN). The anisotropy obtained by applying a new
analysis method to the GMDN data is precise and free from atmospheric
temperature effects on the muon count rate recorded by ground based detectors.
We find the derived north-south gradient perpendicular to the ecliptic plane is
oriented toward the Helioshperic Current Sheet (HCS) (i.e. southward in the
toward sector of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) and northward in the
away sector). The orientation of the gradient component parallel to the
ecliptic plane remains similar in both sectors with an enhancement of its
magnitude seen after the Earth crosses the HCS. These temporal features are
interpreted in terms of a local maximum of the cosmic ray density at the HCS.
This is consistent with the prediction of the drift model for the epoch.
By comparing the observed gradient with the numerical prediction of a simple
drift model, we conclude that particle drifts in the large-scale magnetic field
play an important role in organizing the density gradient, at least in the
present epoch. We also found that corotating interaction regions did not
have such a notable effect. Observations with the GMDN provide us with a new
tool for investigating cosmic ray transport in the IMF.Comment: 35 pages, 10 figures, submitted to the Astrophysical Journa
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