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Causal Structure and Birefringence in Nonlinear Electrodynamics
We investigate the causal structure of general nonlinear electrodynamics and
determine which Lagrangians generate an effective metric conformal to
Minkowski. We also proof that there is only one analytic nonlinear
electrodynamics presenting no birefringence.Comment: 11 pages, no figure
Schwinger's Principle and Gauge Fixing in the Free Electromagnetic Field
A manifestly covariant treatment of the free quantum eletromagnetic field, in
a linear covariant gauge, is implemented employing the Schwinger's Variational
Principle and the B-field formalism. It is also discussed the abelian Proca's
model as an example of a system without constraints.Comment: 8 pages. Format PTPtex. No figur
Electromagnetic structure and weak decay of pseudoscalar mesons in a light-front QCD-inspired model
We study the scaling of the meson mass splitting and the
pseudoscalar weak decay constants with the mass of the meson, as seen in the
available experimental data. We use an effective light-front QCD-inspired
dynamical model regulated at short-distances to describe the valence component
of the pseudoscalar mesons. The experimentally known values of the mass
splittings, decay constants (from global lattice-QCD averages) and the pion
charge form factor up to 4 [GeV/c] are reasonably described by the modelComment: 27 Pages, 7 eps figures,use revtex
Towards flavored bound states beyond rainbows and ladders
We give a snapshot of recent progress in solving the Dyson-Schwinger equation
with a beyond rainbow-ladder ansatz for the dressed quark-gluon vertex which
includes ghost contributions. We discuss the motivations for this approach with
regard to heavy-flavored bound states and form factors and briefly describe
future steps to be taken.Comment: Contribution to the proceedings of the XXXVI Reuni\~ao de Trabalho
sobre F\'isica Nuclear no Brasil which took place in Maresias, S\~ao Paulo,
Brazil. 8 pages, 3 figures. AIP proceeding styl
Weak decay constant of pseudscalar meson in a QCD-inspired model
We show that a linear scaling between the weak decay constants of
pseudoscalar and the vector mesons masses is supported by the available
experimental data. The decay constant scale as (f_m
is decay constant and M_V vector meson ground state mass). This simple form is
justified within a renormalized light-front QCD-inpired model for
quark-antiquark bound states.Comment: 4 pages, use revtex style. To appear "Brazilian Journal of Physics
(2003)
Single observable concurrence measurement without simultaneous copies
We present a protocol that allows us to obtain the concurrence of any two
qubit pure state by performing a minimal and optimal tomography of one of the
subsystems through measuring a single observable of an ancillary four
dimensional qudit. An implementation for a system of trapped ions is also
proposed, which can be achieved with present day experimental techniques.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
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