212 research outputs found
Independent Ion Migration in Suspensions of Strongly Interacting Charged Colloidal Spheres
We report on sytematic measurements of the low frequency conductivity in
aequous supensions of highly charged colloidal spheres. System preparation in a
closed tubing system results in precisely controlled number densities between
1E16/m3 and 1E19/m^3 (packing fractions between 1E-7 and 1E-2) and electrolyte
concentrations between 1E-7 and 1E-3 mol/l. Due to long ranged Coulomb
repulsion some of the systems show a pronounced fluid or crystalline order.
Under deionized conditions we find s to depend linearily on the packing
fraction with no detectable influence of the phase transitions. Further at
constant packing fraction s increases sublinearily with increasing number of
dissociable surface groups N. As a function of c the conductivity shows
pronounced differences depending on the kind of electrolyte used. We propose a
simple yet powerful model based on independent migration of all species present
and additivity of the respective conductivity contributions. It takes account
of small ion macro-ion interactions in terms of an effectivly transported
charge. The model successfully describes our qualitatively complex experimental
observations. It further facilitates quantitative estimates of conductivity
over a wide range of particle and experimental parameters.Comment: 32 pages, 17 figures, 2 tables, Accepted by Physical Review
Observation of the Isospin-Violating Decay
Using data collected with the CLEO~II detector, we have observed the
isospin-violating decay . The decay rate for this mode,
relative to the dominant radiative decay, is found to be .Comment: 8 page uuencoded postscript file, also available through
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Measurement of the Partila Width and Form Factor Parameters
We have studied the decay , where . From a fit to the differential decay rate we measure the
rate normalization and form factor slope
, and, using measured values of , find . The resulting branching
fractions are and .
The form factor parameters are in agreement with those measured in decays, as predicted by heavy quark effective theory.Comment: 11 pages, postscript file also available through
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Precision Measurement of the Mass Difference
We have measured the vector-pseudoscalar mass splitting , significantly more precise than the previous
world average. We minimize the systematic errors by also measuring the
vector-pseudoscalar mass difference using the radiative
decay , obtaining
. This is
then combined with our previous high-precision measurement of
, which used the decay . We also
measure the mass difference MeV, using the
decay modes of the and mesons.Comment: 18 pages uuencoded compressed postscript (process with uudecode then
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Observation of a New Charmed Strange Meson
Using the CLEO-II detector, we have obtained evidence for a new meson
decaying to . Its mass is
{}~MeV/ and its width is ~MeV/. Although we do not
establish its spin and parity, the new meson is consistent with predictions for
an , , charmed strange state.Comment: 9 pages uuencoded compressed postscript (process with uudecode then
gunzip). hardcopies with figures can be obtained by sending mail to:
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Semileptonic Branching Fraction of Charged and Neutral B Mesons
An examination of leptons in events tagged by reconstructed
decays yields semileptonic branching fractions of for charged and for neutral mesons.
This is the first measurement for charged . Assuming equality of the charged
and neutral semileptonic widths, the ratio is
equivalent to the ratio of lifetimes. A postscript version is available through
World-Wide-Web in http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/1994Comment: 9 pages (in REVTEX format) Preprint CLNS94-1286, CLEO 94-1
Determination of the Michel Parameters and the tau Neutrino Helicity in tau Decay
Using the CLEO II detector at the storage ring CESR, we have
determined the Michel parameters , , and in decay as well as the tau neutrino helicity parameter
in decay. From a data sample of
tau pairs produced at , using events of
the topology and , and the determined sign of , the combined
result of the three samples is: , , , and
. The results are in agreement with
the Standard Model V-A interaction.Comment: 18 page postscript file, postscript file also available through
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Measurements of the Ratios and
Using the CLEO~II detector we measure , and .
We find the vector to pseudoscalar ratio, , which is similar to the
ratio found in non strange decays.Comment: 11 page uuencoded postscript file, postscript file also available
through http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN
Tau Neutrino Helicity from Energy Correlations
We report a measurement of the magnitude of the tau neutrino helicity from
tau-pair events taken with the CLEO detector at the CESR electron-positron
storage ring. Events in which each tau undergoes the decay tau -> h nu, with h
a charged pion or kaon, are analyzed for energy correlations between the
daughter hadrons, yielding |xi| = 2*|h_nu| = 1.03 +/- 0.06 +/- 0.04, with the
first error statistical and the second systematic.Comment: 11 pages, postscript file also available through
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Limit on the Two-Photon Production of the Glueball Candidate at CLEO
We use the CLEO detector at the Cornell electron-positron storage ring, CESR,
to search for the two-photon production of the glueball candidate f_J(2220) in
its decay to K_s K_s. We present a restrictive upper limit on the product of
the two-photon partial width and the K_s K_s branching fraction. We use this
limit to calculate a lower limit on the stickiness, which is a measure of the
two-gluon coupling relative to the two-photon coupling. This limit on
stickiness indicates that the f_J(2220) has substantial glueball content.Comment: 9 page postscript file, postscript file also available through
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