392 research outputs found
Covariant calculation of mesonic baryon decays
We present covariant predictions for pi and eta decay modes of N and Delta
resonances from relativistic constituent-quark models based on
one-gluon-exchange and Goldstone-boson-exchange dynamics. The results are
calculated within the point-form approach to Poincare-invariant relativistic
quantum mechanics applying a spectator-model decay operator. The direct
predictions of the constituent-quark models for covariant pi and eta decay
widths show a behaviour completely different from previous ones calculated in
nonrelativistic or so-called semirelativistic approaches. It is found that the
present theoretical results agree with experiment only in a few cases but
otherwise always remain smaller than the experimental data (as compiled by the
Particle Data Group). Possible reasons for this behaviour are discussed with
regard to the quality of both the quark-model wave functions and the mesonic
decay operator.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Relativity and the low energy nd Ay puzzle
We solve the Faddeev equation in an exactly Poincare invariant formulation of
the three-nucleon problem. The dynamical input is a relativistic
nucleon-nucleon interaction that is exactly on-shell equivalent to the high
precision CDBonn NN interaction. S-matrix cluster properties dictate how the
two-body dynamics is embedded in the three-nucleon mass operator. We find that
for neutron laboratory energies above 20 MeV relativistic effects on Ay are
negligible. For energies below 20 MeV dynamical effects lower the nucleon
analyzing power maximum slightly by 2% and Wigner rotations lower it further up
to 10 % increasing thus disagreement between data and theory. This indicates
that three-nucleon forces must provide an even larger increase of the Ay
maximum than expected up to now.Comment: 29 pages, 2 ps figure
Deuteron tensor polarization component T_20(Q^2) as a crucial test for deuteron wave functions
The deuteron tensor polarization component T_20(Q^2) is calculated by
relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics approach. It is shown that in the range of
momentum transfers available in to-day experiments, relativistic effects, meson
exchange currents and the choice of nucleon electromagnetic form factors almost
do not influence the value of T_20(Q^2). At the same time, this value depends
strongly on the actual form of the deuteron wave function, that is on the model
of NN-interaction in deuteron. So the existing data for T_20(Q^2) provide a
crucial test for deuteron wave functions.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Space-like and time-like pion electromagnetic form factor and Fock state components within the Light-Front dynamics
The simultaneous investigation of the pion electromagnetic form factor in the
space- and time-like regions within a light-front model allows one to address
the issue of non-valence components of the pion and photon wave functions. Our
relativistic approach is based on a microscopic vector meson dominance (VMD)
model for the dressed vertex where a photon decays in a quark-antiquark pair,
and on a simple parametrization for the emission or absorption of a pion by a
quark. The results show an excellent agreement in the space like region up to
-10 , while in time-like region the model produces reasonable
results up to 10 .Comment: 74 pages, 11 figures, use revtex
Reaction mechanism and characteristics of T_{20} in d + ^3He backward elastic scattering at intermediate energies
For backward elastic scattering of deuterons by ^3He, cross sections \sigma
and tensor analyzing power T_{20} are measured at E_d=140-270 MeV. The data are
analyzed by the PWIA and by the general formula which includes virtual
excitations of other channels, with the assumption of the proton transfer from
^3He to the deuteron. Using ^3He wave functions calculated by the Faddeev
equation, the PWIA describes global features of the experimental data, while
the virtual excitation effects are important for quantitative fits to the
T_{20} data. Theoretical predictions on T_{20}, K_y^y (polarization transfer
coefficient) and C_{yy} (spin correlation coefficient) are provided up to GeV
energies.Comment: REVTEX+epsfig, 17 pages including 6 eps figs, to be published in
Phys. Rev.
Neutron Structure Functions
Neutron structure functions can be extracted from proton and deuteron data
and a representation of the deuteron structure. This procedure does not require
DIS approximations or quark structure assumptions. We find that the results
depend critically on properly accounting for the Q^2 dependence of proton and
deuteron data. We interpolate the data to fixed Q^2, and extract the ratio of
neutron to proton structure functions. The extracted ratio decreases with
increasing x, up to x \approx 0.9, while there are no data available to
constrain the behavior at larger x.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
Deuteron-Proton Elastic Scattering at Intermediate Energies
The deuteron-proton elastic scattering has been studied in the multiple
scattering expansion formalism. The essential attention has been given to such
relativistic problem as a deuteron wave function in a moving frame and
transformation of spin states due to Wigner rotation. Parameterization of the
nucleon-nucleon -matrix has been used to take the off-energy shell effects
into account. The vector, and tensor, , analyzing powers of the
deuteron have been calculated at two deuteron kinetic energies: 395 MeV and
1200 MeV. The obtained results are compared with the experimental data
Solving the inhomogeneous Bethe-Salpeter equation
We develop an advanced method of solving homogeneous and inhomogeneous
Bethe-Salpeter equations by using the expansion over the complete set of
4-dimensional spherical harmonics. We solve Bethe-Salpeter equations for bound
and scattering states of scalar and spinor particles for the case of one meson
exchange kernels. Phase shifts calculated for the scalar model are in agreement
with the previously published results. We discuss possible manifestations of
separability for one meson exchange interaction kernels.Comment: 9 pages, 11 eps-figures. Talk presented by S. S. Semikh at XVII
International Baldin Seminar on High Energy Physics Problems "Relativistic
Nuclear Physics and Quantum Chromodynamics", September 27 - October 2, 2004,
Dubna, Russia; to appear in the proceedings of this conferenc
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