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Axial Contributions at the Top Threshold
We calculate the contributions of the axial current to top quark pair
production in e+ e- annihilation at threshold. The QCD dynamics is taken into
account by solving the Lippmann-Schwinger equation for the P wave production
using the QCD potential up to two loops. We demonstrate that the dependence of
the total and differential cross section on the polarization of the e+ and e-
beams allows for an independent extraction of the axial current induced cross
section.Comment: LaTeX, 12 pages, including 5 Postscript figures using eps
Staircase Join: Teach a Relational DBMS to Watch its (Axis) Steps
Relational query processors derive much of their effectiveness from the awareness of specific table properties like sort order, size, or absence of duplicate tuples. This text applies (and adapts) this successful principle to database-supported XML and XPath processing: the relational system is made tree aware, i.e., tree properties like subtree size, intersection of paths, inclusion or disjointness of subtrees are made explicit. We propose a local change to the database kernel, the staircase join, which encapsulates the necessary tree knowledge needed to improve XPath performance. Staircase join operates on an XML encoding which makes this knowledge available at the cost of simple integer operations (e.g., +, <=). We finally report on quite promising experiments with a staircase join enhanced main-memory database kernel
Comment on the Average Momentum of Top Quarks in the Threshold Region
The behavior of the momentum distribution of top quarks in the threshold
region is investigated. The qualitative behavior, in particular the dependence
of the average momentum on the strong coupling constant can be understood from
analytical calculations for the Coulomb potential. Ambiguities in the relation
between the excitation curve and the top mass are addressed.Comment: Univ. of Karlsruhe preprint TTP93-31, LaTeX, 6 pages including two
figures (uses epsf) appended as uuencoded postscript fil
Polarization in Top Quark Production and Decay near Threshold
Theoretical results are presented for top quarks produced in annihilation of
polarized electrons on positrons. Polarization studies for pairs near
threshold are free from hadronization ambiguities. This is due to the short
lifetime of the top quark. Semileptonic decays are discussed as well as their
applications in studying polarization dependent processes involving top quarks.
The Green function formalism is applied to production at future
colliders with polarized beams. Lippmann--Schwinger equation is solved
numerically for the QCD chromostatic potential given by the two-loop formula at
large momentum transfers and Richardson ansatz at intermediate and small ones.
The polarization dependent momentum distributions of top quarks and their decay
products are calculated.Comment: 6 pages, LaTex (uses epsf.sty, 2 figures appended as uuencoded ps
files). The complete paper, including figures, is also available via
anonymous ftp at ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de (129.13.102.139) as
/ttp94-24/ttp94-24.ps, or via www at
http://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/preprints.html
MonetDB/XQuery: a fast XQuery processor powered by a relational engine
Relational XQuery systems try to re-use mature relational data management infrastructures to create fast and scalable XML database technology. This paper describes the main features, key contributions, and lessons learned while implementing such a system. Its architecture consists of (i) a range-based encoding of XML documents into relational tables, (ii) a compilation technique that translates XQuery into a basic relational algebra, (iii) a restricted (order) property-aware peephole relational query optimization strategy, and (iv) a mapping from XML update statements into relational updates. Thus, this system implements all essential XML database functionalities (rather than a single feature) such that we can learn from the full consequences of our architectural decisions. While implementing this system, we had to extend the state-of-the-art with a number of new technical contributions, such as loop-lifted staircase join and efficient relational query evaluation strategies for XQuery theta-joins with existential semantics. These contributions as well as the architectural lessons learned are also deemed valuable for other relational back-end engines. The performance and scalability of the resulting system is evaluated on the XMark benchmark up to data sizes of 11GB. The performance section also provides an extensive benchmark comparison of all major XMark results published previously, which confirm that the goal of purely relational XQuery processing, namely speed and scalability, was met
Massive Quark Production in Electron Positron Annihilation to Order
Recent analytical and numerical results for the three-loop polarization
function allow to present a phenomenological analysis of the cross section for
massive quark production in electron positron annihilation to order
. Numerical predictions based on fixed order perturbation theory
are presented for charm and bottom production above 5 and 11.5 GeV,
respectively. The contribution from these energy regions to ,
the running QED coupling constant at scale M_Z, are given. The dominant terms
close to threshold, i.e. in an expansion for small quark velocity , are
presented.Comment: 26 pages (Latex), 16 figures (Postscript
The polarization of Lyman alpha radiation produced in charge transfer collisions between protons and the inert gases
Polarization of Lyman alpha radiation in proton collisions with helium, argon, and neon atom
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