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Paris nucleon-antinucleon potential constrained by recent antiprotonic-atom data and antineutron-proton total cross sections
We report on an updated Paris nucleon-antinucleon optical potential. The
long- and intermediate-range real parts are obtained by G-parity transformation
of the Paris nucleon-nucleon potential based on a theoretical
dispersion-relation treatment of the correlated and uncorrelated two-pion
exchange. The short-range imaginary potential parametrization results from the
calculation of the nucleon-antinucleon annihilation box diagram into two mesons
with a nucleon-antinucleon intermediate state in the crossed channel. The
parametrized real and imaginary short range parts are determined by fitting not
only the existing experimental data included in the 1999 version of the Paris
nucleon-antinucleon potential, but also the recent antiprotonic-hydrogen data
and antineutron-proton total cross sections. The description of these new
observables is improved. Only this readjusted potential generates an isospin
zero 1S0, 52 MeV broad quasibound state at 4.8 MeV below the threshold. Recent
BES data on J/psi decays could support the existence of such a state.Comment: 10 pages, 20 figures, expanded version with more detail
The Transient Dendritic Solidification Experiment (TDSE)
The study of steady-state dendritic growth has both validated many element of transport phenomena in dendritic growth, and yielded many new insights. Further development in simulation and modeling are needed, as is further understanding of the role of selection or scaling in dendritic growth. The TDSE contributes to the further study of dendritic phenomena by carefully measuring and modeling transient effects on dendritic growth. The major challenge encountered in measuring and analyzing the transient behavior of isothermal dendrites is defining precisely the initial conditions from which or to which the dendrite evolves. Our proposed pressure-mediated TDSE microgravity experiment, obviates this difficulty, because the transient occurs between two well-characterized steady-states, rather than between an ill-defined initial state and the final steady state. The major results expected are unique data on transient behavior that will extend the scientific bounds from the now well-understood thermal effects, and provide insight into interfacial dynamics where open questions remain
Skyrmions and the Nuclear Force
The derivation of the nucleon-nucleon force from the Skyrme model is
reexamined. Starting from previous results for the potential energy of
quasistatic solutions, we show that a calculation using the Born-Oppenheimer
approximation properly taking into account the mixing of nucleon resonances,
leads to substantial central attraction. We obtain a potential that is in
qualitative agreement with phenomenological potentials. We also study the
non-adiabatic corrections, such as the velocity dependent transition
potentials, and discuss their importance.Comment: 24 pages, UPR-0124M
Comparison of the Near-Threshold Production of eta- and K-Mesons in Proton-Proton Collisions
The pp -> pp eta and pp -> pLambda K^+ reactions near threshold are dominated
by the first and second S_11 resonance respectively. It is shown that a
one-pion-exchange model exciting these isobars reproduces well the ratio of the
production cross sections. The consequences for this and other channels are
discussed.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX2e, 1 eps-figur
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
The Breathing Mode in Extended Skyrme Model
We study an extended Skyrme model which includes fourth and sixth-order
terms. We explore some static properties like the -nucleon mass
splitting and investigate the Skyrmion breathing mode in the framework of the
linear response theory. We find that the monopole response function has a
pronounced peak located at 400 MeV, which we identify to the Roper
resonance . As compared to the standard one, the extended Skyrme model
provides a more accurate description of baryon properties.Comment: 12 pages of plain Latex and 3 figures (available from the authors),
preprint IPNO/TH 93-0
The Wide-Field X and Gamma-Ray Telescope ECLAIRs aboard the Gamma-Ray Burst Multi-Wavelength Space Mission SVOM
The X and Gamma-ray telescope ECLAIRs is foreseen to be launched on a low
Earth orbit (h=630 km, i=30 degrees) aboard the SVOM satellite (Space-based
multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor), a French-Chinese mission
with Italian contribution. Observations are expected to start in 2013. It has
been designed to detect and localize Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) or persistent
sources of the sky, thanks to its wide field of view (about 2 sr) and its
remarkable sensitivity in the 4-250 keV energy range, with enhanced imaging
sensitivity in the 4-70 keV energy band. These characteristics are well suited
to detect highly redshifted GRBs, and consequently to provide fast and accurate
triggers to other onboard or ground-based instruments able to follow-up the
detected events in a very short time from the optical wavelength bands up to
the few MeV Gamma-Ray domain.Comment: Proccedings of the "2008 Nanjing GRB Conference", June 23-27 2008,
Nanjing, Chin
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