Photoproduction of dileptons and photons in p-p collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies

The production of large $p_{T}$ dileptons and photons originating from photoproduction processes in p-p collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies is calculated. The comparisons between the exact treatment results and the ones of the equivalent photon approximation approach are expressed as the $Q^{2}$ (the virtuality of photon) and $p_{T}$ distributions. The method developed by Martin and Ryskin is used for avoiding double counting when the coherent and incoherent contributions are considered simultaneously. The numerical results indicate that, the equivalent photon approximation is only effective in small $Q^{2}$ region and can be used for coherent photoproduction processes with proper choice of $Q^{2}_{\textrm{max}}$ ( the choices $Q^{2}_{\textrm{max}}\sim \hat{s}$ or $\infty$ will cause obvious errors), but can not be used for incoherent photoproduction processes. The exact treatment is needed to deal accurately with the photoproduction of large $p_{T}$ dileptons and photons.Comment: 13 pages, 24 figure

T-Carbon: A Novel Carbon Allotrope

A structurally stable crystalline carbon allotrope is predicted by means of the first-principles calculations. This allotrope can be derived by substituting each atom in diamond with a carbon tetrahedron, and possesses the same space group Fd^1 3m as diamond, which is thus coined as T- carbon. The calculations on geometrical, vibrational and electronic properties reveal that T-carbon, with a considerable structural stability and a much lower density 1.50 g/cm3, is a semiconductor with a direct band gap about 3.0 eV, and has a Vickers hardness 61.1 GPa lower than diamond but comparable with cubic boron nitride. Such a form of carbon, once obtained, would have wide applications in photocatalysis, adsoption, hydrogen storage and aerospace materials

Search for the Gamma-ray Emission from M33 with Fermi LAT

In the work we search for the $\gamma$-ray signal from M33, one of the biggest galaxies in the Local Group, by using the Pass 8 data of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). No statistically significant gamma-ray emission has been detected in the direction of M33 and we report a new upper limit of high energy ($>100\,\rm MeV$) photon flux of $2.3\times 10^{-9}\,\rm ph\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1}$, which is more strict than previous constrains and implies a cosmic ray density of M33 lower than that speculated previously. Nevertheless the current limit is still in agreement with the correlation of star formation rate and $\gamma$-ray luminosity inferred from the Local group galaxies and a few nearby starburst galaxies.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure

Entanglement dynamics of a moving multi-photon Jaynes-Cummings model in mixed states

Using the algebraic dynamical method, the dynamics of entanglement in an atom-field bipartite system in a mixed state is investigated. The atomic center-ofmass motion and the field-mode structure are also included in this system. We find that the larger values of the detuning and the average photon number, the smaller fluctuation of the entanglement, but the period for the evolution of the entanglement doesn't increase accordingly; It is also found that the fluctuation of the entanglement varies slightly with the atomic motion and oscillates fast with the value of the fieldmode structure and the transition photon number increasing. Moreover, a damping evolution of the entanglement appears when considering detuning and the atomic motion simultaneously.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure

Quantum phase transitions for two coupled sites with dipole-coupled effective Jaynes-Cummings model

The nature of the ground states for a system composed of two coupled cavities with each containing a pair of dipole-coupled two-level atoms are studied over a wide range of detunings and dipole coupling strengths. The cases for three limits of exact resonance, large positive and negative detunings are discussed, and four types of the ground states are revealed. Then the phase diagrams of the ground state are plotted by choosing three different "order parameters". We find that the phase space, determined by the combinative action of detuning and the dipole coupling strength, is divided into four regions. This is different from the general Bose-Hubbard model and more richer physics are presented in the two-site coupled cavities system. That is, the insulator region may be polaritonic or atomic and the superfluid region may be polaritonic or photonic in nature.Comment: 7 pages, 11 figure

Saturation of ion irradiation effects in Cr2AlC

Cr2AlC materials were irradiated with 7 MeV Xe26+ ions and 500 keV He2+ ions at room temperature. A structural transition with an increased c lattice parameter and a decreased a lattice parameter occurs after irradiation to doses above 1 dpa. Nevertheless, the modified structure is stable up to the dose of 5.2 dpa without obvious lattice disorder. The three samples irradiated to doses above 1 dpa have comparable lattice parameters and hardness values, suggesting a saturation of irradiation effects in Cr2AlC. The structural transition and irradiation effects saturation are ascribed to irradiation-induced antisite defects (CrAl and AlCr) and C interstitials, which is supported by the calculations of the formation energies of various defects in Cr2AlC. The irradiation-induced antisite defects and C interstitials may be critical to understand the excellent resistance to irradiation-induced amorphization of MAX phases.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure

Strain-induced Dirac cone-like electronic structures and semiconductor-semimetal transition in graphdiyne

By means of the first-principles calculations combined with the tight-binding approximation, the strain-induced semiconductor-semimetal transition in graphdiyne is discovered. It is shown that the band gap of graphdiyne increases from 0.47 eV to 1.39 eV with increasing the biaxial tensile strain, while the band gap decreases from 0.47 eV to nearly zero with increasing the uniaxial tensile strain, and Dirac cone-like electronic structures are observed. The uniaxial strain-induced changes of the electronic structures of graphdiyne come from the breaking of geometrical symmetry that lifts the degeneracy of energy bands. The properties of graphdiyne under strains are disclosed different remarkably from that of graphene.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure

Conclusive quantum-state transfer with a single randomly coupled spin chain

We studied the quantum state transfer in randomly coupled spin chains. By using local memories storing the information and dividing the task into transfer portion and decoding portion, conclusive transfer was ingeniously achieved with just one single spin chain. In our scheme, the probability of successful transfer can be made arbitrary close to unity. Especially, our scheme is a good protocol to decode information from memories without adding another spin chain. Compared with Time-reversed protocol, the average decoding time is much less in our scheme.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

Octagraphene as a Versatile Carbon Atomic Sheet for Novel Nanotubes, Unconventional Fullerenes and Hydrogen Storage

We study a versatile structurally favorable periodic $sp^2$-bonded carbon atomic planar sheet with $C_{4v}$ symmetry by means of the first-principles calculations. This carbon allotrope is composed of carbon octagons and squares with two bond lengths and is thus dubbed as octagraphene. It is a semimetal with the Fermi surface consisting of one hole and one electron pocket, whose low-energy physics can be well described by a tight-binding model of $\pi$-electrons. Its Young's modulus, breaking strength and Poisson's ratio are obtained to be 306 $N/m$, 34.4 $N/m$ and 0.13, respectively, which are close to those of graphene. The novel sawtooth and armchair carbon nanotubes as well as unconventional fullerenes can also be constructed from octagraphene. It is found that the Ti-absorbed octagraphene can be allowed for hydrogen storage with capacity around 7.76 wt%

Derivation of the Gasser-Leutwyler Lagrangian from QCD

The normal part of the Gasser-Leutwyler formulation of the chiral Lagrangian is formally derived from the first principles of QCD without taking approximations. All the coefficients are expressed in terms of certain Green's functions in QCD, which can be regarded as the general QCD definitions of the normal part of the coefficients. The approximate values of the coefficients are also presented.Comment: 4 pages in RevTe