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From meson-nucleon scattering to vector mesons in nuclear matter
We employ meson-nucleon scattering data to deduce the properties of the
low-mass vector mesons in nuclear matter, and present results for the
and in-medium spectral functions. The corresponding thermal emission
rate for lepton pairs is also discussed.Comment: Talk given at 28th International Workshop on Gross Properties of
Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations, Hirschegg, Austria, 16-22 Jan. 200
Scattering of vector mesons off nucleons
We construct a relativistic and unitary approach to 'high' energy pion- and
photon-nucleon reactions taking the , , ,
final states into account. Our scheme dynamically
generates the s- and d-wave nucleon resonances N(1535), N(1650) and N(1520) and
isobar resonances and in terms of quasi-local
interaction vertices. The description of photon-induced processes is based on a
generalized vector-meson dominance assumption which directly relates the
electromagnetic quasi-local 4-point interaction vertices to the corresponding
vertices involving the and fields. We obtain a satisfactory
description of the elastic and inelastic pion- and photon-nucleon scattering
data in the channels considered. The resulting s-wave - and
-nucleon scattering amplitudes are presented. Using these amplitudes we
compute the leading density modification of the and energy
distributions in nuclear matter. We find a repulsive energy shift for the
meson at small nuclear density but predict considerable strength in
resonance-hole like -meson modes. Compared to previous calculations our
result for the -meson spectral function shows a significantly smaller
in-medium effect. This reflects a fairly small coupling strength of the N(1520)
resonance to the channel.Comment: 78 pages, 19 figures, moderately revised version, accepted in Nucl.
Phys.
From meson- and photon-nucleon scattering to vector mesons in nuclear matter
We present a relativistic and unitary approach to pion- and photon-nucleon
scattering taking into account the , , , ,
, and channels. Our scheme dynamically
generates the s- and d-wave nucleon resonances N(1535), N(1650), N(1520) and
N(1700) and isobar resonances and in terms of
quasi-local two-body interaction terms. We obtain a fair description of the
experimental data relevant for slow vector-meson propagation in nuclear matter.
The s-wave - and -meson nucleon scattering amplitudes, which
define the leading density modification of the - and -meson
spectral functions in nuclear matter, are predicted.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure; contribution to the Int. Workshop XXX on Gross
Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion
Collisions, Hirschegg, Jan. 13-19, 200
Saturation from nuclear pion dynamics
We construct an equation-of-state for nuclear matter based on the chiral
Lagrangian. The relevant scales are discussed and an effective chiral power
expansion scheme, which is constructed to work around the nuclear saturation
density, is presented. A realistic equation-of-state is obtained by adjusting
one free parameter, when the leading and subleading terms in the expansion are
included. The saturation mechanism is due to correlations induced by the
one-pion-exchange interaction. Furthermore, we find a substantial deviation
from the Fermi-gas estimate of the quark condensate in nuclear matter already
at the saturation density.Comment: revised version, with minor corrections, 13 pages, 3 Postscript
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Spin Observables in Transition-Distribution-Amplitude Studies
Exclusive hadronic reactions with a massive lepton pair (l^+l^-) in the final
state will be measured with PANDA at GSI-FAIR and with Compass at CERN, both in
p+p-bar -> l^+l^-+pi and pi+N -> N'+l^+l^-. Similarly, electroproduction of a
meson in the backward region will be studied at JLAB. We discuss here how the
spin structure of the amplitude for such processes will enable us to
disentangle various mechanisms. For instance, target-transverse-spin
asymmetries are specific of a partonic description, where the amplitude is
factorised in terms of baryon to meson or meson to baryon Transition
Distribution Amplitudes (TDAs) as opposed to what is expected from
baryon-exchange contributions.Comment: Contributed to the 19th International Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN
2010), September 27 - October 2, 2010, Juelich, Germany. 8 pages, 7 figures,
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CTMC calculations of electron capture and ionization in collisions of multiply charged ions with elliptical Rydberg atoms
We have performed classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) studies of electron
capture and ionization in multiply charged (Q=8) ion-Rydberg atom collisions at
intermediate impact velocities. Impact parallel to the minor and to the major
axis, respectively, of the initial Kepler electron ellipse has been
investigated. The important role of the initial electron momentum distribution
found for singly charged ion impact is strongly disminished for higher
projectile charge, while the initial spatial distribution remains important for
all values of Q studied.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figure
Irreversibility and the arrow of time in a quenched quantum system
Irreversibility is one of the most intriguing concepts in physics. While
microscopic physical laws are perfectly reversible, macroscopic average
behavior has a preferred direction of time. According to the second law of
thermodynamics, this arrow of time is associated with a positive mean entropy
production. Using a nuclear magnetic resonance setup, we measure the
nonequilibrium entropy produced in an isolated spin-1/2 system following fast
quenches of an external magnetic field and experimentally demonstrate that it
is equal to the entropic distance, expressed by the Kullback-Leibler
divergence, between a microscopic process and its time-reverse. Our result
addresses the concept of irreversibility from a microscopic quantum standpoint.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX4-1; Accepted for publication Phys. Rev.
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CHEMICALLY MODIFIED PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAL REACTION CENTERS: CIRCULAR DICHROISM, RAMAN RESONANCE, LOW TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION, FLUORESCENCE AND ODMR SPECTRA AND POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION OF BOROHYDRIDE TREATED REACTION CENTERS FROM Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26
Reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides have been modified by treatment with sodium borohydride similar to the original procedure [Ditson et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 766, 623 (1984)], and investigated spectroscopically and by gel electrophoresis.
(1) Low temperature (1.2 K) absorption, fluorescence, absorption- and fluorescence-detected ODMR, and microwave-induced singlet-triplet absorption difference spectra (MIA) suggest that the treatment produces a spectroscopically homogeneous preparation with one of the ‘additional’ bacteriochlorophylls being removed. The modification does not alter the zero field splitting parameters of the primary donor triplet (TP870).
(2) From the circular dichroism and Raman resonance spectra in the1500–1800 cm-1 region, the removed pigment is assigned to BchlM, e.g. the "extra" Bchl on the "inactive" M-branch.
(3) A strong coupling among all pigment molecules is deduced from the circular dichroism spectra, because pronounced band-shifts and/or intensity changes occur in the spectral components assigned to all pigments. This is supported by distinct differences among the MIA spectra of untreated and modified reaction centers, as well as by Raman resonance.
(4) The modification is accompanied by partial proteolytic cleavage of the M-subunit. The preparation is thus spectroscopically homogeneous, but biochemically heterogenous
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