1,442 research outputs found
Radiative corrections to deeply virtual Compton scattering
We discuss possibilities of measurement of deeply virtual Compton scattering
amplitudes via different asymmetries in order to access the underlying skewed
parton distributions. Perturbative one-loop coefficient functions and two-loop
evolution kernels, calculated recently by a tentative use of residual conformal
symmetry of QCD, are used for a model dependent numerical estimation of
scattering amplitudes.Comment: 9 pages LaTeX, 3 figures, czjphyse.cls required Talk given by D.
M\"uller at Inter. Workshop ``PRAHA-Spin99'', Prague, Sept. 6-11, 199
Signals of the QCD Critical Point in Hydrodynamic Evolutions
The presence of a critical point in the QCD phase diagram can deform the
trajectories describing the evolution of the expanding fireball in the QCD
phase diagram. The deformation of the hydrodynamic trajectories will change the
transverse velocity dependence of the proton-antiproton ratio when the fireball
passes in the vicinity of the critical point. An unusual transverse velocity
dependence of the anti-proton/proton ratio in a narrow beam energy window would
thus signal the presence of the critical point.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, 21st International Conference on
Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM2009) 30 Mar - 4 Apr 2009,
Knoxville, Tennesse
Optical fibers with interferometric path length stability by controlled heating for transmission of optical signals and as components in frequency standards
We present a simple method to stabilize the optical path length of an optical
fiber to an accuracy of about 1/100 of the laser wavelength. We study the
dynamic response of the path length to modulation of an electrically conductive
heater layer of the fiber. The path length is measured against the laser
wavelength by use of the Pound-Drever-Hall method; negative feedback is applied
via the heater. We apply the method in the context of a cryogenic resonator
frequency standard.Comment: Expanded introduction and outlook. 9 pages, 5 figure
Correlations in the Parton Recombination Model
We describe how parton recombination can address the recent measurement of
dynamical jet-like two particle correlations. In addition we discuss the
possible effect realistic light-cone wave-functions including higher
Fock-states may have on the well-known elliptic flow valence-quark number
scaling law.Comment: 4 pages, two figures, proceedings of the 18th International
Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2005
(QM 2005), Budapest, Hungary, 4-9 Aug 200
Thermal Recombination: Beyond the Valence Quark Approximation
Quark counting rules derived from recombination models agree well with data
on hadron production at intermediate transverse momenta in relativistic
heavy-ion collisions. They convey a simple picture of hadrons consisting only
of valence quarks. We discuss the inclusion of higher Fock states that add sea
quarks and gluons to the hadron structure. We show that, when recombination
occurs from a thermal medium, hadron spectra remain unaffected by the inclusion
of higher Fock states. However, the quark number scaling for elliptic flow is
somewhat affected. We discuss the implications for our understanding of data
from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
A methodology for determining amino-acid substitution matrices from set covers
We introduce a new methodology for the determination of amino-acid
substitution matrices for use in the alignment of proteins. The new methodology
is based on a pre-existing set cover on the set of residues and on the
undirected graph that describes residue exchangeability given the set cover.
For fixed functional forms indicating how to obtain edge weights from the set
cover and, after that, substitution-matrix elements from weighted distances on
the graph, the resulting substitution matrix can be checked for performance
against some known set of reference alignments and for given gap costs. Finding
the appropriate functional forms and gap costs can then be formulated as an
optimization problem that seeks to maximize the performance of the substitution
matrix on the reference alignment set. We give computational results on the
BAliBASE suite using a genetic algorithm for optimization. Our results indicate
that it is possible to obtain substitution matrices whose performance is either
comparable to or surpasses that of several others, depending on the particular
scenario under consideration
Parton rescattering and screening in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
We study the microscopic dynamics of quarks and gluons in relativistic heavy
ion collisions in the framework of the Parton Cascade Model. We use lowest
order perturbative QCD cross sections with fixed lower momentum cutoff p_0. We
calculate the time-evolution of the Debye-screening mass for Au+Au collisions
at sqrt(s)=200 GeV per nucleon pair. The screening mass is used to determine a
lower limit for the allowed range of p_0. We also determine the energy density
reached through hard and semi-hard processes at RHIC, obtain a lower bound for
the rapidity density of charged hadrons produced by semihard interactions, and
analyze the extent of perturbative rescattering among partons.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, uses RevTeX 4.0; revised version with minor
corrections and one updated figur
Isospin Fluctuations from a Thermally Equilibrated Hadron Gas
Partition functions, multiplicity distributions, and isospin fluctuations are
calculated for canonical ensembles in which additive quantum numbers as well as
total isospin are strictly conserved. When properly accounting for
Bose-Einstein symmetrization, the multiplicity distributions of neutral pions
in a pion gas are significantly broader as compared to the non-degenerate case.
Inclusion of resonances compensates for this broadening effect. Recursion
relations are derived which allow calculation of exact results with modest
computer time.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Wavepacket Dynamics in Yang-Mills Theory
We discuss the results of numerical simulations of colliding wavepackets in
Yang--Mills theory. We investigate their behavior as a function of
amplitude and momentum distribution. We find regions in our parameter space in
which initial wave packets scatter into final configurations with dramatically
different momentum distributions. These results constitute new classical
trajectories with multiparticle boundary conditions. We explain their relevance
for the calculation of scattering amplitudes in the semiclassical
approximation. Finally, we give directions for future work.Comment: 11 pgs. text, 11 optional figs using PiCTeX and epsf, new version
contains improved discussion of scaling properties of results and one
additional figure
Next-to-next-to-leading order prediction for the photon-to-pion transition form factor
We evaluate the next-to-next-to-leading order corrections to the
hard-scattering amplitude of the photon-to-pion transition form factor. Our
approach is based on the predictive power of the conformal operator product
expansion, which is valid for a vanishing -function in the so-called
conformal scheme. The Wilson--coefficients appearing in the non-forward
kinematics are then entirely determined from those of the polarized
deep-inelastic scattering known to next-to-next-to-leading accuracy. We propose
different schemes to include explicitly also the conformal symmetry breaking
term proportional to the -function, and discuss numerical predictions
calculated in different kinematical regions. It is demonstrated that the
photon-to-pion transition form factor can provide a fundamental testing ground
for our QCD understanding of exclusive reactions.Comment: 62 pages LaTeX, 2 figures, 9 tables; typos corrected, some references
added, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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