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A new method for the experimental study of topological effects in the quark-gluon plasma
A new method is presented for the quantitative measurement of charge
separation about the reaction plane. A correlation function is obtained whose
shape is concave when there is a net separation of positive and negative
charges. Correlations not specifically associated with charge, from flow, jets
and momentum conservation, do not influence the shape or magnitude of the
correlation function. Detailed simulations are used to demonstrate the
effectiveness of the method for the quantitative measurement of charge
separation. Such measurements are a pre-requisite to the investigation of
topological charge effects in the QGP as derived from the "strong
problem".Comment: Six pages 13 figures. Submitted for publicatio
A geometrical analysis of the field equations in field theory
In this review paper we give a geometrical formulation of the field equations
in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms of classical field theories (of
first order) in terms of multivector fields. This formulation enables us to
discuss the existence and non-uniqueness of solutions, as well as their
integrability.Comment: 14 pages. LaTeX file. This is a review paper based on previous works
by the same author
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