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Nucleon Polarizibilities for Virtual Photons
We generalize the sum rules for the nucleon electric plus magnetic
polarizability and for the nucleon spin-polarizability
, to virtual photons with . The dominant low energy cross
sections are represented in our calculation by one-pion-loop graphs of
relativistic baryon chiral perturbation theory and the -resonance
excitation. For the proton we find good agreement of the calculated
with empirical values obtained from integrating up
electroproduction data for . The proton spin-polarizability
switches sign around and it joins smoothly the
"partonic" curve, extracted from polarized deep-inelastic scattering, around
. For the neutron our predictions of and
agree reasonably well at with existing determinations.
Upcoming (polarized) electroproduction experiments will be able to test the
generalized polarizability sum rules investigated here.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, submittes to Nuclear Physics
From colloidal dispersions to colloidal pastesthrough solid–liquid separation processes
Solid–liquid separation is an operation that starts with a dispersion of solid particles in a liquid and removes some of the liquid from the particles, producing a concentrated
solid paste and a clean liquid phase. It is similar to thermodynamic processes where pressure is applied to a system in order to reduce its volume. In dispersions, the resistance to this osmotic compression depends on interactions between the dispersed particles.
The first part of this work deals with dispersions of repelling particles, which are either silica nanoparticles or synthetic clay platelets, dispersed in aqueous solutions. In these conditions, each particle is surrounded by an ionic layer, which repels other ionic layers. This results in a structure with strong short-range order. At high particle volume fractions, the overlap
of ionic layers generates large osmotic pressures; these pressures may be calculated, through the cell model, as the cost of reducing the volume of each cell. The variation of osmotic pressure with volume fraction is the equation of state of the dispersion.
The second part of this work deals with dispersions of aggregated particles, which are silica nanoparticles, dispersed in water and flocculated by multivalent cations. This produces large bushy aggregates, with fractal structures that are maintained through interparticle surface– surface bonds. As the paste is submitted to osmotic pressures, small relative displacements
of the aggregated particles lead to structural collapse. The final structure is made of a dense skeleton immersed in a nearly homogeneous matrix of aggregated particles. The variation of osmotic resistance with volume fraction is the compression law of the paste; it may be calculated through a numerical model that takes into account the noncentral interparticle forces. According to this model, the response of aggregated pastes to applied stress may be
controlled through the manipulation of interparticle adhesion
Whole-Body Vibration Response Through the Upper Limbs Associated With Reaching Movements and Posture
Electromagnetic Polarisability of the Nucleon in Chiral Perturbation Theory
We compute the polarisability of the nucleon to leading order in chiral
perturbation theory. The contributions from kaons and baryon resonances as
intermediate states are included in addition to the contribution from pions and
nucleons that had been previously computed. The isoscalar operators are
dominated by the infrared behaviour of pion loops giving rise to a
coefficient. In contrast, the isovector operators are dominated by loops
involving kaons, giving a coefficient, and further demonstrates that
the strange quark is an important component of the nucleon. In addition, the
inclusion of the decuplet of baryon resonances as intermediate states
substantially modifies the result found from the octet baryons alone for the
isoscalar polarisability.Comment: 11 pages (uses harvmac, figures available upon request) , UCSD/PTH
92-30, QUSTH-92-0
Pion-Nucleon Phase Shifts in Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory
We calculate the phase shifts in the pion-nucleon scattering using the heavy
baryon formalism. We consider phase shifts for the pion energy range of 140 to
MeV. We employ two different methods for calculating the phase shifts -
the first using the full third order calculation of the pion-nucleon scattering
amplitude and the second by including the resonances and as
explicit degrees of freedom in the Lagrangian. We compare the results of the
two methods with phase shifts extracted from fits to the pion-nucleon
scattering data. We find good to fair agreement between the calculations and
the phase shifts from scattering data.Comment: 14 pages, Latex, 6figures. Revised version to appear in Phys.Rev.
Characterizing precursors to stellar clusters with Herschel
Context. Despite their profound effect on the universe, the formation of massive stars and stellar clusters remains elusive. Recent advances in observing facilities and computing power have brought us closer to understanding this formation process. In the past decade, compelling evidence has emerged that suggests infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) may be precursors to stellar clusters. However, the usual method for identifying IRDCs is biased by the requirement that they are seen in absorption against background mid-IR emission, whereas dust continuum observations allow cold, dense pre-stellar-clusters to be identified anywhere. Aims: We aim to understand what dust temperatures and column densities characterize and distinguish IRDCs, to explore the population of dust continuum sources that are not IRDCs, and to roughly characterize the level of star formation activity in these dust continuum sources. Methods: We use Hi-GAL 70 to 500 m bright sources at the warmest. Finally, we identify five candidate IRDC-like sources on the far-side of the Galaxy. These are cold (20 K), high column density (N(H) gt 10 cm) clouds identified with Hi-GAL which, despite bright surrounding mid-IR emission, show little to no absorption at 8 $m. These are the first inner Galaxy far-side candidate IRDCs of which the authors are aware. Herschel in an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation by NASA.The FITS files discussed in the paper would be released publicly WITH the Hi-GAL data (on the Hi-GAL website) when the Hi-GAL data is released publicly.Peer reviewe
The K+K+ Scattering Length from Lattice QCD
The K+K+ scattering length is calculated in fully-dynamical lattice QCD with
domain-wall valence quarks on the MILC asqtad-improved gauge configurations
with rooted staggered sea quarks. Three-flavor mixed-action chiral perturbation
theory at next-to-leading order, which includes the leading effects of the
finite lattice spacing, is used to extrapolate the results of the lattice
calculation to the physical value of m_{K+}/f_{K+}. We find m_{K+} a_{K+K+} =
-0.352 +- 0.016, where the statistical and systematic errors have been combined
in quadrature.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures. NPLQCD collaboratio
The effects of actuator selection on non-volitional postural responses to torso-based vibrotactile stimulation
Abstract
Background
Torso-based vibrotactile feedback may significantly reduce postural sway in balance-compromised adults during quiet standing or in response to perturbations. However, natural non-volitional postural responses to vibrotactile stimulation applied to the torso remain unknown.
Methods
The primary goal of this study was to determine, for two types of actuators (tactors) and in the absence of instruction, whether vibrotactile stimulation induces a directional postural shift as a function of stimulation location. Eleven healthy young adults (20 – 29 years old) were asked to maintain an upright erect posture with feet hip-width apart and eyes closed. Two types of tactors, Tactaid and C2, which differ in design and stimulation strength, were placed on the skin over the right and left external oblique, internal oblique, and erector spinae muscles in a horizontal plane corresponding approximately to the L4/L5 level. Each tactor of the same type was activated twice randomly for each individual location and twice simultaneously for all locations at a frequency of 250 Hz for a period of 5 s.
Results
Vibration applied over the internal oblique and erector spinae muscle locations induced a postural shift in the direction of the stimulation regardless of the tactor type. For the aforementioned four locations, the root-mean-square (RMS) and power spectral density (PSD) of the body sway in both the A/P and M/L directions were also significantly greater during the vibration than before or after, and were greater for the C2 tactors than for the Tactaid tactors. However, simultaneous activation of all tactors or those over the external oblique muscle locations did not produce significant postural responses regardless of the tactor type.
Conclusion
The results suggest that the use of a torso-based vibrotactile sensory augmentation display should carefully consider the tactor type as well as the instruction of corrective movements. Attractive instructional cues (“move in the direction of the vibration”) are compatible with the observed non-volitional response to stimulation and may facilitate postural adjustments during vibrotactile biofeedback balance applications.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112652/1/12984_2012_Article_451.pd
Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions on the Lattice
We consider the nucleon-nucleon potential in quenched and partially-quenched
QCD. The leading one-meson exchange contribution to the potential is found to
fall off exponentially at long-distances, in contrast with the Yukawa-type
behaviour found in QCD. This unphysical component of the two-nucleon potential
has important implications for the extraction of nuclear properties from
lattice simulations.Comment: 6 pages LaTeX, 2 eps fig
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