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Vanishing of Gravitational Particle Production in the Formation of Cosmic Strings
We consider the gravitationally induced particle production from the quantum
vacuum which is defined by a free, massless and minimally coupled scalar field
during the formation of a gauge cosmic string. Previous discussions of this
topic estimate the power output per unit length along the string to be of the
order of ergs/sec/cm in the s-channel. We find that this production
may be completely suppressed. A similar result is also expected to hold for the
number of produced photons.Comment: 10 pages, Plain LaTex. Minor improvements. To appear in PR
The Isgur-Wise function in a relativistic model for system
We use the Dirac equation with a ``(asymptotically free) Coulomb + (Lorentz
scalar) linear '' potential to estimate the light quark wavefunction for mesons in the limit . We use these wavefunctions to
calculate the Isgur-Wise function for orbital and radial
ground states in the phenomenologically interesting range . We find a simple expression for the zero-recoil slope, , where is the energy eigenvalue
of the light quark, which can be identified with the parameter
of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory. This result implies an upper bound of
for the slope . Also, because for a very light quark the size of the meson is determined mainly by the
``confining'' term in the potential , the shape of
is seen to be mostly sensitive to the dimensionless
ratio . We present results for the ranges of
parameters , and
light quark masses and compare to existing
experimental data and other theoretical estimates. Fits to the data give:
,
and [ARGUS
'93]; , and
[CLEO '93]; ${\bar\Lambda_{u,d}}^2/Comment: 22 pages, Latex, 4 figures (not included) available by fax or via
email upon reques
Decay constants and mixing parameters in a relativistic model for q\barQ system
We extend our recent work, in which the Dirac equation with a
``(asymptotically free) Coulomb + (Lorentz scalar ) linear ''
potential is used to obtain the light quark wavefunction for mesons
in the limit , to estimate the decay constant and the
mixing parameter of the pseudoscalar mesons. We compare our results for the
evolution of and with the meson mass to the non-relativistic
formulas for these quantities and show that there is a significant correction
in the subasymptotic region. For and \lms
=0.240{\rm ~GeV} we obtain: and and .Comment: 13 pages, Latex, 3 figures (included
Large Tree Level CP Violation in in The Two Higgs Doublet Model
We find a large CP violation effect within the Two-Higgs-Doublet-Model for
the reaction at future linear colliders. The
CP-asymmetry arises already at the tree level as a result of interference
between diagrams with emission from (and ) and its emission
from a and can be about 10--20\%. In the best case one needs a few
hundred events to observe CP violation at the 3 level.Comment: UU encoded tar compressed tex file with postscript figure
Pathologies of Quenched Lattice QCD at non--zero Density and its Effective Potential
We simulate lattice QCD at non--zero baryon density and zero temperature in
the quenched approximation, both in the scaling region and in the infinite
coupling limit. We investigate the nature of the forbidden region -- the range
of chemical potential where the simulations grow prohibitively expensive, and
the results, when available, are puzzling if not unphysical. At weak coupling
we have explored the sensitivity of these pathologies to the lattice size, and
found that using a large lattice () does not remove them. The
effective potential sheds considerable light on the problems in the
simulations, and gives a clear interpretation of the forbidden region. The
strong coupling simulations were particularly illuminating on this point.Comment: 49 pages, uu-encoded expanding to postscript;also available at
ftp://hlrz36.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de/pub/mpl/hlrz72_95.p
Goα Regulates Volatile Anesthetic Action in Caenorhabditis elegans
To identify genes controlling volatile anesthetic (VA) action, we have screened through existing Caenorhabditis elegans mutants and found that strains with a reduction in Go signaling are VA resistant. Loss-of-function mutants of the gene goa-1, which codes for the α-subunit of Go, have EC_(50)s for the VA isoflurane of 1.7- to 2.4-fold that of wild type. Strains overexpressing egl-10, which codes for an RGS protein negatively regulating goa-1, are also isoflurane resistant. However, sensitivity to halothane, a structurally distinct VA, is differentially affected by Go pathway mutants. The RGS overexpressing strains, a goa-1 missense mutant found to carry a novel mutation near the GTP-binding domain, and eat-16(rf) mutants, which suppress goa-1(gf) mutations, are all halothane resistant; goa-1(null) mutants have wild-type sensitivities. Double mutant strains carrying mutations in both goa-1 and unc-64, which codes for a neuronal syntaxin previously found to regulate VA sensitivity, show that the syntaxin mutant phenotypes depend in part on goa-1 expression. Pharmacological assays using the cholinesterase inhibitor aldicarb suggest that VAs and GOA-1 similarly downregulate cholinergic neurotransmitter release in C. elegans. Thus, the mechanism of action of VAs in C. elegans is regulated by Goα, and presynaptic Goα-effectors are candidate VA molecular targets
Scalars from Top-condensation Models at Hadron Colliders
We study the production and decay of neutral scalars and pseudo-scalars at
hadron colliders, in theories where the top-quark mass is the result of a
condensate. We show that the dominant decay channel for masses below
the threshold is the flavor changing mode . This is a consequence
of the non-universal nature of the underlying interactions in all
top-condensation models and provides a model-independent signature of these
scenarios. We show that an upgraded Tevatron is sensitive to a sizeable region
of the interesting parameter space and that the LHC will highly constrain these
models through this flavor violating channel.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Minor changes in figures for readibility. final
version to appear in PR
Quenched QCD at finite density
Simulations of quenched at relatively small but {\it nonzero} chemical
potential on lattices indicate that the nucleon
screening mass decreases linearly as increases predicting a critical
chemical potential of one third the nucleon mass, , by extrapolation.
The meson spectrum does not change as increases over the same range, from
zero to . Past studies of quenched lattice QCD have suggested that
there is phase transition at . We provide alternative
explanations for these results, and find a number of technical reasons why
standard lattice simulation techniques suffer from greatly enhanced
fluctuations and finite size effects for ranging from to
. We find evidence for such problems in our simulations, and suggest
that they can be surmounted by improved measurement techniques.Comment: 23 pages, Revte
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