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Probe for the strong parity violation effects at RHIC with three particle correlations
In non-central relativistic heavy ion collisions, \P-odd domains, which might
be created in the process of the collision, are predicted to lead to charge
separation along the system orbital momentum \cite{Kharzeev:2004ey}. An
observable, \P-even, but directly sensitive to the charge separation effect,
has been proposed in \cite{Voloshin:2004vk} and is based on 3-particle mixed
harmonics azimuthal correlations. We report the STAR measurements using this
observable for Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at =200 and 62 GeV.
The results are reported as function of collision centrality, particle
separation in rapidity, and particle transverse momentum. Effects that are not
related to parity violation but might contribute to the signal are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, Quark Matter 2008 Poster proceeding
On the two-photon decay width of the sigma meson
We shortly report on the two-photon decay width of the light -meson
interpreted as a quarkonium state. Results are given in dependence on the
-mass and the constituent mass of the light quark. The triangle
quark-loop diagram, responsible for the two-photon transition, is carefully
evaluated: a term in the transition amplitude, often omitted in literature,
results in destructive interference with the leading term. As a result we show
that the two-photon decay width of the in the quarkonium picture is
less than 1 keV for the physical range of parameters.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Non-Perturbative Production of Multi-Boson States and Quantum Bubbles
The amplitude of production of on-mass-shell scalar bosons by a highly
virtual field is considered in a theory with weak
coupling and spontaneously broken symmetry. The amplitude of this
process is known to have an growth when the produced bosons are exactly at
rest. Here it is shown that for the process goes through
`quantum bubbles', i.e. quantized droplets of a different vacuum phase, which
are non-perturbative resonant states of the field . The bubbles provide a
form factor for the production amplitude, which rapidly decreases above the
threshold. As a result the probability of the process may be heavily suppressed
and may decrease with energy as , where the power
depends on the number of space dimensions. Also discussed are the quantized
states of bubbles and the amplitudes of their formation and decay.Comment: 20 pages in LaTeX + 3 figures (fugures not included, hardcopy
available on request), TPI-MINN-93/20-
Multiparticle tree amplitudes in scalar field theory
Following an argument advanced by Feynman, we consider a method for obtaining
the effective action which generates the sum of tree diagrams with external
physical particles. This technique is applied, in the unbroken \lambda \phi^4
theory, to the derivation of the threshold amplitude for the production of
scalar particles by initial particles. The leading contributions to the
tree amplitude, which become singular in the threshold limit, exhibit a
factorial growth with n.Comment: uuencoded gz-compressed file created by csh script uufile
Simply Modeling Meson HQET
A simple relativistic model of heavy-quark-light-quark mesons is proposed. In
an expansion in inverse powers of the heavy quark mass we find that all zeroth
and first order heavy quark symmetry relations are satisfied. The main results
are: - the difference between the meson mass and the heavy quark mass plays a
significant role even at zeroth order; - the slope of the Isgur-Wise function
at the zero recoil point is typically less than ; - the first order
correction to the pseudoscalar decay constant is large and negative; - the four
universal functions describing the first order corrections to the semileptonic
decay form factors are small; - these latter corrections are quite insensitive
to the choice of model parameters, and in particular to the effects of
hyperfine mass splitting.Comment: 17 pages, LaTeX, 3 LaTeX figures in separate file, UTPT-92-16. This
is the version published long ago but not previously archive
Quark structure of hadrons and high energy collisions
There exists a large field for phenomenological models in which the knowledge
of the structure of hadrons in terms of QCD constituents obtained from deep
inelastic scatterings is related to their behaviour in soft processes. One of
the simplest and oldest models is the additive quark model, with the rules of
quark statistics following from it. Originally, the relations of quark
combinatorics for hadron yields were based on the qualitative description of a
multiparticle production process as a process of the production of
non-correlated quarks and antiquarks followed by their subsequent fusion into
hadrons [20],[21]. As a large amount of new precision measurements appear, and,
on the other hand, our understanding of QCD becomes deeper, a new level of
understanding of quark-gluon physics in the region of soft interactions forces
us to review the relations of quark combinatorics. To do so, an especially good
possibility is provided by the experimental data for hadronic Z^0 decays which
allow us to check the relations of quark combinatorics for a new type of
processes: quark jets in the decays Z^0 -> q\bar{q} -> hadrons [32].Comment: 55 pages, 23 figure
The Pole Mass of The Heavy Quark. Perturbation Theory and Beyond
The key quantity of the heavy quark theory is the quark mass . Since
quarks are unobservable one can suggest different definitions of . One of
the most popular choices is the pole quark mass routinely used in perturbative
calculations and in some analyses based on heavy quark expansions. We show that
no precise definition of the pole mass can be given in the full theory once
non-perturbative effects are included. Any definition of this quantity suffers
from an intrinsic uncertainty of order \Lam /m_Q. This fact is succinctly
described by the existence of an infrared renormalon generating a factorial
divergence in the high-order coefficients of the series; the
corresponding singularity in the Borel plane is situated at . A
peculiar feature is that this renormalon is not associated with the matrix
element of a local operator. The difference \La \equiv M_{H_Q}-m_Q^{pole} can
still be defined in Heavy Quark Effective Theory, but only at the price of
introducing an explicit dependence on a normalization point : \La (\mu
). Fortunately the pole mass {\em per se} does not appear in
calculable observable quantities.Comment: 22 pages, Latex, 6 figures (available upon request), TPI-MINN-94/4-T,
CERN-TH.7171/94, UND-HEP-94-BI
Non-Abelian Meissner Effect in Yang--Mills Theories at Weak Coupling
We present a weak-coupling Yang--Mills model supporting non-Abelian magnetic
flux tubes and non-Abelian confined magnetic monopoles. In the dual description
the magnetic flux tubes are prototypes of the QCD strings. Dualizing the
confined magnetic monopoles we get gluelumps which convert a "QCD string" in
the excited state to that in the ground state. Introducing a mass parameter m
we discover a phase transition between the Abelian and non-Abelian confinement
at a critical value m=m_* of order of Lambda. Underlying dynamics are governed
by a Z_N symmetry inherent to the model under consideration. At m>m_* the Z_N
symmetry is spontaneously broken, resulting in N degenerate Z_N (Abelian)
strings. At m<m_* the Z_N symmetry is restored, the degeneracy is lifted, and
the strings become non-Abelian. We calculate tensions of the non-Abelian
strings, as well as the decay rates of the metastable strings, at N >> 1.Comment: Reference [45] corrected. Final version, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Directed flow as effect of transient matter rotation in hadron and nucleus collisions
We discuss directed flow introduced for description of nucleus collisions and
consider its possible behavior in hadronic and nuclei reactions due to rotation
of the transient matter.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figure
Functional determinants for radial operators
We derive simple new expressions, in various dimensions, for the functional
determinant of a radially separable partial differential operator, thereby
generalizing the one-dimensional result of Gel'fand and Yaglom to higher
dimensions. We use the zeta function formalism, and the results agree with what
one would obtain using the angular momentum cutoff method based on radial WKB.
The final expression is numerically equal to an alternative expression derived
in a Feynman diagrammatic approach, but is considerably simpler.Comment: 21 pages, uses axodraw.st
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