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Three-neutron resonance trajectories for realistic interaction models
Three-neutron resonances are investigated using realistic nucleon-nucleon
interaction models. The resonance pole trajectories are explored by first
adding an additional interaction to artificially bind the three-neutron system
and then gradually removing it. The pole positions for the three-neutron states
up to J=5/2 are localized in the third energy quadrant-Im (E)<=0, Re
(E)<=0-well before the additional interaction is removed. Our study shows that
realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction models exclude any possible experimental
signature of three-neutron resonances.Comment: 13 pages ; 8 figs ; 5 table
Construction of Non-Perturbative, Unitary Particle-Antiparticle Amplitudes for Finite Particle Number Scattering Formalisms
Starting from a unitary, Lorentz invariant two-particle scattering amplitude
, we show how to use an identification and replacement process to construct a
unique, unitary particle-antiparticle amplitude. This process differs from
conventional on-shell Mandelstam s,t,u crossing in that the input and
constructed amplitudes can be off-diagonal and off-energy shell. Further,
amplitudes are constructed using the invariant parameters which are appropriate
to use as driving terms in the multi-particle, multichannel non-perturbative,
cluster decomposable, relativistic scattering equations of the Faddeev-type
integral equations recently presented by Alfred, Kwizera, Lindesay and Noyes.
It is therefore anticipated that when so employed, the resulting multi-channel
solutions will also be unitary. The process preserves the usual
particle-antiparticle symmetries. To illustrate this process, we construct a
J=0 scattering length model chosen for simplicity. We also exhibit a class of
physical models which contain a finite quantum mass parameter and are Lorentz
invariant. These are constructed to reduce in the appropriate limits, and with
the proper choice of value and sign of the interaction parameter, to the
asymptotic solution of the non-relativistic Coulomb problem, including the
forward scattering singularity, the essential singularity in the phase, and the
Bohr bound-state spectrum
Solar astronomy
An overview is given of modern solar physics. Topics covered include the solar interior, the solar surface, the solar atmosphere, the Large Earth-based Solar Telescope (LEST), the Orbiting Solar Laboratory, the High Energy Solar Physics mission, the Space Exploration Initiative, solar-terrestrial physics, and adaptive optics. Policy and related programmatic recommendations are given for university research and education, facilitating solar research, and integrated support for solar research
Super-recognizers: From the lab to the world and back again
The recent discovery of individuals with superior face processing ability has sparked considerable interest amongst cognitive scientists and practitioners alike. These ‘Super‐recognizers’ (SRs) offer clues to the underlying processes responsible for high levels of face processing ability. It has been claimed that they can help make societies safer and fairer by improving accuracy of facial identity processing in real‐world tasks, for example when identifying suspects from Closed Circuit Television or performing security‐critical identity verification tasks. Here, we argue that the current understanding of superior face processing does not justify widespread interest in SR deployment: There are relatively few studies of SRs and no evidence that high accuracy on laboratory‐based tests translates directly to operational deployment. Using simulated data, we show that modest accuracy benefits can be expected from deploying SRs on the basis of ideally calibrated laboratory tests. Attaining more substantial benefits will require greater levels of communication and collaboration between psychologists and practitioners. We propose that translational and reverse‐translational approaches to knowledge development are critical to advance current understanding and to enable optimal deployment of SRs in society. Finally, we outline knowledge gaps that this approach can help address
Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Elements in the Solar Photosphere
The interaction of magnetic fields and convection is investigated in the
context of the coronal heating problem. We study the motions of photospheric
magnetic elements using filtergrams obtained at the Swedish Vacuum Solar
Telescope at La Palma. We use potential-field modeling to extrapolate the
magnetic and velocity fields to larger height. We find that the velocity in the
chromosphere can be locally enhanced at the separatrix surfaces between
neighboring flux tubes. The predicted velocities are several km/s,
significantly larger than those of the photospheric flux tubes, which may have
important implications for coronal heating. sComment: submitted to ApJ, 21 pages, 10 figure
Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar
Background:
Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional. Numerous diverse public and not-for-profit organisations typically provide services and support. Because services are not centrally coordinated, they are provided in a manner that is inconsistent and incoherent. Since the first children’s hospice opened in 1982, the epidemiology of life-limiting conditions has changed with more children living longer, and many requiring transfer to adult services. Very little is known about the number of children living within any given geographical locality, costs of care, or experiences of children with ongoing palliative care needs and their families. We integrated evidence, and undertook and used novel methodological epidemiological work to develop the first evidence-based and costed commissioning exemplar.
Methods:
Multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar from a health and not-for-profit organisation perspective, to estimate numbers of children under 19 years with life-limiting conditions, cost current services, determine child/parent care preferences, and cost choice of end-of-life care at home.
Results:
The exemplar locality (North Wales) had important gaps in service provision and the clinical network. The estimated annual total cost of current children’s palliative care was about £5.5 million; average annual care cost per child was £22,771 using 2007 prevalence estimates and £2,437- £11,045 using new 2012/13 population-based prevalence estimates. Using population-based prevalence, we estimate 2271 children with a life-limiting condition in the general exemplar population and around 501 children per year with ongoing palliative care needs in contact with hospital services. Around 24 children with a wide range of life-limiting conditions require end-of-life care per year. Choice of end-of-life care at home was requested, which is not currently universally available. We estimated a minimum (based on 1 week of end-of-life care) additional cost of £336,000 per year to provide end-of-life support at home. Were end-of-life care to span 4 weeks, the total annual additional costs increases to £536,500 (2010/11 prices).
Conclusions:
Findings make a significant contribution to population-based needs assessment and commissioning methodology in children’s palliative care. Further work is needed to determine with greater precision which children in the total population require access to services and when. Half of children who died 2002-7 did not have conditions that met the globally used children's palliative care condition categories, which need revision in light of findings
Energy Dependence of the Near-Threshold Total Cross-Section for the pp --> pp eta' Reaction
Total cross sections for the pp --> pp eta' reaction have been measured in
the excess energy range from Q = 1.53 MeV to Q = 23.64 MeV. The experiment has
been performed at the internal installation COSY-11 using a stochastically
cooled proton beam of the COoler SYnchrotron COSY and a hydrogen cluster
target. The determined energy dependence of the total cross section weakens the
hypothesis of the S-wave repulsive interaction between the eta' meson and the
proton. New data agree well with predictions based on the phase-space
distribution modified by the proton-proton final-state-interaction (FSI) only.Comment: 12 pages, 1 table, 4 figure
A Measurement of the Spatial Distribution of Diffuse TeV Gamma Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane with Milagro
Diffuse -ray emission produced by the interaction of cosmic-ray
particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy can be used to probe the
distribution of cosmic rays and their sources in different regions of the
Galaxy. With its large field of view and long observation time, the Milagro
Gamma Ray Observatory is an ideal instrument for surveying large regions of the
Northern Hemisphere sky and for detecting diffuse -ray emission at very
high energies. Here, the spatial distribution and the flux of the diffuse
-ray emission in the TeV energy range with a median energy of 15 TeV
for Galactic longitudes between 30 and 110 and between
136 and 216 and for Galactic latitudes between -10 and
10 are determined. The measured fluxes are consistent with predictions
of the GALPROP model everywhere except for the Cygnus region
(). For the Cygnus region, the flux is twice the
predicted value. This excess can be explained by the presence of active cosmic
ray sources accelerating hadrons which interact with the local dense
interstellar medium and produce gamma rays through pion decay.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Ap
HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star
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the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune
with a mass of 0.120+/-0.012MJ, a radius of 0.563+/-(0.046,0.034)RJ, and an
orbital period of 3.1853days. The host star is a moderately bright
(V=13.340+/-0.010mag, K_S=10.976+/-0.026mag) K dwarf star with a mass of
0.849+/-0.027Msun , a radius of 0.815+/-(0.049,-0.035)Rsun, and a metallicity
of [Fe/H]=+0.250+/-0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the
precision of the HATSouth measurements and has low RV jitter. HATS-7b is the
second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit
survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius
determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a
hydrogen-helium fraction of 18+/-4% (rock-iron core and H2-He envelope), or
9+/-4% (ice core and H2-He envelope), i.e.it has a composition broadly similar
to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which
has 75% of its mass in H2-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with
accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate power-law
relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets.
HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the
first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime
target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere
facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define
as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway
between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e. 0.054 MJ<Mp<0.18 MJ).Comment: 11 pages, accepted for publication by Ap
Role of retardation in 3-D relativistic equations
Equal-time Green's function is used to derive a three-dimensional integral
equation from the Bethe-Salpeter equation. The resultant equation, in the
absence of anti-particles, is identical to the use of time-ordered diagrams,
and has been used within the framework of coupling to study the
role of energy dependence and non-locality when the two-body potential is the
sum of -exchange and crossed exchange. The results show that
non-locality and energy dependence make a substantial contribution to both the
on-shell and off-shell amplitudes.Comment: 17 pages, RevTeX; 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
C56 (Nov. 97
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