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    The Decay Lifetime of Polarized Fermions in Flight

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    Based on the parity violation in Standard model, we study the dependence of lifetime on the helicity of an initial-state fermion in weak interactions. It is pointed out that if the initial fermions in the decays are longitudinally polarized, then the decay lifetime of left-handed polarized fermions is different from that of right-handed polarized fermions in flight with a same velocity in a same inertial system.Comment: 7 pages, Late

    Sutured Khovanov homology distinguishes braids from other tangles

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    We show that the sutured Khovanov homology of a balanced tangle in the product sutured manifold D x I has rank 1 if and only if the tangle is isotopic to a braid.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, Definition of sutured annular Khovanov homology in Section 2.1 has significant text overlap with arXiv:1212.2222; Version 2 incorporates referee comments. This is the version accepted for publication in Mathematical Research Letter

    Electron-positron pair creation in a vacuum by an electromagnetic field in 3+1 and lower dimensions

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    We calculate the probability of electron-positron pair creation in vacuum in 3+1 dimensions by an external electromagnetic field composed of a constant uniform electric field and a constant uniform magnetic field, both of arbitrary magnitudes and directions. The same problem is also studied in 2+1 and 1+1 dimensions in appropriate external fields and similar results are obtained.Comment: REVTeX, 10 pages, no figure, a brief note and some more references added in the proo

    Scattering by a contact potential in three and lower dimensions

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    We consider the scattering of nonrelativistic particles in three dimensions by a contact potential Ω2δ(r)/2μrα\Omega\hbar^2\delta(r)/ 2\mu r^\alpha which is defined as the a0a\to 0 limit of Ω2δ(ra)/2μrα\Omega\hbar^2\delta(r-a)/2\mu r^\alpha. It is surprising that it gives a nonvanishing cross section when α=1\alpha=1 and Ω=1\Omega=-1. When the contact potential is approached by a spherical square well potential instead of the above spherical shell one, one obtains basically the same result except that the parameter Ω\Omega that gives a nonvanishing cross section is different. Similar problems in two and one dimensions are studied and results of the same nature are obtained.Comment: REVTeX, 9 pages, no figur

    Social reference: Aggregating online usage of scientific literature in CiteULike for clustering academic resources

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    Citation-based methods have been widely studied and employed for clustering academic resources and mapping science. Although effective, these methods suffer from citation delay. In this study, we extend reference and citation analysis to a broader notion from social perspective. We coin the term "social reference" to refer to the references of literatures in social academic web environment. We propose clustering methods using social reference information from CiteULike. We experiment for journal clustering and author clustering using social reference and compare with citation-based methods. Our experiments indicate: first, social reference implies connections among literatures which are as effective as citation in clustering academic resources; second, in practical settings, social reference-based clustering methods are not as effective as citation-based ones due to the sparseness of social reference data, but they can outperform in clustering new resources that have few citation. © 2011 Authors

    λϕ4\lambda\phi^4 model and Higgs mass in standard model calculated by Gaussian effective potential approach with a new regularization-renormalization method

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    Basing on new regularization-renormalization method, the λϕ4\lambda\phi^4 model used in standard model is studied both perturbatively and nonperturbatively (by Gaussian effective potential). The invariant property of two mass scales is stressed and the existence of a (Landau) pole is emphasized. Then after coupling with the SU(2)×\timesU(1) gauge fields, the Higgs mass in standard model (SM) can be calculated as mHm_H\approx138GeV. The critical temperature (TcT_c) for restoration of symmetry of Higgs field, the critical energy scale (μc\mu_c, the maximum energy scale under which the lower excitation sector of the GEP is valid) and the maximum energy scale (μmax\mu_{max}, at which the symmetry of the Higgs field is restored) in the standard model are TcT_c\approx476 GeV, μc0.547×1015\mu_c\approx 0.547\times 10^{15}GeV and μmax0.873×1015\mu_{\max}\approx 0.873 \times 10^{15} GeVv respectively.Comment: 12 pages, LaTex, no figur
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