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Isospin breaking in the reaction np --> dpi^0 at threshold
The model for charge symmetry breaking in the reaction np --> dpi^0 applied
earlier around the Delta region is used to calculate the integrated
forward-backward asymmetry of the cross section close to threshold. The mixing
of the pi and eta mesons appears as strongly dominant at these energies. This
contrasts elastic np scattering experiments, where the np mass difference in
OPE dominates, or np --> d\pi^0 closer to the Delta region.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Few-Body System
Comment on "Role of heavy meson exchange in near threshold N N --> d pi"
In a recent paper by C. J. Horowitz (Phys. Rev. C {\bf 48}, 2920 (1993)) a
heavy meson exchange is incorporated into threshold NN --> d pi to enhance the
grossly underestimated cross section. However, that calculation uses an
unjustified assumption on the initial and final momenta, which causes an
overestimate of this effect by a factor of 3--4. I point out that the inclusion
of the Delta(1232) isobar increases the cross section significantly even at
threshold.Comment: 7 pages, figures by fax or mail from [email protected]
Charge symmetry breaking as a probe for the real part of eta--nucleus scattering lengths
We demonstrate that one can use the occurrence of charge symmetry breaking as
a tool to explore the eta--nucleus interaction near the eta threshold. Based on
indications that the cross section ratio of pi+ and pi0 production on nuclei
deviates from the isotopic value in the vicinity of the eta production
threshold, due to, e.g., pi0-eta mixing, we argue that a systematic study of
this ratio as a function of the energy would allow to pin down the sign of the
real part of the eta-nucleus scattering length. This sign plays an important
role in the context of the possible existence of eta-nucleus bound states.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Optimal multiqubit operations for Josephson charge qubits
We introduce a method for finding the required control parameters for a
quantum computer that yields the desired quantum algorithm without invoking
elementary gates. We concentrate on the Josephson charge-qubit model, but the
scenario is readily extended to other physical realizations. Our strategy is to
numerically find any desired double- or triple-qubit gate. The motivation is
the need to significantly accelerate quantum algorithms in order to fight
decoherence.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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