226 research outputs found
Study of deuteron-proton charge exchange reaction at small transfer momentum
The charge-exchange reaction pd->npp at 1 GeV projectile proton energy is
studied in the multiple-scattering expansion technique. This reaction is
considered in a special kinematics, when the transfer momentum from the beam
proton to fast neutron is close to zero. The differential cross section and a
set of polarization observables are calculated. It was shown that contribution
of the final state interaction between two protons is very significant.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Model-independent constraints on spin observables
We discuss model-independent constraints on spin observables in exclusive and
inclusive reactions, with special attention to the case of photoproduction.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Talk by J.-M. Richard at NSTAR 2009, IHEP,
Beijing (China), April 19-22, 2009, Proc. to appear in "Chinese Physics C
Measurement of Analyzing Power for Proton-Carbon Elastic Scattering in the Coulomb-Nuclear Interference Region with a 22-GeV/c Polarized Proton Beam
The analyzing power for proton-carbon elastic scattering in the
coulomb-nuclear interference region of momentum transfer,
(GeV/, was measured with a 21.7
GeV/ polarized proton beam at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron of
Brookhaven National Laboratory. The ratio of hadronic spin-flip to non-flip
amplitude, , was obtained from the analyzing power to be and .Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures and 1 table. Accepted by Physical Review Letter
Bistability of Slow and Fast Traveling Waves in Fluid Mixtures
The appearence of a new type of fast nonlinear traveling wave states in
binary fluid convection with increasing Soret effect is elucidated and the
parameter range of their bistability with the common slower ones is evaluated
numerically. The bifurcation behavior and the significantly different
spatiotemporal properties of the different wave states - e.g. frequency, flow
structure, and concentration distribution - are determined and related to each
other and to a convenient measure of their nonlinearity. This allows to derive
a limit for the applicability of small amplitude expansions. Additionally an
universal scaling behavior of frequencies and mixing properties is found.
PACS: 47.20.-k, 47.10.+g, 47.20.KyComment: 4 pages including 5 Postscript figure
Measurement of the vector analyzing power in elastic electron-proton scattering as a probe of double photon exchange amplitudes
We report the first measurement of the vector analyzing power in inclusive
transversely polarized elastic electron-proton scattering at Q^2 = 0.1
(GeV/c)^2 and large scattering angles. This quantity should vanish in the
single virtual photon exchange, plane wave impulse approximation for this
reaction, and can therefore provide information on double photon exchange
amplitudes for electromagnetic interactions with hadronic systems. We find a
non-zero value of A=-15.4+/-5.4 ppm. No calculations of this observable for
nuclei other than spin 0 have been carried out in these kinematics, and the
calculation using the spin orbit interaction from a charged point nucleus of
spin 0 cannot describe these data.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Baryon polarization in low-energy unpolarized meson-baryon scattering
We compute the polarization of the final-state baryon, in its rest frame, in
low-energy meson--baryon scattering with unpolarized initial state, in
Unitarized BChPT. Free parameters are determined by fitting total and
differential cross-section data (and spin-asymmetry or polarization data if
available) for , and scattering. We also compare our
results with those of leading-order BChPT
Pulsed Feedback Defers Cellular Differentiation
Environmental signals induce diverse cellular differentiation programs. In certain systems, cells defer differentiation for extended time periods after the signal appears, proliferating through multiple rounds of cell division before committing to a new fate. How can cells set a deferral time much longer than the cell cycle? Here we study Bacillus subtilis cells that respond to sudden nutrient limitation with multiple rounds of growth and division before differentiating into spores. A well-characterized genetic circuit controls the concentration and phosphorylation of the master regulator Spo0A, which rises to a critical concentration to initiate sporulation. However, it remains unclear how this circuit enables cells to defer sporulation for multiple cell cycles. Using quantitative time-lapse fluorescence microscopy of Spo0A dynamics in individual cells, we observed pulses of Spo0A phosphorylation at a characteristic cell cycle phase. Pulse amplitudes grew systematically and cell-autonomously over multiple cell cycles leading up to sporulation. This pulse growth required a key positive feedback loop involving the sporulation kinases, without which the deferral of sporulation became ultrasensitive to kinase expression. Thus, deferral is controlled by a pulsed positive feedback loop in which kinase expression is activated by pulses of Spo0A phosphorylation. This pulsed positive feedback architecture provides a more robust mechanism for setting deferral times than constitutive kinase expression. Finally, using mathematical modeling, we show how pulsing and time delays together enable “polyphasic” positive feedback, in which different parts of a feedback loop are active at different times. Polyphasic feedback can enable more accurate tuning of long deferral times. Together, these results suggest that Bacillus subtilis uses a pulsed positive feedback loop to implement a “timer” that operates over timescales much longer than a cell cycle
The p(d,p)d and p(d,p)pn reactions as a tool for the study of the short range internal structure of the deuteron
In recent time the deuteron structure at short distances is often treated
from the point of view nonnucleonic degrees of freedom. In this paper the
measurements of T-odd polarization observables using tensor polarized deuteron
beam and polarized proton target or proton polarimeter are proposed to search
the quark configurations inside the deuteron.Comment: 12 pages, 8 Postscript figures, submitted in Phys.Atom.Nuc
Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles from Au+Au collisions at the maximum RHIC energy, Sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV
We present charged particle densities as a function of pseudorapidity and
collision centrality for the 197Au+197Au reaction at Sqrt{s_NN}=200 GeV. For
the 5% most central events we obtain dN_ch/deta(eta=0) = 625 +/- 55 and
N_ch(-4.7<= eta <= 4.7) = 4630+-370, i.e. 14% and 21% increases, respectively,
relative to Sqrt{s_NN}=130 GeV collisions. Charged-particle production per pair
of participant nucleons is found to increase from peripheral to central
collisions around mid-rapidity. These results constrain current models of
particle production at the highest RHIC energy.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures; fixed fig. 5 caption; revised text and figures to
show corrected calculation of and ; final version accepted for
publicatio
The detection of neutron clusters
A new approach to the production and detection of bound neutron clusters is
presented. The technique is based on the breakup of beams of very neutron-rich
nuclei and the subsequent detection of the recoiling proton in a liquid
scintillator. The method has been tested in the breakup of 11Li, 14Be and 15B
beams by a C target. Some 6 events were observed that exhibit the
characteristics of a multineutron cluster liberated in the breakup of 14Be,
most probably in the channel 10Be+4n. The various backgrounds that may mimic
such a signal are discussed in detail.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, LPCC 01-1
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