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The dependence of strange hadron multiplicities on the speed of hadronization
Hadron multiplicities are calculated in the ALCOR model for the Pb+Pb
collisions at CERN SPS energy. Considering the newest experimental results, we
display our prediction obtained from the ALCOR model for stable hadrons
including strange baryons and anti-baryons.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX in IOP style, appeared in the Proceedings of
Strangeness'97 Conference, Santorini, April 14-18 1997, J. of Physics G23
(1997) 194
Anisotropic diffusion in continuum relaxation of stepped crystal surfaces
We study the continuum limit in 2+1 dimensions of nanoscale anisotropic
diffusion processes on crystal surfaces relaxing to become flat below
roughening. Our main result is a continuum law for the surface flux in terms of
a new continuum-scale tensor mobility. The starting point is the Burton,
Cabrera and Frank (BCF) theory, which offers a discrete scheme for atomic steps
whose motion drives surface evolution. Our derivation is based on the
separation of local space variables into fast and slow. The model includes: (i)
anisotropic diffusion of adsorbed atoms (adatoms) on terraces separating steps;
(ii) diffusion of atoms along step edges; and (iii) attachment-detachment of
atoms at step edges. We derive a parabolic fourth-order, fully nonlinear
partial differential equation (PDE) for the continuum surface height profile.
An ingredient of this PDE is the surface mobility for the adatom flux, which is
a nontrivial extension of the tensor mobility for isotropic terrace diffusion
derived previously by Margetis and Kohn. Approximate, separable solutions of
the PDE are discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figur
Neutral magic-angle bilayer graphene: Condon instability and chiral resonances
We discuss the full optical response of twisted bilayer graphene at the
neutrality point close to the magic angle within the continuum model. (i)
First, we define the full optical response consistent with the underlying
symmetry, yielding the total, magnetic, and chiral response that transform
according to the irreducible representations , , and ,
respectively. Then, we numerically calculate the dissipative and reactive
response for twist angles around the magic angle and comment on the
possibility of a Condon instability. (ii) Second, we numerically calculate the
full optical response {\it almost at} . The total response is
characterized by three universal plateaus which can be obtained from an
analytical calculation. The magnetic and the chiral response, however, is given
by corresponding non-universal plateaus depending on the twist angle
via the dimensionless parameter . (iii) Following
the discussion on the large magnetic response, we calculate the plasmonic
excitations at the neutrality point inside the optical gap of relaxed twisted
bilayer graphene. We find that acoustic plasmons extend over almost the whole
optical gap and carry the largest oscillator strength. (iv) Finally, we discuss
symmetry relations for the response functions as function of the chemical
potential and highlight the consequences of the approximate particle-hole
symmetry of the continuum model for twisted bilayer graphene. We then discuss a
detailed balance relation where the chiral response at charge neutrality can be
understood in terms of electron (hole) transitions for which the initial
(final) states are energetically closer to charge neutrality than the final
(initial) states.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
Impurity and quaternions in nonrelativistic scattering from a quantum memory
Models of quantum computing rely on transformations of the states of a
quantum memory. We study mathematical aspects of a model proposed by Wu in
which the memory state is changed via the scattering of incoming particles.
This operation causes the memory content to deviate from a pure state, i.e.
induces impurity. For nonrelativistic particles scattered from a two-state
memory and sufficiently general interaction potentials in 1+1 dimensions, we
express impurity in terms of quaternionic commutators. In this context, pure
memory states correspond to null hyperbolic quaternions. In the case with point
interactions, the scattering process amounts to appropriate rotations of
quaternions in the frequency domain. Our work complements a previous analysis
by Margetis and Myers (2006 J. Phys. A 39 11567--11581).Comment: 16 pages, no figure
Charmonium Suppression by Comover Scattering in Pb+Pb Collisions
The first reports of and production from experiment NA50 at
the CERN SPS are compared to predictions based on a hadronic model of
charmonium suppression. Data on centrality dependence and total cross sections
are in good accord with these predictions.Comment: 9 pages, latex, 6 figures, epsf, figure added and text modified to
clarify result
Strange hyperon and antihyperon production from quark and string-rope matter
Hyperon and antihyperon production is investigated using two microscopical
models: {\bf (1)} the fast hadronization of quark matter as given by the ALCOR
model; {\bf (2)} string formation and fragmentation as in the HIJING/B model.
We calculate the particle numbers and momentum distributions for Pb+Pb
collisions at CERN SPS energies in order to compare the two models with each
other and with the available experimental data. We show that these two
theoretical approaches give similar yields for the hyperons, but strongly
differ for antihyperons.Comment: 11 pages, Latex, 3 EPS figures, contribution to the Proceedings of
the 4th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM'98),
Padova, Italy, 20-24 July 199
Phase space density and chiral symmetry restoration in relativistic heavy ion collisions
The effect of altered hadron masses is studied for its effect with regard to
final-state hadronic observables. It is shown that the final phase space
densities of pions and kaons, which can be inferred experimentally, are
sensitive to in-medium properties of the excited matter at earlier stages of
the collision, but that the sensitivity is significantly moderated by
interactions that change the effective numbers of pions and kaons during the
latter part of the collision.Comment: 5 pages, 4 fig.
Hadronization of massive quark matter
We present a fast hadronization model for the constituent quark plasma (CQP)
produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions at SPS. The model is based on
rate equations and on an equation of state inspired by the string
phenomenology. This equation of state has a confining character. We display the
time evolution of the relevant physical quantities during the hadronization
process and the final hadron multiplicities. The results indicate that the
hadronization of CQP is fast.Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 2 EPS figures, contribution to the Proceedings of
the 4th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM'98),
Padova, Italy, 20-24 July 199
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