66 research outputs found
Four-dimensional integration by parts with differential renormalization as a method of evaluation of Feynman diagrams
It is shown how strictly four-dimensional integration by parts combined with
differential renormalization and its infrared analogue can be applied for
calculation of Feynman diagrams.Comment: 6 pages, late
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Decay of Turbulence in the Upper Ocean following Sudden Isolation from Surface Forcing
Measurements of velocity, hydrography, surface meteorology, and microstructure were made through several squall events during a westerly wind burst that occurred in the Western Pacific warm pool in December 1992. Sustained wind forcing generated a weakly stratified turbulent surface layer that extended to the top of the main thermocline. Following each rain event, freshwater formed a statically stable layer in the upper 4–12 m. The subsequent evolution of the mixing profile was strongly depth-dependent. Turbulence increased dramatically in the fresh layer adjacent to the surface but decreased in the underlying layer. The factor by which turbulence decreased following a given squall was strongly correlated with the net rainfall. The observed timescale for the decay of the turbulence was about 0.7 buoyancy periods, similar to decay times observed near the surface after sunrise. However, these decay times are significantly larger than those estimated indirectly (as the ratio of dissipation rate to turbulent kinetic energy) from turbulent patches in the thermocline. To account for the discrepancy, the authors hypothesize that turbulence production continues to act during the observed decay process, partially counteracting the effect of dissipation
OPE coefficient functions in terms of composite operators only. Singlet case
A method for calculating coefficient functions of the operator product
expansion, which was previously derived for the non-singlet case, is
generalized for the singlet coefficient functions. The resulting formula
defines coefficient functions entirely in terms of corresponding singlet
composite operators without applying to elementary (quark and gluon) fields.
Both "diagonal" and "non-diagonal" gluon coefficient functions in the product
expansion of two electromagnetic currents are calculated in QCD. Their
renormalization properties are studied.Comment: 33 pages, 15 figures, minor corrections are mad
Generalized Quark Transversity Distribution of the Pion in Chiral Quark Models
The transversity generalized parton distributions (tGPDs) of the the pion,
involving matrix elements of the tensor bilocal quark current, are analyzed in
chiral quark models. We apply the nonlocal chiral models involving a
momentum-dependent quark mass, as well as the local Nambu--Jona-Lasinio with
the Pauli-Villars regularization to calculate the pion tGPDs, as well as
related quantities following from restrained kinematics, evaluation of moments,
or taking the Fourier-Bessel transforms to the impact-parameter space. The
obtained distributions satisfy the formal requirements, such as proper support
and polynomiality, following from Lorentz covariance. We carry out the
leading-order QCD evolution from the low quark-model scale to higher lattice
scales, applying the method of Kivel and Mankiewicz. We evaluate several
lowest-order generalized transversity form factors, accessible from the recent
lattice QCD calculations. These form factors, after evolution, agree properly
with the lattice data, in support of the fact that the spontaneously broken
chiral symmetry is the key element also in the evaluation of the transversity
observables.Comment: 17 pages, 17 figures, regular pape
Zero-mode contribution to the light-front Hamiltonian of Yukawa type models
Light-front Hamiltonian for Yukawa type models is determined without the
framework of canonical light-front formalism. Special attention is given to the
contribution of zero modes.Comment: 14 pages, Latex, revised version with minor changes, Submitted to
J.Phys.
Initial Conditions for Semiclassical Field Theory
Semiclassical approximation based on extracting a c-number classical
component from quantum field is widely used in the quantum field theory.
Semiclassical states are considered then as Gaussian wave packets in the
functional Schrodinger representation and as Gaussian vectors in the Fock
representation. We consider the problem of divergences and renormalization in
the semiclassical field theory in the Hamiltonian formulation. Although
divergences in quantum field theory are usually associated with loop Feynman
graphs, divergences in the Hamiltonian approach may arise even at the tree
level. For example, formally calculated probability of pair creation in the
leading order of the semiclassical expansion may be divergent. This observation
was interpretted as an argumentation for considering non-unitary evolution
transformations, as well as non-equivalent representations of canonical
commutation relations at different time moments. However, we show that this
difficulty can be overcomed without the assumption about non-unitary evolution.
We consider first the Schrodinger equation for the regularized field theory
with ultraviolet and infrared cutoffs. We study the problem of making a limit
to the local theory. To consider such a limit, one should impose not only the
requirement on the counterterms entering to the quantum Hamiltonian but also
the requirement on the initial state in the theory with cutoffs. We find such a
requirement in the leading order of the semiclassical expansion and show that
it is invariant under time evolution. This requirement is also presented as a
condition on the quadratic form entering to the Gaussian state.Comment: 20 pages, Plain TeX, one postscript figur
Feynman graph polynomials
The integrand of any multi-loop integral is characterised after Feynman
parametrisation by two polynomials. In this review we summarise the properties
of these polynomials. Topics covered in this article include among others:
Spanning trees and spanning forests, the all-minors matrix-tree theorem,
recursion relations due to contraction and deletion of edges, Dodgson's
identity and matroids.Comment: 35 pages, references adde
Nonforward Parton Distributions
Applications of perturbative QCD to deeply virtual Compton scattering and
hard exclusive electroproduction processes require a generalization of usual
parton distributions for the case when long-distance information is accumulated
in nonforward matrix elements of quark and gluon light-cone operators.
We describe two types of nonperturbative functions parametrizing such matrix
elements: double distributions F(x,y;t) and nonforward distribution functions
F_\zeta (X;t), discuss their spectral properties, evolution equations which
they satisfy, basic uses and general aspects of factorization for hard
exclusive processes.Comment: Final version, to be published in Phys.Rev.
Early- Onset Stroke and Vasculopathy Associated with Mutations in ADA2
Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism and a growth factor that influences the development of endothelial cells and leukocytes. This study shows that defects in ADA2 cause recurrent fevers, vascular pathologic features, and mild immunodeficiency. Patients with autoinflammatory disease sometimes present with clinical findings that encompass multiple organ systems.(1) Three unrelated children presented to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center with intermittent fevers, recurrent lacunar strokes, elevated levels of acute-phase reactants, livedoid rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and hypogammaglobulinemia. Collectively, these findings do not easily fit with any of the known inherited autoinflammatory diseases. Hereditary or acquired vascular disorders can have protean manifestations yet be caused by mutations in a single gene. Diseases such as the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome,(2),(3) polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy,(4) sickle cell anemia,(5) livedoid vasculopathy,(6) and the small-vessel vasculitides(7),(8) are examples of systemic ...</p
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