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Lifetime Measurement of the 8s Level in Francium
We measure the lifetime of the 8s level on a magneto-optically trapped sample
of ^{210}Fr atoms with time-correlated single-photon counting. The 7P_{1/2}
state serves as the resonant intermediate level for two-photon excitation of
the 8s level completed with a 1300 nm laser. Analysis of the fluorescence decay
through the the 7P_{3/2} level gives 53.30 +- 0.44 ns for the 8s level
lifetime.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Exact Effective action for (1+1)-dimensional fermions in an Abelian background at finite temperature and chemical potential
In this paper we study the effects of a nonzero chemical potential in the
effective action for massless fermions in (1+1) dimensions in an abelian gauge
field background at finite temperature. We calculate the n-point function and
show that the structure of the amplitudes corresponds to a generalization of
the structure noted earlier in a calculation without a chemical potential (the
associated integrals carry the dependence on the chemical potential). Our
calculation shows that the chiral anomaly is unaffected by the presence of a
chemical potential at finite temperature. However, unlike the earlier
calculation (in the absence of a chemical potential) odd point functions do not
vanish. We trace this to the fact that in the presence of a chemical potential
the generalized charge conjugation symmetry of the theory allows for such
amplitudes. In fact, we find that all the even point functions are even
functions of the chemical potential while the odd point functions are odd
functions of it which is consistent with this generalized charge conjugation
symmetry. We show that the origin of the structure of the amplitudes is best
seen from a formulation of the theory in terms of left and right handed
spinors. The calculations are also much simpler in this formulation and it
clarifies many other aspects of the theory
High energy protons from PKS 1333-33
In this letter we give an account of the possible acceleration of protons in
the outer radio lobes of the active galaxy PKS 1333-33. We also make estimates
of the arrival energy spectrum.Comment: 3 pages revtex, two figures, to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett.
Sulphur abundance determinations in star-forming regions-I: Ionization Correction Factor
In the present work we used a grid of photoionization models combined with
stellar population synthesis models to derive reliable Ionization Correction
Factors (ICFs) for the sulphur in star-forming regions. These models cover a
large range of nebular parameters and yielding ionic abundances in consonance
with those derived through optical and infrared observational data of
star-forming regions. From our theoretical ICFs, we suggested an {\alpha} value
of 3.27 in the classical Stasinska formulae. We compared the total sulphur
abundance in the gas phase of a large sample of objects by using our
Theoretical ICF and other approaches. In average, the differences between the
determinations via the use of the different ICFs considered are similar to the
uncertainties in the S/H estimations. Nevertheless, we noted that for some
objects it could reach up to about 0.3 dex for the low metallicity regime.
Despite of the large scatter of the points, we found a trend of S/O ratio to
decrease with the metallicity, independently of the ICF used to compute the
sulphur total abundance.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 21 pages, 8 figures, 5 table
Spitzer Power-law AGN Candidates in the Chandra Deep Field-North
We define a sample of 62 galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field-North whose
Spitzer IRAC SEDs exhibit the characteristic power-law emission expected of
luminous AGN. We study the multiwavelength properties of this sample, and
compare the AGN selected in this way to those selected via other Spitzer
color-color criteria. Only 55% of the power-law galaxies are detected in the
X-ray catalog at exposures of >0.5 Ms, although a search for faint emission
results in the detection of 85% of the power-law galaxies at the > 2.5 sigma
detection level. Most of the remaining galaxies are likely to host AGN that are
heavily obscured in the X-ray. Because the power-law selection requires the AGN
to be energetically dominant in the near- and mid-infrared, the power-law
galaxies comprise a significant fraction of the Spitzer-detected AGN population
at high luminosities and redshifts. The high 24 micron detection fraction also
points to a luminous population. The power-law galaxies comprise a subset of
color-selected AGN candidates. A comparison with various mid-infrared color
selection criteria demonstrates that while the color-selected samples contain a
larger fraction of the X-ray luminous AGN, there is evidence that these
selection techniques also suffer from a higher degree of contamination by
star-forming galaxies in the deepest exposures. Considering only those
power-law galaxies detected in the X-ray catalog, we derive an obscured
fraction of 68% (2:1). Including all of the power-law galaxies suggests an
obscured fraction of < 81% (4:1).Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, 27 pages, 20
figures, 5 tables, version with high-resolution figures and online-only
tables available at: http://frodo.as.arizona.edu/~jdonley/powerlaw
Motion in Quantum Gravity
We tackle the question of motion in Quantum Gravity: what does motion mean at
the Planck scale? Although we are still far from a complete answer we consider
here a toy model in which the problem can be formulated and resolved precisely.
The setting of the toy model is three dimensional Euclidean gravity. Before
studying the model in detail, we argue that Loop Quantum Gravity may provide a
very useful approach when discussing the question of motion in Quantum Gravity.Comment: 30 pages, to appear in the book "Mass and Motion in General
Relativity", proceedings of the C.N.R.S. School in Orleans, France, eds. L.
Blanchet, A. Spallicci and B. Whitin
Exact Matrix Product States for Quantum Hall Wave Functions
We show that the model wave functions used to describe the fractional quantum
Hall effect have exact representations as matrix product states (MPS). These
MPS can be implemented numerically in the orbital basis of both finite and
infinite cylinders, which provides an efficient way of calculating arbitrary
observables. We extend this approach to the charged excitations and numerically
compute their Berry phases. Finally, we present an algorithm for numerically
computing the real-space entanglement spectrum starting from an arbitrary
orbital basis MPS, which allows us to study the scaling properties of the
real-space entanglement spectra on infinite cylinders. The real-space
entanglement spectrum obeys a scaling form dictated by the edge conformal field
theory, allowing us to accurately extract the two entanglement velocities of
the Moore-Read state. In contrast, the orbital space spectrum is observed to
scale according to a complex set of power laws that rule out a similar
collapse.Comment: 10 pages and Appendix, v3 published versio
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