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Magnetic Monopoles, Center Vortices and Topology of Gauge Fields
The topological properties of magnetic monopoles and center vortices arising,
respectively, in Abelian and center gauges are studied in continuum Yang-Mills
Theory. For this purpose the continuum analog of the maximum center gauge is
constructed.Comment: talk presented at LATTICE99(topology) at Pisa, Italy, 3 page
Modulational Instability and Complex Dynamics of Confined Matter-Wave Solitons
We study the formation of bright solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate of
Li atoms induced by a sudden change in the sign of the scattering length
from positive to negative, as reported in a recent experiment (Nature {\bf
417}, 150 (2002)). The numerical simulations are performed by using the 3D
Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) with a dissipative three-body term. We show
that a number of bright solitons is produced and this can be interpreted in
terms of the modulational instability of the time-dependent macroscopic wave
function of the Bose condensate. In particular, we derive a simple formula for
the number of solitons that is in good agreement with the numerical results of
3D GPE. By investigating the long time evolution of the soliton train solving
the 1D GPE with three-body dissipation we find that adjacent solitons repel
each other due to their phase difference. In addition, we find that during the
motion of the soliton train in an axial harmonic potential the number of
solitonic peaks changes in time and the density of individual peaks shows an
intermittent behavior. Such a complex dynamics explains the ``missing
solitons'' frequently found in the experiment.Comment: to be published in Phys. Rev. Let
A diquark model for baryons containing one heavy quark
We present a phenomenological ansatz for coupling a heavy quark with two
light quarks to form a heavy baryon. The heavy quark is treated in the heavy
mass limit, and the light quark dynamics is approximated by propagating scalar
and axial vector 'diquarks'. The resulting effective lagrangian, which
incorporates heavy quark and chiral symmetry, describes interactions of heavy
baryons with Goldstone bosons in the low energy region. As an application, the
Isgur--Wise form factors are estimated.Comment: 9 pages + 8 figures, both as uuencoded PS, discussion of Bjorken
limit (1 par + 1 fig) added, to appear in Z.Phys.
Cosmic-ray induced background intercomparison with actively shielded HPGe detectors at underground locations
The main background above 3\,MeV for in-beam nuclear astrophysics studies
with -ray detectors is caused by cosmic-ray induced secondaries. The
two commonly used suppression methods, active and passive shielding, against
this kind of background were formerly considered only as alternatives in
nuclear astrophysics experiments. In this work the study of the effects of
active shielding against cosmic-ray induced events at a medium deep location is
performed. Background spectra were recorded with two actively shielded HPGe
detectors. The experiment was located at 148\,m below the surface of the Earth
in the Reiche Zeche mine in Freiberg, Germany. The results are compared to data
with the same detectors at the Earth's surface, and at depths of 45\,m and
1400\,m, respectively.Comment: Minor errors corrected; final versio
Determination of gamma-ray widths in N using nuclear resonance fluorescence
The stable nucleus N is the mirror of O, the bottleneck in the
hydrogen burning CNO cycle. Most of the N level widths below the proton
emission threshold are known from just one nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF)
measurement, with limited precision in some cases. A recent experiment with the
AGATA demonstrator array determined level lifetimes using the Doppler Shift
Attenuation Method (DSAM) in O. As a reference and for testing the
method, level lifetimes in N have also been determined in the same
experiment. The latest compilation of N level properties dates back to
1991. The limited precision in some cases in the compilation calls for a new
measurement in order to enable a comparison to the AGATA demonstrator data. The
widths of several N levels have been studied with the NRF method. The
solid nitrogen compounds enriched in N have been irradiated with
bremsstrahlung. The -rays following the deexcitation of the excited
nuclear levels were detected with four HPGe detectors. Integrated
photon-scattering cross sections of ten levels below the proton emission
threshold have been measured. Partial gamma-ray widths of ground-state
transitions were deduced and compared to the literature. The photon scattering
cross sections of two levels above the proton emission threshold, but still
below other particle emission energies have also been measured, and proton
resonance strengths and proton widths were deduced. Gamma and proton widths
consistent with the literature values were obtained, but with greatly improved
precision.Comment: Final published version, minor grammar changes, 10 pages, 4 figures,
8 tables; An addendum is published where the last section is revised: T.
Sz\"ucs and P. Mohr, Phys. Rev. C 92, 044328 (2015) [arXiv:1510.04956
Formation of fundamental structures in Bose-Einstein Condensates
The meanfield interaction in a Bose condensate provides a nonlinearity which
can allow stable structures to exist in the meanfield wavefunction. We discuss
a number of examples where condensates, modelled by the one dimensional Gross
Pitaevskii equation, can produce gray solitons and we consider in detail the
case of two identical condensates colliding in a harmonic trap. Solitons are
shown to form from dark interference fringes when the soliton structure,
constrained in a defined manner, has lower energy than the interference fringe
and an analytic expression is given for this condition.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, requires ioplppt.st
Seasonal variation in vitamin D status of beef cattle reared in the central United States
The objective was to retrospectively measure seasonal sunlight-associated variation in serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) in beef cattle. The concentration of 25OHD was measured in crossbred animals born from March to May in 2011 and 2012. Vitamin D status 2 to 3 mo after birth (period 1) was only available for 2012 calves and was measured in June 2012. Period 1 animals had serum 25OHD concentrations of 26.3 +- 1.5 ng/mL. The 25OHD concentrations for late summer (period 2) were 46.6 +- 1.4 and 51.0 +- 1.5 ng/mL for 2011 and 2012, respectively. Serum concentration of 25OHD in early fall (period 3) were 63.8 +- 1.4 and 55.2 +- 1.5 ng/mL for calves in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Values observed for both late summer and early fall indicated vitamin D sufficiency (P \u3c 0.001) compared with period 1. With diminishing exposure to ultraviolet B and consuming w800 IU or 1800 IU (2011 and 2012, respectively) of supplemental vitamin D, the calves’ midwinter (period 4) 25OHD concentrations fell to 15.2 +- 1.6 and 16.7 +- 1.5 ng/mL for 2011 and 2012, respectively, after 4 to 5 mo on a finishing diet (P \u3c 0.0001). This is considered vitamin D insufficiency in most species. Results indicate that calves are marginally sufficient to insufficient for vitamin D based on serum 25OHD concentrations soon after birth and during winter. Some individual animals would be classified vitamin D deficient. In the absence of sufficient UVB exposure, the dietary vitamin D requirements for rapidly growing beef cattle may need to be increased
Path integral bosonization of the 't Hooft determinant: fluctuations and multiple vacua
The 't Hooft six quark flavor mixing interaction (N_f=3) is bosonized by the
path integral method. The considered complete Lagrangian is constructed on the
basis of the combined 't Hooft and U(3)X U(3) extended chiral four fermion
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio interactions. The method of the steepest descents is used to
derive the effective mesonic Lagrangian. Additionally to the known lowest order
stationary phase (SP) result of Reinhardt and Alkofer we obtain the
contribution from the small quantum fluctuations of bosonic configurations
around their stationary phase trajectories. It affects the vacuum state of
hadrons at low energies: whereas without the inclusion of quantum fluctuations
the vacuum is uniquely defined for a fixed set of the model parameters,
fluctuations give rise to multivalued solutions of the gap equations, marked at
instances by drastic changes in the quark condensates. We derive the new gap
equations and analyse them in comparison with known results. We classify the
solutions according to the number of extrema they may accomodate. We find up to
four solutions in the 0<m_(u,s)<3$ GeV region.Comment: RevTex, 9 pages, 8 figures, slightly modified introduction, one added
reference and added acknowledgements, version accepted in Phys. Lett.
Dielectric function of the QCD vacuum
It is shown that the inverse of the ghost form factor in the Hamilton
approach to Yang-Mills theory in Coulomb gauge can be interpreted as the color
dielectric function of the QCD vacuum. Furthermore the horizon condition to the
ghost form factor implies that in the infrared the QCD vacuum is a perfect
color diaelectric medium and therefore a dual superconductor. The dielectric
function is explicitly calculated within a previously developed variational
approach, using a specific ansatz for the vacuum wave functional.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, revised version as published in Phys. Rev. Let
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