Shadowing Effects on Vector Boson Production

We explore how nuclear modifications to the nucleon structure functions, shadowing, affect massive gauge boson production in heavy ion collisions at different impact parameters. We calculate the dependence of $Z^0$, $W^+$ and $W^-$ production on rapidity and impact parameter to next-to-leading order in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.5 TeV/nucleon to study quark shadowing at high $Q^2$. We also compare our Pb+Pb results to the $pp$ rapidity distributions at 14 TeV.Comment: 25 pages ReVTeX, 12 .eps figures, NLO included, version accepted for publication in Physical Review

Femtosecond laser writing of subwave one-dimensional quasiperiodic nanostructures on a titanium surface

One-dimensional quasiperiodic structures whose period is much smaller than the wavelength of exciting radiation have been obtained on a titanium surface under the multipulse action of linearly polarized femtosecond laser radiation with various surface energy densitiesye

The Effect of Shadowing on Initial Conditions, Transverse Energy and Hard Probes in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

The effect of shadowing on the early state of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated along with transverse energy and hard process production, specifically Drell-Yan, $J/\psi$, and $\Upsilon$ production. We choose several parton distributions and parameterizations of nuclear shadowing, as well as the spatial dependence of shadowing, to study the influence of shadowing on relevant observables. Results are presented for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.5$ TeV.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.

Nontrivial dependence of dielectric stiffness and SHG on dc bias in relaxors and dipole glasses

Dielectric permittivity and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) studies in the field-cooled mode show a linear dependence of dielectric stiffness (inverse dielectric permittivity) on dc bias in PMN-PT crystals and SHG intensity in KTaO$_{3}$:Li at small Li concentrations. We explain this unusual result in the framework of a theory of transverse, hydrodynamic-type, instability of local polarization.Comment: 5 figure

Hard X-ray Bursts Recorded by the IBIS Telescope of the INTEGRAL Observatory in 2003-2009

To find X-ray bursts from sources within the field of view of the IBIS/INTEGRAL telescope, we have analysed all the archival data of the telescope available at the time of writing the paper (the observations from January 2003 to April 2009). We have detected 834 hard (15-25 keV) X-ray bursts, 239 of which were simultaneously recorded by the JEM-X/INTEGRAL telescope in the standard X-ray energy range. More than 70% of all bursts (587 events) have been recorded from the well-known X-ray burster GX 354-0. We have found upper limits on the distances to their sources by assuming that the Eddington luminosity limit was reached at the brightness maximum of the brightest bursts.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, 2 table

Heavy Quark Photoproduction in Ultra-peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions

Heavy quarks are copiously produced in ultra-peripheral heavy ion collisions. In the strong electromagnetic fields, c c-bar and b b-bar are produced by photonuclear and two-photon interactions; hadroproduction can occur in grazing interactions. We present the total cross sections, quark transverse momentum and rapidity distributions, as well as the Q Q-bar invariant mass spectra from the three production channels. We consider AA and pA collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Large Hadron Collider. We discuss techniques for separating the three processes and describe how the AA to pA production ratios might be measured accurately enough to study nuclear shadowing.Comment: Minor changes to satisfy referees and typo fixes; 52 pages including 17 figure

Metal Cluster's Effect on the Optical Properties of Cesium Bromide Thin Films

Cesium Bromide films grown of glass substrates by thermal evaporation showed interesting optical properties. The UV-visible absorption spectra showed peaks which showed red shift with time. Structural and morphological studies suggested decrease in grain size with time which was unusual. Theoretical simulation shows the optical behaviour to be due to surface plasmon resonance resulting from Cesium clyindrical rods embedded in the films.Comment: 22 pages and 10 figure

Исследование поверхностного натяжения и углов смачивания для создания эффективных полимерных связующих на основе эпоксидных олигомеров с активными разбавителями

Objectives. This study focused on the quantification of the surface tension and the static and dynamic contact angles of epoxy oligomers, active diluents, and their mixtures of various compositions at different temperatures. The active diluents were aliphatic compounds based on glycidyl ethers, namely laproxides and a laprolate of different structure, functionality, molecular weight, and viscosity. Moreover, the preparation of effective polymer binders (matrices) for composites was explored.Methods. In this study, the epoxy oligomers ED-20 and DER-330, laproxides 201B, DEG-1, E-181, and 703, laprolate 301, and their mixtures in various compositions were investigated. Their surface tension and the static and dynamic contact angles were determined by the Wilhelmy plate and ring methods on a semiautomatic tensiometer at different temperatures (20–60 °C). The static contact angle was measured on a thin aluminum borosilicate glass plate, and the dynamic contact angles were determined using an installation for measuring surface tension developed by NPO Stekloplastik.Results. The surface tension and static and dynamic contact angles were obtained for all epoxy oligomers and active diluents, as well as for their mixtures at 20–60 °C. For binders based on systems of epoxy oligomers and active diluents, the impregnation rate of fiber reinforcement was also calculated. The introduction of laproxides or laprolates into the epoxy oligomers led to a decrease in surface tension and contact angles, while the increase in temperature increased the impregnation rate by 10–20 times.Conclusions. The temperature increase from 20 to 60 °C resulted in a decrease in the surface tension of mixed systems of epoxy oligomers and active diluents by almost two times. In addition, the contact angles changed by only 4°–7°, while the impregnation was significantly improved and the corresponding rate increased by 10–20 times.Цели. Определение поверхностного натяжения, статического и динамического углов смачивания при разных температурах для эпоксидных олигомеров марок ЭД-20 и DER-330; для активных разбавителей – алифатических соединений на основе глицидиловых эфиров – Лапроксидов и Лапролата разной структуры, функциональности, молекулярной массы, вязкости; а также для систем, состоящих из эпоксидных олигомеров и активных разбавителей разного состава. Также целью являлось создание эффективных полимерных связующих (матриц) для композитов.Методы. В качестве объектов исследования использовали эпоксидные олигомеры марок ЭД-20 и DER-330; активные разбавители – Лапроксиды (201Б, ДЭГ-1, Э-181, 703) и Лапролат 301; а также системы эпоксидный олигомер + Лапроксид (Лапролат) разных составов. Поверхностное натяжение, статический и динамический углы смачивания определяли методом Вильгельми и методом отрыва кольца на полуавтоматическом тензиометре при разных температурах (20–60 ºС). Статический угол смачивания измеряли на тонкой пластине из алюмоборосиликатного стекла. Значения динамического угла смачивания определяли на установке для измерения поверхностного натяжения, разработанной АО «НПО Стеклопластик».Результаты. Определены значения поверхностного натяжения, углов статического и динамического смачивания для эпоксидных олигомеров ЭД-20 и DER-330, Лапроксидов 201Б, ДЭГ-1, Э-181, 703 и Лапролата 301, а также для смешанных систем при температурах от 20 до 60 ºС. Рассчитаны скорости пропитки армирующих волокнистых наполнителей эффективными связующими на основе смешанных систем. Показано, что при введении в эпоксидные олигомеры Лапроксидов (Лапролата), поверхностное натяжение снижается, углы смачивания уменьшаются, температура повышается, в результате чего скорость пропитки возрастает в 10–20 раз.Выводы. Повышение температуры от 20 до 60 ºС приводит к снижению поверхностного натяжения систем, состоящих из эпоксидных олигомеров и активных разбавителей, практически в 2 раза. Углы смачивания изменяются всего на 4°–7°, существенно улучшается качество пропитки, скорость пропитки увеличивается в 10–20 раз

Impact-parameter dependent nuclear parton distribution functions: EPS09s and EKS98s and their applications in nuclear hard processes

We determine the spatial (impact parameter) dependence of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) using the $A$-dependence of the spatially independent (averaged) global fits EPS09 and EKS98. We work under the assumption that the spatial dependence can be formulated as a power series of the nuclear thickness functions $T_A$. To reproduce the $A$-dependence over the entire $x$ range we need terms up to $[T_A]^4$. As an outcome, we release two sets, EPS09s (LO, NLO, error sets) and EKS98s, of spatially dependent nPDFs for public use. We also discuss the implementation of these into the existing calculations. With our results, the centrality dependence of nuclear hard-process observables can be studied consistently with the globally fitted nPDFs for the first time. As an application, we first calculate the LO nuclear modification factor $R^{1jet}_{AA}$ for primary partonic-jet production in different centrality classes in Au+Au collisions at RHIC and Pb+Pb collisions at LHC. Also the corresponding central-to-peripheral ratios $R_{CP}^{1jet}$ are studied. We also calculate the LO and NLO nuclear modification factors for single inclusive neutral pion production, $R_{dAu}^{\pi^0}$, at mid- and forward rapidities in different centrality classes in d+Au collisions at RHIC. In particular, we show that our results are compatible with the PHENIX mid-rapidity data within the overall normalization uncertainties given by the experiment. Finally, we show our predictions for the corresponding modifications $R_{pPb}^{\pi^0}$ in the forthcoming p+Pb collisions at LHC.Comment: 36 page