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Exclusive glueball production in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions
The cross sections for the glueball candidates production in quasi-real
photon-photon collisions and on central diffraction processes, i.e. double
Pomeron exchange, in heavy ion interactions at RHIC and LHC are computed. The
rates for these distinct production channels are compared and they may be a
fruitful approach to the investigation of glueballs.Comment: 6 pages, 2 tables. Final version to be published in Physical Review
Multiphoton Processes in Driven Mesoscopic Systems
We study the statistics of multi-photon absorption/emission processes in a
mesoscopic ring threaded by an harmonic time-dependent flux . For this
sake, we demonstrate a useful analogy between the Keldysh quantum kinetic
equation for the electrons distribution function and a Continuous Time Random
Walk in energy space with corrections due to interference effects. Studying the
probability to absorb/emit quanta per scattering event, we
explore the crossover between ultra-quantum/low-intensity limit and
quasi-classical/high-intensity regime, and the role of multiphoton processes in
driving it.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, extended versio
A photometric and spectroscopic survey of solar twin stars within 50 parsecs of the Sun: I. Atmospheric parameters and color similarity to the Sun
Solar twins and analogs are fundamental in the characterization of the Sun's
place in the context of stellar measurements, as they are in understanding how
typical the solar properties are in its neighborhood. They are also important
for representing sunlight observable in the night sky for diverse photometric
and spectroscopic tasks, besides being natural candidates for harboring
planetary systems similar to ours and possibly even life-bearing environments.
We report a photometric and spectroscopic survey of solar twin stars within 50
pc of the Sun. Hipparcos absolute magnitudes and (B-V)_Tycho colors were used
to define a 2 sigma box around the solar values, where 133 stars were
considered. Additional stars resembling the solar UBV colors in a broad sense,
plus stars present in the lists of Hardorp, were also selected. All objects
were ranked by a color-similarity index with respect to the Sun, defined by
uvby and BV photometry. Moderately high-resolution, high-S/N spectra were used
for a subsample of equatorial-southern stars to derive Teff, log g, and [Fe/H]
with average internal errors better than 50 K, 0.20 dex, and 0.08 dex,
respectively. Ages and masses were estimated from theoretical HR diagrams. The
color-similarity index proved very successful. We identify and rank new
excellent solar analogs, which are fit to represent the Sun in the night sky.
Some of them are faint enough to be of interest for moderately large
telescopes. We also identify two stars with near-UV spectra indistinguishable
from the Sun's. We present five new "probable" solar twin stars, besides five
new "possible" twins. Masses and ages for the best solar twin candidates lie
very close to the solar values, but chromospheric activity levels range
somewhat. We propose that the solar twins be emphasized in the ongoing searches
for extra-solar planets and SETI searches.Comment: 25 pages, 15 figures, 14 table
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