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A mass formula for light mesons from a potential model
The quark dynamics inside light mesons, except pseudoscalar ones, can be
quite well described by a spinless Salpeter equation supplemented by a Cornell
interaction (possibly partly vector, partly scalar). A mass formula for these
mesons can then be obtained by computing analytical approximations of the
eigenvalues of the equation. We show that such a formula can be derived by
combining the results of two methods: the dominantly orbital state description
and the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization approach. The predictions of the mass
formula are compared with accurate solutions of the spinless Salpeter equation
computed with a Lagrange-mesh calculation method.Comment: 5 figure
H1N1 disseminated infection in a 3-month-old boy
Earlier this year a new influenza virus emerged. In children, the clinical manifestations of H1N1 infection are similar to those reported during periods of seasonal influenza. We report on a 3-month-old boy with an upper respiratory tract infection who presented enteropathy, coagulopathy and encephalitis related to H1N1. The infection was confirmed in nasopharyngeal aspirate, stools and cerebrospinal fluid by real-time PCR. Treatment with oseltamivir was started.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
J/psi production at RHIC-PHENIX
The J/psi is considered to be among the most important probes for the
deconfined quark gluon plasma (QGP) created by relativistic heavy ion
collisions. While the J/psi is thought to dissociate in the QGP by Debye color
screening, there are competing effects from cold nuclear matter (CNM),
feed-downs from excited charmonia (chi_c and psi') and bottom quarks, and
regeneration from uncorrelated charm quarks. Measurements that can provide
information to disentangle these effects are presented in this paper.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, conference proceedings: the 20th International
Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Quark Matter
2008, Jaipur (India), 4-10 February 2008, submitted to J. Phys. G: Nuclear
and Particle Physic
Punctuated equilibrium theory in Brazilian public policy: the case of Ceará
Este artigo faz uma análise do processo de decisão orçamental dos municÃpios do Estado do Ceará. Através deste estudo, procura-se perceber em que medida a distribuição dos orçamentos aos governos locais sofrem (ou não) variações. Já em um segundo momento, tenta-se depreender quais as receitas de cada um dos municÃpios (as variáveis independentes) que melhor descrevem e auxiliam a opção polÃtica de investimento local (esta será a variável dependente). Considerando o perÃodo de 2006 a 2010 e fazendo uso de um desenho de pesquisa de tipo transversal, conclui-se que nos governos locais do Ceará o investimento público apresenta perÃodos de estabilidade seguido por perÃodos de grande alteração dos orçamentos – confirmando a hipótese de pesquisa. Estas conclusões confirmam os pressupostos da teoria do equilÃbrio pontuado. Conclui-se igualmente que o investimento público que vem sendo realizado é dependente das transferências que a União faz para os governos locais do Estado do Ceará e das receitas de capital. Face a estas condições, é pertinente equacionar até que nÃvel e grau o endividamento pode ocorrer em virtude da escassez cada vez maior do financiamento público.This research aims to analyze the budget decision process in
Ceará municipalities in order to understand in which
way budget distributions change (or not) during the research period under consideration. This research also aims
to understand which revenues (the independent variables) of each municipality better expla
in the political choices
for local government investments (the dependent variable). Making use of data from 2006 to 2010 and using a
cross
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sectional research design, the study concludes a stability in local government investments periods of stress
where su
ch investments have both positive and negative significant fluctuations
–
confirming our working
hypothesis. These results confirm punctuated Equilibrium Theory assumptions and also find that local government
public investment is dependent on money transfe
rs from the central government and also from capital revenues.
Thus, it is important to question to what degree public indebtedness should be allowed, due to a scarcity of public
fundsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Faddeev approach to confined three-quark problems
We propose a method that allows for the efficient solution of the three-body
Faddeev equations in the presence of infinitely rising confinement
interactions. Such a method is useful in calculations of nonrelativistic and
especially semirelativistic constituent quark models. The convergence of the
partial wave series is accelerated and possible spurious contributions in the
Faddeev components are avoided. We demonstrate how the method works with the
example of the Goldstone-boson-exchange chiral quark model for baryons.Comment: 6 page
A unified meson-baryon potential
We study the spectra of mesons and baryons, composed of light quarks, in the
framework of a semirelativistic potential model including instanton induced
forces. We show how a simple modification of the instanton interaction in the
baryon sector allows a good description of the meson and the baryon spectra
using an interaction characterized by a unique set of parameters.Comment: 7 figure
Baryon spectra with instanton induced forces
Except the vibrational excitations of and mesons, the main features
of spectra of mesons composed of quarks , , and can be quite well
described by a semirelativistic potential model including instanton induced
forces. The spectra of baryons composed of the same quarks is studied using the
same model. The results and the limitations of this approach are described.
Some possible improvements are suggested.Comment: 5 figure
Systematic Theoretical Search for Dibaryons in a Relativistic Model
A relativistic quark potential model is used to do a systematic search for
quasi-stable dibaryon states in the , , and three flavor world.
Flavor symmetry breaking and channel coupling effects are included and an
adiabatic method and fractional parentage expansion technique are used in the
calculations. The relativistic model predicts dibaryon candidates completely
consistent with the nonrelativistic model.Comment: 12 pages, latex, no figure
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