257 research outputs found
Lepton pair production by high-energy neutrino in an external electromagnetic field
The process of the lepton pair production by a neutrino propagating in an
external electromagnetic field is investigated in the framework of the Standard
Model. Relatively simple exact expression for the probability as the single
integral is obtained, which is suitable for a quantitative analysis.Comment: 9 pages, LATEX, 2 PS figures, submitted to Modern Physics Letters
Photon-pair conversion into neutrinos in a strong magnetic field
A general analysis of the three-vertex loop amplitude in a strong magnetic
field, based on the asymptotic form of the electron propagator in the field, is
performed. In order to investigate the photon-neutrino process gamma gamma ->
nu bar nu, the vertex combinations of the scalar-vector-vector (SVV),
pseudoscalar-vector-vector (PVV), 3-vector (VVV), and
axial-vector-vector-vector (AVV) types are considered. It is shown that only
the SVV amplitude grows linearly with the magnetic field strength, while in the
other amplitudes, PVV, VVV, and AVV, the linearly growing terms are cancelled.
The process gamma gamma -> nu bar nu is investigated in the
left-right-symmetric extension of the standard model of electroweak
interaction, where the effective scalar nu nu e e coupling could exist.
Possible astrophysical manifestations of the considered process are discussed.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Modern Physics Letters
Critical nucleus charge in a superstrong magnetic field: effect of screening
A superstrong magnetic field stimulates the spontaneous production of
positrons by naked nuclei by diminishing the value of the critical charge
Z_{cr} . The phenomenon of screening of the Coulomb potential by a superstrong
magnetic field which has been discovered recently acts in the opposite
direction and prevents the nuclei with Z52
for a nucleus to become critical stronger B are needed than without taking
screening into account.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, version to be published in Physical Review
The Amplitude in an External Homogeneous Electromagnetic Field
Neutrino-photon interactions in the presence of an external homogeneous
constant electromagnetic field are studied. The amplitude is
calculated in an electromagnetic field of the general type, when the two field
invariants are nonzero.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
Chemical laboratories 4.0: A two-stage machine learning system for predicting the arrival of samples
This paper presents a two-stage Machine Learning (ML) model to predict the arrival time of In-Process Control (IPC) samples at the quality testing laboratories of a chemical company. The model was developed using three iterations of the CRoss-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) methodology, each focusing on a different regression approach. To reduce the ML analyst effort, an Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) was adopted during the modeling stage of CRISP-DM. The AutoML was set to select the best among six distinct state-of-the-art regression algorithms. Using recent real-world data, the three main regression approaches were compared, showing that the proposed two-stage ML model is competitive and provides interesting predictions to support the laboratory management decisions (e.g., preparation of testing instruments). In particular, the proposed method can accurately predict 70% of the examples under a tolerance of 4 time units.This work has been supported by FCT – Funda ̧c ̃ao para a Ciˆencia e Tecnologiawithin the R&D Units Project Scope: UIDB/00319/2020. The authors also wishto thank the chemical company staff involved with this project for providing thedata and also the valuable domain feedback
Atomic levels in superstrong magnetic fields and D=2 QED of massive electrons: screening
The photon polarization operator in superstrong magnetic fields induces the
dynamical photon "mass" which leads to screening of Coulomb potential at small
distances , is the mass of an electron. We demonstrate that this
behaviour is qualitatively different from the case of D=2 QED, where the same
formula for a polarization operator leads to screening at large distances as
well. Because of screening the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom at the
magnetic fields has the finite value .Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Dynamics of nucleus-nucleus collisions and neutron rearrangement in time-dependent approach
The dynamical approach based on numeric solution of the timedependent Schr¨odinger equation is applied to description of transfer and rearrangement of nucleons in nucleus-nucleus collisions. The results of calculation of neutron transfer cross sections for reaction 6He + 197Au and total reaction cross sections for reactions 6He + 28Si, 9Li + 28Si are in agreement with experimental data
Influence of the photon - neutrino processes on magnetar cooling
The photon-neutrino processes ,
and are investigated
in the presence of a strongly magnetized and dense electron-positron plasma.
The amplitudes of the reactions and
are obtained. In the case of a cold degenerate
plasma contributions of the considering processes to neutrino emissivity are
calculated. It is shown that contribution of the process to neutrino emissivity is supressed in comparision with the
contributions of the processes and
. The constraint on the magnetic field strength in the
magnetar outer crust is obtained.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, 2 PS figures, based on the talk presented by D.A.
Rumyantsev at the XV International Seminar Quarks'2008, Sergiev Posad, Moscow
Region, May 23-29, 2008, to appear in the Proceeding
Electric field of a pointlike charge in a strong magnetic field and ground state of a hydrogenlike atom
In an external constant magnetic field, so strong that the electron Larmour
length is much shorter than its Compton length, we consider the modification of
the Coulomb potential of a point charge owing to the vacuum polarization. We
establish a short-range component of the static interaction in the Larmour
scale, expressed as a Yukawa-like law, and reveal the corresponding "photon
mass" parameter. The electrostatic force regains its long-range character in
the Compton scale: the tail of the potential follows an anisotropic Coulomb
law, decreasing away from the charge slower along the magnetic field and faster
across. In the infinite-magnetic-field limit the potential is confined to an
infinitely thin string passing though the charge parallel to the external
field. This is the first evidence for dimensional reduction in the photon
sector of quantum electrodynamics. The one-dimensional form of the potential on
the string is derived that includes a delta-function centered in the charge.
The nonrelativistic ground-state energy of a hydrogenlike atom is found with
its use and shown not to be infinite in the infinite-field limit, contrary to
what was commonly accepted before, when the vacuum polarization had been
ignored. These results may be useful for studying properties of matter at the
surface of extremely magnetized neutron stars.Comment: 45 pages, 6 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev.
Effect of plastic coating on the density of plasma formed in Si foil targets irradiated by ultra-high-contrast relativistic laser pulses
The formation of high energy density matter occurs in inertial confinement fusion, astrophysical, and geophysical systems. In this context, it is important to couple as much energy as possible into a target while maintaining high density. A recent experimental campaign, using buried layer (or "sandwich" type) targets and the ultrahigh laser contrast Vulcan petawatt laser facility, resulted in 500 Mbar pressures in solid density plasmas (which corresponds to about 4.6×107J/cm3 energy density). The densities and temperatures of the generated plasma were measured based on the analysis of X-ray spectral line profiles and relative intensities
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