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Applicability of Relativistic Point-Coupling Models to Neutron Star Physics
Comparing with a wide range of covariant energy density functional models
based on the finite-range meson-exchange representation, the relativistic
mean-field models with the zero-range contact interaction, namely the
relativistic point-coupling models, are still infrequent to be utilized in
establishing nuclear equation of state (EoS) and investigating neutron star
properties, although comprehensive applications and achievements of them in
describing many nuclear properties both in ground and exited states are mature.
In this work, the EoS of neutron star matter is established constructively in
the framework of the relativistic point-coupling models to study neutron star
physics. Taking two selected functionals DD-PC1 and PC-PK1 as examples, nuclear
symmetry energies and several neutron star properties including proton
fractions, mass-radius relations, the core-crust transition density, the
fraction of crustal moment of inertia and dimensionless tidal deformabilities
are discussed. A suppression of pressure of neutron star matter found in the
functional PC-PK1 at high densities results in the difficulty of its prediction
when approaching to the maximum mass of neutron stars. In addition, the
divergences between two selected functionals in describing neutron star
quantities mentioned above are still large, ascribing to the less constrained
behavior of these functionals at high densities. Then it is expected that the
constraints on the dense matter EoS from precise and massive modern
astronomical observations, such as the tidal-deformabilities taken from
gravitational-wave events, would be essential to improve the parameterizing of
the relativistic point-coupling models.Comment: To appear in the AIP Proceedings of the Xiamen-CUSTIPEN Workshop on
the EOS of Dense Neutron-Rich Matter in the Era of Gravitational Wave
Astronomy, Jan. 3-7, Xiamen, Chin
The hidden strange -like molecular states
With the chiral unitary approach, we evaluate the hidden strange -like
molecular states of systems ,
, , and
coupled to the non-strange channels. The
-wave scattering amplitudes are calculated based on the vector meson
exchange, four pseudoscalar mesons contact interactions, and four vector mesons
contact interactions obtained from the extended local hidden gauge approach. We
find six states below the threshold of the most relevant channel. The binding
energies of these states are around MeV and the widths are around
MeV. Our research is a supplement to the mass spectra of -like
states, which may be useful for the experimental search in the future.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
The energy distribution of relativistic electrons in the kilo-parsec scale jet of M87 with Chandra
The X-ray emission from the jets in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) carries
important information on the distributions of relativistic electrons and
magnetic fields on large scales. We reanalyze archival Chandra observations on
the jet of M87 from 2000 to 2016 with a total exposure of 1460 kiloseconds to
explore the X-ray emission characteristics along the jet. We investigate the
variability behaviours of the nucleus and the inner jet component HST-1, and
confirm indications for day-scale X-ray variability in the nucleus
contemporaneous to the 2010 high TeV gamma-ray state. HST-1 shows a general
decline in X-ray flux over the last few years consistent with its synchrotron
interpretation. We extract the X-ray spectra for the nucleus and all knots in
the jet, showing that they are compatible with a single power-law within the
X-ray band. There are indications of the resultant X-ray photon index to
exhibit a trend, with slight but significant index variations ranging from
(e.g. in knot D) to (in the outer knots F, A, and
B). When viewed in a multi-wavelength context, a more complex situation is
arising. Fitting the radio to X-ray spectral energy distributions (SEDs)
assuming a synchrotron origin, we show that a broken power-law electron
spectrum with break energy around TeV allows a
satisfactorily description of the multi-band SEDs for most of the knots.
However, in the case of knots B, C and D we find indications that an additional
high energy component is needed to adequately reproduce the broadband SEDs. We
discuss the implications and suggest that a stratified jet model may account
for the differences.Comment: accepted for publication in A&
Tentative evidence of spatially extended GeV emission from SS433/W50
We analyze 10 years of Fermi-LAT data towards the SS433/W50 region. With the
latest source catalog and diffuse background models, the gamma-ray excess from
SS433/W50 is detected with a significance of 6{\sigma} in the photon energy
range of 500 MeV - 10 GeV. Our analysis indicates that an extended flat disk
morphology is preferred over a point-source description, suggesting that the
GeV emission region is much larger than that of the TeV emission detected by
HAWC. The size of the GeV emission is instead consistent with the extent of the
radio nebula W50, a supernova remnant being distorted by the jets, so we
suggest that the GeV emission may originate from this supernova remnant. The
spectral result of the GeV emission is also consistent with an supernova
remnant origin. We also derive the GeV flux upper limits on the TeV emission
region, which put moderate constrains on the leptonic models to explain the
multiwavelength data.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Assessment of Resident Physicians in Professionalism, Interpersonal and Communication Skills: a Multisource Feedback
Objective: To assess the internal validity and reliability of a multisource feedback (MSF) program by China Medical Board for resident physicians in China
Categorizing resonances X(1835), X(2120) and X(2370) in the pseudoscalar meson family
Inspired by the newly observed three resonances X(1835), X(2120) and X(2370),
in this work we systematically study the two-body strong decays and double pion
decays of , and
by categorizing , , X(2120) and
X(2370) as the radial excitations of . Our
numerical results indicate the followings: (1) The obtained theoretical strong
decay widths of three pseudoscalar states , and
are consistent with the experimental measurements; (2) X(1835)
could be the second radial excitation of ; (3) X(2120) and
X(2370) can be explained as the third and fourth radial excitations of
, respectively.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
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