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The Search for Beauty-fully Bound Tetraquarks Using Lattice Non-Relativistic QCD
Motivated by multiple phenomenological considerations, we perform the first
search for the existence of a tetraquark bound state with a
mass below the lowest non-interacting bottomonium-pair threshold using the
first-principles lattice non-relativistic QCD methodology. We use a full
-wave colour/spin basis for the operators in the three
, and channels. We employ four gluon field ensembles
at multiple lattice spacing values ranging from fm, all of
which include , , and quarks in the sea, and one ensemble which
has physical light-quark masses. Additionally, we perform novel exploratory
work with the objective of highlighting any signal of a near threshold
tetraquark, if it existed, by adding an auxiliary potential into the QCD
interactions. With our results we find no evidence of a QCD bound tetraquark
below the lowest non-interacting thresholds in the channels studied.Comment: 24 Pages; 19 Figures; Accepted By PRD; Unaveraged Correlator Data
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New methods for B meson decay constants and form factors from lattice NRQCD
We determine the normalisation of scalar and pseudoscalar current operators
made from non-relativistic quarks and Highly Improved Staggered light
quarks in lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) through
and . We use matrix elements of these operators to
extract meson decay constants and form factors, then compare to those
obtained using the standard vector and axial-vector operators. This provides a
test of systematic errors in the lattice QCD determination of the meson
decay constants and form factors. We provide a new value for the and
meson decay constants from lattice QCD calculations on ensembles that include
, , and quarks in the sea and those which have the quark
mass going down to its physical value. Our results are GeV,
GeV and , agreeing well with earlier
results using the temporal axial current. By combining with these previous
results, we provide updated values of GeV,
GeV and .Comment: 14 pages, 10 figure
Application of remote sensing for planning purposes
Types of remotely sensed data are many and varied but, all are primarily dependent on the sensor platform and the kind of sensing system used. A sensor platform is the type of aircraft or satellite to which a sensing system is attached; each platform has its own inherent advantages and disadvantages. Selected attributes of several current or recently used platforms are outlined. Though sensing systems are highly varied, they may be divided into various operational categories such as cameras, electromechanical scanners, and radars
A study of omega bands and Ps6 pulsations on the ground, at low altitude and at geostationary orbit
We investigate the electrodynamic coupling between auroral omega bands and the inner magnetosphere. The goal of this study is to determine the features to which omega bands map in the magnetosphere. To establish the auroral-magnetosphere connection, we appeal to the case study analysis of the data rich event of September 26, 1989. At 6 magnetic local time (MLT), two trains of Ps6 pulsations (ground magnetic signatures of omega bands) were observed to drift over the Canadian Auroral Network For the OPEN Program Unified Study (CANOPUS) chain. At the same time periodic ionospheric flow patterns moved through the collocated Bistatic Auroral Radar System (BARS) field of view. Similar coincident magnetic variations were observed by GOES 6, GOES 7 and SCATHA, all of which had magnetic foot points near the CANOPUS/BARS stations. SCATHA, which was located at 6 MLT, 0.5 RE earthward of GOES 7 observed the 10 min period pulsations, whereas GOES 7 did not. In addition, DMSP F6 and F8 were over-flying the region and observed characteristic precipitation and flow signatures. From this fortunate constellation of ground and space observations, we conclude that auroral omega bands are the electrodynamic signature of a corrugated current sheet (or some similar spatially localized magnetic structure) in the near-Earth geostationary magnetosphere
Radio Band Observations of Blazar Variability
The properties of blazar variability in the radio band are studied using the
unique combination of temporal resolution from single dish monitoring and
spatial resolution from VLBA imaging; such measurements, now available in all
four Stokes parameters, together with theoretical simulations, identify the
origin of radio band variability and probe the characteristics of the radio jet
where the broadband blazar emission originates. Outbursts in total flux density
and linear polarization in the optical-to-radio bands are attributed to shocks
propagating within the jet spine, in part based on limited modeling invoking
transverse shocks; new radiative transfer simulations allowing for shocks at
arbitrary angle to the flow direction confirm this picture by reproducing the
observed centimeter-band variations observed more generally, and are of current
interest since these shocks may play a role in the gamma-ray flaring detected
by Fermi. Recent UMRAO multifrequency Stokes V studies of bright blazars
identify the spectral variability properties of circular polarization for the
first time and demonstrate that polarity flips are relatively common.
All-Stokes data are consistent with the production of circular polarization by
linear-to-circular mode conversion in a region that is at least partially
self-absorbed. Detailed analysis of single-epoch, multifrequency, all-Stokes
VLBA observations of 3C 279 support this physical picture and are best
explained by emission from an electron-proton plasma.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, uses, jaa.sty. Invited talk presented at the
conference Multifrequency Variability of Blazars, Guangzhou, China, September
22-24, 2010. To appear in J. Astrophys. Ast
Enhanced dielectrophoresis of nanocolloids by dimer formation
We investigate the dielectrophoretic motion of charge-neutral, polarizable
nanocolloids through molecular dynamics simulations. Comparison to analytical
results derived for continuum systems shows that the discrete charge
distributions on the nanocolloids have a significant impact on their coupling
to the external field. Aggregation of nanocolloids leads to enhanced
dielectrophoretic transport, provided that increase in the dipole moment upon
aggregation can overcome the related increase in friction. The dimer
orientation and the exact structure of the nanocolloid charge distribution are
shown to be important in the enhanced transport
Daylight quantum key distribution over 1.6 km
Quantum key distribution (QKD) has been demonstrated over a point-to-point
-km atmospheric optical path in full daylight. This record
transmission distance brings QKD a step closer to surface-to-satellite and
other long-distance applications.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Submitted to PRL on 14 January 2000 for
publication consideratio
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