107 research outputs found
Confronting Neutron Star Cooling Theories with New Observations
With the successful launch of Chandra and XMM/Newton X-ray space missions
combined with the lower-energy band observations, we are in the position where
careful comparison of neutron star cooling theories with observations will make
it possible to distinguish among various competing theories. For instance, the
latest theoretical and observational developments already exclude both nucleon
and kaon direct URCA cooling. In this way we can now have realistic hope for
determining various important properties, such as the composition, degree of
superfluidity, the equation of state and steller radius. These developments
should help us obtain better insight into the properties of dense matter.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figur
Ab initio approach to s-shell hypernuclei 3H_Lambda, 4H_Lambda, 4He_Lambda and 5He_Lambda with a Lambda N-Sigma N interaction
Variational calculations for s-shell hypernuclei are performed by explicitly
including degrees of freedom. Four sets of YN interactions (SC97d(S),
SC97e(S), SC97f(S) and SC89(S)) are used. The bound-state solution of
He is obtained and a large energy expectation value of the tensor
transition part is found. The internal energy of the
He subsystem is strongly affected by the presence of a particle
with the strong tensor transition potential.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142504 (2002
Deformations in N=14 isotones
Systematic analysis of deformations in neutron-rich N=14 isotones was done
based on the method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. The property of the
shape coexistence in Si, which is known to have the oblate ground state
and the prolate excited states, was successfully described. The results suggest
that the shape coexistence may occur also in neutron-rich N=14 nuclei as well
as Si. It was found that the oblate neutron shapes are favored because
of the spin-orbit force in most of N=14 isotones. moments and
transition strengths in the neutron-rich nuclei were discussed in relation to
the intrinsic deformations, and a possible difference between the proton and
neutron deformations in Ne was proposed.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures, sumitted to Phys.Rev.
Semisynthetic Nanoreactor for Reversible Single-Molecule Covalent Chemistry
Protein engineering has been used to remodel pores for applications in biotechnology. For example, the heptameric alpha-hemolysin pore (alpha HL) has been engineered to form a nanoreactor to study covalent chemistry at the single -molecule level. Previous work has been confined largely to the chemistry of cysteine side chains or, in one instance, to an irreversible reaction of an unnatural amino acid side chain bearing a terminal alkyne. Here, we present four different alpha HL pores obtained by coupling either two or three fragments by native chemical ligation (NCL). The synthetic alpha HL monomers were folded and incorporated into heptameric pores. The functionality of the pores was validated by hemolysis assays and by single-channel current recording. By using NCL to introduce a ketone amino acid, the nanoreactor approach was extended to an investigation of reversible covalent chemistry on an unnatural side chain at the single -molecule level
Dilute Multi Alpha Cluster States in Nuclei
Dilute multi cluster condensed states with spherical and axially
deformed shapes are studied with the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and Hill-Wheeler
equation, where the cluster is treated as a structureless boson.
Applications to self-conjugate nuclei show that the dilute
states of C to Ca with appear in the energy region
from threshold up to about 20 MeV, and the critical number of bosons
that the dilute system can sustain as a self-bound nucleus is
estimated roughly to be . We discuss the characteristics of the
dilute states with emphasis on the dependence of their energies
and rms radii.Comment: 44 pages, 8 figure
Nucleon-nucleon interactions via Lattice QCD: Methodology --HAL QCD approach to extract hadronic interactions in lattice QCD--
We review the potential method in lattice QCD, which has recently been
proposed to extract nucleon-nucleon interactions via numerical simulations. We
focus on the methodology of this approach by emphasizing the strategy of the
potential method, the theoretical foundation behind it, and special numerical
techniques. We compare the potential method with the standard finite volume
method in lattice QCD, in order to make pros and cons of the approach clear. We
also present several numerical results for the nucleon-nucleon potentials.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figure
Levinson's Theorem for Non-local Interactions in Two Dimensions
In the light of the Sturm-Liouville theorem, the Levinson theorem for the
Schr\"{o}dinger equation with both local and non-local cylindrically symmetric
potentials is studied. It is proved that the two-dimensional Levinson theorem
holds for the case with both local and non-local cylindrically symmetric cutoff
potentials, which is not necessarily separable. In addition, the problems
related to the positive-energy bound states and the physically redundant state
are also discussed in this paper.Comment: Latex 11 pages, no figure, submitted to J. Phys. A Email:
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Structure of Excited States of 10Be studied with Antisymmetrized Molecular Dynamics
We study structure of excited states of 10Be with the method of variation
after spin parity projection in the framework of antisymmetrized molecular
dynamics. Present calculations describe many excited states and reproduce the
experimental data of E2 and E1 transitions and the new data of the
transition strength successfully. We make systematic discussions on the
molecule-like structures of light unstable nuclei and the important role of the
valence neutrons based on the results obtained with the framework which is free
from such model assumptions as the existence of inert cores and clusters.Comment: 15 pages, RevTex, seven postscript figures (using epsf.sty
The Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction in a Chiral Constituent Quark Model
We study the short-range nucleon-nucleon interaction in a chiral constituent
quark model by diagonalizing a Hamiltonian comprising a linear confinement and
a Goldstone boson exchange interaction between quarks. The six-quark harmonic
oscillator basis contains up to two excitation quanta. We show that the highly
dominant configuration is due to its specific
flavour-spin symmetry. Using the Born-Oppenheimer approximation we find a
strong effective repulsion at zero separation between nucleons in both
and channels. The symmetry structure of the highly dominant
configuration implies the existence of a node in the S-wave relative motion
wave function at short distances. The amplitude of the oscillation of the wave
function at short range will be however strongly suppressed. We discuss the
mechanism leading to the effective short-range repulsion within the chiral
constituent quark model as compared to that related with the one-gluon exchange
interaction.Comment: 31 pages, LaTe
cluster structure in B
The cluster structures of the excited states in B are studied by
analyzing the isoscalar monopole and quadrupole strengths in the
B(,) reaction at MeV. The excitation strengths are
compared with the predictions by the shell-model and antisymmetrized
molecular-dynamics (AMD) calculations. It is found that the large monopole
strength for the state at MeV is well described by the AMD
calculation and is an evidence for a developed cluster structure.Comment: Revised according to the referees' comment
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