A Grassmann representation of the Hubble parameter

The Riccati equation for the Hubble parameter H of barotropic FRW cosmologies in conformal time for \kappa \neq 0 spatial geometries and in comoving time for the \kappa =0 geometry, respectively, is generalized to odd Grassmannian time parameters. We obtain a system of simple differential equations for the four supercomponents (two of even type and two of odd type) of the Hubble superfield function {\cal H} that is explicitly solved. The second even Hubble component does not have an evolution governed by general relativity although there are effects of the latter upon itComment: 4 pages, no figure

Canonically Transformed Detectors Applied to the Classical Inverse Scattering Problem

The concept of measurement in classical scattering is interpreted as an overlap of a particle packet with some area in phase space that describes the detector. Considering that usually we record the passage of particles at some point in space, a common detector is described e.g. for one-dimensional systems as a narrow strip in phase space. We generalize this concept allowing this strip to be transformed by some, possibly non-linear, canonical transformation, introducing thus a canonically transformed detector. We show such detectors to be useful in the context of the inverse scattering problem in situations where recently discovered scattering echoes could not be seen without their help. More relevant applications in quantum systems are suggested.Comment: 8 pages, 15 figures. Better figures can be found in the original article, wich can be found in http://www.sm.luth.se/~norbert/home_journal/electronic/v12s1.html Related movies can be found in www.cicc.unam.mx/~mau

Helico-conical optical beams self-heal

An optical beam is said to be self-healing when, distorted by an obstacle, the beam corrects itself upon propagation. In this letter, we show through experiments supported by numerical simulations, that Helico-conical optical beams (HCOBs) self-heal. We observe the strong resilience of these beams with different types of obstructions, and relate this to the characteristics of their transverse energy flow.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

How does breakup influence the total fusion of 6,7^{6,7}Li at the Coulomb barrier?

Total (complete + incomplete) fusion excitation functions of $^{6,7}$Li on $^{59}$Co and $^{209}$Bi targets around the Coulomb barrier are obtained using a new continuum discretized coupled channel (CDCC) method of calculating fusion. The relative importance of breakup and bound-state structure effects on total fusion is particularly investigated. The effect of breakup on fusion can be observed in the total fusion excitation function. The breakup enhances the total fusion at energies just around the barrier, whereas it hardly affects the total fusion at energies well above the barrier. The difference between the experimental total fusion cross sections for $^{6,7}$Li on $^{59}$Co is notably caused by breakup, but this is not the case for the $^{209}$Bi target.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev.

Raman response of Stage-1 graphite intercalation compounds revisited

We present a detailed in-situ Raman analysis of stage-1 KC8, CaC6, and LiC6 graphite intercalation compounds (GIC) to unravel their intrinsic finger print. Four main components were found between 1200 cm-1 and 1700 cm-1, and each of them were assigned to a corresponding vibrational mode. From a detailed line shape analysis of the intrinsic Fano-lines of the G- and D-line response we precisely determine the position ({\omega}ph), line width ({\Gamma}ph) and asymmetry (q) from each component. The comparison to the theoretical calculated line width and position of each component allow us to extract the electron-phonon coupling constant of these compounds. A coupling constant {\lambda}ph < 0.06 was obtained. This highlights that Raman active modes alone are not sufficient to explain the superconductivity within the electron-phonon coupling mechanism in CaC6 and KC8.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, 2 table

Differential Astrometry over 15 degrees

We observed the pair of radio sources 1150+812 and 1803+784 in November 1993 with a VLBI array, simultaneously recording at 8.4 and 2.3 GHz. We determined the angular separation between the two sources with submilliarcsecond accuracy by using differential techniques. This result demonstrates the feasibility of high precision differential astrometry for radio sources separated in the sky by almost 15 degrees, and opens the avenue to its application to larger samples of radio sources.Comment: 6 pages, latex2e, 2 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the EVN/JIVE Symposium No. 4, New Astronomy Reviews (eds. Garret, M. Campbell, R., and Gurvits, L.