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A QCD sum rule calculation of the decay width
To understand the nature of the , recently observed in the mass
spectrum of the system by the D0 Collaboration, we have
investigated, in a previous work, a scalar tetraquark (diquak-antidiquark)
structure for it, within the two-point QCD sum rules method. The result found
for its mass agrees well with the experimental value. Encouraged by this
finding we now extend our calculations to obtain the decay width of
to using the three-point QCD sum rule. We obtain a value of
(20.4\pm8.7)\MeV, which, on comparing with the experimental value of
21.9\pm6.4 (\mbox{sta})^{+5.0}_{-2.5}(\mbox{syst}) \MeV/c^2, reinforces the
scalar four quark nature of .Comment: Minor modifications made. Some new discussions and references adde
Evidence of defect-induced ferromagnetism in ZnFeO thin films
X-ray absorption near-edge and grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence
spectroscopy are employed to investigate the electronic structure of
ZnFeO thin films. The spectroscopy techniques are used to determine
the non-equilibrium cation site occupancy as a function of depth and oxygen
pressure during deposition and its effects on the magnetic properties. It is
found that low deposition pressures below 10 mbar cause iron
superoccupation of tetrahedral sites without Zn inversion, resulting in
an ordered magnetic phase with high room temperature magnetic moment.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). V. Is multiplicity universal? Tight multiple systems
Context: Dynamically undisrupted, young populations of stars are crucial to
study the role of multiplicity in relation to star formation. Loose nearby
associations provide us with a great sample of close (150 pc) Pre-Main
Sequence (PMS) stars across the very important age range (5-70 Myr) to
conduct such research.
Aims: We characterize the short period multiplicity fraction of the SACY
(Search for Associations Containing Young stars) accounting for any
identifiable bias in our techniques and present the role of multiplicity
fractions of the SACY sample in the context of star formation.
Methods: Using the cross-correlation technique we identified double-lined
spectroscopic systems (SB2), in addition to this we computed Radial Velocity
(RV) values for our subsample of SACY targets using several epochs of FEROS and
UVES data. These values were used to revise the membership of each association
then combined with archival data to determine significant RV variations across
different data epochs characteristic of multiplicity; single-lined multiple
systems (SB1).
Results: We identified 7 new multiple systems (SB1s: 5, SB2s: 2). We find no
significant difference between the short period multiplicity fraction
() of the SACY sample and that of nearby star forming regions
(1-2 Myr) and the field (10%) both as a function of
age and as a function of primary mass, , in the ranges [1:200 day] and
[0.08 -].
Conclusions: Our results are consistent with the picture of universal star
formation, when compared to the field and nearby star forming regions (SFRs).
We comment on the implications of the relationship between increasing
multiplicity fraction with primary mass, within the close companion range, in
relation to star formation.Comment: 14 pages, 18 figures, published, A&A
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20142385
X, Y and Z States
Many new states in the charmonium mass region were recently discovered by
BaBar, Belle, CLEO-c, CDF, D0, BESIII, LHCb and CMS Collaborations. We use the
QCD Sum Rule approach to study the possible structure of some of these states.Comment: Contribution for the proceedings of the "XII Quark Confinement and
the Hadron Spectrum - CONF12" conferenc
A Hamiltonian functional for the linearized Einstein vacuum field equations
By considering the Einstein vacuum field equations linearized about the
Minkowski metric, the evolution equations for the gauge-invariant quantities
characterizing the gravitational field are written in a Hamiltonian form by
using a conserved functional as Hamiltonian; this Hamiltonian is not the analog
of the energy of the field. A Poisson bracket between functionals of the field,
compatible with the constraints satisfied by the field variables, is obtained.
The generator of spatial translations associated with such bracket is also
obtained.Comment: 5 pages, accepted in J. Phys.: Conf. Serie
Bullion production in imperial China and its significance for sulphide ore smelting world-wide
Gold and silver production was of major importance for almost all ancient societies but has been rarely studied archaeologically. Here we present a reconstruction of a previously undocumented technology used to recover gold, silver and lead at the site of Baojia in Jiangxi province, China dated between the 7th and 13th centuries AD. Smelting a mixture of sulphidic and gossan ores in a relatively low temperature furnace under mildly reducing conditions, the process involved the use of metallic iron to reduce lead sulphide to lead metal, which acted as the collector of the precious metals. An experimental reconstruction provides essential information, demonstrating both the significant influence of sulphur on the silicate slag system, and that iron reduction smelting of lead can be carried out at a relatively low temperature. These new findings are relevant for further studies of lead and precious metal smelting slags world-wide. The technological choices of ancient smelters at this site are then discussed in their specific geographical and social-economic settings
The sediment of mixtures of charged colloids: segregation and inhomogeneous electric fields
We theoretically study sedimentation-diffusion equilibrium of dilute binary,
ternary, and polydisperse mixtures of colloidal particles with different
buoyant masses and/or charges. We focus on the low-salt regime, where the
entropy of the screening ions drives spontaneous charge separation and the
formation of an inhomogeneous macroscopic electric field. The resulting
electric force lifts the colloids against gravity, yielding highly
nonbarometric and even nonmonotonic colloidal density profiles. The most
profound effect is the phenomenon of segregation into layers of colloids with
equal mass-per-charge, including the possibility that heavy colloidal species
float onto lighter ones
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