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The electric dipole form factor of the nucleon
The electric dipole form factor of the nucleon stemming from the QCD
term is calculated in chiral perturbation theory in leading
order. To this order, the form factor originates from the pion cloud. Its
momentum-dependence is proportional to a non-derivative time-reversal-violating
pion-nucleon coupling, and the scale for momentum variation--appearing, in
particular, in the radius of the form factor--is the pion mass.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Strong and Radiative Meson Decays in a Generalized Nambu--Jona-Lasinio Model
We investigate strong and radiative meson decays in a generalized
Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. The one loop order calculation provides a
satisfactory agreement with the data for the mesonic spectrum and for radiative
decays. Higher order effects for strong decays of and are
estimated to be large. We also discuss the role of the flavour mixing
determinantal interaction.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX, 2 figs available upon request, CRN 92-4
Scalar mesons in a finite volume
Using effective field theory methods, we discuss the extraction of the mass
and width of the scalar mesons f0(980) and a0(980) from the finite-volume
spectrum in lattice QCD. In particular, it is argued that the nature of these
states can be studied by invoking twisted boundary conditions, as well as
investigating the quark mass dependence of the spectrum.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure
New insights into the spin structure of the nucleon
We analyze the low-energy spin structure of the nucleon in a covariant
effective field theory with explicit spin-3/2 degrees of freedom to third order
in the small scale expansion. Using the available data on the strong and
electromagnetic width of the Delta-resonance, we give parameter-free
predictions for various spin-polarizabilities and moments of spin structure
functions. We find an improved description of the nucleon spin structure at
finite photon virtualities for some observables and point out the necessity of
a fourth order calculation.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
Improved analysis of neutral pion electroproduction off deuterium in chiral perturbation theory
Near threshold neutral pion electroproduction on the deuteron is studied in
the framework of heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory. We include the
next-to-leading order corrections to the three-body contributions. We find an
improved description of the total and differential cross section data measured
at MAMI. We also obtain more precise values for the threshold S-wave
multipoles. We discuss in detail the theoretical uncertainties of the
calculation.Comment: 14 pp, 11 figs, uses svjour.cl
2+1 flavor simulations of QCD with improved staggered quarks
The MILC collaboration has been performing realistic simulations of full QCD
with 2+1 flavors of improved staggered quarks. Our simulations allow for
controlled continuum and chiral extrapolations. I present results for the light
pseudoscalar sector: masses and decay constants, quark masses and
Gasser-Leutwyler low-energy constants. In addition I will present some results
for heavy-light mesons, decay constants and semileptonic form factors, obtained
in collaboration with the HPQCD and Fermilab lattice collaborations. Such
calculations will help in the extraction of CKM matrix elements from
experimental measurements.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of QNP06, IVth International Conference
on Quarks and Nuclear Physics, Madrid, June 200
Aspects of Nucleon Compton Scattering
We consider the spin-averaged nucleon forward Compton scattering amplitude in
heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory including all terms to order . The chiral prediction for the spin-averaged forward Compton scattering
amplitude is in good agreement with the data for photon energies MeV. We also evaluate the nucleon electric and magnetic Compton
polarizabilities to this order and discuss the uncertainties of the various
counter terms entering the chiral expansion of these quantities.Comment: 17 pp, TeX, 7 figures available from the authors, preprint CRN-93/5
Ausgestaltung von Management by Objectives innerhalb von Leistungslohnsystemen: Unterschiede in der Motivation zwischen Mitarbeitenden und Managern
Management by Objectives (MbO) wird definiert als Synthese von Zielsetzung, Partizipation bei Zielvereinbarungen und Feedback über die Zielerreichung. Dieser Beitrag untersucht, wie sich die Ausgestaltung von MbO innerhalb von Leistungsvergütungssystemen auf die Motivation von Mitarbeitenden und Vorgesetzten auswirkt. Als Datenbasis dient eine Stichprobe von 342 Unternehmen in der Schweiz.
Die Untersuchungsergebnisse zeigen, dass 96% der betrachteten Leistungslohngruppen Management by Objectives anwenden. Bei 83% ist die Leistungsvergütung direkt mit dem MbO-System verknüpft. Eine detaillierte Betrachtung zeigt, dass die Ausgestaltung der einzelnen Elemente von MbO – Zielsetzung, Partizipation und Feedback – je nach Hierarchiestufe verschiedene Bedeutungen haben. Während für die Mitarbeitenden ohne Führungsfunktion in erster Linie die Kommunikation über die Zielerreichung einen positiven Einfluss auf die Motivation hat, ist für das Management die Qualität der Zielsetzungen zentral
The Nucleon Anapole Form Factor in Chiral Perturbation Theory to Sub-leading Order
The anapole form factor of the nucleon is calculated in chiral perturbation
theory to sub-leading order. This is the lowest order in which the isovector
anapole form factor does not vanish. The anapole moment depends on counterterms
that reflect short-range dynamics, but the momentum dependence or the form
factor is determined by pion loops in terms of parameters that could in
principle be fixed from other processes. If these parameters are assumed to
have natural size, the sub-leading corrections do not exceed ~ 30% at momentum
Q ~ 300 MeV.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, epsf.sty, submitted to Phys. Lett
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