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Free energies of static three quark systems
We study the behaviour of free energies of baryonic systems composed of three
heavy quarks on the lattice in SU(3) pure gauge theory at finite temperature.
For all temperatures above we find that the connected part of the singlet
(decuplet) free energy of the three quark system is given by the sum of the
connected parts of the free energies of -triplets (-sextets). Using
renormalized free energies we can compare free energies in different colour
channels as well as those of - and -systems on an unique energy scale.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, Contribution to Strong and Electroweak Matter
2004 (SEWM04), Helsinki, Finland 16-19 June 200
Nuclear suppression of heavy quark production at forward rapidities in relativistic heavy ion collisions
We calculate nuclear suppression of heavy quarks produced from the
initial fusion of partons in nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC and LHC
energies. We take the shadowing as well as the energy loss suffered by them
while passing through Quark Gluon Plasma into account. We obtain results for
charm and bottom quarks at several rapidities using different mechanisms for
energy loss, to see if we can distinguish between them.Comment: 21 pages including 13 figures. To appear in J. Phys.
Determination of pulsation periods and other parameters of 2875 stars classified as MIRA in the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS)
We have developed an interactive PYTHON code and derived crucial ephemeris
data of 99.4% of all stars classified as 'Mira' in the ASAS data base,
referring to pulsation periods, mean maximum magnitudes and, whenever possible,
the amplitudes among others. We present a statistical comparison between our
results and those given by the AAVSO International Variable Star Index (VSX),
as well as those determined with the machine learning automatic procedure of
Richards et al. 2012. Our periods are in good agreement with those of the VSX
in more than 95% of the stars. However, when comparing our periods with those
of Richards et al, the coincidence rate is only 76% and most of the remaining
cases refer to aliases. We conclude that automatic codes require still more
refinements in order to provide reliable period values. Period distributions of
the target stars show three local maxima around 215, 275 and 330 d, apparently
of universal validity, their relative strength seems to depend on galactic
longitude. Our visual amplitude distribution turns out to be bimodal, however
1/3 of the targets have rather small amplitudes (A 2.5) and could
refer to semi-regular variables (SR). We estimate that about 20% of our targets
belong to the SR class. We also provide a list of 63 candidates for period
variations and a sample of 35 multiperiodic stars which seem to confirm the
universal validity of typical sequences in the double period and in the
Petersen diagramsComment: 14 pages, 14 figures, and 8 tables. Accepted to The Astrophysical
Journal Supplement Series, September 201
Exclusive charm production in pbar p collisions at s^1/2 <15 GeV
We discuss the open charm production in peripheral reactions
and , where
and stand for and
, respectively, at GeV, which corresponds to the
energy range of FAIR. Our consideration is based on the topological
decomposition of the planar quark and diquark diagrams which allows to estimate
consistently meson and baryon exchange trajectories and energy scale parameters
as well. The spin dependence is determined by the effective interaction of
lowest exchanged resonance. Unknown parameters are fixed by an independent
analysis of open strangeness production in and reactions and of SU(4) symmetry. We present the corresponding cross
sections and longitudinal double-spin asymmetries for exclusive binary
reactions with open charm mesons and baryons in the final state. The
polarization observables have a non-trivial and dependence which is
sensitive to details of the open charm production mechanism.Comment: 26 pages, 18 figure
Galaxy Interactions in Compact Groups II: abundance and kinematic anomalies in HCG 91c
Galaxies in Hickson Compact Group 91 (HCG 91) were observed with the WiFeS
integral field spectrograph as part of our ongoing campaign targeting the
ionized gas physics and kinematics inside star forming members of compact
groups. Here, we report the discovery of HII regions with abundance and
kinematic offsets in the otherwise unremarkable star forming spiral HCG 91c.
The optical emission line analysis of this galaxy reveals that at least three
HII regions harbor an oxygen abundance ~0.15 dex lower than expected from their
immediate surroundings and from the abundance gradient present in the inner
regions of HCG 91c. The same star forming regions are also associated with a
small kinematic offset in the form of a lag of 5-10 km/s with respect to the
local circular rotation of the gas. HI observations of HCG 91 from the Very
Large Array and broadband optical images from Pan-STARRS suggest that HCG 91c
is caught early in its interaction with the other members of HCG 91. We discuss
different scenarios to explain the origin of the peculiar star forming regions
detected with WiFeS, and show that evidence point towards infalling and
collapsing extra-planar gas clouds at the disk-halo interface, possibly as a
consequence of long-range gravitational perturbations of HCG 91c from the other
group members. As such, HCG 91c provides evidence that some of the
perturbations possibly associated with the early phase of galaxy evolution in
compact groups impact the star forming disk locally, and on sub-kpc scales.Comment: 25 pages, 21 figures, MNRAS accepted. Until publication of the
article, the interactive component of Figure 4 is available at this URL:
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~fvogt/website/misc.htm
The effect of bedrest on various parameters of physiological function. part xiv- effect of bedrest on plasma levels and urinary excretion of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids
Bed rest effect on plasma levels and urinary excretion of hydroxycorticosteroid
How to determine whether conceptual endophenotypes can improve clinical outcomes in patients suffering from major depression:an exploratory approach
Emergence of Zipf's Law in the Evolution of Communication
Zipf's law seems to be ubiquitous in human languages and appears to be a
universal property of complex communicating systems. Following the early
proposal made by Zipf concerning the presence of a tension between the efforts
of speaker and hearer in a communication system, we introduce evolution by
means of a variational approach to the problem based on Kullback's Minimum
Discrimination of Information Principle. Therefore, using a formalism fully
embedded in the framework of information theory, we demonstrate that Zipf's law
is the only expected outcome of an evolving, communicative system under a
rigorous definition of the communicative tension described by Zipf.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Two New Candidate Planets in Eccentric Orbits
Doppler measurements of two G-type main-sequence stars, HD210277 and
HD168443, reveal Keplerian variations that imply the presence of companions
with masses (M sin i) of 1.28 and 5.04 M_Jup and orbital periods of 437 d and
58 d, respectively. The orbits have large eccentricities of e=0.45 and e=0.54,
respectively. All 9 known extrasolar planet candidates with a=0.2-2.5 AU have
orbital eccentricities greater than 0.1, higher than that of Jupiter (e=0.05).
Eccentric orbits may result from gravitational perturbations imposed by other
orbiting planets or stars, by passing stars in the dense star-forming cluster,
or by the protoplanetary disk. Based on published studies and our near-IR
adaptive optics images, HD210277 appears to be a single star. However, HD168443
exhibits a long-term velocity trend consistent with a close stellar companion,
as yet undetected directly.Comment: AASTeX, 31 pages including 10 Postscript figures, to appear in the
Astrophysical Journal (July 1999
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