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Comparison of Temperature-Dependent Hadronic Current Correlation Functions Calculated in Lattice Simulations of QCD and with a Chiral Lagrangian Model
The Euclidean-time hadronic current correlation functions, and
, of pseudoscalar and vector currents have recently been
calculated in lattice simulations of QCD and have been used to obtain the
corresponding spectral functions. We have used the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL)
model to calculate such spectral functions, as well as the Euclidean-time
correlators, and have made a comparison to the lattice results for the
correlators. We find evidence for the type of temperature dependence of the NJL
coupling parameters that we have used in previous studies of the mesonic
confinement-deconfinement transition. We also see that the spectral functions
obtained when using the maximum-entropy-method (MEM) and the lattice data
differ from the spectral functions that we calculate in our chiral model.
However, our results for the Euclidean-time correlators are in general
agreement with the lattice results, with better agreement when our
temperature-dependent coupling parameters are used than when
temperature-independent parameters are used for the NJL model. We also discuss
some additional evidence for the utility of temperature-dependent coupling
parameters for the NJL model. For example, if the constituent quark mass at T=0
is in the chiral limit, the transition temperature is for the NJL model with a standard momentum cutoff parameter. (If a
Gaussian momentum cutoff is used, we find in the chiral limit,
with at T=0.) The introduction of a weak temperature dependence
for the coupling constant will move the value of into the range 150-170
MeV, which is more in accord with what is found in lattice simulations of QCD
with dynamical quarks
Free-troposphere ozone and carbon monoxide over the North Atlantic for 2001-2011
In situ measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) and ozone (O3) at the Pico Mountain Observatory (PMO) located in the Azores, Portugal, are analyzed together with results from an atmospheric chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) and satellite remote sensing data (AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) for CO, and TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer) for O3) to examine the evolution of free-troposphere CO and O3 over the North Atlantic for 2001-2011. GEOS-Chem captured the seasonal cycles for CO and O3 well but significantly underestimated the mixing ratios of CO, particularly in spring. Statistically significant (using a significance level of 0.05) decreasing trends were found for both CO and O3 based on harmonic regression analysis of the measurement data. The best estimates of the possible trends for CO and O3 measurements are -0.31 ± 0.30 (2-Ï) ppbv yr-1 and -0.21 ± 0.11 (2-Ï) ppbv yr-1, respectively. Similar decreasing trends for both species were obtained with GEOS-Chem simulation results. The most important factor contributing to the decreases in CO and O3 at PMO over the past decade is the decline in anthropogenic emissions from North America, which more than compensate for the impacts from increasing Asian emissions. It is likely that climate change in the past decade has also affected the intercontinental transport of O3
Measurement of Spin Correlation Parameters A, A, and A_ at 2.1 GeV in Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering
At the Cooler Synchrotron COSY/J\"ulich spin correlation parameters in
elastic proton-proton (pp) scattering have been measured with a 2.11 GeV
polarized proton beam and a polarized hydrogen atomic beam target. We report
results for A, A, and A_ for c.m. scattering angles between
30 and 90. Our data on A -- the first measurement of this
observable above 800 MeV -- clearly disagrees with predictions of available of
pp scattering phase shift solutions while A and A_ are reproduced
reasonably well. We show that in the direct reconstruction of the scattering
amplitudes from the body of available pp elastic scattering data at 2.1 GeV the
number of possible solutions is considerably reduced.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Phases of QCD, Thermal Quasiparticles and Dilepton Radiation from a Fireball
We calculate dilepton production rates from a fireball adapted to the
kinematical conditions realized in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions over
a broad range of beam energies. The freeze-out state of the fireball is fixed
by hadronic observables. We use this information combined with the initial
geometry of the collision region to follow the space-time evolution of the
fireball. Assuming entropy conservation, its bulk thermodynamic properties can
then be uniquely obtained once the equation of state (EoS) is specified. The
high-temperature (QGP) phase is modelled by a non-perturbative quasiparticle
model that incorporates a phenomenological confinement description, adapted to
lattice QCD results. For the hadronic phase, we interpolate the EoS into the
region where a resonance gas approach seems applicable, keeping track of a
possible overpopulation of the pion phase space. In this way, the fireball
evolution is specified without reference to dilepton data, thus eliminating it
as an adjustable parameter in the rate calculations. Dilepton emission in the
QGP phase is then calculated within the quasiparticle model. In the hadronic
phase, both temperature and finite baryon density effects on the photon
spectral function are incorporated. Existing dilepton data from CERES at 158
and 40 AGeV Pb-Au collisions are well described, and a prediction for the
PHENIX setup at RHIC for sqrt(s) = 200 AGeV is given.Comment: 31 pages, 15 figures, final versio
On the Quasiparticle Description of Lattice QCD Thermodynamics
We propose a novel quasiparticle interpretation of the equation of state of
deconfined QCD at finite temperature. Using appropriate thermal masses, we
introduce a phenomenological parametrization of the onset of confinement in the
vicinity of the predicted phase transition. Lattice results of the energy
density, the pressure and the interaction measure of pure SU(3) gauge theory
are excellently reproduced. We find a relationship between the thermal energy
density of the Yang-Mills vacuum and the chromomagnetic condensate _T.
Finally, an extension to QCD with dynamical quarks is discussed. Good agreement
with lattice data for 2, 2+1 and 3 flavour QCD is obtained. We also present the
QCD equation of state for realistic quark masses.Comment: 20 pages, 10 eps figure
Thermodynamics of the PNJL model
QCD thermodynamics is investigated by means of the Polyakov-loop-extended
Nambu Jona-Lasinio (PNJL) model, in which quarks couple simultaneously to the
chiral condensate and to a background temporal gauge field representing
Polyakov loop dynamics. The behaviour of the Polyakov loop as a function of
temperature is obtained by minimizing the thermodynamic potential of the
system. A Taylor series expansion of the pressure is performed. Pressure
difference and quark number density are then evaluated up to sixth order in
quark chemical potential, and compared to the corresponding lattice data. The
validity of the Taylor expansion is discussed within our model, through a
comparison between the full results and the truncated ones.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Talk given at the Workshop for Young Scientists
on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Hot Quarks
2006), Villasimius, Italy, 15-20 May 200
Right Handed Weak Currents in Sum Rules for Axialvector Constant Renormalization
The recent experimental results on deep inelastic polarized lepton scattering
off proton, deuteron and He together with polari% zed neutron
-decay data are analyzed. It is shown that the problem of Ellis-Jaffe
and Bjorken sum rules deficiency and the neutron paradox could be solved
simultaneously by assuming the small right handed current (RHC) admixture in
the weak interaction Lagrangian. The possible RHC impact on pion-nucleon
-term and Gamow-Teller sum rule for nuclear reactions is
pointed out.Comment: to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett. LaTeX, 8 pages, 21 k
Thermodynamics of two-colour QCD and the Nambu Jona-Lasinio model
We investigate two-flavour and two-colour QCD at finite temperature and
chemical potential in comparison with a corresponding Nambu and Jona-Lasinio
model. By minimizing the thermodynamic potential of the system, we confirm that
a second order phase transition occurs at a value of the chemical potential
equal to half the mass of the chiral Goldstone mode. For chemical potentials
beyond this value the scalar diquarks undergo Bose condensation and the diquark
condensate is nonzero. We evaluate the behaviour of the chiral condensate, the
diquark condensate, the baryon charge density and the masses of scalar diquark,
antidiquark and pion, as functions of the chemical potential. Very good
agreement is found with lattice QCD (N_c=2) results. We also compare with a
model based on leading-order chiral effective field theory.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figure
Pion Cloud Contribution to K+ Nucleus Scattering
A careful reanalysis is done of the contribution to nucleus
scattering from the interaction of the kaon with the virtual pion cloud. The
usual approximations made in the evaluation of the related kaon selfenergy are
shown to fail badly. We also find new interaction mechanisms which provide
appreciable corrections to the kaon selfenergy. Some of these contribute to the
imaginary part below pion creation threshold. The inclusion of these new
mechanisms in the inelastic part of the optical potential produces a
significant improvement in the differential and total nuclear cross
sections. Uncertainties remain in the dispersive part of the optical potential.Comment: 27 pages, 17 figures (not all of them included, please request them),
report UG-DFM-2/9
Kinematical and nonlocality effects on the nonmesonic weak hypernuclear decay
We derive in detail the transition potential for nonmesonic
lambda-hypernuclear decay in a one-meson-exchange model involving the full
pseudoscalar and vector meson octets and including two effects that have been
systematically omitted in the literature. These are the kinematical effects due
to the difference between the lambda and nucleon masses and the first-order
nonlocality corrections. Numerical results for C and
He are presented and they show that the combined kinematical plus
nonlocal corrections have an appreciable influence on the partial decay rates.
However, this is somewhat diminished in the main decay observables: the total
nonmesonic rate, the neutron-to-proton branching ratio, and the asymmetry
parameter. The latter two still cannot be reconciled with the available
experimental data. The existing theoretical predictions for the sign of the
asymmetry parameter in He are confirmed.Comment: 36 pages; LaTeX2e; 1 eps figure. Changes: 2 more tables and 14 new
references added; effects on asymmetry parameter calculated; discussions
expanded; more definite conclusions reache
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