635 research outputs found
Meson correlation functions at high temperatures
We present preliminary results for the correlation- and spectral functions of
different meson channels on the lattice. The main focus lies on gaining control
over cut-off as well as on the finite-volume effects. Extrapolations of
screening masses above the deconfining temperature are guided by the result of
the free () case on the lattice and in the continuum. We study the
quenched non-perturbatively improved Wilson-clover fermion as well as the
hypercube fermion action which might show less cut-off effects.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures (minor changes, citations added
Screening correlators with chiral Fermions
We study screening correlators of quark-antiquark composites at T=2T_c, where
T_c is the QCD phase transition temperature, using overlap quarks in the
quenched approximation of lattice QCD. As the lattice spacing is changed from
1/4T to a=1/6T and 1/8T, we find that screening correlators change little, in
contrast with the situation for other types of lattice fermions. All
correlators are close to the ideal gas prediction at small separations. The
long distance falloff is clearly exponential, showing that a parametrization by
a single screening length is possible at distances z > 1/T. The correlator
corresponding to the thermal vector is close to the ideal gas value at all
distances, whereas that for the thermal scalar deviates at large distances.
This is examined through the screening lengths and momentum space correlators.
There is strong evidence that the screening transfer matrix does not have
reflection positivity.Comment: 10 pages, 9 fig
Quasi-static probes of the QCD plasma
Screening correlators and masses were studied at finite temperature in QCD
with two flavours of dynamical staggered quarks on a lattice. The spectrum of
screening masses show a hierarchical approach to chiral symmetry restoration.
Control of explicit chiral symmetry breaking through the quark mass was shown
to be an important step to understanding this phenomenon. No sign of decays was
found in the finite temperature scalar meson-like correlators in the confined
phase
Accelerator Measurements of Magnetically Induced Radio Emission from Particle Cascades with Applications to Cosmic-Ray Air Showers
For 50 years, cosmic-ray air showers have been detected by their radio emission. We present the first laboratory measurements that validate electrodynamics simulations used in air shower modeling. An experiment at SLAC provides a beam test of radio-frequency (rf) radiation from charged particle cascades in the presence of a magnetic field, a model system of a cosmic-ray air shower. This experiment provides a suite of controlled laboratory measurements to compare to particle-level simulations of rf emission, which are relied upon in ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray air shower detection. We compare simulations to data for intensity, linearity with magnetic field, angular distribution, polarization, and spectral content. In particular, we confirm modern predictions that the magnetically induced emission in a dielectric forms a cone that peaks at the Cherenkov angle and show that the simulations reproduce the data within systematic uncertainties
Mesonic screening masses at high temperature and finite density
We compute the first perturbative correction to the static correlation
lengths of light quark bilinears in hot QCD with finite quark chemical
potentials. The correction is small and positive, with mu-dependence depending
on the relative sign of chemical potentials and the number of dynamical
flavors. The computation is carried out using a three-dimensional effective
theory for the lowest fermionic Matsubara mode. We also compute the full
correlator in free theory and find a rather complicated general mu-dependence
at shorter distances. Finally, rough comparisons with lattice simulations are
discussed.Comment: 24 pages, 5 figures, JHEP style. Minor corrections and
clarifications, version to appear in JHE
Picosecond timing of Microwave Cherenkov Impulses from High-Energy Particle Showers Using Dielectric-loaded Waveguides
We report on the first measurements of coherent microwave impulses from
high-energy particle-induced electromagnetic showers generated via the Askaryan
effect in a dielectric-loaded waveguide. Bunches of 12.16 GeV electrons with
total bunch energy of GeV were pre-showered in tungsten, and
then measured with WR-51 rectangular (12.6 mm by 6.3 mm) waveguide elements
loaded with solid alumina () bars. In the 5-8 GHz
single-mode band determined by the presence of the dielectric in the waveguide,
we observed band-limited microwave impulses with amplitude proportional to
bunch energy. Signals in different waveguide elements measuring the same shower
were used to estimate relative time differences with 2.3 picosecond precision.
These measurements establish a basis for using arrays of alumina-loaded
waveguide elements, with exceptional radiation hardness, as very high precision
timing planes for high-energy physics detectors.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figure
Debye screening in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma
Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we examine the behavior of correlators of
Polyakov loops and other operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at
non-zero temperature. The implications for Debye screening in this strongly
coupled non-Abelian plasma, and comparisons with available results for thermal
QCD, are discussed.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures, significantly expanded discussion of Polyakov
loop correlator and static quark-antiquark potentia
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