9 research outputs found
Heavy quarks in the presence of higher derivative corrections from AdS/CFT
We use the gauge-string duality to study heavy quarks in the presence of
higher derivative corrections. These corrections correspond to the finite
coupling corrections on the properties of heavy quarks in a hot plasma. In
particular, we study the effects of these corrections on the energy loss and
the dissociation length of a quark-antiquark pair. We show that the calculated
energy loss of heavy quarks through the plasma increases. We also find in
general that the dissociation length becomes shorter with the increase of
coupling parameters of higher curvature terms.Comment: 22pages, 8 figures, Revised versio
Measurements of the Mass and Full-Width of the Meson
In a sample of 58 million events collected with the BES II detector,
the process J/ is observed in five different decay
channels: , , (with ), (with
) and . From a combined fit of all five
channels, we determine the mass and full-width of to be
MeV/ and
MeV/.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures and 4 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
Evidence of psi(3770) non-DD-bar Decay to J/psi pi+pi-
Evidence of decays to a non- final state is
observed. A total of \psi(3770) \to \PPJP events are
obtained from a data sample of 27.7 taken at center-of-mass
energies around 3.773 GeV using the BES-II detector at the BEPC. The branching
fraction is determined to be BF(\psi(3770) \to \PPJP)=(0.34\pm 0.14 \pm
0.09)%, corresponding to the partial width of \Gamma(\psi(3770) \to \PPJP) =
(80 \pm 33 \pm 23) keV.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, Submitted to Physics Letters
Metals and possible sources of lead in aerosols at the Dinghushan nature reserve, southern China.
RATIONALE: Aerosols play an important role in depositing metals into forest ecosystems. Better understanding of forest aerosols with regard to their metal content and their possible sources is of great significance for air quality and forest health. METHODS: Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5 ) in aerosols was collected every month for 20 months using moderate-volume samplers in the Dinghushan (DHS) nature reserve in southern China. The concentrations of metals (Al, Cd, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) as well as the Pb isotopic ratios in the PM2.5 samples were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). RESULTS: Moderate pollution with aerosol PM2.5 was detected at the DHS nature reserve with the air mass from mainland China being the predominant PM2.5 source. The high enrichment factors (EFs) for the heavy metals Pb, Cd, and Zn, as well as the PM2.5 mass concentrations, coupled with backward trajectory analysis, indicated the anthropogenic origins of the PM2.5 and of the heavy metals in the PM2.5 . The Pb isotopic ratios revealed the contributions from various Pb sources, which varied between seasons. CONCLUSIONS: Industrial emissions and automobile exhaust from the Pearl River Delta (PRD) primarily contributed to the anthropogenic Pb in PM2.5 , although there was occasionally a contribution from coal combustion during the wet season. Pb isotopic ratios analyses are helpful for air quality assessment and Pb source tracing