Study of Balance Equations for Hot-Electron Transport in an Arbitrary Energy Band (III)

By choosing an electron gas resting instead of drifting in the laboratory coordinate system as the initial state, the first order perturbation calculation of the previous paper (Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 198, 785(1996)) is revised and extended to include the high order field corrections in the expression for the frictional forces and the energy transfer rates. The final expressions are formally the same as those in first order in the electric field, but the distribution functions of electrons appearing in them are defined by different expressions. The problems relative to the distribution function are discussed in detail and a new closed expression for the distribution function is obtained. The nonlinear impurity-limited resistance of a strong degenerate electron gas is computed numerically. The result calculated by using the new expression for the distribution function is quite different from that using the displaced Fermi function when the electric field is sufficiently high.Comment: 15 pages with 3 PS figures, RevTeX, to be published in Physica Status Solidi (b

Canonical interpretation of Y(10750)Y(10750) and Υ(10860)\Upsilon(10860) in the Υ\Upsilon family

Inspired by the new resonance $Y(10750)$, we calculate the masses and two-body OZI-allowed strong decays of the higher vector bottomonium sates within both screened and linear potential models. We discuss the possibilities of $\Upsilon(10860)$ and $Y(10750)$ as mixed states via the $S-D$ mixing. Our results suggest that $Y(10750)$ and $\Upsilon(10860)$ might be explained as mixed states between $5S$- and $4D$-wave vector $b\bar{b}$ states. The $Y(10750)$ and $\Upsilon(10860)$ resonances may correspond to the mixed states dominated by the $4D$- and $5S$-wave components, respectively. The mass and the strong decay behaviors of the $\Upsilon(11020)$ resonance are consistent with the assignment of the $\Upsilon(6S)$ state in the potential models.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. More discussions are adde

Culture and Music Psychology

Music is evidently a product of culture. As such, it is reasonable to think that culture influences music consumption, but little research within the field of music psychology concerns cultural variables. The current thesis investigated culture’s influence on music consumption through two domains, namely musical taste and uses of music. Findings support the overall research question where culture indeed shows an influence on music consumption at the individual and country-level

Role of Λ(1670)\Lambda(1670) in the γp→K+ηΛ\gamma p \to K^+ \eta \Lambda reaction near threshold

The role of the $\Lambda(1670)$ resonance in the $\gamma p \to K^+ \eta \Lambda$ reaction near threshold is studied within an effective Lagrangian approach. We perform a calculation for the total and differential cross section of the $\gamma p \to K^+ \eta \Lambda$ reaction by including the contributions from the $\Lambda(1670)$ intermediate state decaying into $\eta \Lambda$ dominated by $K^-$ and $K^{*-}$ mesons exchanges, the nucleon pole and $N^*(1535)$ resonance decaying into $K^+ \Lambda$ dominated by exchanges of $\omega$ and $K^-$ mesons. Besides, the non-resonance process and contact terms to keep the total scattering amplitude gauge invariant are also considered. With our model parameters, the total cross section of this reaction is of the order of $1$ nanobarn at photon beam energy $E_{\gamma} \sim 2.5$ GeV. It is expected that our model predictions could be tested by future experiments.Comment: Published versio