32,061 research outputs found
Monopole Excitation to Cluster States
We discuss strength of monopole excitation of the ground state to cluster
states in light nuclei. We clarify that the monopole excitation to cluster
states is in general strong as to be comparable with the single particle
strength and shares an appreciable portion of the sum rule value in spite of
large difference of the structure between the cluster state and the
shell-model-like ground state. We argue that the essential reasons of the large
strength are twofold. One is the fact that the clustering degree of freedom is
possessed even by simple shell model wave functions. The detailed feature of
this fact is described by the so-called Bayman-Bohr theorem which tells us that
SU(3) shell model wave function is equivalent to cluster model wave function.
The other is the ground state correlation induced by the activation of the
cluster degrees of freedom described by the Bayman-Bohr theorem. We
demonstrate, by deriving analytical expressions of monopole matrix elements,
that the order of magnitude of the monopole strength is governed by the first
reason, while the second reason plays a sufficient role in reproducing the data
up to the factor of magnitude of the monopole strength. Our explanation is made
by analysing three examples which are the monopole excitations to the
and states in O and the one to the state in C.
The present results imply that the measurement of strong monopole transitions
or excitations is in general very useful for the study of cluster states.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure: revised versio
On the Genus Expansion in the Topological String Theory
A systematic formulation of the higher genus expansion in topological string
theory is considered. We also develop a simple way of evaluating genus zero
correlation functions. At higher genera we derive some interesting formulas for
the free energy in the and models. We present some evidence that
topological minimal models associated with Lie algebras other than the A-D-E
type do not have a consistent higher genus expansion beyond genus one. We also
present some new results on the model at higher genera.Comment: 36 pages, phyzzx, UTHEP-27
The s-Process Nucleosynthesis in Extremely Metal-Poor Stars as the Generating Mechanism of Carbon Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars
The origin of carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars plays a key role in
characterising the formation and evolution of the first stars and the Galaxy
since the extremely-poor (EMP) stars with [Fe/H] \leq -2.5 share the common
features of carbon enhancement in their surface chemical compositions. The
origin of these stars is not yet established due to the controversy of the
origin of CEMP stars without the enhancement of s-process element abundances,
i.e., so called CEMP-no stars. In this paper, we elaborate the s-process
nucleosynthesis in the EMP AGB stars and explore the origin of CEMP stars. We
find that the efficiency of the s-process is controlled by O rather than Fe at
[Fe/H] \lesssim -2. We demonstrate that the relative abundances of Sr, Ba, Pb
to C are explained in terms of the wind accretion from AGB stars in binary
systems.Comment: The Proceedings of the Nuclei in the Cosmos XIV, in pres
- …