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Parity-Violating Nuclear Force as derived from QCD Sum Rules
Parity-violating nuclear force, as may be accessed from parity violation
studies in nuclear systems, represents an area of nonleptonic weak interactions
which has been the subject of experimental investigations for several decades.
In the simple meson-exchange picture, parity-violating nuclear force may be
parameterized as arising from exchange of \pi, \rho, \omega, or other meson(s)
with strong meson-nucleon coupling at one vertex and weak parity-violating
meson-nucleon coupling at the other vertex. The QCD sum rule method allows for
a fairly complicated, but nevertheless straightforward, leading-order
loop-contribution determination of the various parity-violating MNN couplings
starting from QCD (with the nontrivial vacuum) and Glashow-Salam-Weinberg
electroweak theory. We continue our earlier investigation of parity-violating
\pi NN coupling (by Henley, Hwang, and Kisslinger) to other parity-violating
couplings. Our predictions are in reasonable overall agreement with the results
estimated on phenomenological grounds, such as in the now classic paper of
Desplanques, Donoghue, and Holstein (DDH), in the global experimental fit of
Adelberger and Haxton (AH), or the effective field theory (EFT) thinking of
Ramsey-Musolf and Page (RP).Comment: 17 pages, 5 figure
Scaling law of Wolff cluster surface energy
We study the scaling properties of the clusters grown by the Wolff algorithm
on seven different Sierpinski-type fractals of Hausdorff dimension in the framework of the Ising model. The mean absolute value of the surface
energy of Wolff cluster follows a power law with respect to the lattice size.
Moreover, we investigate the probability density distribution of the surface
energy of Wolff cluster and are able to establish a new scaling relation. It
enables us to introduce a new exponent associated to the surface energy of
Wolff cluster. Finally, this new exponent is linked to a dynamical exponent via
an inequality.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures. To appear in PR
The impact of sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities on firm growth: investigating the green supply chain management and green political capabilities
Building on the dynamic capabilities literature and natural-resource-based view, the paper examines whether firms can attain sales growth through a range of sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities including (1) internal green supply chain management capabilities, (2) external green supply chain management capabilities and (3) green political capabilities. Based on a dataset of 277 public US firms between 2010 and 2020, a panel quantile model of firm growth showcases that while internal green supply chain capabilities and green political capabilities affect firms' growth performance positively, external green supply chain capabilities are associated with slower growth. Importantly, the results indicate that the positive growth effects of green political capabilities are short-lived, while those of internal green supply chain capabilities are long-lived. The study contributes to the sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities literature by showing that different capabilities have different implications for firm growth depending on the firm's base performance and the time periods under consideration
Stabilization of the p-wave superfluid state in an optical lattice
It is hard to stabilize the p-wave superfluid state of cold atomic gas in
free space due to inelastic collisional losses. We consider the p-wave Feshbach
resonance in an optical lattice, and show that it is possible to have a stable
p-wave superfluid state where the multi-atom collisional loss is suppressed
through the quantum Zeno effect. We derive the effective Hamiltonian for this
system, and calculate its phase diagram in a one-dimensional optical lattice.
The results show rich phase transitions between the p-wave superfluid state and
different types of insulator states induced either by interaction or by
dissipation.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Fresnel operator, squeezed state and Wigner function for Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian
Based on the technique of integration within an ordered product (IWOP) of
operators we introduce the Fresnel operator for converting Caldirola-Kanai
Hamiltonian into time-independent harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian. The Fresnel
operator with the parameters A,B,C,D corresponds to classical optical Fresnel
transformation, these parameters are the solution to a set of partial
differential equations set up in the above mentioned converting process. In
this way the exact wavefunction solution of the Schr\"odinger equation governed
by the Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian is obtained, which represents a squeezed
number state. The corresponding Wigner function is derived by virtue of the
Weyl ordered form of the Wigner operator and the order-invariance of Weyl
ordered operators under similar transformations. The method used here can be
suitable for solving Schr\"odinger equation of other time-dependent
oscillators.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
Conditioning of BPM pickup signals for operations of the Duke storage ring with a wide range of single-bunch current
The Duke storage ring is a dedicated driver for the storage ring based
oscillator free-electron lasers (FELs), and the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source
(HIGS). It is operated with a beam current ranging from about 1 mA to 100 mA
per bunch for various operations and accelerator physics studies. High
performance operations of the FEL and gamma-ray source require a stable
electron beam orbit, which has been realized by the global orbit feedback
system. As a critical part of the orbit feedback system, the electron beam
position monitors (BPMs) are required to be able to precisely measure the
electron beam orbit in a wide range of the single-bunch current. However, the
high peak voltage of the BPM pickups associated with high single-bunch current
degrades the performance of the BPM electronics, and can potentially damage the
BPM electronics. A signal conditioning method using low pass filters is
developed to reduce the peak voltage to protect the BPM electronics, and to
make the BPMs capable of working with a wide range of single-bunch current.
Simulations and electron beam based tests are performed. The results show that
the Duke storage ring BPM system is capable of providing precise orbit
measurements to ensure highly stable FEL and HIGS operations
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