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A magnetically driven origin for the low luminosity GRB 170817A associated with GW170817
The gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A associated with GW170817 is subluminous and
subenergetic compared with other typical short GRBs. It may be due to a
relativistic jet viewed off-axis, or a structured jet, or cocoon emission.
Giant flares from magnetars may possibly be ruled out. However, the luminosity
and energetics of GRB 170817A is coincident with that of magnetar giant flares.
After the coalescence of the binary neutron star, a hypermassive neutron star
may be formed. The hypermassive neutron star may have magnetar-strength
magnetic field. During the collapse of the hypermassive neutron star, the
magnetic field energy will also be released. This giant-flare-like event may
explain the the luminosity and energetics of GRB 170817A. Bursts with similar
luminosity and energetics are expected in future neutron star-neutron star or
neutron star-black hole mergers.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, accepted in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysic
Resonant tunneling of interacting electrons in a one-dimensional wire
We consider the conductance of a one-dimensional wire interrupted by a
double-barrier structure allowing for a resonant level. Using the
electron-electron interaction strength as a small parameter, we are able to
build a non-perturbative analytical theory of the conductance valid in a broad
region of temperatures and for a variety of the barrier parameters. We find
that the conductance may have a non-monotonic crossover dependence on
temperature, specific for a resonant tunneling in an interacting electron
system.Comment: 4 pages. 2 figure
The Deuteron Spin Structure Functions in the Bethe-Salpeter Approach and the Extraction of the Neutron Structure Function
The nuclear effects in the spin-dependent structure functions and
are calculated in the relativistic approach based on the Bethe-Salpeter
equation with a realistic meson-exchange potential.
The results of calculations are compared with the non-relativistic
calculations. The problem of extraction of the neutron spin structure function,
, from the deuteron data is discussed.Comment: (Talk given at the SPIN'94 International Symposium, September 15-22,
1994, Bloomington, Indiana), 6 pages, 5 figures, Preprint Alberta Thy 29-9
in a hot and dense medium
The behavior of and in hot strange quark matter in weak
equilibrium with temperature, is investigated within the SU(3)
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio [NJL] model. Possible manifestations of restoration of
symmetries, by temperature or density, in the behavior of and
are discussed. The role played by the combined effect of temperature and
density in the nature of the phase transition and meson behavior is also
analyzed.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures. Contribution to the Second International
Workshop on Hadron Physics, Effective Theories of Low Energy QCD, 25-29
September, 2002 (Coimbra, Portugal
First-principles calculations of a high-pressure synthesized compound PtC
First-principles density-functional method is used to study the recently
high-pressure synthesized compound PtC. It is confirmed by our calculations
that the platinum carbide has a zinc-blende ground-state phase at zero pressure
and the rock-salt structure is a high-pressure phase. The theoretical
transition pressure from zinc-blende to rock-salt is determined to be 52GPa.
Furthermore, our calculation shows the possibility that the experimentally
synthesized PtC by Ono et al. under high pressure condition might undergo a
transition from rock-salt structure to zinc-blende after the pressure quench to
ambient condition.Comment: A revised versio
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