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Jet conversions in a quark-gluon plasma
Quark and gluon jets traversing through a quark-gluon plasma not only lose
their energies but also can undergo flavor conversions. The conversion rates
via the elastic and the inelastic scatterings are evaluated in the lowest order in QCD.
Including both jet energy loss and conversions in the expanding quark-gluon
plasma produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions, we have found a net
conversion of quark to gluon jets. This reduces the difference between the
nuclear modification factors for quark and gluon jets in central heavy ion
collisions and thus enhances the and ratios at high
transverse momentum. However, a much larger net quark to gluon jet conversion
rate than the one given by the lowest-order QCD is needed to account for the
observed similar ratios in central Au+Au and p+p collisions at same energy.
Implications of our results are discussed.Comment: version to appear in PR
Light scattering detection of quantum phases of ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Ultracold atoms loaded on optical lattices can provide unprecedented
experimental systems for the quantum simulations and manipulations of many
quantum phases. However, so far, how to detect these quantum phases effectively
remains an outstanding challenge. Here, we show that the optical Bragg
scattering of cold atoms loaded on optical lattices can be used to detect many
quantum phases which include not only the conventional superfluid and Mott
insulating phases, but also other important phases such as various kinds of
density waves (CDW), valence bond solids (VBS), CDW supersolids and VBS
supersolids.Comment: 4 pages, 3 colour figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. A, Rapid
Communicatio
Form Factors Calculated on the Light-Front
A consistent treatment of decay is given on the
light-front. The to transition form factors are calculated in the
entire physical range of momentum transfer for the first time. The
valence-quark contribution is obtained using relativistic light-front wave
functions. Higher quark-antiquark Fock-state of the -meson bound state is
represented effectively by the configuration, and its effect
is calculated in the chiral perturbation theory. Wave function renormalization
is taken into account consistently. The contribution dominates
near the zero-recoil point ( GeV), and decreases rapidly as
the recoil momentum increases. We find that the calculated form factor
follows approximately a dipole -dependence in the entire range
of momentum transfer.Comment: Revtex, 19 pages, 9 figure
Incompleteness of Representation Theory: Hidden symmetries and Quantum Non-Integrability
Representation theory is shown to be incomplete in terms of enumerating all
integrable limits of quantum systems. As a consequence, one can find exactly
solvable Hamiltonians which have apparently strongly broken symmetry. The
number of these hidden symmetries depends upon the realization of the
Hamiltonian.Comment: 4 pages, Revtex, Phys. Rev. Lett. , July 27 (1997), in pres
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