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Baryon states with open beauty in the extended local hidden gauge approach
In this paper we examine the interaction of \bar B N, \bar B \Delta, \bar B^*
N and \bar B^* \Delta states, together with their coupled channels, using a
mapping from the light meson sector. The assumption that the heavy quarks act
as spectators at the quark level automatically leads us to the results of the
heavy quark spin symmetry for pion exchange and reproduces the results of the
Weinberg Tomozawa term, coming from light vector exchanges in the extended
local hidden gauge approach. With this dynamics we look for states dynamically
generated from the interaction and find two states with nearly zero width,
which we associate to the \Lambda_b(5912) and \Lambda_b(5920) states. The
states couple mostly to \bar B^* N, which are degenerate with the Weinberg
Tomozawa interaction. The difference of masses between these two states, with
J=1/2, 3/2 respectively, is due to pion exchange connecting these states to
intermediate \bar B N states. In addition to these two \Lambda_b states, we
find three more states with I=0, one of them nearly degenerate in two states of
J=1/2,3/2. Furthermore we also find eight more states in , two of them
degenerate in J=1/2, 3/2, and other two degenerate in J=1/2, 3/2, 5/2.Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures, 24 table
Efimov universality with Coulomb interaction
The universal properties of charged particles are modified by the presence of
a long-range Coulomb interaction. We investigate the modification of Efimov
universality as a function of the Coulomb strength using the Gaussian expansion
method. The resonant short-range interaction is described by Gaussian
potentials to which a Coulomb potential is added. We calculate binding energies
and root mean square radii for the three- and four-body systems of charged
particles and present our results in a generalised Efimov plot. We find that
universal features can still be discerned for weak Coulomb interaction, but
break down for strong Coulomb interaction. The root-mean-square radius plateaus
at increasingly smaller values for strong Coulomb interaction and the
probablity distributions of the states become more concentrated inside the
Coulomb barrier. As an example, we apply our universal model to nuclei with an
alpha-cluster substructure. Our results point to strong non-universal
contributions in that sector.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures, final version (with small orthographical
corrections
Gust alleviation system to improve ride comfort of light airplanes
System consists of movable auxiliary aerodynamic sensors mounted on fuselage and connected to trailing-edge flaps by rigid mechanical linkages. System achieves alleviation by reducing lift-curve slope of airplane to such a small value that gust-induced angles of attack will result in small changes in lift
Monte Carlo evaluation of path integrals for the nuclear shell model
We present in detail a formulation of the shell model as a path integral and
Monte Carlo techniques for its evaluation. The formulation, which linearizes
the two-body interaction by an auxiliary field, is quite general, both in the
form of the effective `one-body' Hamiltonian and in the choice of ensemble. In
particular, we derive formulas for the use of general (beyond monopole) pairing
operators, as well as a novel extraction of the canonical (fixed-particle
number) ensemble via an activity expansion. We discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of the various formulations and ensembles and give several
illustrative examples. We also discuss and illustrate calculation of the
imaginary-time response function and the extraction, by maximum entropy
methods, of the corresponding strength function. Finally, we discuss the
"sign-problem" generic to fermion Monte Carlo calculations, and prove that a
wide class of interactions are free of this limitation.Comment: 38 pages, RevTeX v3.0, figures available upon request; Caltech
Preprint #MAP-15
Method of cross-linking polyvinyl alcohol and other water soluble resins
A self supporting sheet structure comprising a water soluble, noncrosslinked polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol which is capable of being crosslinked by reaction with hydrogen atom radicals and hydroxyl molecule radicals is contacted with an aqueous solution having a pH of less than 8 and containing a dissolved salt in an amount sufficient to prevent substantial dissolution of the noncrosslinked polymer in the aqueous solution. The aqueous solution is then irradiated with ionizing radiation to form hydrogen atom radicals and hydroxyl molecule radicals and the irradiation is continued for a time sufficient to effect crosslinking of the water soluble polymer to produce a water insoluble polymer sheet structure. The method has particular application in the production of battery separators and electrode envelopes for alkaline batteries
Baryon states with open charm in the extended local hidden gauge approach
In this paper we examine the interaction of and states,
together with their coupled channels, by using an extension of the local hidden
gauge formalism from the light meson sector, which is based on heavy quark spin
symmetry. The scheme is based on the use of the impulse approximation at the
quark level, with the heavy quarks acting as spectators, which occurs for the
dominant terms where there is the exchange of a light meson. The pion exchange
and the Weinberg-Tomozawa interactions are generalized and with this dynamics
we look for states generated from the interaction, with a unitary coupled
channels approach that mixes the pseudoscalar-baryon and vector-baryon states.
We find two states with nearly zero width which are associated to the
and . The lower state, with ,
couples to and , and the second one, with , to . In addition to these two states, we find four more states with
, one of them nearly degenerate in two states of .
Furthermore we find three states in , two of them degenerate in .Comment: v3: version to appear in Eur.Phys.J.
Computer user's guide for a chemically reacting viscous shock-layer program
A description is given of the computer code for predicting viscous shock-layer flows over nonanalytic blunt bodies (Program VISLNABB) for hypersonic, low Reynolds number flows. Four specific and one general body geometries are considered. In addition to sphere-cones, cylinder wedges and geometries defined in tabular form, options for hyperboloids and paraboloids are included. Details of the theory and results are included in a separate engineering report. The program, subroutines, variables in common, and input and output data are described. Listings of the program code, output data for a sample case, and the input data for this sample case are included
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