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Dalitz Plot Analysis of B- --> D+ pi- pi-
We present a Dalitz plot analysis of B- --> D+ pi- pi- decays, based on a
sample of about 383 million Y(4S) --> BBbar decays collected by the BaBar
detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. The analysis has
been published previously in PRD. We measure the inclusive branching fraction
of the three-body decay to be BR(B- --> D+ pi- pi-) = (1.08 \pm 0.03\stat \pm
0.05\syst) x 10^{-3}$. We observe the established D^{*0}_2 and confirm the
existence of D^{*0}_0 in their decays to D+ pi-, where the D^{*0}_2 and
D^{*0}_0 are the 2+ and 0+ c-ubar P-wave states, respectively. We measure the
masses and widths of D^{*0}_2 and D^{*0}_0 to be: m_{D^{*}_2} = (2460.4 \pm 1.2
\pm 1.2 \pm 1.9) MeV/c^2, Gamma_{D^*_2} = (41.8 \pm 2.5 \pm 2.1 \pm 2.0) MeV,
m_{D^{*}_0} = (2297 \pm 8 \pm 5 \pm 19) MeV/c^2, Gamma_{D^*_0} = (273 \pm 12
\pm 17 \pm 45) MeV. The stated errors reflect the statistical and systematic
uncertainties, and the uncertainty related to the assumed composition of signal
events and the theoretical model.Comment: 5 pages, 7 PDF figures, uses AIP style, conference proceedings of
HADRON09, to be published in AIP Conference Proceedings, arXiv:0901.129
Search for CP violation in the Bs/Bs-bar system
We present studies from the LHCb experiment leading to the measurement of the
weak phase {\phi}s. At first, flavor tagging is established by measuring the
B0s oscillation frequency \Deltams. Then, flavor tagging is used to perform a
measurement of the well known CKM angle sin 2{\beta} in B0 \rightarrow J/{\psi}
KS0, before we constrain {\phi}s through an amplitude analysis of B0s
\rightarrow J/{\psi} {\phi} decays. These studies use about 35 inverse pb of
data taken in 2010. In addition, we present the measurement of
B(B+\rightarrowJ/{\psi}{\pi}+)/B(B+\rightarrowJ/{\psi}K+) and the first
observation of B0s \rightarrowJ/{\psi}f2'(1525).Comment: 3 pages, 6 figures, The 19th Particles & Nuclei International
Conference (PANIC11), MIT, Boston, July 24th-29th, 201
Introduction to the Bethe ansatz I
The Bethe ansatz for the one-dimensional s=1/2 Heisenberg ferromagnet is
introduced at an elementary level. The presentation follows Bethe's original
work very closely. A detailed description and a complete classification of all
two-magnon scattering states and two-magnon bound states are given for finite
and infinite chains. The paper is designed as a tutorial for beginning graduate
students. It includes 10 problems for further study.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Computational probes of collective excitations in low-dimensional magnetism
The investigation of the dynamics of quantum many-body systems is a concerted
effort involving computational studies of mathematical models and experimental
studies of material samples. Some commonalities of the two tracks of
investigation are discussed in the context of the quantum spin dynamics of
low-dimensional magnetic systems, in particular spin chains. The study of
quantum fluctuations in such systems at equilibrium amounts to exploring the
spectrum of collective excitations and the rate at which they are excited from
the ground state by dynamical variables of interest. The exact results obtained
via Bethe ansatz or algebraic analysis (quantum groups) for a select class of
completely integrable models can be used as benchmarks for numerical studies of
nonintegrable models, for which computational access to the spectrum of
collective excitations is limited.Comment: 22 pages. Talk given at the 7th Summer School on Neutron Scattering,
Zuoz Switzerland, August 199
Using a new multivariate technique in high energy physics
This project focuses on testing and developing algorithms for multivariate data analysis, that separate signal processes from abundant backgrounds and on helping with organizing and filtering colossal amounts of raw data, gathered from the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, to find extremely rare events of interest. Moreover, working on this project also meant trying to apply new, faster method to take the place of systems that are now used at CERN to pare down the relevant data, but require relatively extensive processing and analysis to determine relevance and usefulness
Quasiparticles in the XXZ model
The coordinate Bethe ansatz solutions of the XXZ model for a one-dimensional
spin-1/2 chain are analyzed with focus on the statistical properties of the
constituent quasiparticles. Emphasis is given to the special cases known as XX,
XXX, and Ising models, where considerable simplifications occur. The XXZ
spectrum can be generated from separate pseudovacua as configurations of sets
of quasiparticles with different exclusion statistics. These sets are
complementary in the sense that the pseudovacuum of one set contains the
maximum number of particles from the other set. The Bethe ansatz string
solutions of the XXX model evolve differently in the planar and axial regimes.
In the Ising limit they become ferromagnetic domains with integer-valued
exclusion statistics. In the XX limit they brake apart into hard-core bosons
with (effectively) fermionic statistics. Two sets of quasiparticles with spin
1/2 and fractional statistics are distinguished, where one set (spinons)
generates the XXZ spectrum from the unique, critical ground state realized in
the planar regime, and the other set (solitons) generates the same spectrum
from the twofold, antiferromagnetically ordered ground state realized in the
axial regime. In the Ising limit, the solitons become antiferromagnetic domain
walls.Comment: 6 figure
Introduction to the Bethe Ansatz III
Having introduced the magnon in part I and the spinon in part II as the
relevant quasi-particles for the interpretation of the spectrum of low-lying
excitations in the one-dimensional (1D) s=1/2 Heisenberg ferromagnet and
antiferromagnet, respectively, we now study the low-lying excitations of the
Heisenberg antiferromagnet in a magnetic field and interpret these collective
states as composites of quasi-particles from a different species. We employ the
Bethe ansatz to calculate matrix elements and show how the results of such a
calculation can be used to predict lineshapes for neutron scattering
experiments on quasi-1D antiferromagnetic compounds. The paper is designed as a
tutorial for beginning graduate students. It includes 11 problems for further
study.Comment: 11 page
Transition rates via Bethe ansatz for the spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain
We use the exact determinantal representation derived by Kitanine, Maillet,
and Terras for matrix elements of local spin operators between Bethe wave
functions of the one-dimensional s=1/2 Heisenberg model to calculate and
numerically evaluate transition rates pertaining to dynamic spin structure
factors. For real solutions z_1,...,z_r of the Bethe ansatz equations, the size
of the determinants is of order r x r. We present applications to the
zero-temperature spin fluctuations parallel and perpendicular to an external
magnetic field.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures and LaTeX-svjour clas
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