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Assignments of and baryons in the heavy quark-light diquark picture
We apply a new mass formula which is derived analytically in the relativistic
flux tube model to the mass spectra of and (\emph{Q} =
\emph{c} or \emph{b} quark) baryons. To this end, the heavy quark-light diquark
picture is employed. We find that all masses of the available and
states can be understood well. The assignments to these states do not
appear to contradict the strong decay properties. and
are assigned to the first radial excitations with .
and might be the 2\emph{P} states. The
and are the good 1\emph{D} candidates with
. is likely to be a 1\emph{D} state with . and favor the 1\emph{P}
assignments with and , respectively. We propose a search
for the state which can help to distinguish the
diquark and three-body schemes.Comment: 9 tables, more discussions and references adde
Spiral wave chimeras in locally coupled oscillator systems
The recently discovered chimera state involves the coexistence of
synchronized and desynchronized states for a group of identical oscillators.
This fascinating chimera state has until now been found only in non-local or
globally coupled oscillator systems. In this work, we for the first time show
numerical evidence of the existence of spiral wave chimeras in
reaction-diffusion systems where each element is locally coupled by diffusion.
This spiral wave chimera rotates inwardly, i.e., coherent waves propagate
toward the phase randomized core. A continuous transition from spiral waves
with smooth core to spiral wave chimeras is found as we change the local
dynamics of the system. Our findings on the spiral wave chimera in locally
coupled oscillator systems largely improve our understanding of the chimera
state and suggest that spiral chimera states may be found in natural systems
which can be modeled by a set of oscillators indirectly coupled by a diffusive
environment.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Hyper-accreting black hole as GRB central engine. I: Baryon loading in GRB jets
A hyper-accreting stellar-mass black hole has been long speculated as the
best candidate of central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Recent rich
observations of GRBs by space missions such as Swift and Fermi pose new
constraints on GRB central engine models. In this paper, we study the baryon
loading processes of a GRB jet launched from a black hole central engine. We
consider a relativistic jet powered by -annihilation or by the
Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism. We consider baryon loading from a
neutrino-driven wind from a neutrino-cooling-dominated accretion flow. For a
magnetically dominated BZ jet, we consider neutron-drifting from the magnetic
wall surrounding the jet and subsequent positron capture and proton-neutron
inelastic collisions. The minumim baryon loads in both types of jet are
calculated. We find that in both cases, a more luminous jet tends to be more
baryon poor. A neutrino-driven "fireball" is typically "dirtier" than a
magnetically dominated jet, while a magnetically dominated jet can be much
cleaner. Both models have the right scaling to interpret the empirical
relation discovered recently. Since some neutrino-driven
jets have too much baryon loading as compared with the data, we suggest that at
least a good fraction of GRBs should have a magnetically dominated central
engine.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures; Accepted for publication in Ap
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