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On the critical point of the Random Walk Pinning Model in dimension d=3
We consider the Random Walk Pinning Model studied in [3,2]: this is a random
walk X on Z^d, whose law is modified by the exponential of \beta times
L_N(X,Y), the collision local time up to time N with the (quenched) trajectory
Y of another d-dimensional random walk. If \beta exceeds a certain critical
value \beta_c, the two walks stick together for typical Y realizations
(localized phase). A natural question is whether the disorder is relevant or
not, that is whether the quenched and annealed systems have the same critical
behavior. Birkner and Sun proved that \beta_c coincides with the critical point
of the annealed Random Walk Pinning Model if the space dimension is d=1 or d=2,
and that it differs from it in dimension d\ge4 (for d\ge 5, the result was
proven also in [2]). Here, we consider the open case of the marginal dimension
d=3, and we prove non-coincidence of the critical points.Comment: 23 pages; v2: added reference [4], where a result similar to Th. 2.8
is proven independently for the continuous-time mode
Bootstrapping One-Loop QCD Amplitudes
We review the recently developed bootstrap method for the computation of
high-multiplicity QCD amplitudes at one loop. We illustrate the general
algorithm step by step with a six-point example. The method combines
(generalized) unitarity with on-shell recursion relations to determine the not
cut-constructible, rational terms of these amplitudes. Our bootstrap approach
works for arbitrary configurations of gluon helicities and arbitrary numbers of
external legs.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures; extended version of talks given at the 7th
Workshop On Continuous Advances In QCD, 11-14 May 2006, Minneapolis,
Minnesota; at SUSY06: 14th International Conference On Supersymmetry And The
Unification Of Fundamental Interactions, 12-17 Jun 2006, Irvine, California;
at the LoopFest V: Radiative Corrections For The International Linear
Collider: Multi-Loops And Multi-Legs, 19-21 Jun 2006, SLAC, Menlo Park,
California; and at the Vancouver Linear Colliders Workshop (ALCPG 2006),
19-22 Jul 2006, Vancouver, British Columbi
Power Corrections to e+e- Dijet Event Shapes
We discuss a class of event shapes for e+e- dijet events that include the
thrust as a special case. Large logarithmic corrections to the corresponding
cross sections can be resummed to all logarithmic orders at leading power.
However, irrespective of the order up to which the perturbative expansion is
calculated, it has to be supplemented by nonperturbative corrections due to its
at best asymptotic nature. We find that the leading power corrections are
universal for the class of event shapes discussed here. Based on these
findings, we provide sample numerical predictions for the distributions of the
new event shapes.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure; presented by C.F. Berger at the International
Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics (HEP 2003), Aachen, Germany,
17-23 July 200
Hard exclusive photoproduction of and mesons
We present predictions for differential cross sections for the reaction
and give an outlook to which extent our calculations may
be generalized to the photoproduction of mesons. Our results are
obtained within perturbative QCD treating the proton as a quark-diquark system.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, uses Elsevier style espcrc1.st
Effective Polynomial Ballisticity Condition for Random Walk in Random Environment
The conditions which have been introduced
by Sznitman in 2002, have had a significant impact on research in random walk
in random environment. Among others, these conditions entail a ballistic
behaviour as well as an invariance principle. They require the stretched
exponential decay of certain slab exit probabilities for the random walk under
the averaged measure and are asymptotic in nature.
The main goal of this paper is to show that in all relevant dimensions (i.e.,
), in order to establish the conditions , it is actually
enough to check a corresponding condition of polynomial type.
In addition to only requiring an a priori weaker decay of the corresponding
slab exit probabilities than another advantage of the condition
is that it is effective in the sense that it can be checked on
finite boxes.
In particular, this extends the conjectured equivalence of the conditions
to all relevant dimensions.Comment: 21 pages, 2 figures; followed referee's and readers' comments,
corrected minor errors; to appear in Comm. Pure Appl. Mat
Exclusive Decuplet-Baryon Pair Production in Two-Photon Collisions
This work extends our previous studies of two-photon annihilation into
baryon-antibaryon pairs from spin-1/2 octet to spin-3/2 decuplet baryons. Our
approach is based on perturbative QCD and treats baryons as quark-diquark
systems. Using the same model parameters as in our previous work, supplemented
by QCD sum-rule results for decuplet baryon wave functions, we are able to give
absolute predictions for decuplet baryon cross sections without introducing new
parameters. We find that the cross section is of the same order
of magnitude as the proton cross section, well within experimental bounds.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
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