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Oscillations of dark solitons in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
We consider a one-dimensional defocusing Gross--Pitaevskii equation with a
parabolic potential. Dark solitons oscillate near the center of the potential
trap and their amplitude decays due to radiative losses (sound emission). We
develop a systematic asymptotic multi-scale expansion method in the limit when
the potential trap is flat. The first-order approximation predicts a uniform
frequency of oscillations for the dark soliton of arbitrary amplitude. The
second-order approximation predicts the nonlinear growth rate of the
oscillation amplitude, which results in decay of the dark soliton. The results
are compared with the previous publications and numerical computations.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure
Experimental Tests of Charge Symmetry Violation in Parton Distributions
Recently, a global phenomenological fit to high energy data has included
charge symmetry breaking terms, leading to limits on the allowed magnitude of
such effects. We discuss two possible experiments that could search for isospin
violation in valence parton distributions. We show that, given the magnitude of
charge symmetry violation consistent with existing global data, such
experiments might expect to see effects at a level of several percent.
Alternatively, such experiments could significantly decrease the upper limits
on isospin violation in parton distributions.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figure
Testing Partonic Charge Symmetry at a High-Energy Electron Collider
We examine the possibility that one could measure partonic charge symmetry
violation (CSV) by comparing neutrino or antineutrino production through
charged-current reactions induced by electrons or positrons at a possible
electron collider at the LHC. We calculate the magnitude of CSV that might be
expected at such a facility. We show that this is likely to be a several
percent effect, substantially larger than the typical CSV effects expected for
partonic reactions.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Solvent response to fluorine-atom reaction dynamics in liquid acetonitrile
Solvent restructuring and vibrational cooling follow exothermic fluorine-atom reactions in acetonitrile.</p
Nuclear medium modifications of the NN interaction via quasielastic () and () scattering
Within the relativistic PWIA, spin observables have been recalculated for
quasielastic () and () reactions on a Ca
target. The incident proton energy ranges from 135 to 300 MeV while the
transferred momentum is kept fixed at 1.97 fm^{-1}. In the present
calculations, new Horowitz-Love--Franey relativistic NN amplitudes have been
generated in order to yield improved and more quantitative spin observable
values than before. The sensitivities of the various spin observables to the NN
interaction parameters, such as (1) the presence of the surrounding nuclear
medium, (2) a pseudoscalar versus a pseudovector interaction term, and (3)
exchange effects, point to spin observables which should preferably be measured
at certain laboratory proton energies, in order to test current nuclear models.
This study also shows that nuclear medium effects become more important at
lower proton energies ( 200 MeV). A comparison to the limited available
data indicates that the relativistic parametrization of the NN scattering
amplitudes in terms of only the five Fermi invariants (the SVPAT form) is
questionable.Comment: 10 pages, 6 Postscript figures, uses psfig.sty and article.sty,
submitted to Phys. Rev.
Cutting the first 'teeth': a new approach to functional analysis of conodont elements
The morphological disparity of conodont elements rivals the dentition of all other vertebrates, yet relatively little is known about their functional diversity. Nevertheless, conodonts are an invaluable resource for testing the generality of functional principles derived from vertebrate teeth, and for exploring convergence in a range of food-processing structures. In a few derived conodont taxa, occlusal patterns have been used to derive functional models. However, conodont elements commonly and primitively exhibit comparatively simple coniform morphologies, functional analysis of which has not progressed much beyond speculation based on analogy. We have generated high-resolution tomographic data for each morphotype of the coniform conodont Panderodus acostatus. Using virtual cross sections, it has been possible to characterize changes in physical properties associated with individual element morphology. Subtle changes in cross-sectional profile have profound implications for the functional performance of individual elements and the apparatus as a whole. This study has implications beyond the ecology of a single conodont taxon. It provides a basis for reinterpreting coniform conodont taxonomy (which is based heavily on cross-sectional profiles), in terms of functional performance and ecology, shedding new light on the conodont fossil record. This technique can also be applied to more derived conodont morphologies, as well as analogous dentitions in other vertebrates and invertebrates
Ultra-short pulses in linear and nonlinear media
We consider the evolution of ultra-short optical pulses in linear and
nonlinear media. For the linear case, we first show that the initial-boundary
value problem for Maxwell's equations in which a pulse is injected into a
quiescent medium at the left endpoint can be approximated by a linear wave
equation which can then be further reduced to the linear short-pulse equation.
A rigorous proof is given that the solution of the short pulse equation stays
close to the solutions of the original wave equation over the time scales
expected from the multiple scales derivation of the short pulse equation. For
the nonlinear case we compare the predictions of the traditional nonlinear
Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) approximation which those of the short pulse
equation (SPE). We show that both equations can be derived from Maxwell's
equations using the renormalization group method, thus bringing out the
contrasting scales. The numerical comparison of both equations to Maxwell's
equations shows clearly that as the pulse length shortens, the NLSE
approximation becomes steadily less accurate while the short pulse equation
provides a better and better approximation
Effects of temperature and ammonia flow rate on the chemical vapour deposition growth of nitrogen-doped graphene
We doped graphene in situ during synthesis from methane and ammonia on copper in a low-pressure
chemical vapour deposition system, and investigated the effect of the synthesis temperature and
ammonia concentration on the growth. Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to
investigate the quality and nitrogen content of the graphene and demonstrated that decreasing the
synthesis temperature and increasing the ammonia flow rate results in an increase in the concentration
of nitrogen dopants up to ca. 2.1% overall. However, concurrent scanning electron microscopy studies
demonstrate that decreasing both the growth temperature from 1000 to 900 1C and increasing the N/C
precursor ratio from 1/50 to 1/10 significantly decreased the growth rate by a factor of six overall. Using
scanning tunnelling microscopy we show that the nitrogen was incorporated mainly in substitutional
configuration, while current imaging tunnelling spectroscopy showed that the effect of the nitrogen on
the density of states was visible only over a few atom distances
Momentum-Dependent Mean Field Based Upon the Dirac-Brueckner Approach for Nuclear Matter
A momentum-dependent mean field potential, suitable for application in the
transport-model description of nucleus-nucleus collisions, is derived in a
microscopic way. The derivation is based upon the Bonn meson-exchange model for
the nucleon-nucleon interaction and the Dirac-Brueckner approach for nuclear
matter. The properties of the microscopic mean field are examined and compared
with phenomenological parametrizations which are commonly used in
transport-model calculations.Comment: 15 pages text (RevTex) and 4 figures (postscript in a separate
uuencoded file), UI-NTH-930
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