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Radiative corrections to polarization observables for elastic -scattering. Part I: Virtual Compton Scattering
We calculate polarization phenomena for virtual Compton scattering on
protons, at relatively large momentum transfer 1 GeV 5
GeV on the basis of a model for with two main
contributions: -exchange in channel and -excitation in
-channel. This model applies from threshold to region. The
parameters entering in this model, such as coupling constants and
electromagnetic form factors are well known. The analyzing powers for
and the components of the final proton
polarization in are large in absolute value and
show strong sensitivity to interference. These results
can be applied to the calculation of radiative corrections to polarization
phenomena in elastic -scattering.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figure
Observation of coherent electroproduction on deuterons at large momentum transfer
The first experimental results for coherent -electroproduction on the
deuteron, , at large momentum transfer, are reported. The
experiment was performed at Jefferson Laboratory at an incident electron energy
of 4.05 GeV. A large pion production yield has been observed in a kinematical
region for 1.11.8 GeV, from threshold to 200 MeV excitation energy
in the system. The -dependence is compared with theoretical
predictions.Comment: 26 page
Measuring the deviation from the Rutherford formula
Modern experiments with heavy ion-leptons collisions open the possibility to
measure the deviation of cross section of small angles electron(positron)-ion
elastic scattering from the Rutherford formula due to multiple virtual photons
exchange. The charge asymmetry and the polarization of the scattered leptons
are calculated and numerical predictions are given. A generalization to elastic
proton-nucleus scattering is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, Brief Repor
Disentangling the Hercules stream
Using high-resolution spectra of nearby F and G dwarf stars, we have
investigated the detailed abundance and age structure of the Hercules stream.
We find that the stars in the stream have a wide range of stellar ages,
metallicities, and element abundances. By comparing to existing samples of
stars in the solar neighbourhood with kinematics typical of the Galactic thin
and thick disks we find that the properties of the Hercules stream distinctly
separate into the abundance and age trends of the two disks. Hence, we find it
unlikely that the Hercules stream is a unique Galactic stellar population, but
rather a mixture of thin and thick disk stars. This points toward a dynamical
origin for the Hercules stream, probably caused by the Galactic bar.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
The nature of turbulence in OMC1 at the star forming scale: observations and simulations
Aim: To study turbulence in the Orion Molecular Cloud (OMC1) by comparing
observed and simulated characteristics of the gas motions.
Method: Using a dataset of vibrationally excited H2 emission in OMC1
containing radial velocity and brightness which covers scales from 70AU to
30000AU, we present the transversal structure functions and the scaling of the
structure functions with their order. These are compared with the predictions
of two-dimensional projections of simulations of supersonic hydrodynamic
turbulence.
Results: The structure functions of OMC1 are not well represented by power
laws, but show clear deviations below 2000AU. However, using the technique of
extended self-similarity, power laws are recovered at scales down to 160AU. The
scaling of the higher order structure functions with order deviates from the
standard scaling for supersonic turbulence. This is explained as a selection
effect of preferentially observing the shocked part of the gas and the scaling
can be reproduced using line-of-sight integrated velocity data from subsets of
supersonic turbulence simulations. These subsets select regions of strong flow
convergence and high density associated with shock structure. Deviations of the
structure functions in OMC1 from power laws cannot however be reproduced in
simulations and remains an outstanding issue.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted A&A. Revised in response to referee.
For higher resolution, see http://www.astro.phys.au.dk/~maikeng/sim_paper
Compilation and analysis of charge asymmetry measurements from electron and positron scattering on nucleon and nuclei
World data on the lepton-charge asymmetry in the elastic and inelastic lepton
scattering off the proton and nuclei are compiled and discussed. After
reviewing the published results, we compare the elastic data to a model
calculation of the two-photon exchange mechanism. We show that the existing
data do not provide any evidence for the two-photon contribution. At
significance level 0.05 the data allow to exclude the two-photon exchange as an
explanation for the difference between Rosenbluth and polarization measurements
of proton electromagnetic form factors.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures 2 table
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