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Meson decay in a corrected model
Extensively applied to both light and heavy meson decay and standing as one
of the most successful strong decay models is the model, in which
pair production is the dominant mechanism. The pair production can
be obtained from the non-relativistic limit of a microscopic interaction
Hamiltonian involving Dirac quark fields. The evaluation of the decay amplitude
can be performed by a diagrammatic technique for drawing quark lines. In this
paper we use an alternative approach which consists in a mapping technique, the
Fock-Tani formalism, in order to obtain an effective Hamiltonian starting from
same microscopic interaction. An additional effect is manifest in this
formalism associated to the extended nature of mesons: bound-state corrections.
A corrected is obtained and applied, as an example, to
and decays.Comment: 3 figures. To appear in Physical Review
Opening the Pandora's box of quantum spinor fields
Lounesto's classification of spinors is a comprehensive and exhaustive
algorithm that, based on the bilinears covariants, discloses the possibility of
a large variety of spinors, comprising regular and singular spinors and their
unexpected applications in physics and including the cases of Dirac, Weyl, and
Majorana as very particular spinor fields. In this paper we pose the problem of
an analogous classification in the framework of second quantization. We first
discuss in general the nature of the problem. Then we start the analysis of two
basic bilinear covariants, the scalar and pseudoscalar, in the second quantized
setup, with expressions applicable to the quantum field theory extended to all
types of spinors. One can see that an ampler set of possibilities opens up with
respect to the classical case. A quantum reconstruction algorithm is also
proposed. The Feynman propagator is extended for spinors in all classes.Comment: 18 page
Effective action for a quantum scalar field in warped spaces
We investigate the one-loop corrections at zero, as well as finite
temperature, of a scalar field taking place in a braneworld motived warped
background. After to reach a well defined problem, we calculate the effective
action with the corresponding quantum corrections to each case.Comment: 10 pages, to appear in The European Physical Journal
Straight spinning cosmic strings in Brans-Dicke gravity
It is presented an exact solution of straight spinning cosmic strings in
Brans-Dicke theory of gravitation. The possibility of the existence of closed
timelike curves around these cosmic strings is analyzed. Furthermore, the
stability about the formation of the topological defect discussed here is
checked. It is shown the existence of a suitable choice for the integration
constants in which closed timelike curves are not allowed. We also verify if it
is possible that the obtained spacetime can be the source that describes the
observed rotational curves in some galaxies.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figur
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