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Evidence for nuclear Landau-Zener effect: New resonance mechanism in heavy-ion reactions
Characteristic resonancelike peaks recently observed in the angle-integrated inelastic cross sections for the /sup 13/C-/sup 17/O system are understood in terms of the Landau-Zener excitation mechanism at energy level crossings. Angle-integrated inelastic cross sections estimated with the Landau-Zener formula show a series of resonancelike peaks as a function of incident energy, each of which is associated with a grazing angular momentum of the relative motion between nuclei. Simple expressions are given for resonance energies and ''widths'' of new ''resonances.'' This resonance mechanism is a new one, which has not been known in nuclear reactions nor in atomic collisions, although it is based on the well-known Landau-Zener promotion mechanism.
120792990
Nuclear fission with a Langevin equation
Abstract A microscopically derived Langevin equation is applied to thermally induced nuclear fission. An important memory effect is pointed out and discussed. A strong friction coefficient, estimated from microscopic quantities, tends to decrease the stationary limit of the fission rate and to increase the transient time. The calculations are performed with a collective mass depending on the collective variable and with a constant mass. Fission rates calculated at different temperatures are shown and compared with previous available results.
14579423
Theory of fusion hindrance and synthesis of the superheavy elements
Abstract The two-step model for fusion reactions of massive systems is briefly reminded. By the use of fusion probabilities obtained by the model and of survival probabilities obtained by the new statistical code, we predict xn residue cross sections for 48 Ca+actinide systems leading to superheavy elements with Z=114, 116 and 118.
121736993
On Fission Dynamics
31758429
Resonances due to the Landau-Zener transition.
We have derived a new useful analytic formula for the {ital T} matrix in the quantum-mechanical perturbation approach within the two-state problem with finite-range coupling which is appropriate for the discussion of the Landau-Zener transition. The resonancelike behaviors were predicted by classical or semiclassical approach in which constant coupling between two adiabatic states was assumed. In the quantum-mechanical approach, inclusion of the effect of reasonable finite-range coupling would not destroy the pattern of the resonancelike structures so much, while the magnitude of the calculated cross section is merely about 10% of that calculated by the semiclassical approach.
28272098
Diffusion over a saddle with a langevin equation
The diffusion problem over a saddle is studied using a multidimensional Langevin equation. An analytical solution is derived for a quadratic potential and the probability to pass over the barrier deduced. A very simple solution is given for the one-dimensional problem and a general scheme is shown for higher dimensions.
17985110
Holonomies of gauge fields in twistor space 2: Hecke algebra, diffeomorphism, and graviton amplitudes
Abstract We define a theory of gravity by constructing a gravitational holonomy operator in twistor space. The theory is a gauge theory whose Chan–Paton factor is given by a trace over elements of Poincare algebra and Iwahori–Hecke algebra. This corresponds to a fact that, in a spinor-momenta formalism, gravitational theories are invariant under spacetime translations and diffeomorphism. The former symmetry is embedded in tangent spaces of frame fields while the latter is realized by a braid trace. We make a detailed analysis on the gravitational Chan–Paton factor and show that an S-matrix functional for graviton amplitudes can be expressed in terms of a supersymmetric version of the holonomy operator. This formulation will shed a new light on studies of quantum gravity and cosmology in four dimensions.
119304812
Application of abelian holonomy formalism to the elementary theory of numbers
We consider an abelian holonomy operator in two-dimensional conformal field theory with zero-mode contributions. The analysis is made possible by use of a geometric-quantization scheme for abelian Chern-Simons theory on S1 × S1 × R. We find that a purely zero-mode part of the holonomy operator can be expressed in terms of Riemann's zeta function. We also show that a generalization of linking numbers can be obtained in terms of the vacuum expectation values of the zero-mode holonomy operators. Inspired by mathematical analogies between linking numbers and Legendre symbols, we then apply these results to a space of Fp = Z/pZ, where p is an odd prime number. This enables us to calculate “scattering amplitudes” of identical odd primes in the holonomy formalism. In this framework, the Riemann hypothesis can be interpreted by means of a physically obvious fact, i.e., there is no notion of “scattering” for a single-particle system. Abelian gauge theories described by the zero-mode holonomy operators will be usef...
14986084
Holonomies of gauge fields in twistor space 1: Bialgebra, supersymmetry, and gluon amplitudes
Abstract We introduce a notion of holonomy in twistor space and construct a holonomy operator by use of a spinor-momenta formalism in twistor space. The holonomy operator gives a monodromy representation of the Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov (KZ) equation, which is mathematically equivalent to a linear representation of a braid group. We show that an S-matrix functional for gluon amplitudes can be expressed in terms of a supersymmetric version of the holonomy operator. A variety of mathematical and physical concepts, such as integrability, general covariance, Lorentz invariance and Yangian symmetry, are knit together by the holonomy operator. These results shed a new light on gauge theories in four-dimensional spacetime.
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Holonomies of gauge fields in twistor space 4: Functional MHV rules and one-loop amplitudes
Abstract We consider generalization of the Cachazo–Svrcek–Witten (CSW) rules to one-loop amplitudes of N = 4 super Yang–Mills theory in a recently developed holonomy formalism in twistor space. We first reconsider off-shell continuation of the Lorentz-invariant Nair measure for the incorporation of loop integrals. We then formulate an S-matrix functional for general amplitudes such that it implements the CSW rules at quantum level. For one-loop MHV amplitudes, the S-matrix functional correctly reproduces the analytic expressions obtained in the Brandhuber–Spence–Travaglini (BST) method. Motivated by this result, we propose a novel regularization scheme by use of an iterated-integral representation of polylogarithms and obtain a set of new analytic expressions for one-loop NMHV and N 2 MHV amplitudes in a conjectural form. We also briefly sketch how the extension to one-loop non-MHV amplitudes in general can be carried out.
14286968
An interpretation of multigraviton amplitudes
Abstract We obtain alternative expressions for the multigraviton tree level amplitudes and discuss their general properties. In particular, by analogy with Yang–Mills theory, we find that some combinatoric structure can be carried by a Chan–Paton factor of general relativity as a gauge theory.