26453482
Dynamical chiral-symmetry breaking in dual QCD.
We have extended recent studies by Baker, Ball, and Zachariasen (BBZ) of dynamical chiral-symmetry breaking in dual QCD. Specifically, we have taken dual QCD to specify the nonperturbative infrared nature of the quark-quark interaction and then we have smoothly connected onto this the known leading-log perturbative QCD interaction in the ultraviolet region. In addition, we have solved for a momentum-dependent self-energy and have used the complete lowest-order dual QCD quark-quark interaction. We calculate the quark condensate {l angle}{ital {bar q}q}{r angle} and the pion decay constant {ital f}{sub {pi}} within this model. We find that the dual QCD parameters needed to give acceptable results are reasonably consistent with those extracted from independent physical considerations by BBZ.
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Can Schwinger-Dyson equations be solved independently of the regulator?
54954874
Stout-link smearing in lattice fermion actions
The properties of the momentum-space quark propagator in the Landau gauge are studied for the overlap quark action in quenched lattice QCD. Numerical calculations are performed over four ensembles of gauge configurations, where three are smeared using either 1, 3, or 6 sweeps of stout-link smearing. We calculate the nonperturbative wave-function renormalization function Z(p) and the nonperturbative mass function M(p) for a variety of bare quark masses. We find that the wave-function renormalization function is slightly sensitive to the number of stout-link smearing sweeps. For the mass function we find the effect of the stout-link smearing algorithm to be small for moderate to light bare quark masses. For a heavy bare quark mass we find a strong dependence on the number of smearing sweeps.
17365172
Heavy quark distribution functions in heavy baryons
Using the Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) equations for heavy baryons Lambda_Q, Sigma_Q, Xi_Q and Omega_Q (Q=b or c), which were established in previous work, we calculate the heavy quark distribution functions in these baryons. The numerical results indicate that these distribution functions have an obvious peak at some fraction, alpha_0, of the baryon's light-cone ``plus'' momentum component carried by the heavy quark, and that as m_Q becomes heavier this peak becomes sharper and closer to 1. The dependence of the distribution functions on various input parameters in the B-S model is also discussed. The results are seen to be qualitatively similar to an existing phenomenological model.
119715243
Unquenching effects in the quark and gluon propagator
In this work we examine the fat-link irrelevant clover (FLIC) overlap quark propagator and the gluon propagator on both dynamical and quenched lattices. The tadpole-improved Luscher-Weisz gauge action is used in both cases. The dynamical gauge fields use the FLIC fermion action for the sea quark contribution. We observe that the presence of sea quarks causes a suppression of the mass function, quark renormalization function, and gluon dressing function in the infrared. The ultraviolet physics is unaffected.
16537962
Quark-gluon vertex in a momentum subtraction scheme
We compute the quark-gluon vertex in quenched QCD, in the Landau gauge using an off-shell mean-field O(a)-improved fermion action. The running coupling is calculated in an ‘asymmetric’ momentum subtraction scheme (MOM). We obtain a crude estimate for ΛMS = 170 ± 65 MeV, which is considerably lower than other determinations of this quantity. However, substantial systematic errors remain.
45418780
Multiparticle coherence calculations for synchrotron-radiation emission.
We have used Monte Carlo calculations to verify the classical electrodynamics result describing the multiparticle coherent enhancement at long wavelengths for synchrotron-radiation emission. In addition we show the derivation of the result that, for a bunch of electrons in a storage ring, the synchrotron-radiation emission has a multiparticle coherent enhancement that is given by the square of the Fourier transform of the longitudinal spatial distribution function of the electrons. The result has been verified for Gaussian and sinusoidal distributions. For a Gaussian distribution of particles in a bunch, this is seen to have an effect only at wavelengths close to the bunch length. For a sinusoidal distribution as in the transverse optical klystron, the enhancement can easily be seen to occur at one specific wavelength.
14542071
Study of exclusive radiative B meson decays
We have studied exclusive, radiative B meson decays to charmless mesons in 9.7x10(6) B&Bmacr; decays accumulated with the CLEO detector. We measure B(B0-->K(*0)(892)gamma) = (4.55(+0.72)(-0. 68)+/-0.34)x10(-5) and B(B+-->K(*+)(892)gamma) = (3.76(+0.89)(-0. 83)+/-0.28)x10(-5). We have searched for CP asymmetry in B-->K(*)(892)gamma decays and measure A(CP) = +0.08+/-0.13+/-0.03. We report the first observation of B-->K(*)(2)(1430)gamma decays with a branching fraction of (1.66(+0.59)(-0.53)+/-0.13)x10(-5). No evidence for the decays B-->rhogamma and B0-->omegagamma is found and we limit B(B-->(rho/omega)gamma)/B(B-->K(*)(892)gamma)<0.32 at 90% C.L.
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Coherence effects in long-wavelength infrared synchrotron radiation emission.
We report measurements of synchrotron radiation emission in the wavelength region from 30 to 400 ..mu..m where coherent enhancement was predicted. The power ratio relative to a blackbody source exhibits no such enhancement and can be accounted for by the incoherent emission theory. This discrepancy is explained by showing that the coherent enhancement is reduced when proper account is taken of the relative phases of all emitting particles.