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Generalized structure of hadron-quark vertex function in Bethe-Salpeter framework : applications to leptonic decays of V-mesons
We employ the framework of the Bethe–Salpeter equation under a covariant instantaneous ansatz to study the leptonic decays of vector mesons. The structure of the hadron–quark vertex function Γ is generalized to include various Dirac covariants (other than iγ ⋅ e) from their complete set. They are incorporated in accordance with a naive power counting rule order-by-order in powers of the inverse of the meson mass. The decay constants for ρ, ω and mesons are calculated with the incorporation of leading-order covariants.
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Comments on CLEO new measurements for $\upsilon_{1S}$ decays to charmonium final states and investigations on associate strange particle enhancement in $\upsilon$ to J/Psi + $X$
The recent measurements by CLEO Collaboration for the inclusive J/Psi and Psi(2S) production in Upsilon(1S) decay and our previous calculation are analyzed. The J/Psi momentum spectrum and the production ratio of Psi(2S) versus J/Psi favour Upsilon to J/Psi(Psi(2S)) + ccbar g as the dominant contribution. We point out that the differences between the experimental data and our previous results are mainly originated from the setting of the parameter charm quark mass. We further suggest the associate strange particle enhancement as a probe for the open charm particles in Upsilon to J/Psi (Psi(2S)) + ccbar g.
118901774
Gluon Shadowing and Hadron Production at RHIC
Nuclear Science Division, Mailstop 70-319, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720.(October 3,2001)Hadron multiplicity in the central rapidity region of high-energy heavy-ion collisions is investi-gated within a two-component mini-jet model which consists of soft and semi-hard particle produc-tion. The hard contribution from mini-jets is reevaluated using the latest parameterization of partondistributions and nuclear shadowing. The energy dependence of the experimental data from RHICrequires a strong nuclear shadowing of the gluon distribution in this model. The centrality depen-dence of the hadron multiplicity at√s = 130 GeV is reproduced well with the impact-parameterdependent parton shadowing. However, energy variation of the centrality dependence is needed todistinguish diﬀerent particle production mechanisms such as the parton saturation model.25.75.-q,12.38.Bx,12.38.Mh,24.85.+p
189809274
Dirac structure of quark-hadron vertex in Bethe-Salpeter wave function under the framework covariant instantaneous ansatz
In the framework of covariant instantaneous ansatz, the general form of the quark-hadron vertex of certain kind of mesons is provided; how to arrange the Dirac covariants of the complete set by the power counting rule is discussed. Employing the leading order Dirac covariants for vector and pseudoscalar mesons, their decay constants are calculated. This proceeding paper is complementary to our other two previous papers, emphasizing on some conceptual discussions. The strong interaction is special for its basic degree of freedoms are confined in hadrons, preventing the measurement of the “really-free” quanta, i.e., quarks and gluons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Hence, a description for the asymptotic states, the hadrons, in the strong interactions/collisions, with the language of the basic quanta/fields, quarks, and gluons, is a necessary but challenging task. In the framework of relativistic quantum field theory, at least one “standard” way to describe bound states, i.e., the Bethe-Salpeter wave function (BSW), which is the solution of the Bethe-Salpeter integral equation (BSE), seems available. Through an extensive employment of various techniques in the quantum field theory, such as the DysonSchwinger Equations, one may expect to know the movement of the quarks and gluons in hadrons, and to calculate various kinds of interactions/collisions in various energy scales with such knowledge. This is one of the most important purposes of studying the hadron structure. However, a full understanding of the physical picture of the BSW and a satisfactory way to solve the BES in QCD are still beyond approach. Even, one is not able to give the “rigorous” form of the kernel of the BSE without practical non-perturbative techniques in QCD. More specifically, one has a very powerful picture/tool in high energy hadronic interactions, i.e., the perturbative QCD inspired parton model, but how to approach this parton picture starting from low energy BSW of hadron is an open question. At the same time, the standard factorization scheme is often facing danger in various special processes [1, 2]. So it is very much justified to put more labour on the study of BSW/BSE, especially their
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Multirefringence phenomena in nonlinear electrodynamics
Universite´ de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06103 Nice Cedex 2, Franceand Dipartimento di Fisica and ICRA, Sapienza Universita` di Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy(Received 19 April 2013; published 13 September 2013)Wave propagation in nonlinear theories of the electromagnetism described by Lagrangian densitiesdependent upon its two local invariants LðF;GÞ is revisited. On the light of the recent ﬁndings inmetamaterials, it is here shown that trirefringence is also a possible phenomenon to occur in the realm ofsuch nonlinear theories. A speciﬁc model exhibiting this effect is investigated in terms of both phase andgroup velocities. It is claimed that wave propagation in some well known nonlinear models for spin-oneﬁelds, like QED and QCD in certain regimes, may exhibit trirefringence.
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OPERA Collaboration have observed phase speed of neutrino wave function, while advanced time displacement is mainly due to finite life time of pion
First we call the attention that velocity defined by ratio between some intervals of space and time respectively is sometimes ambiguous, in the framework of quantum theory. Velocity in general is not possible to be well defined as some generator of certain space-time symmetry operation. Then in section 3 by analyzing the OPERA experiment we show that the OPERA Collaboration may have measured the phase speed of the neutrino wave function. Employing a very (maybe too) simple model which is just a reproduction from Brillouin's classical book, we demonstrate the phase velocity and group velocity. These are just a qualitative illustration rather than aiming to quantitively explain the OPERA data. However, how to rigorously define the phase containing the particle production ordering information as a space-time distribution observable in QFT needs more investigations. Due to the finite life time of the pions (w.r.t. its flying time in the 1 km long tunnel) which decay to the muon neutrinos, the wave form for neutrinos recorded by OPERA is deformed from that of the proton. Such an effect is estimated to lead to an advanced time displacement of the order of 100ns, which coincides with the measured. Such an effect can only be significant when measuring phase speed and the recorded neutrino events per extraction of proton smaller than one, as the OPERA case.
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Constraints on Randall-Sundrum model from the events of dijet production with QCD next-to-leading order accuracy at the LHC
We study the dijet production in Randall-Sundrum model at the LHC with QCD next-to-leading(NLO) order accuracy. Our results show that the QCD NLO corrections can increase the total cross sections by more than $80\%$ and reduce the scale dependence. We also explore in detail several important kinematic distributions at the NLO level. Moreover, we discuss the upper limits of the KK graviton excluded mass range and the allowed parameter space for the coupling constant and KK graviton mass, using the experiment data.
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Renormalization group improved predictions for $t\bar{t}W^\pm$ production at hadron colliders
We study the factorization and resummation of the $t\bar{t}W^\pm$ production at hadron colliders. The cross section in the threshold limit can be factorized into a convolution of hard and soft functions and parton distribution functions with the soft-collinear effective theory. We calculate the next-to-leading order soft function for the associated production of the heavy quark pair and colorless particle, and we perform the resummation calculation with the next-to-next-to-leading logarithms accuracy. Our results show that the resummation effects reduce the dependence of the cross section on the scales significantly and increase the total cross section by $7-13\%$ compared with NLO QCD results.
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Current leads for superconducting magnets of ADS injector I
In an ADS injector I, there are five superconducting magnets in each cryomodule. Each superconducting magnet contains a solenoid magnet, a horizontal dipole corrector (HDC), and a vertical dipole corrector (VDC). Six current leads will be required to power the electrical circuits, from room temperature to the 2.1 K liquid helium bath: two leads carry 100 A current for the solenoid magnet while the other four carry 12 A for the HDC and the VDC. This paper presents the principle of current lead optimization, which includes the cooling methods, the choice of material and structure, and the issues for current lead integration.
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First calculation of cosmic-ray muon spallation backgrounds for MeV astrophysical neutrino signals in Super-Kamiokande
signals is much larger than the signal rates for kinetic energies of about 6 { 18 MeV. Surprisingly, there is no published calculation of the production and properties of these backgrounds in water, though there are such studies for scintillator. Using the simulation code FLUKA and theoretical insights, we detail how muons lose energy in water, produce secondary particles, how and where these secondaries produce isotopes, and the properties of the backgrounds from their decays. We reproduce Super-Kamiokande measurements of the total background to within a factor of 2, which is good given that the isotope yields vary by orders of magnitude and that some details of the experiment are unknown to us at this level. Our results break aggregate data into component isotopes, reveal their separate production mechanisms, and preserve correlations between them. We outline how to implement more eective background rejection techniques using this information. Reducing backgrounds in solar and DSNB studies by even a factor of a few could help lead to important new discoveries.
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LAr TPC Electronics CMOS Lifetime at 300 K and 77 K and Reliability Under Thermal Cycling
A study of hot-carrier effects (HCE) on the 180-nm CMOS device lifetime has been performed at 300 K and 77 K for Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC). Two different measurements were used: accelerated lifetime measurement under severe electric field stress by the drain-source voltage Vds, and a separate measurement of the substrate current as a function of 1/Vds. The former verifies the canonical very steep slope of the inverse relation between the lifetime and the substrate current, and the latter confirms that below a certain value of Vds a lifetime margin of several orders of magnitude can be achieved for the cold electronics TPC readout. The low power ASIC design for LAr TPC falls naturally into this domain, where hot-electron effects are negligible. Lifetime of digital circuits (ac operation) is extended by the inverse duty factor 1/(fclockteff) compared to dc operation. This factor is large (> 100) for deep submicron technology and clock frequency needed for TPC readout. As an additional margin, Vds may be reduced by ~ 10%. Extremely low failure rate (incidence) in previous large experiments demonstrates that surface mount circuit board technology withstands very well even multiple abrupt immersion in liquid nitrogen applied in board testing, and that the total failure incidence in continuous operation over time is very low.