February 1999 arXiv papers — page 16

C. Hagmann

Probably the most promising way of detecting cosmic neutrinos is measuring the mechanical force exerted by elastic scattering of cosmic neutrinos from macroscopic targets. The expected acceleration is $\sim 10^{-23} cm/s^2$ for Dirac neutrinos of mass $\sim 10 eV$ and local density $\sim 10^7/ cm^3$. A novel torsion balance design is presented. which address

Deborah L. Padgett, Wolfgang Brandner, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Stephen E. Strom

We present HST/NICMOS observations with 0.1" (15 AU) resolution of six young stellar objects in the Taurus star-formation region. The targets of our survey are three Class I IRAS sources (IRAS 04016+2610, IRAS 04248+2612, and IRAS 04302+2247) and three low-luminosity stars (DG Tau B, Haro 6-5B, and CoKu Tau/1) associated with Herbig Haro jets. The broad-

K. U. Ratnatunga, R. E. Griffiths, E. J. Ostrander

A total of 10 good candidates for gravitational lensing have been discovered in the WFPC2 images from the HST Medium Deep Survey (MDS) and archival primary observations. These candidate lenses are unique HST discoveries, i.e. they are faint systems with sub-arcsecond separations between the lensing objects and the lensed source images. Most of them are diffi

Igor Zutic, Oriol T. Valls

In tunneling spectroscopy studies of ferromagnet/superconductor (F/S) junctions, the effects of spin polarization, Fermi wavevector mismatch (FWM) between the F and S regions, and interfacial resistance play a crucial role. We study the low bias conductance spectrum of these junctions, governed by Andreev reflection at the F/S interface. We consider both d-

Xiao-Gang He, Wei-Shu Hou, Kwei-Chou Yang

Surveying known hadronic rare B decays, we find that the factorization approximation can give a coherent account of $Kπ$, $ππ$ and $ρ^0π^+$ data and give predictions for $ω^0π^+$, $ρπ$ and $K^*π$ modes, {\it if ${Re}V_{ub}$ is taken as negative} (in standard phase convention) rather than positive. As further confirmation, we expect a lower $\sin2β$ value at

Daniel Boer

We discuss possible origins of transverse spin asymmetries in hadron-hadron collisions and propose an explanation in terms of a chiral-odd T-odd distribution function with intrinsic transverse momentum dependence, which would signal a correlation between the transverse spin and the transverse momentum of quarks inside an unpolarized hadron. We will argue tha

Dagmar Bruss

The concept of entanglement splitting is introduced by asking whether it is possible for a party possessing half of a pure bipartite quantum state to transfer some of his entanglement with the other party to a third party. We describe the unitary local transformation for symmetric and isotropic splitting of a singlet into two branches that leads to the highe

O. Martin, A. Schafer, M. Stratmann, W. Vogelsang

We calculate the rapidity dependence of the transverse double-spin asymmetry for the Drell-Yan process to next-to-leading order in the strong coupling. Input transversity distributions are obtained by saturating the Soffer inequality at a low hadronic mass scale. Results for the polarized BNL-RHIC proton-proton collider and the proposed HERA-N fixed-target e

Adrian Kent, Noah Linden, Serge Massar

We consider the actions of protocols involving local quantum operations and classical communication (LQCC) on a single system consisting of two separated qubits. We give a complete description of the orbits of the space of states under LQCC and characterise the representatives with maximal entanglement of formation. We thus obtain a LQCC entanglement concent

A. M. Green, J. Koponen, P. Pennanen

Recent lattice calculations on the interaction energy of two heavy-light mesons (Q^2\bar{q}^2) are interpreted in terms of the potential of the corresponding single heavy-light meson (Q\bar{q}). This model leads to a large overestimate of the binding compared with the lattice data -- unless the basic Q\bar{q} potential is modified to become a four-quark pote

Ph. Hagler, A. Schafer, R. Kirschner, L. Szymanowski

Starting from the effective lagrangian for QCD at high energy we calculate the lowest perturbative contributions to the potential of a relativistic nucleus and compare our results to those derived by Kovchegov (see Y.V. Kovchegov, Phys. Rev. {\bf D55}, 5445 (1997)). The results differ already at order g^3 which can be traced to the fact that the meaning of t

J. Leon, M. Manna

The method of multiscale analysis is constructed for dicrete systems of evolution equations for which the problem is that of the far behavior of an input boundary datum. Discrete slow space variables are introduced in a general setting and the related finite differences are constructed. The method is applied to a series of representative examples: the Toda l

A. B. Dzyubenko, A. Yu. Sivachenko

We show that optical transitions of charged excitons in semiconductor heterostructures are governed in magnetic fields by a novel exact selection rule, a manifestation of magnetic translations. It is shown that the spin-triplet ground state of the quasi-two-dimensional charged exciton X- --- a bound state of two electrons and one hole --- is optically inacti

F. Tedoldi, R. Santachiara, M. Horvatic

We present a static, model-independent, experimental determination of the spin-spin correlation length ξin a quantum spin system. This is achieved in doped Haldane (i.e., S=1 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic) chain Y(2)BaNi(1-x)Mg(x)O(5) by Y NMR imaging of the staggered magnetization induced around the Mg-impurities (i.e., chain boundaries) by magnetic field. T

A. W. Thomas, G. Krein

We show that the implementation of chiral symmetry in recent studies of the hadron spectrum in the context of the constituent quark model is inconsistent with chiral perturbation theory. In particular, we show that the leading nonanalytic (LNA) contributions to the hadron masses are incorrect in such approaches. The failure to implement the correct chiral be

Afsar Abbas

The topological Skyrme model is known to give a successful description of baryons. As a consistency check, here it is shown that in view of the recent discovery of charge quantization as an intrinsic and basic property of the Standard Model and the color dependence arising therein, the Skyrme Model is indeed completely consistent with the Standard Model.

Masaki Shigemori, Akira Shimizu, Tobias Brandes, Jun-ichi Inoue

We study high-density electron-hole (e-h) systems with the electron density slightly larger than the hole density. We find a new superconducting phase, in which the excess electrons form Cooper pairs moving in an e-h BCS phase. The coexistence of the e-h and e-e orders is possible because e and h have opposite charges, whereas analogous phases are impossible

Stephan Dürr, Stephen R. Sharpe

The Schwinger model is used to study the artifacts of quenching in a controlled way. The model is solved on a finite-temperature cylinder of circumference $β=1/T$ with bag-inspired local boundary conditions at the two ends $x^1=0$ and $x^1=L$ which break the $γ_5$-invariance and thus play the role of a small quark mass. The quenched chiral condensate is foun

Yongle Yu, Aurel Bulgac, Piotr Magierski

The positioning of a bubble inside a many fermion system does not affect the volume, surface or curvature terms in the liquid drop expansion of the total energy. Besides possible Coulomb effects, the only other contribution to the ground state energy of such a system arises from shell effects. We show that the potential energy surface is a rather shallow fun

O. M. Kiselev

The asymptotic solution for the Painleve-2 equation with small parameter is considered. The solution has algebraic behavior before point $t_*$ and fast oscillating behavior after the point $t_*$. In the transition layer the behavior of the asymptotic solution is more complicated. The leading term of the asymptotics satisfies the Painleve-1 equation and some

Monica Ugaglia

In this paper we study the reductions of evolutionary PDEs on the manifold of the stationary points of time-dependent symmetries. In particular we describe how the finite dimensional Hamiltonian structure of the reduced system is obtained from the Hamiltonian structure of the initial PDE and we construct the time-dependent Hamiltonian function. We also prese

Sunish Menon, G. S. Agarwal

We propose a simple test to demonstrate and detect the presence of vacuum inducde coherence in a $Λ$-system. We show that the probe field absorption is modulated due to the presence of such a coherence which is unobservable in fluorescence. We present analytical and numerical results for the modulated absorption, the cosine and sine components of which displ

Ilki Kim, Guenter Mahler

We investigate the iteration of a sequence of local and pair unitary transformations, which can be interpreted to result from a Turing-head (pseudo-spin $S$) rotating along a closed Turing-tape ($M$ additional pseudo-spins). The dynamical evolution of the Bloch-vector of $S$, which can be decomposed into $2^{M}$ primitive pure state Turing-head trajectories,

S. Esposito

From the invariance properties of the Schrodinger equation and the isotropy of space we show that a generic (non-relativistic) quantum system is endowed with an ``external'' motion, which can be interpreted as the motion of the centre of mass, and an ``internal'' one, whose presence disappears in the classical limit. The latter is caused by t

Sheldon Goldstein, Stefan Teufel

We explore the possibility of a Bohmian approach to the problem of finding a quantum theory incorporating gravitational phenomena. The major conceptual problems of canonical quantum gravity are the problem of time and the problem of diffeomorphism invariant observables. We find that these problems are artifacts of the subjectivity and vagueness inherent in t

Christian Grosche

I discuss in this paper the behaviour of the solutions of the so-called q-hyperbolic potentials, i.e. P"oschl-Teller-like and conditionally solvable potentials, in terms of the path integral formalism. The differences in comparison to the usual P"oschl-Teller-like potentials are investigated, including the discrete energy spectra and the bound state

I. Passchier, the 9405 collaboration

Compton backscattering polarimetry provides a fast measurement of the polarization of an electron beam in a storage ring. Since the method is non-destructive, the polarization of the electrons can be monitored during internal target experiments. At NIKHEF a Compton polarimeter has been constructed to measure the polarization of the longitudinally polarized e

I. Passchier, D. W. Higinbotham, C. W. de Jager, B. E. Norum

Compton backscattering polarimetry provides a fast and accurate method to measure the polarization of an electron beam in a storage ring. Since the method is non-destructive, the polarization of the electron beam can be monitored during internal target experiments. For this reason, a Compton polarimeter has been constructed at NIKHEF to measure the polarizat

U. van Kolck

The application of the effective field theory (EFT) method to nuclear systems is reviewed. The roles of degrees of freedom, QCD symmetries, power counting, renormalization, and potentials are discussed. EFTs are constructed for various energy regimes of relevance in nuclear physics, and are used in systematic expansions to derive nuclear forces in terms of a

T. Siiskonen, J. Suhonen, M. Hjorth-Jensen

It has been proposed that the discrepancy between the partially-conserved axial-current prediction and the nuclear shell-model calculations of the ratio $C_P/C_A$ in the muon-capture reactions can be solved in the case of ^{28}Si by introducing effective transition operators. Recently there has been experimental interest in measuring the needed angular corre

M. Beyer, C. Kuhrts, G. Roepke

We consider deuteron formation in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies. The elementary reaction rates (Nd -> NNN) in this context are calculated using rigorous Faddeev methods. To this end an in-medium Faddeev equation that consistently includes the energy shift and Pauli blocking effects has been derived and solved numerically. As a first applicati

V. Terras

Using Functional Bethe Ansatz technique, factorizing Drinfel'd Twists for any finite dimensional irreducible representations of the Yangian Y(sl(2)) are constructed.

H. Grosse, M. Oberguggenberger, I. T. Todorov

The axiomatic formulation of quantum field theory (QFT) of the 1950's in terms of fields defined as operator valued Schwartz distributions is re-examined in the light of subsequent developments. These include, on the physical side, the construction of a wealth of (2-dimensional) soluble QFT models with quadratic exchange relations, and, on the mathematic

Robert M. Erdahl, Konstantine Rybnikov, Sergeĭ S. Ryshkov

We show how a $d$-stress on a piecewise-linear realization of an oriented (non-simplicial, in general) $d$-manifold in \rd naturally induces stresses of lower dimensions on this manifold, and discuss implications of this construction to the analysis of self-stresses in spatial frameworks. The constructed mappings are not linear, but polynomial. In 1860-70s J

Alexander Brudnyi

Let $D\subset\Co$ be a bounded domain, whose boundary $B$ consists of $k$ simple closed continuous curves and $H^{\infty}(D)$ be the algebra of bounded analytic functions on $D$. We prove the matrix-valued corona theorem for matrices with entries in $H^{\infty}(D)$.

Monica Ugaglia

In this paper we study the map associating to a linear differential operator with rational coefficients its monodromy data. The operator has one regular and one irregular singularity of Poincare' rank 1. We compute the Poisson structure of the corresponding Monodromy Preserving Deformation Equations on the space of the monodromy data.

I. P. Goulden, J. L. Harer, D. M. Jackson

We show that the virtual Euler characteristics of the moduli spaces of $s$-pointed algebraic curves of genus $g$ can be determined from a polynomial in $1/γ$ where $γ$ permits specialization, through $γ=1,$ to the complex case treated by Harer and Zagier and, through $γ=1/2$, to the real case. This polynomial appears to have geometric significance, and may b

Antoine Chambert-Loir, Yuri Tschinkel

We prove asymptotic formulas for the number of rational points of bounded height on certain equivariant compactifications of the affine plane.

Hua-Huai Chern

The author extends the idea of Jodeit and Levitan for constructing isospectral problems of the classical scalar Sturm-Liouville differential equations to the vectorial Sturm-Liouville differential equations. Some interesting relations are found.

J. Merker, Egmont Porten

We endeavour a systematic approach for the removal of singularities for CR functions on an arbitrary embeddable CR manifold.

J. Merker, Egmont Porten

Soient $M$ une variété CR localement plongeable et $Φ\subset M$ un fermé. On donne des conditions suffisantes pour que les fonctions $L_{loc}^1$ qui sont CR sur $M\backslash Φ$ le soient aussi sur $M$ tout entier.

J. Merker, Egmont Porten

Let $M$ be a generic CR submanifold in $\C^{m+n}$, $m= CRdim M \geq 1$,$n=codim M \geq 1$, $d=dim M = 2m+n$. A CR meromorphic mapping (in the sense of Harvey-Lawson) is a triple $(f,{\cal D}_f, [Γ_f])$, where: 1. $f: {\cal D}_f \to Y$ is a ${\cal C}^1$-smooth mapping defined over a dense open subset ${\cal D}_f$ of $M$ with values in a projective manifold $Y

Matthias Doerrzapf, Beatriz Gato-Rivera

We introduce a suitable adapted ordering for the twisted N=2 superconformal algebra (i.e. with mixed boundary conditions for the fermionic fields). We show that the ordering kernels for complete Verma modules have two elements and the ordering kernels for G-closed Verma modules just one. Therefore, spaces of singular vectors may be two-dimensional for comple

Avinash Dhar

We present a calculation of the matrix theory 2-loop effective action for a D0-brane in the background of the recently discussed D0-D6 bound state configuration. The effective DBI action of a D0-brane probe in the background of the corresponding 4-dimensional non-supersymmetric black hole solution to low-energy type IIA string theory compactified on a 6-toru

S. M. Barr

A mechanism for lifting the cosmological upper bound on the axion decay constant, $f_a$, is proposed. It entails the near masslessness of the radial mode whose vacuum expectation value is $f_a$. Energy in the coherent oscillations of the axion field in the early universe gets fed into the motion of the radial mode, from which it is then redshifted away.

T. Paul

We review the current knowledge of the couplings of the tau lepton to the electroweak gauge bosons, the W, Z and photon, obtained from the full L3 data sample at center-of-mass energies near the Z mass. Measurements of the the effective vector and axial-vector weak neutral couplings of the $τ$, the Lorentz structure of the weak charged current, and anomalous

Tadeusz Wibig

The depth of maximum for extensive air showers measured by Fly's Eye and Yakutsk experiments is analysed. The analysis depends on the hadronic interaction model that determine cascade development. The novel feature found in the cascading process for nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies leads to a fast increase of the inelasticity in heavy nuclei i

B. C. Allanach, A. Dedes, H. K. Dreiner

We present the complete 2-loop renormalisation group equations of the superpotential parameters for the supersymmetric standard model including the full set of R-parity violating couplings. We use these equations to do a study of (a) gauge coupling unification, (b) bottom-tau unification, (c) the fixed-point structure of the top quark Yukawa coupling, and (d

M. Cvetič, L. Everett, P. Langacker, J. Wang

We investigate the low energy physics implications of a prototype quasi-realistic superstring model with an anomalous U(1). First, we present the techniques utilized to compute the mass spectrum and superpotential couplings at the string scale, and demonstrate the results for the effective theory along a particular flat direction/"restabilized vacuum&#34

Gerhard Baur, Albrecht Leuschner

The cross-section for the process $γ+ A \to μ^+ + μ^- + X$ is studied where the photon energy is of the order of several hundreds of GeV and where one of the leptons is scattered to large angles. This is of practical importance for muon shielding calculations at future linear electron colliders. In addition to the photon pole contribution which was previousl

Irinel Caprini, Matthias Neubert

We derive a compact expression for the Borel sum of a QCD amplitude in terms of the inverse Mellin transform of the corresponding Borel function. The result allows us to investigate the momentum-plane analyticity properties of the Borel-summed Green functions in perturbative QCD. An interesting connection between the asymptotic behaviour of the Borel transfo

John McDonald

The MSSM has flat directions in its scalar potential, along which it is natural for Bose condensates of squarks to form in the early Universe. A baryon asymmetry can be induced in these condensates via Affleck-Dine baryogenesis. The condensates are unstable with respect to fragmentation to "B-balls", solitons made of squarks and carrying baryon numbe

Takeo Matsushima

A fermion-boson-type composite model for quarks and leptons is proposed. Elementary fields are only one kind of spin-1/2 and spin-0 preon. Both are in the global supersymmetric pair with the common electric charge of e/6 and belong to the fundamental representations of (3,2,2) under the spontaneously unbroken SU(3)_C*SU(2)_L*SU(2)_R gauge symmetry induced ne

H. Meyer-Ortmanns, T. Reisz

We outline two approaches for studying the electroweak phase transition in the framework of the four-dimensional SU(2) Higgs model on a lattice. The first one is based on a combination of variational estimates for the free energy and a solution of the resulting gap equations by means of dynamical linked cluster expansions. In the second approach we first ind

Sinya Aoki, Taku Izubuchi, Yoshinobu Kuramashi, Yusuke Taniguchi

Renormalization factors for three- and four-quark operators, which appear in the low energy effective Lagrangian of the proton decay and the weak interactions, are perturbatively calculated in domain-wall QCD. We find that the operators are multiplicatively renormalizable up to one-loop level without mixing with any other operators that have different chiral

Editors, :, V. V. Vladimirski, V. P. Kanavets

This is a collection of proposals of experiments at hadronic beams of 10 GeV accelerator, situated at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Moscow, Russia). The proposals were presented by the leaders of several ITEP experimental groups and include selected problems of hadron-hadron (exotic states, scalar mesons, electomagnetic form factors,

Thomas Junk

This article describes an efficient procedure for computing approximate confidence levels for searches for new particles where the expected signal and background levels are small enough to require the use of Poisson statistics. The results of many independent searches for the same particle may be combined easily, regardless of the discriminating variables wh

Frederic A. Rasio, Stuart L. Shapiro

Coalescing compact binaries with neutron star or black hole components provide the most promising sources of gravitational radiation for detection by the LIGO/VIRGO/GEO/TAMA laser interferometers now under construction. This fact has motivated several different theoretical studies of the inspiral and hydrodynamic merging of compact binaries. Analytic analyse

Philippos Papadopoulos, Jose A. Font

We introduce a formulation of Eulerian general relativistic hydrodynamics which is applicable for (perfect) fluid data prescribed on either spacelike or null hypersurfaces. Simple explicit expressions for the characteristic speeds and fields are derived in the general case. A complete implementation of the formalism is developed in the case of spherical symm

Roger T. Hartley, Kathleen Crumpton

Commercial OCR packages work best with high-quality scanned images. They often produce poor results when the image is degraded, either because the original itself was poor quality, or because of excessive photocopying. The ability to predict the word failure rate of OCR from a statistical analysis of the image can help in making decisions in the trade-off be

Mario Winter

Systematic testing of object-oriented software turned out to be much more complex than testing conventional software. Especially the highly incremental and iterative development cycle demands both many more changes and partially implemented resp. re-implemented classes. Much more integration and regression testing has to be done to reach stable stages during

Ian H. Witten, Gordon W. Paynter, Eibe Frank, Carl Gutwin

Keyphrases provide semantic metadata that summarize and characterize documents. This paper describes Kea, an algorithm for automatically extracting keyphrases from text. Kea identifies candidate keyphrases using lexical methods, calculates feature values for each candidate, and uses a machine-learning algorithm to predict which candidates are good keyphrases

F. Cordero, R. Cantelli, M. Corti, A. Campana

The anharmonic vibrational dynamics in nearly stoichiometric La2CuO4+delta is studied by means of anelastic and ^{139}La NQR relaxation. In the absorption component of the elastic susceptibility as well as in the nuclear relaxation rate a peak is detected as a function of temperature, and a relaxation time tau = 1.7 10^{-12} exp [(2800 K)/T] s is derived. Th

Roland R. Netz, Henri Orland

We formulate the non-linear field theory for a fluctuating counter-ion distribution in the presence of a fixed, arbitrary charge distribution. The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is obtained as the saddle-point, and the effects of fluctuations and correlations are included by a loop-wise expansion around this saddle point. We show that the Poisson equation is obe

C. Gerhardt, A. Fledderjohann, E. Aysal, K. -H. Mütter

We investigate the critical exponents $η_3(α,M), η_1(α,M)$ associated with the singularities in the longitudinal and transverse structure factors of the one dimensional antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with nearest (J_1) and next to nearest (J_2) neighbour coupling of relative strength $α= {J_2}/{J_1}$ and an external field $B$ with magnetization $M(B)$.

P. Di Francesco, E. Guitter, C. Kristjansen

We introduce a matrix model describing the fully-packed O(n) model on random Eulerian triangulations (i.e. triangulations with all vertices of even valency). For n=1 the model is mapped onto a particular gravitational 6-vertex model with central charge c=1, hence displaying the expected shift c -> c+1 when going from ordinary random triangulations to Euleria

Pablo Jensen, Nicolas Combe, Hernán Larralde, Jean Louis Barrat

We study the relaxation to equilibrium of two dimensional islands containing up to 20000 atoms by Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the commonly assumed relaxation mechanism - curvature-driven relaxation via atom diffusion - cannot explain the results obtained at low temperatures, where the island edges consist in large facets. Specifically, our

Gwang-Hee Kim

Employing the method of mapping the spin problem onto a particle one, we have derived the particle Hamiltonian for a biaxial spin system with a transverse or longitudinal magnetic field. Using the Hamiltonian and introducing the parameter $p (\equiv (U_{max}-E)/(U_{max}-U_{min}))$ where $U_{max}$ (U_{min}) corresponds to the top (bottom) of the potential and

Sang-Yoon Kim

We consider a damped magnetic oscillator, consisting of a permanent magnet in a periodically oscillating magnetic field. A detailed investigation of the dynamics of this dissipative magnetic system is made by varying the field amplitude $A$. As $A$ is increased, the damped magnetic oscillator, albeit simple looking, exhibits rich dynamical behaviors such as

Eric J. Hooper, Belinda J. Wilkes, Kim K. McLeod, Martin S. Elvis

The U.S. ISO Key Project on quasar spectral energy distributions seeks to better understand the very broad-band emission features of quasars from radio to X-rays. A key element of this project is observations of 72 quasars with the ISOPHOT instrument at 8 bands, from 5 to 200 microns. The sample was chosen to span a wide range of redshifts and quasar types.

Dennis Zaritsky, Stephen A. Shectman, Ian Thompson, Jason Harris

The suggestion by Zaritsky & Lin that a vertical extension of the red clump feature in color-magnitude diagrams of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is consistent with a significant population of foreground stars to the LMC that could account for the observed microlensing optical depth has been challenged by various investigators. We respond by (1) examining

A. G. Doroshkevich, V. Müller, J. Retzlaff, V. Turchaninov

The simulated matter distribution on large scales is studied using core-sampling, cluster analysis, inertia tensor analysis, and minimal spanning tree techniques. Seven simulations in large boxes for five cosmological models with COBE normalized CDM-like power spectra are studied. The wall-like Super Large Scale Structure with parameters similar to the obser

M. Feroci, F. Frontera, E. Costa, L. Amati

We report the detection by the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor onboard BeppoSAX of the strongest and longest ever detected outburst from SGR 1900+14. Oscillations are detectable with a period of ~5.16 s for the entire duration of the event ~300 s. The temporal analysis reveals also a remarkable periodic substructure: after about 35 s from the event onset each 5.16-s

A. P. Lobanov, A. Kraus, J. A. Zensus

Broad band spectra of total and compact--scale radio emission from blazars, used in combination with kinematic information inferred from VLBI monitoring programs, can be applied successfully to better constrain the models of compact jets. We discuss here a ``hands-on'' approach for tying together the kinematic and spectral properties of radio emissio

N. Vlahakis, K. Tsinganos

This paper examines a new class of exact and self-consistent MHD solutions which describe steady and axisymmetric hydromagnetic outflows from the atmosphere of a magnetized and rotating central object with possibly an orbiting accretion disk. The plasma is driven against gravity by a thermal pressure gradient, as well as by magnetic rotator and radiative for

E. Ros, J. A. Zensus, A. P. Lobanov

We monitored the superluminal QSO 3C 345 at three epochs during a one-year period in 1995--1996, observing with the VLBA at 22, 15, 8.4, and 5 GHz. We imaged the radio source both in total and in polarized intensity. In the images at 5 and 8.4 GHz, the jet emission is traced up to 20 milliarcseconds (mas) from the jet core. In the 15 and 22 GHz images, we id

Ilya V. Pogorelov, Henry E. Kandrup

First passage time experiments were used to explore the effects of low amplitude noise as a source of accelerated phase space diffusion in two-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, and these effects were then compared with the effects of periodic driving. The objective was to quantify and understand the manner in which ``sticky'' chaotic orbits that, in t

L. L. Kiss, B. Csak, J. R. Thomson, J. Vinko

We present the first (as of February, 1999) UBV and uvby photometric measurements for the short period variable star V2109 Cyg discovered by the Hipparcos satellite and classified as a field RRc variable. We have obtained new times of maxima and the period change has been studied. We determined the fundamental physical parameters using the geometric distance

Michel Casse, Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam, Jacques Paul

We present a broad overview of the principal processes and astrophysical sites of gamma-ray line production and review the main pre-INTEGRAL satellite observations to set the stage to the next European era of gamma-ray line astronomy.

Christos Siopis

(Abridged:) Schwarzschild's method was used to construct equilibrium solutions to the collisionless Boltzmann equation corresponding to a Plummer sphere, which were compared with analytical results to test the robustness of the numerical method and its efficiency in probing the degeneracy of the solution space. The method was then used to construct triax

R. Lieu, Y. Takahashi, T. W. B. Kibble, J. van Paradijs

Recent rapid advances in the observations of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) lend much confidence to the cosmological fireball (FB) model: there is now compelling evidence that the radiation is emitted by a relativistic shock where a high speed upstream flow terminates. The question concerning what generates such an outflow is central to our search for the ultimate

Chris Simpson, Steve Rawlings, Mark Lacy

We present the results of a programme of thermal-IR imaging of nineteen z~1 radio galaxies from the 3CR and 3CRR samples. We detect emission at L' (3.8um) from four objects; in each case the emission is unresolved at 1" resolution. Fifteen radio galaxies remain undetected to sensitive limits of L'~15.5. Using these data in tandem with archived HS

Cheongho Han

The Einstein time scale, which is the only information obtained from current microlensing experiments, results from a complicated combination of the lens parameters that we want to determine. Of the methods for breaking the lens parameter degeneracy, the most promising and generally applicable method is to measure the lens parallax from simultaneous observat

Henryk Fuks

We present a rigorous derivation of the flow at arbitrary time in a deterministic cellular automaton model of traffic flow. The derivation employs regularities in preimages of blocks of zeros, reducing the problem of preimage enumeration to a well known lattice path counting problem. Assuming infinite lattice size and random initial configuration, the flow c

Eugenio Carretta, Raffaele Gratton, Gisella Clementini, Flavio Fusi Pecci

We review the results on distances and absolute ages of galactic globular clusters (GCs) obtained after the release of the Hipparcos catalogue. Several methods for the Population II local distance scale are discussed, exploiting NEW RESULTS for RR Lyraes in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We find that the so-called Short and Long Distance Scales may be rec

T. Stein, G. A. Levin, C. C. Almasan, D. A. Gajewski

We report transport and magnetic relaxation measurements in the mixed state of strongly underdoped Y_{1-x}Pr_{x}Ba_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7} crystals. A transition from thermally activated flux creep to temperature independent quantum flux creep is observed in both transport and magnetic relaxation at temperatures T * 5 K. Flux transformer measurements indicate that th

Piero Madau, George Efstathiou

High-resolution hydrodynamics simulations of the Ly-alpha forest in cold dark matter dominated cosmologies appear to predict line widths that are substantially narrower than those observed. Here we point out that Compton heating of the intergalactic gas by the hard X-ray background (XRB), an effect neglected in all previous investigations, may help to resolv

Ronald Holzloehner, Martin Schoen

The fluctuation-induced interaction between two rod-like, rigid inclusions in a fluid vesicle is studied by means of canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulations. The vesicle membrane is represented by a triangulated network of hard spheres. Five rigidly connected hard spheres form rod-like inclusions that can leap between sites of the triangular network. Thei

Y. -B. Zhang, J. -Q. Liang, H. J. W. Muller-Kirsten, S. -P. Kou

The escape rates of the biaxial single domain spin particles with and without an applied magnetic field are investigated. Using the strict potential field description of spin systems developed by Ulyanov and Zaslavskii we obtain new effective Hamiltonians which are considered to be in exact spin-coordinate correspondence unlike the well studied effective Ham

B. M. Zupnik

Models of interactions of D-dimensional hypermultiplets and supersymmetric gauge multiplets with $\mathcal{N}=8$ supercharges $(D{\leq} 6)$ can be formulated in the framework of harmonic superspaces. The effective Coulomb low-energy action for D=5 includes the free and Chern-Simons terms. We consider also the non-Abelian superfield D=5 Chern-Simons action. T

P. Kosiński, J. Lukierski, P. Maślanka

We describe the local D=4 field theory on $κ$--deformed Minkowski space as nonlocal relativistic field theory on standard Minkowski space--time. For simplicity the case of $κ$-deformed scalar field $ϕ$ with the interaction $λϕ^{4}$ is considered, and the $κ$--deformed interaction vertex is described. It appears that fundamental mass parameter $κ$ plays a rol

S. Nojiri, O. Obregon, S. D. Odintsov, K. E. Osetrin

Using s-wave and large N approximation the one-loop effective action for 2d dilaton coupled scalars and spinors which are obtained by spherical reduction of 4d minimal matter is found. Quantum effective equations for reduced Einstein gravity are written. Their analytical solutions corresponding to 4d Kantowski-Sachs (KS) Universe are presented. For quantum-c

Masako Yamada, Naoshi Sugiyama, Joseph Silk

We estimate the deformation of the cosmic microwave background radiation by the hot region (``cocoon'') around a radio galaxy. A simple model is adopted for cocoon evolution while the jet is on, and a model of evolution is constructed after the jet is off. It is found that at low redshift the phase after the jet is off is longer than the lifetime of

I. Chemakin, V. Cianciolo, B. A. Cole, R. Fernow

Experiment 910 has measured slow protons and deuterons from collisions of 18 GeV/c protons with Be, Cu, and Au targets at the BNL AGS. These correspond to the ``grey tracks'' first observed in emulsion experiments. We report on their momentum and angular distributions and investigate their use in measuring the centrality of a collision, as defined by

R. Foot

Observations by the MACHO collaboration suggest that a significant proportion of the galactic halo dark matter is in the form of compact objects with typical masses $M\sim 0.5M_{\odot}$. One of the current mysteries is the nature and origin of these objects. We suggest that these objects are stars composed of mirror matter. This interpretation provides a pla

G. Papadopoulos, J. Gutowski

We present a new bound for the worldvolume actions of branes with a Wess-Zumino term. For this we introduce a generalization of calibrations for which the calibration form is not closed. We then apply our construction to find the M-5-brane worldvolume solitons in an AdS background that saturate this bound. We show that these worldvolume solitons are supersym

Lloyd Knox

The primary results of most observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy are estimates of the angular power spectrum averaged through some broad band, called band-powers. These estimates are in turn what are used to produce constraints on cosmological parameters due to all CMB observations. Essential to this estimation of cosmological paramet

O. M. Kiselev, B. I. Suleimanov

The relation between the Painleve equations and the algebraic equations with the catastrophe theory point of view are considered. The asymptotic solutions with respect to the small parameter of the Painleve equations different types are discussed. The qualitative analysis of the relation between algebraic and fast oscillating solutions is done for Painleve-2

Yuri B. Suris

We study lattice Miura transformations for the Toda and Volterra lattices, relativistic Toda and Volterra lattices, and their modifications. In particular, we give three successive modifications for the Toda lattice, two for the Volterra lattice and for the relativistic Toda lattice, and one for the relativistic Volterra lattice. We discuss Poisson propertie

St. Lück, J. Peinke, R. Friedrich

The transition to fully developed turbulence of a wake behind a circular cylinder is investigated with respect to its statistics. In particular, we evaluated the probability density functions of velocity increments on different length scales $r$. Evidence is presented that the $r$-dependence of the velocity increments can be taken as Markov processes in the