September 2002 arXiv papers — page 9

Karl Gebhardt, Douglas Richstone, Scott Tremaine, Tod R. Lauer

We present axisymmetric, orbit superposition models for 12 galaxies using data taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based observatories. In each galaxy, we detect a central black hole (BH) and measure its mass to accuracies ranging from 10% to 70%. We demonstrate that in most cases the BH detection requires both the HST and ground-based dat

F. Maltoni, K. Paul, T. Stelzer, S. Willenbrock

We introduce a new color decomposition for multi-parton amplitudes in QCD, free of fundamental-representation matrices and structure constants. This decomposition has a physical interpretation in terms of the flow of color, which makes it ideal for merging with shower Monte-Carlo programs. The color-flow decomposition allows for very efficient evaluation of

Kenji Fukushima

Spectral functions in the $σ$-channel are investigated near the chiral critical end point (CEP), that is, the point where the chiral phase transition ceases to be first-ordered in the $(μ,T)$-plane of the QCD phase diagram. At that point the $σ$ meson becomes massless in spite of explicit breaking of the chiral symmetry. It is expected that experimental sign

J. F. Vazquez-Poritz

A spinning nonextremal D3-brane undergoes a phase transition to a naked singularity which, from the braneworld point of view, corresponds to the apparent graviton speed passing from subluminal to superluminal. We investigate this phase transition from the dual perspectives of braneworld scenarios and holography. We discuss the relevance of the thermodynamic

Lior M. Burko

The singularitiy inside a spherical charged black hole, coupled to a spherical, massless scalar field is studied numerically. The profile of the characteristic scalar field was taken to be a power of advanced time with an exponent $α>0$. A critical exponent $α_{\rm crit}$ exists. For exponents below the critical one ($α<α_{\rm crit}$) the singularity is a un

J. Engel, G. C. McLaughlin, C. Volpe

We examine the prospects for using lead as a supernova-neutrino detector by considering the spectrum of electrons produced, and the number of one- and two-neutron events. We show that the electron energy spectrum from charged-current reactions can be used to extract information about the high-temperature component of the neutrino spectrum. Some degree of ele

Blazenka Melic

We are going to review recent advances in the theory of exclusive nonleptonic B decays. The emphasis is going to be on the factorization hypothesis and the role of nonfactorizable contributions for nonleptonic B decays. In particular, we will discuss in more detail calculations of nonfactorizable contributions in the QCD light-cone sum rule approach and thei

T. Jacobson, S. Liberati, D. Mattingly

Recent work has shown that dispersion relations with Planck scale Lorentz violation can produce observable effects at energies many orders of magnitude below the Planck energy M. This opens a window on physics that may reveal quantum gravity phenomena. It has already constrained the possibility of Planck scale Lorentz violation, which is suggested by some ap

Marcus Berg, Henning Samtleben

Using holographic renormalization, we study correlation functions throughout a renormalization group flow between two-dimensional superconformal field theories. The ultraviolet theory is an N=(4,4) CFT which can be thought of as a symmetric product of U(2) super WZW models. It is perturbed by a relevant operator which preserves one-quarter supersymmetry and

Thomas D. Cohen

The large $N_c$ nuclear potential puzzle arose because three- and higher-meson exchange contributions to the nucleon-nucleon potential did not automatically yield cancellations that make these contributions consistent with the general large $N_c$ scaling rules for the potential. Here it is proposed that the resolution to this puzzle is that the scaling rules

Vatche Sahakian

Starting from the non-linear sigma model of the IIB string in the light-cone gauge, we analyze the role of RR fluxes in Holography. We find that the worldsheet theory of states with only left or right moving modes does not see the presence of RR fields threading a geometry. We use this significant simplification to compute part of the strong coupling spectru

R. Casana, V. Ya. Fainberg, B. M. Pimentel, J. T. Lunardi

We study massless Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau (DKP) fields in the context of Einstein-Cartan gravitation theory, interacting via minimal coupling procedure. In the case of an identically vanishing torsion (Riemannian space-times) we show that there exists local gauge symmetries which reproduce the usual gauge symmetries for the massless scalar and electromagnetic f

Gunnar Pruessner

The Oslo rice pile model is a sandpile-like paradigmatic model of ``Self-Organized Criticality&#39;&#39; (SOC). In this paper it is shown that the Oslo model is in fact exactly a discrete realization of the much studied quenched Edwards-Wilkinson equation (qEW) [Nattermann et al., J. Phys. II France 2, 1483 (1992)]. This is possible by choosing the correct d

Abhishek Dhar, B. Sriram Shastry

The Ford-Kac-Mazur formalism is used to study quantum transport in (1) electronic and (2) harmonic oscillator systems connected to general reservoirs. It is shown that for non-interacting systems the method is easy to implement and is used to obtain many exact results on electrical and thermal transport in one-dimensional disordered wires. Some of these have

Marko Sysi-Aho, Anirban Chakraborti, Kimmo Kaski

We develop a game theoretical model of $N$ heterogeneous interacting agents called the intelligent minority game. The ``intelligent&#39;&#39; agents play the basic minority game and depending on their performances, generate new strategies using the one-point genetic crossover mechanism. The performances change dramatically and the game moves rapidly to an ef

Geraldine Servant, Tim M. P. Tait

Recently a new dark matter candidate has been proposed as a consequence of universal compact extra dimensions. It was found that to account for cosmological observations, the masses of the first Kaluza-Klein modes (and thus the approximate size of the extra dimension) should be in the range 600-1200 GeV when the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP) correspon

Tomasz Krzyszton

The paper reviews a concept of induced spin-flop domain inside vortices in an antiferromagnetic superconductor. Such phenomenon may occur when an external magnetic field is strong enough to flip over magnetic moments in the core of the vortex from their ground state configuration. The formation of the domain structure inside vortices modifies the surface ene

Lindsay King, Peter Schneider

During the past few years, secure detections of cosmic shear have been obtained, manifest in the correlation of the observed ellipticities of galaxies. Constraints have already been placed on cosmological parameters, such as the normalisation of the matter power spectrum sigma_8. One possible systematic contaminant of the lensing correlation signal arises fr

Lotfi Boubekeur, Sacha Davidson, Marco Peloso, Lorenzo Sorbo

The observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe can be due to the $B-L$ violating decay of heavy right handed (s)neutrinos. The amount of the asymmetry depends crucially on their number density. If the (s)neutrinos are generated thermally, in supersymmetric models there is limited parameter space leading to enough baryons. For this reason, several alternative

Michael Kunzinger, Gerhard Rein, Roland Steinbauer, Gerald Teschl

We consider an ensemble of classical particles coupled to a Klein-Gordon field. For the resulting nonlinear system of partial differential equations, which we call the relativistic Vlasov-Klein-Gordon system, we prove the existence of global weak solutions for initial data satisfying a size restriction. The latter becomes necessary since the energy of the sy

Florian Meier, Daniel Loss

We analyze transport of magnetization in insulating systems described by a spin Hamiltonian. The magnetization current through a quasi one-dimensional magnetic wire of finite length suspended between two bulk magnets is determined by the spin conductance which remains finite in the ballistic limit due to contact resistance. For ferromagnetic systems, magneti

Alexander Kling, Olaf Lechtenfeld, Alexander D. Popov, Sebastian Uhlmann

Nonperturbative solutions to the nonlinear field equations in the NS sector of cubic as well as nonpolynomial superstring field theory can be obtained from a linear equation which includes a &#34;spectral&#34; parameter λand a coboundary operator Q(λ). We borrow a simple ansatz from the dressing method (for generating solitons in integrable field theories) a

L. K. Hunt, C. Giovanardi, G. Helou

We present JHK and 3.8-micron photometry of 26 galaxies in the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Normal Galaxy Key Project (KP) sample and of seven normal ellipticals with the aim of investigating the origin of the 4-micron emission. The majority of the KP galaxies, and all the ellipticals, have K-L<~1.0, consistent with stellar photospheres plus moderate dus

Sushan Konar, Subinoy Das

Neutrino-photon processes, forbidden in vacuum, can take place in the presence of a thermal medium and/or an external electro-magnetic field, mediated by the corresponding charged leptons (real or virtual). Such interactions affect the propagation of neutrinos through a magnetized plasma. We investigate the neutrino-photon absorptive processes, at the one-lo

Zhongzhi Song, Ce Meng, Kuang-Ta Chao

We study the exclusive decays of $B$ meson into pseudoscalar charmonium states $η_c$ and $η_c^\prime$ within the QCD factorization approach and find that the nonfactorizable corrections to naive factorization are infrared safe at leading-twist order. The spectator interactions arising from the kaon twist-3 effects are formally power-suppressed but chirally a

D. E. Browne, M. B. Plenio

Current methods of preparing maximally entangled states in the laboratory need an extremely accurate control of interaction times, requiring sophisticated experimental techniques. Here, we show that such precise control is not necessary when one utilizes short or weak interactions followed by measurements. We present a scheme for the probabilistic generation

Nihat Sadik Deger

We study holographic RG flows of N=2 matter couple AdS_3 supergravities which admit both compact and non-compact sigma manifolds. For the compact case the supersymmetric domain wall solution interpolates between a conformal IR region and flat spacetime and this corresponds to a deformation of the CFT by an irrelevant operator. When it is non-compact, the sol

A. V. Smilga

We consider dimensionally reduced versions of N=2 four- dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and determine the one-loop effective Lagrangians associated with the motion over the corresponding moduli spaces. In the (0+1) case, the effective Lagrangian describes an N=4 supersymmetric quantum mechanics of the Diaconescu--Entin type. In (1+1) dimensions,

Thorsten Leonhardt, Ahmed Meziane, Werner Ruehl

We prove inductively that every k-trace operator of SO(6)_R irrep with Young tableau partition {r_1,r_2,r_3}, constructed out of k chiral primaries in the twenty dimensional SO(6)_R irrep, leads to a quasi primary field with protected conformal dimension. Our argument is based on perturbative evaluations of certain four point functions up to order 1/N^2.

Stephen C. Anco

A nonabelian class of massless/massive nonlinear gauge theories of Yang-Mills vector potentials coupled to Freedman-Townsend antisymmetric tensor potentials is constructed in four spacetime dimensions. These theories involve an extended Freedman-Townsend type coupling between the vector and tensor fields, and a Chern-Simons mass term with the addition of a H

Elias C. Vagenas

An extension of the Keski-Vakuri, Kraus and Wilczek (KKW) analysis to black hole spacetimes which are not Schwarzschild-type is presented. Preserving the regularity at the horizon and stationarity of the metric in order to deal with the across-horizon physics, a more general coordinate transformation is introduced. In this analysis the Hawking radiation is v

A. A. Shatskiy, N. S. Kardashev

The structure and magnitude of the electric field created by a rotating accretion disk with a poloidal magnetic field is found for the case of a vacuum approximation along the axis. The accretion disk is modeled as a torus filled with plasma and the frozen-in magnetic field. The dimensions and location of the maximum electric field are found, as well as the

C. Simenel, Ph. Chomaz

We have perfomed Time Dependant Hartree-Fock (TDHF) calculations on the non linear response of nuclei. We have shown that quadrupole (and dipole) motion produces monopole (and quadrupole) oscillations in all atomic nuclei. We have shown that these findings can be interpreted as a large coupling between one and two phonon states leading to large anharmoniciti

Holger Gies, Christof Wetterich

We investigate one-flavor QCD with an additional chiral scalar field. For a large domain in the space of coupling constants, this model belongs to the same universality class as QCD, and the effects of the scalar become unobservable. This is connected to a ``bound-state fixed point&#39;&#39; of the renormalization flow for which all memory of the microscopic

Debabrata Panja, Goutam Tripathy, Wim van Saarloos

We study front propagation and diffusion in the reaction-diffusion system A $\leftrightharpoons$ A + A on a lattice. On each lattice site at most one A particle is allowed at any time. In this paper, we analyze the problem in the full range of parameter space, keeping the discrete nature of the lattice and the particles intact. Our analysis of the stochastic

Christopher J. Glosser, Carl R. Schmidt

We present a fully analytic calculation of the Higgs boson transverse momentum and rapidity distributions, for nonzero Higgs $p_\perp$, at next-to-leading order in the infinite-top-mass approximation. We separate the cross section into a part that contains the dominant soft, virtual, collinear, and small-$p_\perp$-enhanced contributions, and the remainder, w

Kazuhiro Hikami, Takashi Imamura

We consider a generalization of the vicious walker model. Using a bijection map between the path configuration of the non-intersecting random walkers and the hook Young diagram, we compute the probability concerning the number of walker&#39;s movements. Applying the saddle point method, we reveal that the scaling limit gives the Tracy--Widom distribution, wh

J. Richert

The low-lying bound states of a microscopic quantum many-body system of $n$ particles and the related physical observables can be worked out in a truncated $n$--particle Hilbert space. We present here a non-perturbative analysis of this problem which relies on a renormalisation concept and work out the link with perturbative approaches.

S. Geltman, M. Fotino

The controversial question of whether or not an atom will be completely ionized by a laser pulse of arbitrarily increasing intensity is discussed.

I. M. Savukov, W. R. Johnson

Two-photon E1M1 transition rates are evaluated for heliumlike ions with nuclear charges in the range Z = 50-94. The two-photon rates modify previously published lifetimes/transition rates of 2 3P0 states. For isotopes with nuclear spin I not equal 0, where hyperfine quenching dominates the 2 3P0 decay, two-photon contributions are significant; for example, i

Leszczynski Jacek

This paper deals with the complex problem of how to simulate multiparticle contacts. The collision process is responsible for the transfer and dissipation of energy in granular media. A novel model of the interaction force between particles has been proposed and tested. Such model allows us to simulate multiparticle collisions and granular cohesion dynamics.

J. H. Thywissen, M. Prentiss

We demonstrate the use of frequency-encoded light masks in neutral atom lithography. We demonstrate that multiple features can be patterned across a monotonic potential gradient. Features as narrow as 0.9 microns are fabricated on silicon substrates with a metastable argon beam. Internal state manipulation with such a mask enables continuously adjustable fea

Matt Mackie, Kalle-Antti Suominen, Juha Javanainen

Recent Feshbach-resonance experiments with 85Rb Bose-Einstein condensates have led to a host of unexplained results: dramatic losses of condensate atoms for an across-resonance sweep of the magnetic field, a collapsing condensate with a burst of atoms emanating from the remnant condensate, increased losses for decreasing interaction times--until very short t

A. P. Zuker

It is shown that a very simple three-body monopole term can solve practically all the spectroscopic problems--in the $p$, $sd$ and $pf$ shells--that were hitherto assumed to need drastic revisions of the realistic potentials.

M. A. Braun, V. M. Suslov, B. Vlahovic

The structure function of the nucleus in the cumulative region $x>1$ is studied in terms of nucleon degrees of freedom. At high $Q^2$ the resulting expressions are presented as a sum of contributions from few-nucleon correlations. Two-nucleon correlations are studied in some detail. Spin variables are averaged out. In the region $1<x<2$ the structure functio

T. M. Shneidman, G. G. Adamian, N. V. Antonenko, R. V. Jolos

The properties of the states of the alternating parity bands in actinides, Ba, Ce and Nd isotopes are analyzed within a cluster model. The model is based on the assumption that cluster type shapes are produced by the collective motion of the nuclear system in the mass asymmetry coordinate. The calculated spin dependences of the parity splitting and of the el

Ralf Averbeck

Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of single electrons from Au+Au collisions have been measured at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV and 200 GeV at midrapidity by the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. After subtraction of background from photon conversions and light hadron decays, the spectra appear consistent with semileptonic decays of charmed particles.

J. L. Nagle

We report on leptonic observables by the PHENIX experiment from data taken during Run II at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We show first results on phi -> K+K-, e+e-, low and intermediate mass dielectron continuum, single electrons from charm, and J/psi yields in proton-proton and Au-Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV.

Laurette S. Tuckerman

We describe an interpretation of convection in binary fluid mixtures as a superposition of thermal and solutal problems, with coupling due to advection and proportional to the separation parameter S. Many properties of binary fluid convection are then consequences of generic properties of 2 x 2 matrices. The eigenvalues of 2 x 2 matrices varying continuously

A. A. Yurova, A. V. Yurov, M. Rudnev

We study discrete isospectral symmetries for the classical acoustic spectral problem in spatial dimensions one and two, by developing a Darboux (Moutard) transformation formalism for this problem. The procedure follows the steps, similar to those for the Schrödinger operator. However, there is no one-to-one correspondence between the two problems. The techni

E. Petrisor

In this paper we study dynamical properties of the area preserving Henon map, as a discrete version of open Hamiltonian systems, that can exhibit chaotic scattering. Exploiting its geometric properties we locate the exit and entry sets, i.e. regions through which any forward, respectively backward, unbounded orbit escapes to infinity. In order to get the bou

Wenhua Zhao

Let $F=(F_1, F_2, ... F_n)$ be an $n$-tuple of formal power series in $n$ variables of the form $F(z)=z+ O(|z|^2)$. It is known that there exists a unique formal differential operator $A=\sum_{i=1}^n a_i(z)\frac {\p}{\p z_i}$ such that $F(z)=exp (A)z$ as formal series. In this article, we show the Jacobian ${\cal J}(F)$ and the Jacobian matrix $J(F)$ of $F$

Karen E. Smith, Irena Swanson

We find explicit bounds on the primary components and on the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of powers of monomial ideals. We also analyze the primary decompositions of Katzman&#39;s example.

Maria Evelina Rossi, Irena Swanson

We establish new classes of Ratliff-Rush closed ideals and some pathological behavior of the Ratliff-Rush closure. In particular, Ratliff-Rush closure does not behave well under passage modulo superficial elements, taking powers of ideals, associated primes, leading term ideals, and the minimal number of generators. In contrast, the reduction number of the R

David Richeson, Jim Wiseman

We prove a generalization of the Poincaré-Birkhoff theorem for the open annulus showing that if a homeomorphism satisfies a certain twist condition and the nonwandering set is connected, then there is a fixed point. Our main focus is the study of bounded homeomorphisms of the open annulus. We prove a fixed point theorem for bounded homeomorphisms and study t

Shulim Kaliman, Nikolai Saveliev

Let $X$ be a smooth contractible affine algebraic threefold with a nontrivial algebraic ${\bf C}_+$-action on it. We show that $X$ is rational and the algebraic quotient $X//{\bf C}_+$ is a smooth contractible surface $S$ which is isomorphic to ${\bf C}^2$ in the case when $X$ admits a dominant morphism from a threefold of form $C \times {\bf C}^2$. Furtherm

Holger Brenner

We define a closure operation for ideals in a commutative ring which has all the good properties of solid closure (at least in the case of equal characteristic) but such that also every ideal in a regular ring is closed. This gives in particular a kind of tight closure theory in characteristic zero without referring to positive characteristic.

Holger Brenner

We give a class of three-dimensional Stein spaces W together with a hypersurface H, such that the complement W-H is not Stein, but such that for every analytic surface S \subset W the complement S-S \cap H is Stein. This class is constructed using forcing equations and gives new counter-examples to the hypersection problem.

Holger Brenner

We formulate problems of tight closure theory in terms of projective bundles and subbundles. This provides a geometric interpretation of such problems and allows us to apply intersection theory to them. This yields new results concerning the tight closure of a primary ideal in a two-dimensional graded domain.

Holger Brenner

We study the property of a normal scheme, that the complement of every hypersurface is an affine scheme. To this end we introduce the affine class group. It is a factor group of the divisor class group and measures the deviation from this property. We study the behaviour of the affine class group under faithfully flat extensions and under the formation of pr

Ciro Ciliberto, Rick Miranda, Mina Teicher

In this article we construct a specific projective degeneration of K3 surfaces of degree 2g-2 in P^g to a union of 2g-2 planes, which meet in such a way that the combinatorics of the configuration of planes is a triangulation of the 2-sphere. Abstractly, such degenerations are said to be Type III degenerations of K3 surfaces. Although the birational geometry

Holger Brenner

We give an elementary proof that for a ring homomorphism A -> B, satisfying the property that every ideal in A is contracted from B, the following property holds: for every chain of prime ideals p_0 \subset ... \subset p_r in A there exists a chain of prime ideals q_0 \subset ... \subset q_r in B such that q_i \cap A = p_i.

P. Bieliavsky, Y. Maeda

We define non-tempered (exponential growth) function spaces on the Lie group ax+b which are stable under some left-invariant (convergent) star product.

B. Enriquez, V. Rubtsov

Spectral transformation is known to set up a birational morphism between the Hitchin and Beauville-Mukai integrable systems. The corresponding phase spaces are: (a) the cotangent bundle of the moduli space of bundles over a curve C, and (b) a symmetric power of the cotangent surface T^*(C). We conjecture that this morphism can be quantized, and we check this

Catalin Ciuperca

Let A be a local ring with maximal ideal m. For an arbitrary ideal I of A, we define the generalized Hilbert coefficients j_k(I) \in Z^{k+1} (k=0,1,...,dim A). When the ideal I is m-primary, j_k(I)=(0,...,0,(-1)^k e_k(I)), where e_k(I) is the classical k-th Hilbert coefficient of I. Using these coefficients, we give a numerical characterization of the homoge

Robert Carroll

Relations between differential calculi, quantum groups, integrable systems, and q-analysis are studied. Some new Hirota type formulas are established for qKP along with variations on classical Hirota formulas.

Dror Bar-Natan

Following Goussarov&#39;s paper `Interdependent Modifications of Links and Invariants of Finite Degree&#39; [Topology 37 (1998) 595--602] we describe an alternative finite type theory of knots. While (as shown by Goussarov) the alternative theory turns out to be equivalent to the standard one, it nevertheless has its own share of intrinsic beauty.

Michele Mulazzani

In this paper we study the connections between cyclic presentations of groups and branched cyclic coverings of (1,1)-knots. In particular, we prove that every n-fold strongly-cyclic branched covering of a (1,1)-knot admits a cyclic presentation for the fundamental group encoded by a Heegaard diagram of genus n.

David Richeson, Jim Wiseman

We show that a continuous map or a continuous flow on $\R^{n}$ with a certain recurrence relation must have a fixed point. Specifically, if there is a compact set W with the property that the forward orbit of every point in $\R^{n}$ intersects W then there is a fixed point in W. Consequently, if the omega limit set of every point is nonempty and uniformly bo

Mark A. Stern

We construct quantum mechanical models which mimic many features of string theory. We use these models to gain improved descriptions of B fields and gerbes. We examine analogs of T duality, D branes, and mirror symmetry and derive quantum mechanical analogs of standard phenomena, such as the noncommutative geometry induced by a B field.

C. P. Burgess, E. Filotas, M. Klein, F. Quevedo

As part of a programme for the general study of the low-energy implications of supersymmetry breaking in brane-world scenarios, we study the nonlinear realization of supersymmetry which occurs when breaking N=2 to N=1 supergravity. We consider three explicit realizations of this supersymmetry breaking pattern, which correspond to breaking by one brane, by on

Nelson R. F. Braga

We review in this lecture the relation between the Maldacena Conjecture, also known as AdS/CFT correspondence, and the so called Holographic principle that seems to be an essential ingredient for a quantum gravity theory. We also illustrate the idea of Holography by showing that the curvature of the anti-de Sitter space reduces the number of degrees of freed

Takayuki Hirayama, Gungwon Kang, Youngone Lee

We have investigated the classical stability of magnetically charged black $p$-brane solutions for string theories that include the case studied by Gregory and Laflamme. It turns out that the stability behaves very differently depending on a coupling parameter between dilaton and gauge fields. In the case of Gregory and Laflamme, it has been known that the b

Joao P. Silva, Abner Soffer, Lincoln Wolfenstein, Feng Wu

The constraints on the value of the CKM phase gamma that may be achieved by prospective measurements of sin(2 beta) and sin(2 beta + gamma) are discussed. Significant constraints require quite small errors, and may depend on assumptions about strong phases. The measurement of sin(2 beta + gamma) combined with other experiments could provide valuable limits o

Paul H. Frampton

It is shown how, in a class of models, the sign of the baryon number of the universe can be related to CP violation in neutrino oscillation experiments.

Alex Krasnitz, Yasushi Nara, Raju Venugopalan

We extend previous work on high energy nuclear collisions in the Color Glass Condensate model to study collisions of finite ultrarelativistic nuclei. The changes implemented include a) imposition of color neutrality at the nucleon level and b) realistic nuclear matter distributions of finite nuclei. The saturation scale characterizing the fields of color cha

S. Jadach, W. Placzek, M. Skrzypek, B. F. L. Ward

Any Monte Carlo event generator in which only initial state radiation (ISR) is implemented, or ISR is simulated independently of the final state radiation (FSR), may feature too many photons with large transverse momenta, which deform the topology of events and result in too strong an overall energy loss due to ISR. This overproduction of ISR photons happens

Gintaras Duda, Graciela Gelmini, Paolo Gondolo, Joakim Edsjo

We examine the detectability through indirect means of weakly interacting dark matter candidates that may constitute not all but only a subdominant component of galactic cold dark matter. We show that the possibility of indirect detection of neutralinos from their annihilations in the Earth and Sun is not severely hampered by decreasing neutralino relic dens

G. C. Branco, D. Delepine, B. Nobre, J. Santiago

Isosinglet fermions naturally arise in a variety of extensions of the Standard Model, in particular in models with extra dimensions. In this paper, we study the effect of the addition of a new isosinglet charged lepton to the standard spectrum, with special emphasis on implications for neutrino asymmetries to be measured at future neutrino factories. Lepton

M. A. Braun, B. Vlahovic

Charm photoproduction rates off nuclei below the nucleon threshold are estimated using the phenomenologically known structure functions both for $x<1$ and $x>1$. The rates rapidly fall from values of the order 1 nb at the threshold to values of the order 1 pb at 6 GeV for Pb target.

A. A. Andrianov, V. A. Andrianov, S. S. Afonin

We perform the QCD testing of the Quasilocal Quark Model (QQM) based on Operator Product Expansion (OPE). The quark current correlators calculated in framework of the model, are compared to their OPE in QCD at intermediate energies. The QQM provides a reasonable resolution for mass spectrum of parity doublers in scalar and vector meson channels.

Juri Rolf, Stefan Sint

We present a lattice determination of the charm quark&#39;s mass, using the mass of the D_s meson as experimental input. All errors are under control with the exception of the quenched approximation. Setting the scale with F_K=160 MeV, our final result for the renormalization group invariant (RGI) quark mass is M_c = 1.654(45) GeV, which translates to m_c(m_

B. L. Ioffe

The general method for calculation of valence quark distributions in hadrons at intermediate $x$ is presented. The imaginary part of virtual photon forward scattering amplitude on quark current with hadron quantum number is considered in the case, when initial and final virtualities of the current $p^2_1$ and $p^2_2$ are different, negative and large: $\mid

A. G. Akeroyd, S. Recksiegel

High Luminosity upgrades of the KEK-B collider are being discussed. We consider the role of the purely leptonic decays B^\pm -> l^\pm nu and B^0 -> l+l- in motivating such an upgrade. These decays are very sensitive to R parity violating extensions of the MSSM, and we show that future runs of the KEK-B factory can be competitive with high energy colliders fo

Neil Russell

This talk discusses theoretical aspects of tests of CPT and Lorentz Symmetry that will in principle be possible with trapped antihydrogen. The framework is the standard-model extension, which admits minuscule violations of CPT and Lorentz symmetry in a general manner without giving up other features of the standard model of particle physics. Spectroscopic tr

Frederic Teubert

This paper is an updated version of the invited plenary talk given at the XXII Physics in Collision Conference at Stanford, (June 2002). The measurements performed at LEP and SLC have substantially improved the precision of the tests of the Minimal Standard Model. The precision is such that there is sensitivity to pure weak radiative corrections. This allows

M. B. Oktay, A. X. El-Khadra, A. S. Kronfeld, P. B. Mackenzie

We extend the Fermilab formalism for heavy quarks to develop an $O(a^2)$ improved relativistic action. We discuss our construction of the action, including the identification of redundant operators and the calculation of the improvement coefficients.

Lorenz von Smekal, with Philippe de Forcrand

We measure the free energies in SU(2) of static fundamental charges and center monopoles. Dual to temporal center fluxes, the former provide a well-defined (dis)order parameter for deconfinement. In contrast, the monopole free energies vanish in the thermodynamic limit at all temperatures and are thus irrelevant for the transition.

T. Bakeyev, M. Gockeler, R. Horsley, D. Pleiter

By considering the local vector current between nucleon states and imposing charge conservation we determine, for $O(a)$ improved Wilson fermions, its renormalisation constant and quark mass improvement coefficient. The computation is performed for both quenched and two flavour unquenched fermions.

Valerie Halyo

As PEP-II is exceeding the original design luminosity, BaBar is currently upgrading its Level 1 Drift Chamber Trigger (DCT) to reduce the rate of background Level 1 triggers by more than 50% while preserving the high Level 1 trigger physics efficiency. New Z-Pt-Discriminator VME boards (ZPD) utilizing the stereo hit information from the drift chamber are bei

Nicolas Berger

A precise measurement of the ratio of hadron to muon production in e^+e^- collisions, denoted by R(s), is a necessary input for the interpretation of current precision electroweak measurements. We describe a method for measuring R(s) with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-factory using initial-state radiation events.

Pierre Savard

We present a summary of our experimental understanding of the top quark and discuss the significant improvements expected in Run II at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We also discuss prospects for a Higgs boson discovery at the Tevatron.

Irwin Lee

We have carried out the largest search for stable particles with fractional electric charge, based on an oil drop method that incorporates a horizontal electric field and upward air flow. No evidence for such particles was found, giving a 95% C.L. upper limit of $1.15\times 10^{-22}$ particles per nucleon on the abundance of fractional charge particles in si

Stefan Soldner-Rembold

A Photon Collider will provide unique opportunities to study the SM Higgs boson and to determine its properties. MSSM Higgs bosons can be discovered at the Photon Collider for scenarios where they might escape detection at the LHC. As an example for the many other physics topics which can be studied at a Photon Collider, recent results on Non-Commutative Fie

C. Bona, T. Ledvinka, C. Palenzuela, M. Zacek

A general covariant extension of Einstein&#39;s field equations is considered with a view to Numerical Relativity applications. The basic variables are taken to be the metric tensor and an additional four-vector. The extended field equations, when supplemented by suitable coordinate conditions, determine the time evolution of all these variables without any

L. V. Verozub

We argue that space-time properties are not absolute with respect to the used frame of reference as is to be expected according to ideas of relativity of space and time properties by Berkley - Leibnitz - Mach- Poincaré. From this point of view gravitation may manifests itself both as a field in Minkowski space-time and as space-time curvature. If the motion

John D. Barrow

We review some of the history and properties of theories for the variation of the gravitation and fine structure &#39;constants&#39;. We highlight some general features of the cosmological models that exist in these theories with reference to recent quasar data that is consistent with time-variation in alpha since a redshift of 3.5. The behaviour of a simple

A. G. Yaneff

The well-known $O(n^{1-1/d})$ behaviour of the optimal tour length for TSP in d-dimensional Cartesian space causes breaches of the triangle inequality. Other practical inadequacies of this model are discussed, including its use as basis for approximation of the TSP optimal tour length or bounds derivations, which I attempt to remedy.

Peter Rowlands, Bernard Diaz

We present two ways in which an infinite universal alphabet may be generated using a novel rewrite system that conserves zero (a special character of the alphabet and the symbol for that character) at every step. The recursive method delivers the entire alphabet in one step when invoked with the zero character as the initial subset alphabet. The iterative me

Matthias J. Graf, Il-Kyoung Jeong, Daniel L. Starr, R. H. Heffner

We explore the possibility of extracting information about lattice dynamics in simple crystal structures from the neutron pair-density function (PDF) through inverse data analysis. Contrary to the claims by Dimitrov, Louca, and Roeder [Phys.Rev. B 60, 6204 (1999)], and in agreement with recent work by Reichardt and Pintschovius [Phys.Rev. B 63, 174302 (2001)