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Threshold Effects In Strong-Field Ionization: Energy Shifts And Rydberg Structures, Katarzyna Krajewska, Ilya I. Fabrikant, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

The behavior of strong-field ionization rates of neutral atoms in the vicinity ofmultiphoton ionization thresholds is analyzed using formal collision theory.Our approach,which accounts nonperturbatively for effects of an intense laser field, shows that the ionization rates have a nearly constant behavior below and above each multiphoton threshold and that between such thresholds there are an apparently finite number of rapid oscillations due to resonances with laser-field-modified Rydberg states. This pattern is typical for any atomic target, as we illustrate specifically for hydrogen and neon atoms. The flat behavior of the ionization yield near multiphoton thresholds gives the appearance of an …

Black Holes In The Conical Ensemble, Robert A. Mcnees Iv, Daniel Grumiller

Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works

We consider black holes in an “unsuitable box”: a finite cavity coupled to a thermal reservoir at a temperature different than the black hole’s Hawking temperature. These black holes are described by metrics that are continuous but not differentiable due to a conical singularity at the horizon. We include them in the Euclidean path integral sum over configurations, and analyze the effect this has on black hole thermodynamics in the canonical ensemble. Black holes with a small deficit (or surplus) angle may have a smaller internal energy or larger density of states than the nearby smooth black hole, but they …

Black Hole Thermalization, D0 Brane Dynamics, And Emergent Spacetime, Paul L. Riggins '12, Vatche Sahakian

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

When matter falls past the horizon of a large black hole, the expectation from string theory is that the configuration thermalizes and the information in the probe is rather quickly scrambled away. The traditional view of a classical unique spacetime near a black hole horizon conflicts with this picture. The question then arises as to what spacetime does the probe actually see as it crosses a horizon, and how does the background geometry imprint its signature onto the thermal properties of the probe. In this work, we explore these questions through an extensive series of numerical simulations of D0 branes. …

A Homogeneous Solution Of The Einstein-Maxwell Equations, Charles G. Torre

Research Vignettes

We exhibit and analyze a homogeneous spacetime whose source is a pure radiation electromagnetic field [1]. It was previously believed that this spacetime is the sole example of a homogeneous pure radiation solution of the Einstein equations which admits no electromagnetic field (see [2] and references therein). Here we correct this error in the literature by explicitly displaying the electromagnetic source. This result implies that all homogeneous pure radiation spacetimes satisfy the Einstein-Maxwell equations.

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How To Create A Lie Algebra, Ian M. Anderson

How to... in 10 minutes or less

We show how to create a Lie algebra in Maple using three of the most common approaches: matrices, vector fields and structure equations. PDF and Maple worksheets can be downloaded from the links below.

Assessing The Feasibility Of Cosmic-Ray Acceleration By Magnetic Turbulence At The Magnetic Center, M. Fatuzzo, F. Melia

Faculty Scholarship

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Quantitative Study Of Spin-Flip Co-Tunneling Transport In A Quantum Dot, S. Herbert, T-M. Liu, A. N. Ngo

Faculty Scholarship

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Measurement Of The Generalized Form Factors Near Threshold Via ˠ*P→Nπ+ At High Q², Clas Collaboration, K. Park, R. W. Gothe, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, R. P. Bennett, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn, H. Seraydaryan

Physics Faculty Publications

We report on the first measurement of the F₂ structure function of the neutron from the semi-inclusive scattering of electrons from deuterium, with low-momentum protons detected in the backward hemisphere. Restricting the momentum of the spectator protons to ≲ 100  MeV/c and their angles to ≳ 100° relative to the momentum transfer allows an interpretation of the process in terms of scattering from nearly on-shell neutrons. The Fⁿ₂ data collected cover the nucleon-resonance and deep-inelastic regions over a wide range of Bjorken x for 0.65 < Q² 2, with uncertainties from nuclear corrections estimated to be less …

Measurement Of Exclusive Πº Electroproduction Structure Functions And Their Relationship To Transverse Generalized Parton Distributions, Clas Collaboration, K. P. Adhikari, M. J. Amaryan, R. P. Bennett, S. Koirala, S. E. Kuhn, M. Mayer, L. B. Weinstein, I. Bedlinsky, V. Kubarovsky

Physics Faculty Publications

Exclusive π⁰ electroproduction at a beam energy of 5.75 GeV has been measured with the Jefferson Lab CLAS spectrometer. Differential cross sections were measured at more than 1800 kinematic values in Q², x_B , t , and ϕπ , in the Q² range from 1.0 to 4.6  GeV² , −t up to 2  GeV² , and x_B from 0.1 to 0.58. Structure functions σ_T+ϵσ_L , σ_TT , and σ_LT were extracted as functions of t for each of 17 combinations of Q² and x_B . …

Photon Impact Factor And 𝑘T Factorization In The Next-To-Leading Order, Ian Balitsky

Physics Faculty Publications

The photon impact factor for the BFKL pomeron is calculated in the next-to-leading order (NLO) approximation using the operator expansion in Wilson lines. The result is represented as a NLO k_T-factorization formula for the structure functions of small-x deep inelastic scattering.

Evidence For The Onset Of Color Transparency In Ρ0 Electroproduction Off Nuclei, L. El Fassi, L. Zana, H. Hafidi, M. Holtrop, B. Mustapha, W. K. Brooks, H. Hakobyan, Z. Zheng, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, M. J. Amaryan, H. Baghdasaryan, S. Bültmann, G. E. Dodge, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn, M. Mayer, H. Seraydaryan, L. B. Weinstein

Physics Faculty Publications

We have measured the nuclear transparency of the incoherent diffractive A( e , e ′ ρ⁰ ) process in ¹²C and ⁵⁶Fe targets relative to ²H using a 5 GeV electron beam. The nuclear transparency, the ratio of the produced ρ⁰ ʼs on a nucleus relative to deuterium, which is sensitive to ρA interaction, was studied as function of the coherence length (lc), a lifetime of the hadronic fluctuation of the virtual photon, and the four-momentum transfer squared (Q²). While the transparency for both ¹²C and ⁵⁶Fe …