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Prompt Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons: Nlo Versus Lo Qcd Predictions, Gabriele U. Varieschi Jan 2000

Prompt Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons: Nlo Versus Lo Qcd Predictions, Gabriele U. Varieschi

Physics Faculty Works

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Prompt Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons: Dependence On The Gluon Distribution Function, Gabriele U. Varieschi Jan 2000

Prompt Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons: Dependence On The Gluon Distribution Function, Gabriele U. Varieschi

Physics Faculty Works

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Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics Predictions For Very High Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons, Gabriele U. Varieschi Jan 2000

Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics Predictions For Very High Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos And Muons, Gabriele U. Varieschi

Physics Faculty Works

We compare the leading and next-to-leading order Quantum Chromodynamics predictions for the flux of atmospheric muons and neutrinos from decays of charmed particles. We then compute this flux for different Partonic Distribution Functions (PDF's) and different extrapolations of these at small partonic momentum fraction x. We find that the predicted fluxes vary up to almost two orders of magnitude at the largest energies studied, depending on the chosen extrapolation of the PDF's. We show that the spectral index of the atmospheric leptonic fluxes depends linearly on the slope of the gluon distribution function at very small x. Finally, we analyze …


Group Invariant Solutions Without Transversality, Ian M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels, Charles G. Torre Jan 2000

Group Invariant Solutions Without Transversality, Ian M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels, Charles G. Torre

All Physics Faculty Publications

We present a generalization of Lie's method for finding the group invariant solutions to a system of partial differential equations. Our generalization relaxes the standard transversality assumption and encompasses the common situation where the reduced differential equations for the group invariant solutions involve both fewer dependent and independent variables. The theoretical basis for our method is provided by a general existence theorem for the invariant sections, both local and global, of a bundle on which a finite dimensional Lie group acts. A simple and natural extension of our characterization of invariant sections leads to an intrinsic characterization of the reduced …


Critical Adsorption On Defects In Ising Magnets And Binary Alloys, Andreas Hanke Jan 2000

Critical Adsorption On Defects In Ising Magnets And Binary Alloys, Andreas Hanke

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

Long-range correlations in a magnet close to its critical point or in a binary alloy close to a continuous order-disorder transition can substantially enhance the effect of local perturbations. It is demonstrated using a position-space renormalization procedure that quasi-one-dimensional defects which break the symmetry of the order parameter have pronounced effects: They cause long-range critical adsorption profiles and give rise to new universal critical exponents, which are identified and calculated using field-theoretical methods.


Production Of A Signal By Irradiated Cells Which Leads To A Response In Unirradiated Cells Characteristic Of Initiation Of Apoptosis, Fiona Lyng, C. Seymour, C. Mothersill Jan 2000

Production Of A Signal By Irradiated Cells Which Leads To A Response In Unirradiated Cells Characteristic Of Initiation Of Apoptosis, Fiona Lyng, C. Seymour, C. Mothersill

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This study investigated the ability of medium from irradiated cells to induce early events in the apoptotic cascade, such as mobilization of intracellular calcium, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and increase in reactive oxygen species, in cells which were never exposed to radiation. Medium from irradiated human keratinocytes was harvested and transferred to unirradiated keratinocytes. Endpoints characteristic of the initiation of apoptosis were monitored for a period of 24 h following medium transfer. Clonogenic survival was also measured. Rapid calcium fluxes (within 30 s), loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, increases in reactive oxygen species (from 6 h after medium transfer), …


Development Of A Quality Control Procedure For Force Platforms, Jacinta Browne, Neil O'Hare Jan 2000

Development Of A Quality Control Procedure For Force Platforms, Jacinta Browne, Neil O'Hare

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A force platform is a technical method of quantitatively assessing balance indirectly. The use of force platforms in physiotherapy departments has become more prominent over the last few years. However, the main drawback in the use of force platforms is the lack of comprehensive calibration procedures, which casts doubt on the results obtained with these systems. Existing calibration tests are limited to testing the spatial accuracy of the force platform. This paper describes a comprehensive quality control test procedure which was developed. It is proposed that the developed quality control test procedure could be used to test all types of …


Development Of A Novel Method For Assessing Balance: The Quantitative Posturography System, Jacinta Browne, Neil O'Hare Jan 2000

Development Of A Novel Method For Assessing Balance: The Quantitative Posturography System, Jacinta Browne, Neil O'Hare

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Balance is the ability to maintain equilibrium while sitting or standing. There are a number of different methods, which are used to assess balance: technical methods such as Sway Magnetometry, Ataxia Meter and Force Platforms and clinical methods such as Functional Reach Test, Berg Balance Test and Fall Risk Index. The most frequently used technical method is the force platform. There are two types of Force Platform a static and a dynamic Force Platform of which the dynamic Force Platform has been found to be more sensitive at detecting impaired balance. The Quantitative Posturography System (QPS) described in this paper …


Local Environment Of Iron And Uranium Ions In Vitrified Iron Phosphate Glasses Studied By Fe K And Uliii-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy, Mevlüt Karabulut, G. K. Marasinghe, C. S. Ray, D. E. Day, George Daniel Waddill, P. G. Allen, C. H. Booth, J. J. Bucher, D. L. Caulder, D. K. Shuh, M. Grimsditch, M.-L. Saboungi Jan 2000

Local Environment Of Iron And Uranium Ions In Vitrified Iron Phosphate Glasses Studied By Fe K And Uliii-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy, Mevlüt Karabulut, G. K. Marasinghe, C. S. Ray, D. E. Day, George Daniel Waddill, P. G. Allen, C. H. Booth, J. J. Bucher, D. L. Caulder, D. K. Shuh, M. Grimsditch, M.-L. Saboungi

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The local structure of iron and uranium ions in a series of iron phosphate glasses with the general composition (40 - x)Fe2O3-xUO2-60P2O5 and (1-x-y)(40Fe2O3-60P2O5)-xUO2-y(Na2O or CaO) was investigated using Fe K-edge and U LIII-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Replacing Fe2O3 by UO2 in the glass caused more distortion in the coordination environment of Fe(III) ions. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure fits revealed that the Fe-P bonds observed in the base glass also …


Neutron Scattering From Aerosols: Intraparticle Structure Factor, Guinier Analysis Of Particle Speed, And Crossed Beam Kinematics, Gerald Wilemski Jan 2000

Neutron Scattering From Aerosols: Intraparticle Structure Factor, Guinier Analysis Of Particle Speed, And Crossed Beam Kinematics, Gerald Wilemski

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

A theoretical formalism for neutron scattering from systems of particles is applied to liquid nanodroplet aerosols. A term arising from intraparticle, intermolecular correlations is identified. The kinematical theory of two body scattering is recast into a form convenient for interpreting the results of experiments with crossed beams of neutrons and aerosol particles. Based on a theoretical analysis of the scattered intensity in the Guinier region, a method for determining the particle velocity directly from the experimental data is outlined. The method is not restricted by assumptions about particle shape, composition, uniformity, or size distribution.


Electron Correlations Observed Through Intensity Interferometry, Michael Schulz, Robert Moshammer, Wayne M. Schmitt, Holger Kollmus, Bernold Feuerstein, Rido Mann, Siegbert Hagmann, Joachim Hermann Ullrich Jan 2000

Electron Correlations Observed Through Intensity Interferometry, Michael Schulz, Robert Moshammer, Wayne M. Schmitt, Holger Kollmus, Bernold Feuerstein, Rido Mann, Siegbert Hagmann, Joachim Hermann Ullrich

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Intensity interferometry was applied to study electron correlations in doubly ionizing ion-atom collisions. In this method, the probability to find two electrons emitted in the same double ionization event with a certain momentum difference is compared to the corresponding probability for two uncorrelated electrons from two independent events. The ratio of both probabilities, the so-called correlation function, is found to sensitively reveal electron correlation effects, but it is rather insensitive to the collision dynamics.


Virtual Compton Scattering In The Nucleon Resonance Region, Luminita Anca Todor Jan 2000

Virtual Compton Scattering In The Nucleon Resonance Region, Luminita Anca Todor

Physics Theses & Dissertations

This thesis is a study of virtual Compton scattering reaction in which a virtual photon is elastically scattered off a proton γv p → γp. The p( e,e′p)γ reaction was measured in the nucleon resonance region for the first time in the experiment E93-050 in Hall A at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. To lowest order in αQED, this reaction is a coherent superposition of radiation from the incident or scattered electron in elastic ep scattering (Bethe-Heitler) and exclusive production of a photon on the proton, by absorption of a virtual photon …


Interaction Of Laser Radiation With A Negative Ion In The Presence Of A Strong Static Electric Field, N. L. Manakov, M. V. Frolov, Anthony F. Starace, Ilya I. Fabrikant Jan 2000

Interaction Of Laser Radiation With A Negative Ion In The Presence Of A Strong Static Electric Field, N. L. Manakov, M. V. Frolov, Anthony F. Starace, Ilya I. Fabrikant

Anthony F. Starace Publications

This paper provides a general theoretical description of a weakly bound atomic system (a negative ion) interacting simultaneously with two (generally strong) fields, a static electric field and a monochromatic laser field having an arbitrary elliptical polarization. The zero-range δ-potential is used to model the interaction of a bound electron in a negative ion as well as the interaction of a detached electron with the residual atom. Our treatment combines the quasistationary (complex energy) and quasienergy (Floquet) approaches. This quasistationary, quasienergy state (QQES) formalism is the most appropriate one for analysing a decaying quantum system under the influence of a …


The Polarization Of Sb Overlayers On Nimnsb(100), Takashi Komesu, C.N. Borca, Hae-Kyung Jeong, Peter A. Dowben, Delia Ristoiu, J.P. Nozieres, Shane Stadler, Y.U. Idzerda Jan 2000

The Polarization Of Sb Overlayers On Nimnsb(100), Takashi Komesu, C.N. Borca, Hae-Kyung Jeong, Peter A. Dowben, Delia Ristoiu, J.P. Nozieres, Shane Stadler, Y.U. Idzerda

Peter Dowben Publications

We have investigated the induced polarization of paramagnetic Sb overlayers on the Heusler alloy NiMnSb. From combined X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and spin-polarized inverse photoemission spectroscopy (SPIPES), we can assign some of the unoccupied states of the Heusler alloy NiMnSb. With increasing thickness of the Sb overlayer, there is a decline in the density of states near the Fermi energy, as expected for a semimetal overlayer on a metallic substrate. While the Sb is polarized by the ferromagnetic NiMnSb substrate, consistent with the expectations of mean field theory, the polarization at the center of the surface/overlayer Brillouin zone cannot be …


Enhanced Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Of Surfaces Using Multicolor Gratings, Bernard S. Gilbert, Joel H. Blatt Jan 2000

Enhanced Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Of Surfaces Using Multicolor Gratings, Bernard S. Gilbert, Joel H. Blatt

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

Most optical topolography systems use a single-wavelength laser for projection, using a swept spot, a moving line, or a projected grating. In a typical projected grating system, the gratings are shifted and a series of images is used to recover the 3-D shape of the target. When the series of images is analyzed in the normal phase shift manner, the resulting 2-D phase map typically has phase unwrapping problems due to noise and Nyquist limits. Surfaces with large vertical discontinuities present a problem for phase unwrapping 3-D shape recovery. We look at simultaneously projecting multiple wavelengths onto a surface to …


Mass-Radius Relations For Helium White Dwarfs, Ri̇kkat Ci̇velek, Ni̇lgün Kiziloğlu Jan 2000

Mass-Radius Relations For Helium White Dwarfs, Ri̇kkat Ci̇velek, Ni̇lgün Kiziloğlu

Turkish Journal of Physics

We studied the static mass-radius relation of white dwarf stars with masses greater than 0.45 $M_\odot$. We assumed pure degenerate helium interiors at a finite temperature with luminosity-mass ratio due to neutrino energy loss. We compared the obtained M-R relation with those of other writers.


An Extended Adiabatic Approach For Nuclear Reactions, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül Jan 2000

An Extended Adiabatic Approach For Nuclear Reactions, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this letter, an alternative approximation is developed for the treatment of breakup process in nuclear reactions, which presents a way of evaluating non-adiabatic corrections to the adiabatic model three-body wavefunction by introducing a more consistent prescription for the continuum n-p center of mass energy. Although the present formalism goes beyond the quasi-adiabatic approach, due to the use of exact continuum channel energies, its application to deuteron involving reactions at medium energies shows that such an approach can not be used in its present form. A possible reason behind this failure is discussed.


Chemically Synthesised Cd_{(1-X)}Zn_Xse Thin Films: Spectro-Structural And Microscopic Studies, D. S. Sutrave, G. S. Shahane, V. B. Patil, L. P. Deshmukh Jan 2000

Chemically Synthesised Cd_{(1-X)}Zn_Xse Thin Films: Spectro-Structural And Microscopic Studies, D. S. Sutrave, G. S. Shahane, V. B. Patil, L. P. Deshmukh

Turkish Journal of Physics

This paper presents information pertaining to the chemo-mechanical synthesis of (Cd,Zn) Se thin films with a variable composition which has been brought about with the objective to study deposition history and growth kinetics, as well as structural changes and the optical properties. The effect of various process parameters, such as deposition time and temperature, concentration of species, speed of the substrate rotation, pH etc., on the growth and quality of the films is studied experimentally. At first sight, mechanistic interpretation of the reaction mechanism is given based on the influence of the process parameters on the film growth and the …


Solar Observations Made At The Malatya Station With Danjon Astrolabe, Orhan Gölbaşi, Hüseyi̇n Kiliç, Fernand Chollet Jan 2000

Solar Observations Made At The Malatya Station With Danjon Astrolabe, Orhan Gölbaşi, Hüseyi̇n Kiliç, Fernand Chollet

Turkish Journal of Physics

The first results of astrometric solar observations made at the Malatya Station with a modified version of the Paris Observatory astrolabe are presented. This campaign was conducted as part of a cooperation between Inonü University and the Paris Observatory. The astrolabe, exactly the same as the one at Santiago de Chile [1], uses two reflecting prisms instead of transparent prisms in order to be able to observe at two zenith distances of 30^o and 60^o. The time is supplied by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The measurements (Table 1, 2) made between 1993 and 1994, were used in obtaining …


The Effect Of Iterative Solutions In The Quasi-Adiabatic Treatment Of Transfer Reactions Involving Deuterons, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül Jan 2000

The Effect Of Iterative Solutions In The Quasi-Adiabatic Treatment Of Transfer Reactions Involving Deuterons, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül

Turkish Journal of Physics

Using an iterative scheme, the effects of a more correct treatment of large n-p components of deuteron channel wavefunction in the continuum, which are associated with near-side contributions of transition amplitude, are investigated in the framework of the reformulated quasi-adiabatic model for the \( ^{116} \)Sn \( (d,p) \) \( ^{117} \)Sn reaction at 79 MeV bombarding energy. As the \( \ell_{n} \)-transfer rises, the far-side amplitude increases with improvements in the linear and angular momentum responce, which results in a relative suppression of the near-side components of the amplitude. Therefore, one might expect that the iteration of the quasi-adiabatic …


Effects Of Disorder On The Drag Rate In Double Quantum-Wire Systems, B. Tanatar Jan 2000

Effects Of Disorder On The Drag Rate In Double Quantum-Wire Systems, B. Tanatar

Turkish Journal of Physics

We study the Coulomb drag rate for electrons in a double quantum-wire structure in the presence of disorder. We use the particle number-conserving relaxation-time approximation to phenomenologically broaden the response functions entering the drag rate expression to account for the disorder effects. In contrast to the usual low-temperature regime investigated by various researchers, we focus our attention on the high-temperature drag rate to which plasmon modes are known to make substantial contribution. The full wave vector and frequency dependent random-phase approximation (RPA) at finite temperature and disorder strength is employed to describe the effective interlayer Coulomb interaction. The interplay between …


The Statistics Of Energy States Of A Hookean Model For Proteins, Ayşe Erzan, Erkan Tüzel Jan 2000

The Statistics Of Energy States Of A Hookean Model For Proteins, Ayşe Erzan, Erkan Tüzel

Turkish Journal of Physics

A generic model of a random polypeptide chain, with discrete torsional degrees of freedom and Hookean springs connecting pairs of hydrophobic residues, reproduces the energy probability distribution of real proteins over a very large range of energies. We show that this system with harmonic interactions, under dissipative dynamics driven by random noise, leads to a distribution of energy states obeying a modified one-dimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with reflecting boundary conditions, and giving rise to distributions of the Wigner or inverse Gaussian form. A continuum approximation leads to a path integral formulation of the problem. PACS 5.65+b,5.70Ln,87.17.Aa


Product Integral Representations Of Wilson Lines And Wilson Loops And Non-Abelian Stokes Theorem, Robert L. Karp, Freydoon Mansouri, Jung S. Rno Jan 2000

Product Integral Representations Of Wilson Lines And Wilson Loops And Non-Abelian Stokes Theorem, Robert L. Karp, Freydoon Mansouri, Jung S. Rno

Turkish Journal of Physics

We make use of product integrals to provide an unambiguous mathematical representation of Wilson line and Wilson loop operators. Then, drawing upon various properties of product integrals, we discuss such properties of Wilson lines and Wilson loops as approximating them with partial sums, their convergence, and their behavior under gauge transformations. We also obtain a surface product integral representation for the Wilson loop operator. The result can be interpreted as the non-abelian version of Stokes theorem.


From Antibracket To Equivariant Characteristic Classes, Armen Nersessian Jan 2000

From Antibracket To Equivariant Characteristic Classes, Armen Nersessian

Turkish Journal of Physics

We equip the exterior algebra of Riemann manifold by the odd symplectic structure. Then, by its use we construct the equivariant even (pre)symplectic structure, whose Poincare - Cartan invariants of the second structure define the equivariant Euler classes of the surfaces.


On The Duality Of Quantum Liouville Field Theory, L. O'Raifeartaigh, J. M. Pawlowski, V. V. Sreedhar Jan 2000

On The Duality Of Quantum Liouville Field Theory, L. O'Raifeartaigh, J. M. Pawlowski, V. V. Sreedhar

Turkish Journal of Physics

It has been found empirically that the Virasoro centre and 3-point functions of quantum Liouville field theory with potential $e^{2b\phi(x)}$ and external primary fields exp($\alpha\phi(x)$) are invariant with respect to the duality transformations $\hbar \alpha\rightarrow q-\alpha$ where $q=b^{-1}+b$. The steps leading to this result (via the Virasoro algebra and 3-point functions) are reviewed in the path-integral formalism. The duality stems from the fact that the quantum relationship between the $\alpha$ and the conformal weights $\Delta_\alpha$ is two-to-one. As a result the quantum Liouville potential may actually contain two exponentials (with related parameters). It is shown that in the two-exponential theory …


Coherent States For The Hydrogen Atom, Nuri̇ Ünal Jan 2000

Coherent States For The Hydrogen Atom, Nuri̇ Ünal

Turkish Journal of Physics

We obtained the coherent states for the hydrogen atom by transforming the problem onto the four oscillators in the parametric time at the classical level and quantizing these oscillators. We showed that for the coherent states the mean values of the physical position of the electron satisfy the Keplerian ellipsis and the dispersions of them oscillate in the parametric time.


Skyrmions From Harmonic Maps, Wojtek Zakrzewski Jan 2000

Skyrmions From Harmonic Maps, Wojtek Zakrzewski

Turkish Journal of Physics

We describe some relations between solitonic solutions of various models in different dimensions. We present some examples and then concentrate on some of our recent work (performed in collaboration with Ioannidou and Piette) \cite{IPZ} \cite{us2} which shows how some harmonic maps from $S^2$ to $CP^{N-1}$ can be used to find nontrivial spherically symmetric static solutions of the $SU(N)$ Skyrme model in 3 dimensions and to generate some of its low energy field configurations.


Time Evolution Of Fast Particles During Decay Of Hadronic Systems, Mohamed Tarek Hussein, Nabila Mohamed Hassan, Nagla El-Harby Jan 2000

Time Evolution Of Fast Particles During Decay Of Hadronic Systems, Mohamed Tarek Hussein, Nabila Mohamed Hassan, Nagla El-Harby

Turkish Journal of Physics

A phenomenological model is presented based on the formation of a nuclear thermodynamic system during the collision of intermediate and high energy heavy ions. The formulation and the dynamic picture are determined by solving the Vlasov equation. The solution is dressed in the form of a power series the first term of which being the equilibrium distribution in phase space. The rest, are time dependent perturbation terms due to the multiple strong interactions inside the system. The temperature gradient and the derivatives of the phase function are calculated. The time dependence of the angular emission of the produced particles is …


Consistency Of The Born Approximation For Aharonov-Bohm Scattering With Massless Spin-1/2 Particles, Müge Boz, Namik Kemal Pak Jan 2000

Consistency Of The Born Approximation For Aharonov-Bohm Scattering With Massless Spin-1/2 Particles, Müge Boz, Namik Kemal Pak

Turkish Journal of Physics

The second order contribution for the relativistic scattering of massless spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles from an infinitely long solenoid, in the context of covariant perturbation theory, is calculated and shown to vanish. Thus, Born approximation is consistent for this case as well.


The Magnetic Super-Exchange Coupling In Copper(Ii) Acetate Monohydrate And A Redetermination Of The Crystal Structure, Ayhan Elmali Jan 2000

The Magnetic Super-Exchange Coupling In Copper(Ii) Acetate Monohydrate And A Redetermination Of The Crystal Structure, Ayhan Elmali

Turkish Journal of Physics

The magnetic properties and redetermination of crystal structure of copper(II) acetate monohydrate have been studied. The copper(II) centers are separated by 2.617(1) \AA \ and antiferromagnetically coupled (-2J = 292.2 cm$^{-1}$), which follows from temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements in the temperature range 4.2 to 300 K. The magnetic moment at 300 K is about 2.1 Bohr magnetons while 0.1 Bohr magnetons at 4.2 K. The magnetic susceptibility is at a maximum near 250 K and decreases rapidly as the temperature is lowered to liquid helium temperature.