Coulomb and nuclear interactions in the dynamics of weakly-bound neutron-halo breakup on heavy target

Within our aim to clarify some aspects of the breakup dynamics of loosely-bound neutron-halo projectiles on a heavy target,we apply the continuum discretized coupled-channel formalism to investigate the beryllium¹¹Be breakup on a lead²⁰⁸Pb target atE_lab=140 MeV incident energy.By evidencing that the continuum–continuum couplings are much stronger in the nuclear breakup than in the Coulomb breakup,we conclude that the strength of these couplings in the total breakup is dominated by the nuclear contribution,with the diagonal monopole nuclear potential in the projectile–target center-of-mass having negligible effect on the total and nuclear breakup cross-sections.For this kind of reaction,we show that the condition for the total breakup to approach its dominant component in the absorption region is strongly dependent on the continuum–continuum couplings and the diagonal monopole nuclear potential.     

Impurity-induced Shiba bound state in the BCS–BEC crossover regime of two-dimensional Fermi superfluid

For a two-dimensional ultra-cold Fermi superfluid with an effective static magnetic impurity, we theoretically investigated the variation of the Yu–Shiba–Rusinov(YSR) bound state in the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer(BCS) to Bose–Einstein condensation(BEC) crossover regime.Within the framework of mean-field theory, analytical results of the YSR bound state energy were obtained as a function of the interaction parameters.First, when the background Fermi superfluid system stays in the weakly interacting BCS regime, we found that the YSR bound state energy is linearly dependent on the gap parameter with its coefficient slightly different from previous results.Second, we discovered re-entrance phenomena for the YSR state and an upper bound of the strength of the interaction between the paired atoms.By carefully analyzing the bound state energy as a function of the interaction parameters, we obtained a phase diagram showing the existence of the YSR state.Finally, we concluded that the re-entrance phenomena and the critical point can be easily experimentally detected through measurement of radio-frequency spectroscopy and density of states using current experimental techniques.     

A Note on Black Hole Information Paradox in de Sitter Spacetimes

The possibility of stable or quasi-stable Planck mass black hole remnants as solution to the black hole information paradox is commonly believed phenomenologically unacceptable. Since we need a black hole remnant for every possible initial state, the number of remnants is expected to be infinite and that would lead to remnant pair production in any physical process with a total available energy roughly exceeding the Planck mass. In this note I point out that a positive cosmological constant of the Universe would naturally lead to an upper bound on the number of possible remnants.     

Properties of the P_c(4312) pentaquark and its bottom partner

We present an analysis of the newly observed pentaquark P_c(4312)~+ to shed light on its quantum numbers.To do that,the QCD sum rules approach is used.The measured mass of this particle is close to the ∑_c~(++)D~-threshold and has a small width,which supports the possibility of its being a molecular state.We consider an interpolating current in a molecular form and analyze both the positive and negative parity states with spin-1/2.We also consider the bottom counterpart of the state with similar molecular form.Our mass result for the charm pentaquark state supports that the quantum numbers of the observed state are consistent with J~P=1/2~-.     

Prediction of possible exotic states in theηˉK K^?system

We investigate theηKˉK^?three-body system in order to look for possible IG(JPC)=0+(1?+)exotic states in the framework of the fixed-center approximation of the Faddeev equation.We assume the scattering ofηon a clusterized system KˉK^?,which is known to generate f1(1285),or a Kˉin a clusterized systemηK^?,which is shown to generate K1(1270).In the case ofη-(KˉK^?)f1(1285)scattering,we find evidence of a bound state IG(JPC)=0+(1?+)below theηf1(1285)threshold with a mass of around 1700 MeV and a width of about 180 MeV.Considering Kˉ-(ηK^?)K1(1270)scattering,we obtain a bound state I(JP)=0(1?)just below the KˉK1(1270)threshold with a mass of around 1680 MeV and a width of about 160 MeV.     

On the chiral covariant approach to ρρ scattering

We examine in detail a recent work(D. Gülmez, U. G. Mei?ner and J. A. Oller, Eur. Phys. J. C,77: 460(2017)), where improvements to make ρρ scattering relativistically covariant are made. The paper has the remarkable conclusion that the J =2 state disappears with a potential which is much more attractive than for J =0,where a bound state is found. We trace this abnormal conclusion to the fact that an "on-shell" factorization of the potential is done in a region where this potential is singular and develops a large discontinuous and unphysical imaginary part. A method is developed, evaluating the loops with full ρ propagators, and we show that they do not develop singularities and do not have an imaginary part below threshold. With this result for the loops we define an effective potential, which when used with the Bethe-Salpeter equation provides a state with J =2 around the energy of the f_2(1270). In addition, the coupling of the state to ρρ is evaluated and we find that this coupling and the T matrix around the energy of the bound state are remarkably similar to those obtained with a drastic approximation used previously, in which the q~2 terms of the propagators of the exchanged ρ mesons are dropped, once the cut-off in the ρρ loop function is tuned to reproduce the bound state at the same energy.     

Glueball spectrum from N_f=2 lattice QCD study on anisotropic lattices

The lowest-lying glueballs are investigated in lattice QCD using N_f = 2 clover Wilson fermions on anisotropic lattices. We simulate at two different and relatively heavy quark masses, corresponding to physical pion masses of mπ～938 MeV and 650 MeV. The quark mass dependence of the glueball masses has not been investigated in the present study. Only the gluonic operators built from Wilson loops are utilized in calculating the corresponding correlation functions. In the tensor channel, we obtain the ground state mass to be 2.363(39) GeV and 2.384(67)GeV at mπ～938 MeV and 650 MeV, respectively. In the pseudoscalar channel, when using the gluonic operator whose continuum limit has the form of ∈_ijkTrB_iD_jB_k, we obtain the ground state mass to be 2.573(55) GeV and 2.585(65) GeV at the two pion masses. These results are compatible with the corresponding results in the quenched approximation. In contrast, if we use the topological charge density as field operators for the pseudoscalar, the masses of the lowest state are much lighter(around 1 GeV) and compatible with the expected masses of the flavor singlet qq meson. This indicates that the operator ∈ijk TrBiDjBk and the topological charge density couple rather differently to the glueball states and qq mesons. The observation of the light flavor singlet pseudoscalar meson can be viewed as the manifestation of effects of dynamical quarks. In the scalar channel, the ground state masses extracted from the correlation functions of gluonic operators are determined to be around 1.4-1.5 GeV, which is close to the ground state masses from the correlation functions of the quark bilinear operators. In all cases, the mixing between glueballs and conventional mesons remains to be further clarified in the future.     

Analysis of Y（4660） and Related Bound States with QCD Sum Rules

In this article, we take the vector charmonium-like state Y（4660） as a φ＇ fo（980） bound state （irrespective of the hadro-charmonium and the molecular state） tentatively, and study its mass using the QCD sum rules. The numerical value My = 4.71 ±0.26 GeV is consistent with the experimental data. Considering the SU（3） symmetry of the light flavor quarks and the heavy quark symmetry, we also study the bound states φ＇a（400-1200）, γ′″ fo（980）, and γ′″σ（400-1200） with the QCD sum rules, and make reasonable predictions for their masses.     

Prediction of possible exotic states in the η■K~* system

We investigate the ηKK~*three-body system in order to look for possible IG(J~(PC))=0~+(1~(-+)) exotic states in the framework of the fixed-center approximation of the Faddeev equation.We assume the scattering of η on a clusterized system KK~*,which is known to generate f_1(1285),or a K in a clusterized system ηK~*,which is shown to generate K_1(1270).In the case of η-(KK~*)f_1(1285) scattering,we find evidence of a bound state IG(J~(PC))=0~+(1~(-+)) below theηf_1(1285) threshold with a mass of around 1700 MeV and a width of about 180 MeV.Considering K-(η/K~*)K_1(1270)scattering,we obtain a bound state I(J~P)=0(1~-) just below the KK_1(1270) threshold with a mass of around 1680 MeV and a width of about 160 MeV.     

Influence of multi-photon excitation on the atomic above-threshold ionization

Using the time-dependent pseudo-spectral scheme, we solve the time-dependent Schr ¨odinger equation of a hydrogenlike atom in a strong laser field in momentum space. The intensity-resolved photoelectron energy spectrum in abovethreshold ionization is obtained and further analyzed. We find that with the increase of the laser intensity, the abovethreshold ionization emission spectrum exhibits periodic resonance structure. By analyzing the population of atomic bound states, we find that it is the multi-photon excitation of bound state that leads to the occurrence of this phenomenon, which is in fairly good agreement with the experimental results.     

Analysis of the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0η＇ π0 with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we take the point of view that the light scalar meson a0（980） is a conventional qqstate, and calculate the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0ηπ0 with the light-cone QCD sum rules. The central value of the coupling constant ga0ηπ0 is consistent with that extracted from the radiative decay φ（1020） → a0（980）γ→ηπ0γ. The central value and lower bound of the decay width Γa0→ηπ0 =127＋8448 MeV are compatible with the experimental data of the total decay width Γa0（980） = （50-100） MeV from the Particle Data Group with a very model dependent estimation （the decay width can be much larger）, while the upper bound is too large. We give a possible explanation for the discrepancy between the theoretical calculation and experimental data.     

Is Ds（2700） a charmed tetraquark state？

In this article, we assume that the Ds(2700) is a tetraquark state, which consists of a scalar diquark and a vector antidiquark, and calculate its mass with the QCD sum rules. The numerical result indicates that the mass of the vector charmed tetraquark state is about MV = (3.75±0.18) GeV or MV = (3.71±0.15) GeV from different sum rules, which is about 1 GeV larger than the experimental data. Such tetraquark component should be very small in the Ds(2700).     

A corresponding-state approach to quark-cluster matter~

The state of super-dense matter is essential for us to understand the nature of pulsars; however, non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics makes it very difficult to make direct calculations of the state of cold matter at realistic baryon number densities inside compact stars. Nevertheless, from an observational point of view, it is conjectured that pulsars could be made up of quark clusters since the strong coupling between quarks might render the quarks to be grouped in clusters. In this paper, we attempt to find an equation of state of condensed quark-cluster matter in a phenomenological way. Supposing that the quark-clusters could be analogized to inert gases, we apply here the corresponding-state approach to derive the equation of state of quark-cluster matter, as was similarly demonstrated for nuclear and neutron-star matter in the 1970s. According to the calculations that we have presented, the quark-cluster stars, which are composed of quark-cluster matter, could have a high maximum mass that is consistent with observations and, in turn, further observations of pulsar mass could also place a constraint on the properties of quark-cluster matter. We will also briefly discuss the melting heat during the solid-liquid phase conversion and its related astrophysical consequences.     

Analysis of the coupling constants g_(a_0ηπ~0 )and g_(a_0η'π~0) with light-cone QCD sum rules

Abstract In this article, we take the point of view that the light scalar meson a_0(980) is a conventional qq state, and calculate the coupling constants g_(a_0ηπ~0) and g_(a_0η'π~0) with the light-cone QCD sum rules. The central value of the coupling constant g_(a_0ηπ~0) is consistent with that extracted from the radiative decay φ(1020) → a_0(980)γ→ηπ~oγ. The central value and lower bound of the decay width Γ_(α_0→ηπ~0) = 127_(-48)~(+84) MeV are compatible with the experimental data of the total decay width Γ_(α_0(980))= (50-100) MeV from the Particle Data Group with a very model dependent estimation (the decay width can be much larger), while the upper bound is too large. We give a possible explanation for the discrepancy between the theoretical calculation and experimental data.     

A corresponding-state approach to quark-cluster matter

The state of super-dense matter is essential for us to understand the nature of pulsars; however, non- perturbative quantum chromodynamics makes it very difficult to make direct calculations of the state of cold matter at realistic baryon number densities inside compact stars. Nevertheless, from an observational point of view, it is conjectured that pulsars could be made up of quark clusters since the strong coupling between quarks might render the quarks to be grouped in clusters. In this paper, we attempt to find an equation of state of condensed quark-cluster matter in a phenomenological way. Supposing that the quark-clusters could be analogized to inert gases, we apply here the corresponding-state approach to derive the equation of state of quark-cluster matter, as was similarly demonstrated for nuclear and neutron-star matter in the 1970s. According to the calculations that we have presented, the quark-cluster stars, which are composed of quark-cluster matter, could have a high maximum mass that is consistent with observations and, in turn, further observations of pulsar mass could also place a constraint on the properties of quark-cluster matter. We will also briefly discuss the melting heat during the solid-liquid phase conversion and its related astrophysical consequences.     

Full lattice QCD study of the κ scalar meson

We studied the κ light scalar meson in 2+1 flavor full QCD with sufficiently light u and d quarks. Via lattice simulation we measured the correlators for the κ channel in the “Asqtad” improved staggered fermion formulation. After chiral extrapolation we obtained the mass of the κ meson with 826±119 MeV, which is within recent experimental values of 800-900 MeV. The simulations were carried out with the MILC 2+1 flavor gauge configurations at lattice spacing a ≈ 0.15 fm.     

THz wave emission from argon in two-color laser field

Terahertz(THz) wave emission from argon atom in a two-color laser pulses is studied numerically by solving the one-dimensional(1D) time-dependent Schr ¨odinger equation. The THz spectra we obtained include both discontinuous and continuum ones. By using the special basis functions that we previously proposed, our analysis points out that the discontinuous and continuum parts are contributed by bound–bound and continuum–continuum transition of atomic energy levels. Although the atomic wave function is strongly dressed during the interaction with laser fields, our identification for the discontinuous part of the THz wave shows that the transition between highly excited bound states can still be well described by the field-free basis function in the tunneling ionization regime.     

Nucleon Finite Volume Effect and Nuclear Matter Properties in a Relativistic Mean-Field Theory

Effects of excluded volume of nucleons on nuclear matter are studied, and the nuclear properties that follow from different relativistic mean-field model parametrizations are compared. We show that, for all tested parametrizations, the resulting volume energy al and the symmetry energy J are around the acceptable values of 16 MeV and 30 MeV, and the density symmetry L is around 100 MeV. On the other hand, models that consider only linear terms lead to incompressibility Ko much higher than expected. For most parameter sets there exists a critical point （pc, δc）, where the minimum and the maximum of the equation of state are coincident and the incompressibility equals zero. This critical point depends on the excluded volume parameter r. If this parameter is larger than 0.5 fm, there is no critical point and the pure neutron matter is predicted to be bound. The maximum value for neutron star mass is 1.85M⊙, which is in agreement with the mass of the heaviest observed neutron star 4U0900-40 and corresponds to r = 0.72 fm. We also show that the light neutron star mass （1.2M⊙） is obtained for r ≌ 0.9 fro.     

A continuum thermal stress theory for crystals based on interatomic potentials

This paper presents a new continuum thermal stress theory for crystals based on interatomic potentials.The effect of finite temperature is taken into account via a harmonic model.An EAM potential for copper is adopted in this paper and verified by computing the effect of the temperature on the specific heat,coefficient of thermal expansion and lattice constant.Then we calculate the elastic constants of copper at finite temperature.The calculation results are in good agreement with experimental data.The thermal stress theory is applied to an anisotropic crystal graphite,in which the Brenner potential is employed.Temperature dependence of the thermodynamic properties,lattice constants and thermal strains for graphite is calculated.The calculation results are also in good agreement with experimental data.