The $\beta$-function in duality-covariant non-commutative $\phi^4$-theory

We compute the one-loop -functions describing the renormalisation of the coupling constant and the frequency parameter for the real four-dimensional duality-covariant non-commutative -model, which is renormalisable to all orders. The contribution from the one-loop four-point function is reduced by the one-loop wavefunction renormalisation, but the -function remains non-negative. Both and vanish at the one-loop level for the duality-invariant model characterised by . Moreover, also vanishes in the limit , which defines the standard non-commutative -quantum field theory. Thus, the limit exists at least at the one-loop level.Received: 19 March 2004, Published online: 5 May 2004     

Thermal conductivity of doped $\mathsf{La_2CuO_4}$ as an example for heat transport by optical phonons in complex materials

We investigate the phonon thermal conductivity of doped based on out-of-plane thermal conductivity measurements. When room temperature is approached the temperature dependence of strongly deviates from the T^-1-decrease which is usually expected for heat transport by acoustic phonons. Instead, decreases much weaker or even increases with rising temperature. Simple arguments suggest that such unusual temperature dependencies of are caused by heat transport via dispersive optical phonons.Received: 20 October 2003, Published online: 20 April 2004PACS: 66.70. + f Nonelectronic thermal conduction and heat-pulse propagation in solids; thermal waves - 74.72.Dn La-based cuprates - 44.10. + i Heat conduction     

Two loop $\overline{{\rm MS}}$ gluon pole mass from the LCO formalism

We compute the pole mass of the gluon in QCD from the local composite operator formalism at two loops in the renormalization scheme. For the Yang-Mills theory an estimate of the mass at two loops is .Received: 25 October 2004, Published online: 17 December 2004     

On the direct CP-violation parameter $\epsilon'$

We review different definitions of the parameter describing direct CP-violation in neutral kaon decays, which was precisely measured in recent experiments, and point out the inconsistency of some of them due to a CPT-constraint. The proper comparison of the experimental results to the theoretical computations is discussed.Received: 27 January 2004, Published online: 23 June 2004     

Longitudinal $\bar{\Lambda}_0$ polarization in heavy-ion collisions as a probe for QGP formation

We present an analysis of the longitudinal polarization in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. The polarization of s coming from the decay chain exhibits a very well differentiated behavior depending on the production region of the primordial s. This effect reflects the different values of the ratio in the QGP region, where nucleon-nucleon interactions take place in a hot and dense environment, and the peripherical region, in which ordinary nucleon-nucleon interactions occur. An increase in the longitudinal polarization signals a strangeness enhancement which is thought of as a property of the QGP phase.Received: 21 September 2004, Revised: 25 October 2004, Published online: 17 December 2004     

Spectroscopic and dc-transport investigations of the electronic properties of $\mathsf{TaSe_{3}}$

TaSe₃ belongs to a class of low-dimensional materials characterized by the interplay and competition between dimensionality crossover and broken symmetry ground states. A comprehensive study by dc-transport, optical, and angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) experiments shows that the electronic properties of this compound are strongly anisotropic between the chain and the transverse crystallographic direction. Even though TaSe₃ fails to undergo a charge-density-wave (CDW) phase transition, we found evidence for short range order CDW segments, which progressively disappear with decreasing temperature.Received: 27 April 2004, Published online: 23 July 2004PACS: 78.20.-e Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films - 71.30. + h Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions - 71.45.Lr Charge-density-wave systems     

The width of the $\Theta^{ + }$ exotic baryon in the chiral soliton model

In 1997 Diakonov, Petrov, and Polyakov, calculated the width of the exotic baryon that they called . The prediction, MeV, has received considerable attention, especially in light of the narrowness of the experimentally reported resonance. However, there is an arithmetic error in their work: when corrected, the width estimate quoted in that paper should have been MeV.Received: 29 January 2004, Published online: 5 May 2004     

Bilepton production in $ e^-\gamma $ collisions

We study the production of bileptons, new gauge bosons of lepton number two, in the minimal 3-3-1 model in high energy collisions. If the bilepton masses are in the range of 300 GeV the reaction will give observable cross-sections in future colliders.Received: 5 August 2003, Published online: 23 March 2004Dang Van Soa: On leave of absence from Department of Physics, Hanoi University of Education, Hanoi, VietnamHoang Ngoc Long: On leave of absence from Institute of Physics, NCST, P.O. Box 429, Bo Ho, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam     

${K{\overline K}}$ photoproduction and S- P-wave interference

Results of a new analysis of the K ⁺ K^- photoproduction at two photon energies, and , with a particular emphasis on the S-wave production are presented. We show that the proper treatment of all the helicity components of the S- and P-waves enables one to eliminate the reported discrepancies in the extraction of the S-wave photoproduction cross section from the experimental data.Received: 28 August 2003, Revised: 3 February 2004, Published online: 23 March 2004     

Photon events with missing energy in e + e- collisions at $\sqrt{s} = {}$130 to 209 GeV

The production of single- and multi-photon events has been studied in the reaction . The data collected with the DELPHI detector during the years 1999 and 2000 at centre-of-mass energies between 191 GeV and 209 GeV was combined with earlier data to search for phenomena beyond the Standard Model. The measured number of light neutrino families was consistent with three and the absence of an excess of events beyond that predicted by the Standard Model processes was used to set limits on new physics. Both model-independent searches and searches for new processes predicted by supersymmetric and extra-dimensional models have been made. Limits on new non-standard model interactions between neutrinos and electrons were also determined.Received: 31 March 2004, Revised: 14 October 2004, Published online: 7 December 2004     

Spectra and decays of $\pi \pi$ and $\pi K$ atoms

We describe the spectra and decays of and atoms within a non-relativistic effective field theory. The evaluations of the energy shifts and widths are performed at next-to-leading order in isospin symmetry breaking. We provide general formulae for all S-states, and discuss the states with angular momentum one in some detail. The prediction for the lifetime of the atom in its ground state yields s.Received: 9 May 2004, Published online: 23 July 2004     

Diffractive $\gamma \gamma$ production at hadron colliders

We compute the cross section for exclusive double-diffractive production at the Tevatron, , and the LHC. We evaluate both the gg and -channel exchange contributions to the process. The observation of exclusive production at the Tevatron will provide a check on the model predictions and offer an opportunity to confirm the expectations for exclusive double-diffractive Higgs production at the LHC.Received: 10 September 2004, Revised: 8 October 2004, Published online: 1 December 2004     

Production of $\eta_c$ and dimuon enhancement in heavy ion collisions

Dilepton production in heavy ion collisions in the intermediate mass region (IMR) has consistently shown an excess over theoretical estimates. An attempt to understand this discrepancy between the observed dilepton pairs and the theoretical estimate is made here through the production of the meson and estimates obtained by NRQCD calculations. We find that production offers a satisfactory quantitative picture for explaining the discrepancy.Received: 13 August 2003, Revised: 9 February 2004, Published online: 23 March 2004     

Nuclear $\gamma$-radiation as a signature of ultra-peripheral ion collisions at the LHC

We study the peripheral ion collisions at LHC energies where a nucleus is excited to a discrete state and then emits -rays. Large nuclear Lorenz factors allow the observation of high-energy photons up to a few tens GeV and in the angular region of a few hundred micro-radians from the beam direction. These photons can be used to tagg events with particle production in the central rapidity region in ultra-peripheral collisions. To detect these photons it is necessary to have an electromagnetic detector in front of the zero-degree calorimeter in LHC experiments.Received: 10 February 2004, Revised: 9 March 2004, Published online: 14 September 2004PACS: 25.75.-q Relativistic heavy-ion collisions - 25.75.Dw Particle and resonance production     

Gauge theories on the $\kappa$-Minkowski spacetime

This study of gauge field theories on -deformed Minkowski spacetime extends previous work on field theories on this example of a non-commutative spacetime. We construct deformed gauge theories for arbitrary compact Lie groups using the concept of enveloping algebra-valued gauge transformations and the Seiberg-Witten formalism. Derivative-valued gauge fields lead to field strength tensors as the sum of curvature- and torsion-like terms. We construct the Lagrangians explicitly to first order in the deformation parameter. This is the first example of a gauge theory that possesses a deformed Lorentz covariance.Received: 17 December 2003, Revised: 6 May 2004, Published online: 23 June 2004     

Inelastic $J/\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ hadroproduction

We consider the prompt hadroproduction of and the states caused by the fusion of a symmetric colour-octet state, (gg)_8s , and an additional gluon. The cross sections are calculated in leading-order perturbative QCD. We find a considerable enhancement in comparison with previous perturbative QCD predictions. Indeed, the resulting cross sections are found to be consistent with the values measured at the Tevatron and RHIC, without the need to invoke non-perturbative colour-octet type of contributions.Received: 16 October 2004, Revised: 10 November 2004, Published online: 11 January 2005     

Prospects for production of ultracold $\mathsf{X^{1}\Sigma^{ + }}$ RbCs molecules

Recently, we have reported photoassociation of laser-cooled Rb and Cs atoms, decay of the RbCs photoassociation resonances to high levels of the state, and reexcitation to vibronic levels of the state [Kerman et al. , Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 033004; 153001 (2004)]. Considering the reexcitation spectrum, we report here a preliminary analysis of perturbations in the c state by high levels of the and low levels of the state. Mixing with the B state provides the singlet character needed to stimulate decay to v = 0 of the ground state. We conclude that an experimental procedure that involves photoassociation of laser-cooled atoms, radiative decay, and stimulated Raman transfer to the ground electronic state is a feasible method for producing translationally, rotationally, vibrationally and electronically cold RbCs molecules. Electronic supplementary material to this article is available at and is accessible for authorized users. Received: 1 September 2004, Published online: 23 November 2004 PACS: 33.80.Ps Optical cooling of molecules; trapping - 34.50.Gb Electronic excitation and ionization of molecules; intermediate molecular states (including lifetimes, state mixing, etc.) - 33.20.Kf Visible spectra - 34.20.-b Interatomic and intermolecular potentials and forces, potential energy surfaces for collisions - 33.15.Pw Fine and hyperfine structure A supplementary table (Tab. I) is only available in electronic form at http: //www.eurphysj.org     

A new ab initio method of calculating $\mathsf{Z_{eff}}$ and positron annihilation rates using coupled-channel T-matrix amplitudes

We present a new ab initio theoretical formulation to calculate and hence the positron annihilation rates directly from the onshell and offshell (half) scattering amplitudes. The method does not require any explicit use of the scattering wave function and is formally exact within the framework of the well established Lippmann-Schwinger equation. It could serve as an effective tool as all the T-, K-, and S-matrix formulations, yield directly the scattering amplitudes; not the wave function. Numerical test of the method is presented considering sample static calculations in positron-hydrogen and positron-helium systems.Received: 15 January 2004, Published online: 15 April 2004PACS: 03.65.Nk Scattering theory - 34.85. + x Positron scattering - 71.60. + z Positron states - 78.70.Bj Positron annihilation     

An NLO calculation of the electroproduction of large-E$_{\bot}$ hadrons

We present a next-to-leading order calculation of the cross section for the leptoproduction of large- hadrons and we compare our predictions with H1 data on the forward production of . We find large higher order corrections and an important sensitivity to the renormalization and factorization scales. These large corrections are shown to arise in part from BFKL-like diagrams at the lowest order.Received: 9 January 2004, Published online: 19 March 2004