PaperPanorama

Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Monday·March 23, 2015

12 papers9 primary·3 cross-listed

  1. 10

    [Submitted on 13 Mar 2015] (cross-list from cond-mat.mes-hall)

    Test of the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem for Fullerene with a Superconducting Microwave Resonator

    B. Dietz · T. Klaus · M. Miski-Oglu · A. Richter · M. Bischoff · L. von Smekal · J. Wambach

    Experiments have been performed using a spherical superconducting microwave resonator that simulates the geometric structure of the C60 fullerene molecule. The objective was to study with very high resolution the exceptional spectral properties emerging from the symmetries of the icosahedral structure of the carbon lattice. In particular, the number of zero modes has been determined to test the predictions of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, which relates it to the topology of the curved carbon lattice. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental verification of the index theorem.

    Subjects:
    Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
    arXiv:
    1503.04077 [pdf]
    PRL(2015)·10 citations
  2. 11

    [Submitted on 19 Mar 2015] (cross-list from hep-ph)

    Hadronic Observables from Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations

    Helios Sanchis-Alepuz🇩🇪 · Richard Williams🇩🇪

    In these proceedings we present a mini-review on the topic of the Dyson-Schwinger/Bethe-Salpeter approach to the study of relativistic bound-states in physics. In particular, we present a self-contained discussion of their derivation, as well as their truncation such that important symmetries are maintained.

    Comments:
    15 pages. Talk given at Discrete 2014 - Fourth Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries. 2-6 December, 2014 - King's College, London, England. Version with corrected typos and additional/updated references
    Subjects:
    High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1503.05896 [pdf]
    J.Phys.Conf.Ser.(2015)·47 citations
  3. 12

    [Submitted on 19 Mar 2015] (cross-list from hep-ph)

    Jet Structure in Heavy Ion Collisions

    Jean-Paul Blaizot🇫🇷 · Yacine Mehtar-Tani🇺🇸

    We review recent theoretical developments in the study of the structure of jets that are produced in ultra relativistic heavy ion collisions. The core of the review focusses on the dynamics of the parton cascade that is induced by the interactions of a fast parton crossing a quark-gluon plasma. We recall the basic mechanisms responsible for medium induced radiation, underline the rapid disappearance of coherence effects, and the ensuing probabilistic nature of the medium induced cascade. We discuss how large radiative corrections modify the classical picture of the gluon cascade, and how these can be absorbed in a renormalization of the jet quenching parameter . Then, we analyze the (wave)-turbulent transport of energy along the medium induced cascade, and point out the main characteristics of the angular structure of such a cascade. Finally, color decoherence of the in-cone jet structure is discussed. Modest contact with phenomenology is presented towards the end of the review.

    Comments:
    Review to appear in QGP 5, 55 pages, 15 figures
    Subjects:
    High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1503.05958 [pdf]
    IJMPE(2015)·216 citations

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