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Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Monday·October 26, 2015

4 papers2 primary·2 cross-listed

  1. 03

    [Submitted on 22 Oct 2015] (cross-list from hep-ph)

    Transverse Spin Structure of the Nucleon

    Matthias Grosse Perdekamp🇺🇸 · Feng Yuan🇺🇸

    We review the current status and future perspectives of theory and experiments of transverse spin phenomena in high-energy scattering processes off nucleon targets and related issues in nucleon structure and QCD. Systematic exploration of transverse spin effects requires measurements in polarized deep-inelastic scattering, polarized pp collisions, and e+e- annihilations. Sophisticated QCD-based techniques are also needed to analyze the experimental data sets.

    Comments:
    28 pages, 16 figures, published in Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci., 2015
    Subjects:
    High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1510.06783 [pdf]
    Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.(2015)·47 citations
  2. 04

    [Submitted on 23 Oct 2015] (cross-list from astro-ph.HE)

    Measuring the basic parameters of neutron stars using model atmospheres

    V.F. Suleimanov · J. Poutanen · D. Klochkov · K. Werner

    Model spectra of neutron star atmospheres are nowadays widely used to fit the observed thermal X-ray spectra of neutron stars. This fitting is the key element in the method of the neutronstar radius determination. Here, we present the basic assumptions used for the neutron star atmosphere modeling as well as the main qualitative features of the stellar atmospheres leading to the deviations of the emergent model spectrum from blackbody. We describe the properties of two of our model atmosphere grids: (i) pure carbon atmospheres for relatively cool neutron stars (1--4 MK) and (ii) hot atmospheres with Compton scattering taken into account. The results obtained by applying these grids to model the X-ray spectra of the central compact object in supernova remnant HESS 1731-347, and two X-ray bursting neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, 4U 1724-307 and 4U 1608-52, are presented. Possible systematic uncertainties associated with the obtained neutron star radii are discussed.

    Comments:
    20 pages, 20 figures. Accepted for publication in the European Physical Journal A topical issue on "Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars" . Based on the invited talk in MIAPP Workshop "The Many Faces of Neutron Stars", Garching, 24 August - 18 September 2015
    Subjects:
    High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1510.06962 [pdf]
    EPJA(2016)·25 citations

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