Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Thursday·March 21, 2019

8 papers—3 primary·5 cross-listed

04
[Submitted on 19 Mar 2019] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Triangle singularities in $B ˉ^{0} \to χ_{c 1} K^{-} π^{+}$ relevant to $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$
Satoshi X. Nakamura (University of Science and Technology of China)🇨🇳
$Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$ observed in $B ˉ^{0} \to χ_{c 1} K^{-} π^{+}$ by the Belle Collaboration are candidates of charged charmonium-like states that minimally includes two quarks and two antiquarks. While $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$ have been interpreted as tetraquark states previously, we propose a completely different scenario based on a kinematical effect called the triangle singularity. We demonstrate that the triangle singularities cause in the $χ_{c 1} π^{+}$ invariant mass distribution resonance-like bumps that fit very well the Belle data. If these bumps are simulated by the $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$ resonance excitations, the spin-parity of them are predicted to be $1^{-}$ for $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $1^{+}$ or $1^{-}$ for $Z_{2} (4250)$ . The bump corresponding to $Z_{1} (4050)$ has a highly asymmetric shape, which the Belle data exactly indicate. We show that the asymmetric shape originates from an interplay between the triangle singularity and the opening of the $X (3872) π^{+}$ channel near the triangle-singularity energy. This characteristic lineshape could be used to discriminate different interpretations of $Z_{1} (4050)$ . An interesting prediction from interpretting $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$ as the triangle singularities is that similar bumps caused by the same mechanisms possibly appear also in $B ˉ^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} π^{+}$ data; the already observed $Z_{c} (4200)$ corresponds to $Z_{2} (4250)$ of $J^{P} = 1^{+}$ .
Comments:
6 pages, 5 figures, (v2) numerical results corrected; changes are small, discussion on B0 -> J/psi K pi added; (v3) published version: relativistic energy-momentum relation is used for all particles; study on cutoff-dependence added
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1903.08098 [pdf]
PRD(2019)·25 citations
05
[Submitted on 19 Mar 2019] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Convergence properties of Lévy expansions: implications for Odderon and proton structure
T. Csörgő🇭🇺 · R. Pasechnik🇸🇪 · A. Ster🇭🇺
We detail here the convergence properties of a new model-independent imaging method, the Lévy expansion, that seems to play an important role in the analysis of the differential cross section of elastic hadron-hadron scattering. We demonstrate, how our earlier results concerning the Odderon effects in the differential cross-section of elastic proton-proton and proton-antiproton scattering as well as those related to apparent sub-structures inside the protons were obtained in a convergent and stable manner.
Comments:
10 pages, 6 figures, contributed talk of T. Csorgo at the XLVIIIth ISMD, Singapore, September 3-7, 2018
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1903.08235 [pdf]
EPJ Web Conf.(2019)·2 citations
06
[Submitted on 20 Mar 2019] (cross-list from hep-lat)
Publicising Lattice Field Theory through Visualisation
James Biddle🇦🇺 · Josh Charvetto🇦🇺 · Waseem Kamleh🇦🇺 · Derek Leinweber🇦🇺 · Helen Piercy🇦🇺 · Ethan Puckridge🇦🇺 · Finn Stokes🇦🇺 · Ross D. Young🇦🇺 · James Zanotti (University of Adelaide)🇦🇺
The gluon field configurations that form the foundation of every lattice QCD calculation contain a rich diversity of emergent nonperturbative structure. Visualisations of these phenomena not only serve to explain the concept of a nontrivial vacuum but also entertain a diverse audience from research funding panels to the next generation of science enthusiasts. In this brief review, a collection of QCD-vacuum visualisations is presented including the structure of chromo-electromagnetic fields, centre-cluster evolution at finite temperature, the structure of projected centre vortices, and novel correlations between the electromagnetic fields of QED and the chromo-electromagnetic fields of QCD in QED+QCD dynamical-fermion simulations from the QCDSF collaboration.
Comments:
7 pages, 4 figures, 3D figure requires Adobe Reader 9 or later, acroread version 9.4.1 for Linux. Lattice QCD Outreach presentation to appear in the proceedings of Lattice 2018, the 36th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Michigan State University, USA, 22-28 July, 2018
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Theory (hep-th); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1903.08308 [pdf]
PoS(2019)·5 citations
07
[Submitted on 20 Mar 2019] (cross-list from astro-ph.SR)
Sensitivity of Type Ia supernovae to electron capture rates
Eduardo Bravo
The thermonuclear explosion of massive white dwarfs is believed to explain at least a fraction of Type Ia supernovae (SNIa). After thermal runaway, electron captures on the ashes left behind by the burning front determine a loss of pressure, which impacts the dynamics of the explosion and the neutron excess of matter. Indeed, overproduction of neutron-rich species such as $^{54}$ Cr has been deemed a problem of Chandrasekhar-mass models of SNIa for a long time. I present the results of a sensitivity study of SNIa models to the rates of weak interactions, which have been incorporated directly into the hydrodynamic explosion code. The weak rates have been scaled up/down by a factor ten, either globally for a common bibliographical source, or individually for selected isotopes. In line with previous works, the impact of weak rates uncertainties on sub-Chandrasekhar models of SNIa is almost negligible. The impact on the dynamics of Chandrasekhar-mass models and on the yield of $^{56}$ Ni is also scarce. The strongest effect is found on the nucleosynthesis of neutron-rich nuclei, such as $^{48}$ Ca, $^{54}$ Cr, $^{58}$ Fe, and $^{64}$ Ni. The species with the highest influence on nucleosynthesis do not coincide with the isotopes that contribute most to the neutronization of matter. Among the last ones, there are protons, $^{54, 55}$ Fe, $^{55}$ Co, and $^{56}$ Ni, while the main influencers are $^{54, 55}$ Mn and $^{55 - 57}$ Fe, in disagreement with Parikh et al (2013), who found that SNIa nucleosynthesis is most sensitive to the $β^{+}$ -decay rates of $^{28}$ Si, $^{32}$ S, and $^{36}$ Ar. An eventual increase in all weak rates on pf-shell nuclei would affect the dynamical evolution of hot bubbles, running away at the beginning of the explosion, and the yields of SNIa.
Comments:
accepted for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Subjects:
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1903.08344 [pdf]
Astron.Astrophys.(2019)·16 citations
08
[Submitted on 20 Mar 2019] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Zero-mode contribution and quantized first order phase transition in a droplet quark matter
Kun Xu🇨🇳 · Mei Huang🇨🇳
The finite size effect on hadron physics and quark matter has attracted much interest for more than three decades, normally both the periodic (with zero-momentum mode) and the anti-periodic (without zero-momentum mode) spatial boundary condition are applied for fermions. By comparing the thermodynamical potential, it is found that if there is no other physical constraint, the droplet quark matter is always more stable when the periodic spatial boundary condition is applied, and the catalysis of chiral symmetry breaking is observed with the decrease of the system size, while the pions excited from the droplet vacuum keep as pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons. Furthermore, it is found that the zero-momentum mode contribution brings significant change of the chiral apparent phase transition in a droplet of cold dense quark matter: the 1st-order chiral apparent phase transition becomes quantized, i.e., the 1st-order apparent phase transition is completed in two steps, which is a brand-new quantum phenomena. It is expected that the catalysis of chiral symmetry breaking and the quantized 1st-order apparent phase transition are common features for fermionic systems with quantized momentum spectrum with zero-mode contribution, which also show up in quark matter under magnetic field.
Comments:
8 pages, 10 figures
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1903.08416 [pdf]
PRD(2020)·18 citations

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first authorsco-authorsvia INSPIRE

Triangle singularities in Bˉ0→χc1​K−π+ relevant to Z1​(4050) and Z2​(4250)

Convergence properties of Lévy expansions: implications for Odderon and proton structure

Publicising Lattice Field Theory through Visualisation

Sensitivity of Type Ia supernovae to electron capture rates

Zero-mode contribution and quantized first order phase transition in a droplet quark matter

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Triangle singularities in $B ˉ^{0} \to χ_{c 1} K^{-} π^{+}$ relevant to $Z_{1} (4050)$ and $Z_{2} (4250)$