118292595
Quarks in nuclear medium
Using the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model we study nuclear matter from the point of view of quark degrees of freedom. As the nucleon model we adopt the MIT bag model and the relativistic constituent quark model, where a square well and harmonic oscillator potentials are used to confine the quarks. We introduce the Lorentz-vector type confining potential as well as the Lorentz-scalar type one in order to examine how the vector confining potential contributes to the properties of the nucleon and nuclear matter. Next, we perform a re-definition of the scalar field in matter and transform the QMC model to a QHD-type model with a non-linear scalar potential. The result obtained from QMC is then compared with the potentials which are determined so as to fit various properties of finite nuclei and nuclear matter in relativistic mean-field models. The QMC model provides the parameters $\kappa \sim 20 - 40$ (fm$^{-1}$) and $\lambda \sim 80 - 400$ for the standard, non-linear scalar potential. We discuss a relationship between the QMC and QHD-type models in detail.
119162077
The quark-meson coupling model and chiral symmetry
We extend the quark‐meson coupling (QMC) model to incorporate chiral symmetry. The relationship between the QMC model and chiral perturbation theory is also discussed. The nuclear central potential is modified by the effect of internal structure of the nucleon.
10938062
Composite nucleons in scalar and vector mean fields.
We emphasize that the composite structure of the nucleon may play quite an important role in nuclear physics. It is shown that the momentum-dependent repulsive force of second order in the scalar field, which plays an important role in Dirac phenomenology, can be found in the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model, and that the properties of nuclear matter are well described through the quark-scalar density in a nucleon and a self-consistency condition for the scalar field. The difference between theories of pointlike nucleons and composite ones may be seen in the change of the {omega}-meson mass in nuclear matter if the composite nature of the nucleon suppresses contributions from nucleon-antinucleon pair creation.
15022310
A Deformable Bag Model of Hadrons. I
As a generalization of the MIT spherical bag model, we construct the spheroidal bag model of hadron with an arbitrary eccentricity. This generalization is made by slightly modifying the MIT linear boundary condition: The linear boundary condition is examined in detail. Our model always satisfies two necessary requirements of the MIT bag model --i. e., n-j=O, no quark colour flux leaves the bag, and ijq =0, the scalar density of quark should vanish on the bag surface-- and it reduces to the MIT spherical bag model in the limit of zero-eccentricity. Lagrangian formalism of our model is briefly described. The eigenfrequencies of a single massless quark confined in this spheroidal bag are numer­ ically calculated. We obtain the level-splitting of the excited quark orbits, which is just analogous to the well-known Nilsson's splitting of single particle orbits in deformed nuclei. By using the numerical results of the lowest orbit, the effect of the bag-deformation on the mass of low-lying hadrons is estimated. It is found that, although the spherical bag is stable, tbe quark bag is extremely soft against the quadrupole deformation. Brief discussions are added on the mechanisms which make the spherical bag more stable.
119311709
A new molecular dynamics calculation and its application to the spectra of light and strange baryons
A new approach based on antisymmetrized molecular dynamics is proposed to correctly take account of the many-body correlations. We applied it to the spectra of low-lying, light and strange baryons. The inclusion of the quark–quark correlation is important to predict the precise spectra, and the semi- relativistic kinematics is also vital to correct the level ordering. The baryon spectra calculated by the present method is as precise as the Faddeev calculation.
121131573
New Scaling Phenomena in Nuclear Structure Functions
We consider the nuclear mass-number (A) dependence of the nuclear structure functions. We restrict ourselves to a two-component model, in which we assume the existence of an exotic component other than the normal nucleon component in nuclei. We find that there exist scaling phenomena and that the structure function of the exotic component should be independent of A. We also show that the A dependence of the nuclear structure function can be attributed to that of the surface-to-volume ratio which is incorporated in the probability of finding the exotic component in the nucleus.
135524505
A New type of RF cavity for high intensity proton synchrotron using high permeability magnetic alloy
A new type of rf accelerating cavity using a high-permeability magnetic alloy (MA) core is proposed for a highintensity hadron synchrotron. The prototype of a single-gap high gradient cavity whose total length is only 40cm is under development and a maximum rf voltage of 20kV has been obtained so far.
54701295
The first measurement of low-loss 9-cell cavity in a cryomodule at stf
We are constructing Superconducting RF Test Facility (STF) at KEK for the R&D of ILC accelerator. In the beginning of year 2008, we installed one high-gradient Low-Loss (LL) 9-cell cavity into a cryomodule (CM) at STF. We assembled the cavity with an input-coupler and peripherals in a clean room and the cavity package was dressed with thermal shields to be installed in a CM. At the room-temperature, we performed the processing of input-coupler up to the RF power of 350 kW. At the temperatures of 2 K, RF power was supplied from a klystron to the cavity. The lorentz force detuning of cavity was measured and the performance of the cavity packeage was tested. This article presents the results of the first test of the LL 9-cell cavity at 2 K in a CM.
118654996
Analytic Formulae for the Off-Center CMB Anisotropy in a General Spherically Symmetric Universe
The local void model has recently attracted considerable attention because it can explain the apparent accelerated expansion of the present universe without introducing dark energy. However, in order to justify this model as an alternative to the standard ΛCDM cosmology, the model should be tested by various observations, such as the CMB temperature anisotropy, besides the distance-redshift relation of SNIa. For this purpose, we derive analytic formulae for the dipole and quadrupole moments of the CMB temperature anisotropy that hold for any spherically symmetric universe model and can be used to compare consequences of such a model with observations of the CMB temperature anisotropy rigorously. We check that our formulae are consistent with the numerical studies previously made for the CMB temperature anisotropy in the void model. We also update the constraints concerning the location of the observers in the void model by applying our analytic dipole formula with the latest WMAP data. Subject Index: 400, 401, 402, 403, 468
54716814
Performance of KEKB with crab cavities
20 years after they were initially proposed, in February 2007 crab cavities are for the first time installed in an operating collider, KEKB. The commissioning of KEKB with crab cavities is reported, and the performance of the collider is compared with the performance without crab cavities and with the beam-beam simulation. Operational experience of the crab cavities with beams is described.
97830649
Detailed spatial measurements and Monte Carlo analysis of the transportation phenomena of thermal and epithermal neutrons from the 12-GeV proton transport line to an access maze
Abstract In order to investigate the neutron transportation from a beam-line tunnel to an access maze at a 12-GeV proton accelerator, we measured the spatial distribution of thermal and epithermal neutrons by using the Au activation method in detail. Gold foils were placed at about 70 positions in the maze in the case of the insertion (or extraction) of a copper target of 1 mm thickness into (or from) the beam axis in front of the maze. After the end of accelerator operation, relative activities of the Au foils were simultaneously measured by using an imaging plate technique and the radioactivity of one reference foil was also measured with a HPGe detector to convert to the absolute activities of all foils. It was found that the neutrons reach to the depth of the maze in the case of the insertion of the copper target. This result reflects higher proportion of high-energy particles from the copper target to that from other beam loss points and high-energy particles become the successive source of low-energy neutrons. Furthermore, it was found that several circumstances such as door walls and electric wire cables obviously affect the absorption effect of thermal neutrons. The reaction rates obtained in this study were also used for the benchmark of the Monte Carlo simulation code, MARS15 (version of February 2008). The results of the MARS15 calculations precisely reproduced experimental results and significant effects of the electric wire cables and door walls.