Physics

Authors and titles for September 2003

[1] arXiv:physics/0309001 [pdf, other]

Title: Influence of radiative damping on the optical-frequency susceptibility

Peter W. Milonni, Robert W. Boyd

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Optics (physics.optics)

[2] arXiv:physics/0309002 [pdf, other]

Title: How to apply importance-sampling techniques to simulations of optical systems

C. J. McKinstrie, P. J. Winzer

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics)

[3] arXiv:physics/0309003 [pdf, other]

Title: Wave Mechanics of a Two Wire Atomic Beamsplitter

Daniele C. E. Bortolotti, John L. Bohn

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[4] arXiv:physics/0309004 [pdf, other]

Title: Field-linked States of Ultracold Polar Molecules

A. V. Avdeenkov, D. C. E. Bortolotti, J. L. Bohn

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[5] arXiv:physics/0309005 [pdf, other]

Title: CMS barrel Resistive Plate Chambers - tests and results

Borislav Pavlov (for the CMS RPC Barrel Collaboration)

Comments: Poster session on the XXIII Physics in Collisions Conference (PIC03), Zeuthen, Germany, June 2003, 3 pages, LaTeX, 3 eps figures. PSN FRAP07

Journal-ref: ECONF C030626:FRAP07,2003

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[6] arXiv:physics/0309006 [pdf, other]

Title: Quasireplicas and universal lengths of microbial genomes

Li-Ching Hsieh, Chang-Heng Chang, Liaofu Luo, Fengmin Ji, Hoong-Chien Lee

Comments: 4 pages 3 figures

Subjects: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph); Genomics (q-bio.GN)

[7] arXiv:physics/0309007 [pdf, other]

Title: Evolution of economic entities under heterogeneous political/environmental conditions within a Bak-Sneppen-like dynamics

Marcel Ausloos, Paulette Clippe, Andrzej Pekalski

Comments: 6 figures. to be published in Physica A

Journal-ref: Physica A 332 (2004) 394-402

Subjects: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[8] arXiv:physics/0309008 [pdf, other]

Title: Determination of thorium, uranium, and potassium elemental concentrations in surface soils in Cyprus

Michalis Tzortzis, Haralabos Tsertos (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Cyprus)

Comments: 24 pages including 3 tables and 4 figures; minor changes; accepted by J. of Environmental Radioactivity

Journal-ref: J.Environ.Radioact. 77 (2004) 325-338

Subjects: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

[9] arXiv:physics/0309009 [pdf, other]

Title: A Comprehensive Study of Natural Gamma Radioactivity Levels and Associated Dose Rates from Surface Soils in Cyprus

M. Tzortzis, E. Svoukis, H. Tsertos (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Cyprus)

Comments: 25 pages including 3 tables and 5 figures; shortened final version; accepted by Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Journal-ref: Radiat.Prot.Dosim. 109 (2004) 217-224

Subjects: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

[10] arXiv:physics/0309010 [pdf, other]

Title: Non-deterministic random bit generator based on electronics noise

Mario Stipčević

Comments: Slightly improved explanation of eq 4 and 5 + minor typo

Journal-ref: Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75 , 4442,1-8 (2004)

Subjects: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)

[11] arXiv:physics/0309011 [pdf, other]

Title: Construction and Tests of Modules for the ATLAS Pixel Detector

J. Grosse-Knetter

Comments: Poster at the XXIII Physics in Collisions Conference (PIC03), Zeuthen, Germany, June 2003, 3 pages, LaTeX, 2 eps figures. PSN FRAP17

Journal-ref: ECONF C030626:FRAP17,2003

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[12] arXiv:physics/0309012 [pdf, other]

Title: Effects of Bulk Viscosity in Non-linear Bubble Dynamics

Ahmad Moshaii, Rasool Sadighi-Bonabi, Mohammad Taeibi-Rahni

Comments: 4 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)

[13] arXiv:physics/0309013 [pdf, other]

Title: Development of a triple GEM UV-photon detector operated in pure CF4 for the PHENIX experiment

A. Kozlov (1), I. Ravinovich (1), L. Shekhtman (2), Z. Fraenkel (1), M. Inuzuka (3), I. Tserruya (1) ((1) Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, (2) Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia, (3) University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

Comments: 14 pages, 11 figures, Submitted to NIM A

Journal-ref: Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A523 (2004) 345-354

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[14] arXiv:physics/0309014 [pdf, other]

Title: Precision frequency measurement of visible intercombination lines of strontium

G. Ferrari, P. Cancio, R. Drullinger, G. Giusfredi, N. Poli, M. Prevedelli, C. Toninelli, G.M. Tino

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures. To be published on Phys. Rev. Lett. To be published on Phys. Rev. Lett

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 243002 (2003)

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[15] arXiv:physics/0309015 [pdf, other]

Title: Statistical properties of transport in plasma turbulence

Volker Naulin, Odd Erik Garcia, Anders Henry Nielsen, Jens Juul Rasmussen

Comments: 16 pages and 11 figures

Subjects: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph); Condensed Matter (cond-mat)

[16] arXiv:physics/0309016 [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum-Foam In-Flow Theory of Gravity and the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Reginald T. Cahill (Flinders University)

Comments: 34 pages, 1 eps figure. In-flow theory now generalised

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[17] arXiv:physics/0309017 [pdf, other]

Title: Nonlinear absorption and refraction in near-detuned rubidium vapor

C. F. McCormick, D. R. Solli, R. Y. Chiao, J. M. Hickmann

Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures, accepted Journal of The Optical Society of America B (2003)

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Optics (physics.optics)

[18] arXiv:physics/0309018 [pdf, other]

Title: Finite nuclear size effect on Lamb shift of s1/2, p1/2, and p3/2 atomic states

A. I. Milstein, O. P. Sushkov, I. S. Terekhov

Comments: 12 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

[19] arXiv:physics/0309019 [pdf, other]

Title: Geometric interpretation of the 3-dimensional coherence matrix for nonparaxial polarization

M. R. Dennis

Comments: 12 pages, 2 figures; revised

Journal-ref: J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6 (2004) S26-S31

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics)

[20] arXiv:physics/0309020 [pdf, other]

Title: Numerical Simulations of Intermittent Transport in Scrape-Off Layer Plasmas

Odd Erik Garcia, Volker Naulin, Anders H. Nielsen, Jens Juul Rasmussen

Comments: 8 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)

[21] arXiv:physics/0309021 [pdf, other]

Title: SQUID Magnetometry for Cancer Screening a Feasibility Study

G. G. Kenning, R. Rodriguez, V.S. Zotev, A. Moslemi, S. Wilson, L. Hawel, C. Byus, J. S. Kovach

Comments: 29 pages, 11 figures,19 references

Subjects: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph); Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)

[22] arXiv:physics/0309022 [pdf, other]

Title: Efficient collinear third-harmonic generation in a single two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal

Todor Karaulanov, Solomon M. Saltiel

Comments: Summary of presentation at the IQEC/LAT-2002 conference

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics)

[23] arXiv:physics/0309023 [pdf, other]

Title: Wake Fields and Impedance

L. Palumbo, V. G. Vaccaro, M. Zobov

Comments: 70 pages and 35 figures, lecture given at CERN Advanced Accelerator School

Journal-ref: Proceedings of CAS CERN Accelerator School CERN 95-06 (1995) 331-390

Subjects: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph); Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)

[24] arXiv:physics/0309024 [pdf, other]

Title: Optical Manipulation of Long-range Interactions at the 3s+3p Asymptote of Na$_2$

Chr. Samuelis, St. Falke, T. Laue, P. Pellegrini, O. Dulieu, H. Knöckel, E. Tiemann

Comments: 12 pages; PACS: this http URL: Laser-modified scattering and reactions; 33.80.-b: Photon interactions with molecules; this http URL: Laser spectroscopy

Journal-ref: Eur. Phys. J. D 26 3 (2003) 307-318

Subjects: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[25] arXiv:physics/0309025 [pdf, other]

Title: The mass of the tau neutrinos

E. L. Koschmieder

Comments: 4 pages

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[26] arXiv:physics/0309026 [pdf, other]

Title: Dynamics of Immobilized Flagella

D. Fry, N. Hutchings, A. Ludu

Comments: 13 pages in LATEX/PS, 4 figures in PS and 3 figures in GIF

Subjects: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph); Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO); Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS); Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn); Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB); Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM); Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)

[27] arXiv:physics/0309027 [pdf, other]

Title: Subject Access through Community Partnerships: A Case Study

Patricia A. Kreitz, Travis C. Brooks

Comments: 17 Pages, Invited paper to be published in Science & Technology Libraries

Journal-ref: Sci.Tech.Libraries 24:153-172, 2003

Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

[28] arXiv:physics/0309028 [pdf, other]

Title: Comment on `Vector potential of the Coulomb gauge'

V. Hnizdo

Comments: REVTeX, 3 pages. The same version as that which will appear in European Journal of Physics

Journal-ref: Eur. J. Phys. vol. 25, L21--L22 (2004)

Subjects: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[29] arXiv:physics/0309029 [pdf, other]

Title: On vector potential of the Coulomb gauge

Valery P. Dmitriyev

Comments: REVTEX4, 7 pages

Journal-ref: Eur. J. Phys., vol.25, No 2, L23-L27; No 4, 579 (2004)

Subjects: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph); General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[30] arXiv:physics/0309030 [pdf, other]

Title: Mode-Field Radius of Photonic Crystal Fibers Expressed by the V-parameter

M.D. Nielsen, N.A. Mortensen, J.R. Folkenberg, A. Bjarklev

Comments: Accepted for Opt. Lett

Journal-ref: Opt. Lett. 28, 2309 (2003)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics)

[31] arXiv:physics/0309031 [pdf, other]

Title: The probability of making a correct decision in hypotheses testing as estimator of quality of planned experiments

S.I. Bityukov (IHEP, Protvino), N.V. Krasnikov (INR RAS, Moscow)

Comments: 6 pages (1 LaTeX file), 4 eps files (figures), improved the proof of good properties of the estimator

Journal-ref: Proceedings of MaxEnt'23, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 2003, edited by G. Erickson and Y. Zhai

Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); Probability (math.PR); Statistics Theory (math.ST)

[32] arXiv:physics/0309032 [pdf, other]

Title: Studies of Proximity Focusing RICH with an aerogel radiator using Flat-panel multi-anode PMTs (Hamamatsu H8500)

T. Matsumoto (1), S. Korpar (2), I. Adachi (3), S. Fratina (2), T. Iijima (4), R. Ishibashi (5), H. Kawai (5), P. Krizan (2), S. Ogawa (6), R. Pestotnik (2), S. Saitoh (3), T. Seki (1), T. Sumiyoshi (1), K. Suzuki (3), T. Tabata (5), Y. Uchida (6), Y. Unno (5) ((1) Tokyo Metropolitan University, (2) Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, (3) KEK, Tsukuba, (4) Nagoya University, (5) Chiba University, (6) Toho University)

Comments: 19 pages, 15 figures. Submitted to this http URL. A

Journal-ref: Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A521 (2004) 367-377

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[33] arXiv:physics/0309033 [pdf, other]

Title: Spatial methods for event reconstruction in CLEAN

Kevin J. Coakley, Daniel N. McKinsey

Journal-ref: Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A522 (2004) 504-520

Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[34] arXiv:physics/0309034 [pdf, other]

Title: Efficient magneto-optical trapping of Yb atoms with a violet laser diode

Chang Yong Park, Tai Hyun Yoon

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, Phys. Rev. A (to be published)

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Optics (physics.optics)

[35] arXiv:physics/0309035 [pdf, other]

Title: Opto-mechanical probes of resonances in amplifying microresonators

Henning Schomerus, Jan Wiersig, Martina Hentschel

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures (2 in color)

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. A 70, 012703 (2004)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)

[36] arXiv:physics/0309036 [pdf, other]

Title: Towards a classification of wave catastrophes

Tamas Kiss, Ulf Leonhardt

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[37] arXiv:physics/0309037 [pdf, other]

Title: A QCD Generated Mass Spectrum

B. G. Sidharth

Comments: 12 pages,this http URL To be presented in the APS 2003 Meeting Tempe,Arizona

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[38] arXiv:physics/0309038 [pdf, other]

Title: Carbon Dimer in Silicon Cage: A Class of Highly Stable Silicon Carbide Clusters

M. N. Huda, A. K. Ray

Subjects: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus); Condensed Matter (cond-mat); Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)

[39] arXiv:physics/0309039 [pdf, other]

Title: Gravitational waves and ether's wind

A. Loinger (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Milano, Italy)

Comments: 2 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Il Nuovo Saggiatore

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[40] arXiv:physics/0309040 [pdf, other]

Title: Fine Structure Constants in n-dimensional Physical Spaces through Dimensional Analysis

Fabricio Casarejos, Jaime F. Villas da Rocha, Roberto Moreira Xavier

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure, latex

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[41] arXiv:physics/0309041 [pdf, other]

Title: Complex functions as lumps of energy

R.J. Cova, C. Uberoi

Comments: 8 pages, 1 figure. To appear in "Revista Mexicana de Fisica"

Journal-ref: Rev. Mex. Fisica 49 (5), 485-488 (Oct 2003)

Subjects: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)

[42] arXiv:physics/0309042 [pdf, other]

Title: Moment based methods for ensemble assessment and calibration

Stephen Jewson

Subjects: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)

[43] arXiv:physics/0309043 [pdf, other]

Title: Ultrastable Optical Clock with Neutral Atoms in an Engineered Light Shift Trap

Hidetoshi Katori, Masao Takamoto, V. G. Pal'chikov, V. D. Ovsiannikov

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[44] arXiv:physics/0309044 [pdf, other]

Title: Spectroscopy of the $^1S_0-{}^3P_0$ Clock Transition of $^{87}$Sr in an Optical Lattice

Masao Takamoto, Hidetoshi Katori

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (09/May/2003)

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[45] arXiv:physics/0309045 [pdf, other]

Title: Mode Competition in Gas and Semiconductor Lasers

Philip F. Bagwell

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics)

[46] arXiv:physics/0309046 [pdf, other]

Title: A Historical Note about how the Property was Discovered that Hydrogenated Substances Increase the Radioactivity Induced by Neutrons

Alberto De Gregorio

Comments: 11 pages, 4 figures; some minor misprints are corrected. The Italian version will be available at this http URL

Journal-ref: Nuovo Saggiatore 19 (2003) 41-47

Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

[47] arXiv:physics/0309047 [pdf, other]

Title: The Richardson's Law in Large-Eddy Simulations of Boundary Layer flows

G. Gioia, G. Lacorata, E.P. Marques Filho, A. Mazzino, U.Rizza

Comments: 15 LaTex pages, 4 PS figures

Subjects: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)

[48] arXiv:physics/0309048 [pdf, other]

Title: Diagrammar For Random Flight Motion

S. Tim Hatamian

Comments: 37 Pages, with 13 figures. Accepted by PhysicaA Apr-2-2004

Subjects: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); General Physics (physics.gen-ph)

[49] arXiv:physics/0309049 [pdf, other]

Title: Spectra of pyroelectric X-ray generator

V. I. Nagaychenko, V. M. Sanin, A. M. Yegorov, A. V. Shchagin

Comments: 5 pages, 7 figures, 10 references

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[50] arXiv:physics/0309050 [pdf, other]

Title: Applications of (Wigner-Type) Time-Frequency Distributions to Sonar and Radar Signal Analysis

Guillermo C. Gaunaurd, Hans C. Strifors

Comments: 12 pages, 7 figures, 7th. International Wigner Symposium held in College park, MD USA

Subjects: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); General Physics (physics.gen-ph)