Spontaneous Lorentz invariance violation (SLIV) realized through a nonlinear tensor field constraint Hμν2=±M2 (M is the proposed scale for Lorentz violation) is considered in tensor field gravity ...theory, which mimics linearized general relativity in Minkowski space–time. We show that such a SLIV pattern, due to which the true vacuum in the theory is chosen, induces massless tensor Goldstone modes some of which can naturally be associated with the physical graviton. When expressed in terms of the pure Goldstone modes, this theory looks essentially nonlinear and contains a variety of Lorentz and CPT violating couplings. Nonetheless, all SLIV effects turn out to be strictly canceled in all the lowest order processes considered, provided that the tensor field gravity theory is properly extended to general relativity (GR). So, as we generally argue, the measurable effects of SLIV, induced by elementary vector or tensor fields, are related to the accompanying gauge symmetry breaking rather than to spontaneous Lorentz violation. The latter appears by itself to be physically unobservable, only resulting in a non-covariant gauge choice in an otherwise gauge invariant and Lorentz invariant theory. However, while Goldstonic vector and tensor field theories with exact local invariance are physically indistinguishable from conventional gauge theories, there might appear some principal distinctions if this local symmetry were slightly broken at very small distances in a way that could eventually allow one to differentiate between them observationally.
We search for bottomonium states in Υ(2S) → (bb)γ decays with an integrated luminosity of 24.7 fb(-1) recorded at the Υ(2S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEK, containing (157.8±3.6)×10(6) ...Υ(2S) events. The (bb) system is reconstructed in 26 exclusive hadronic final states composed of charged pions, kaons, protons, and K(S)(0) mesons. We find no evidence for the state recently observed around 9975 MeV (X(bb)) in an analysis based on a data sample of 9.3×10(6) Υ(2S) events collected with the CLEO III detector. We set a 90% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction BΥ(2S) → X(bb)γ × ∑(i)BX(bb) → h(i) < 4.9×10(-6), summed over the exclusive hadronic final states employed in our analysis. This result is an order of magnitude smaller than the measurement reported with CLEO data. We also set an upper limit for the ηb(1S) state of BΥ(2S) → ηb(1S)γ × ∑(i)Bηb(1S) → h(i) < 3.7×10(-6).
Simultaneous measurement of tritium and (14)C would provide an added tool for tracing organic compounds through environmental systems and is possible via beta energy spectroscopy of sample-derived ...methane in internal-source gas proportional counters. Since the mid-1960's atmospheric tritium and (14)C have fallen dramatically as the isotopic injections from aboveground nuclear testing have been diluted into the ocean and biosphere. In this work, the feasibility of simultaneous tritium and (14)C measurements via proportional counters is revisited in light of significant changes in both the atmospheric and biosphere isotopics and the development of new ultra-low-background gas proportional counting capabilities for small samples (roughly 50 cc methane). A Geant4 Monte Carlo model of a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) proportional counter response to tritium and (14)C is used to analyze small samples of two different methane sources to illustrate the range of applicability of contemporary simultaneous measurements and their limitations. Because the two methane sources examined were not sample size limited, we could compare the small-sample measurements performed at PNNL with analysis of larger samples performed at a commercial laboratory. These first results show that the dual-isotope simultaneous measurement is well matched for methane samples that are atmospheric or have an elevated source of tritium (i.e. landfill gas). However, for samples with low/modern tritium isotopics (rainwater), commercial separation and counting is a better fit.
We reconsider an alternative theory of QED with the photon as a massless vector Nambu–Goldstone boson and show that the underlying spontaneous Lorentz violation caused by the vector field vacuum ...expectation value, while being superficial in gauge invariant theory, becomes physically significant in QED with a tiny gauge non-invariance. This leads, through special dispersion relations appearing for charged fermions, to a new class of phenomena, which could be of distinctive observational interest in particle physics and astrophysics. They include a significant change in the GZK cutoff for UHE cosmic-ray nucleons, stability of high-energy pions and W bosons, a modification of nucleon beta decays, and some other ones.
Technologies that cause the least harm to nature from global warming standpoint are becoming called-for. In this regard, photo-catalysis which uses the solar energy for chemical transformations of ...substances is of great interest for studying possible mechanisms of such processes. At the same time, the use of photo-catalysis significantly expands capabilities of the synthesis of new organic and inorganic materials. Charge phototransfer is always at the heart of photochemical transformations. Such processes can be considered from the point of view of quantum mechanics, and the probability of various mechanisms of the passing processes can be calculated using the apparatus of Green's functions. Analytical expressions for kinetic parameters of the charge transfer process between polyatomic particles in non-regular condensed medium and expressions for the extinction coefficient for appropriate processes of charge photo-transfer are obtained. Based on the analysis of obtained analytical expressions of dark and optical charge transfer processes, correlations between kinetic parameters of these processes are obtained. A methodology for determining kinetic parameters of the charge photo-transfer process on the basis of the shape of light absorption curve by means of the system functioning as the frequency of absorbed photons in various systems is presented. In this respect the general methodology has been applied to various specific processes. A methodology for determining the kinetic parameters of the charge phototransfer process from the shape of the light absorption curve by the system as a function of the frequency of absorbed photons in various systems is presented. The general methodology presented has been applied to various specific processes.
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