{"title":"Calculation of almost all energy levels of baryons","authors":"M. D. Souza","doi":"10.4279/PIP.030003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.030003","url":null,"abstract":"It is considered that the effective interaction between any two quarks of a baryon can be approximately described by a simple harmonic potential. The problem is firstly solved in Cartesian coordinates in order to find the energy levels irrespective of their angular momenta. Then, the problem is also solved in polar cylindrical coordinates in order to take into account the angular momenta of the levels. Comparing the two solutions, a correspondence is made between the angular momenta and parities for almost all experimentally determined levels. The agreement with the experimental data is quite impressive and, in general, the discrepancy between calculated and experimental values is below 5%. A couple of levels of , , , and present discrepacies between 6.7% and 12.5% ( , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ). Received: 6 June 2011, Accepted: 13 July 2011; Edited by: D. Restrepo; Reviewed by: J. H. Munoz, Universidad del Tolima, Ibague, Colombia and Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisica ; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.030003 Cite as: M. E. de Souza, Papers in Physics 3, 030003 (2011)","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2011-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasmon-enhanced second harmonic generation in semiconductor quantum dots close to metal nanoparticles","authors":"Pablo M. Jais, C. Bilderling, A. Bragas","doi":"10.4279/PIP.030002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.030002","url":null,"abstract":"We report the enhancement of the optical second harmonic signal in non-centrosymmetric semiconductor CdS quantum dots, when they are placed in close contact with isolated silver nanoparticles. The intensity enhancement is about 1000. We also show that the enhancement increases when the incoming laser frequency is tuned toward the spectral position of the silver plasmon at , proving that the silver nanoparticle modifies the nonlinear emission. Received: 8 March 2011, Accepted: 30 May 2011; Edited by: L. Vina; Reviewed by: R. Gordon, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.030002 Cite as: P. M. Jais, C. von Bilderling, A. V. Bragas, Papers in Physics 3, 030002 (2011)","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2011-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Master curves for the stress tensor invariants in stationary states of static granular beds. Implications for the thermodynamic phase space","authors":"L. Pugnaloni, J. Damas, I. Zuriguel, D. Maza","doi":"10.4279/PIP.030004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.030004","url":null,"abstract":"We prepare static granular beds under gravity in different stationary states by tapping the system with pulsed excitations of controlled amplitude and duration. The macroscopic state---defined by the ensemble of static configurations explored by the system tap after tap---for a given tap intensity and duration is studied in terms of volume, , and force moment tensor, . In a previous paper [Pugnaloni et al., Phys. Rev. E 82, 050301(R) (2010)], we reported evidence supporting that such macroscopic states cannot be fully described by using only or , apart from the number of particles . In this work, we present an analysis of the fluctuations of these variables that indicates that and may be sufficient to define the macroscopic states. Moreover, we show that only one of the invariants of is necessary, since each component of falls onto a master curve when plotted as a function of . This implies that these granular assemblies have a common shape for the stress tensor, even though it does not correspond to the hydrostatic type. Although most results are obtained by molecular dynamics simulations, we present supporting experimental results. Received: 11 May 2011, Accepted: 15 July 2011; Edited by: J-C. Geminard; Reviewed by: B. Tighe, Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.030004 Cite as: L. A. Pugnaloni, J. Damas, I. Zuriguel, D. Maza, Papers in Physics 3, 030004 (2011)","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2011-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on \"Experimental determination of distance and orientation of metallic nanodimers by polarization dependent plasmon coupling\"","authors":"Sukhdev Roy","doi":"10.4279/PIP.020011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.020011","url":null,"abstract":"A Commentary on the paper by H. E. Grecco and O. E. Martinez [ Pap. Phys. 2, 020010 (2010) ]. Received: 13 July 2010, Accepted: 10 January 2011; Edited by: V. Lakshminarayanan; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020011","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2011-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental determination of distance and orientation of metallic nanodimers by polarization dependent plasmon coupling","authors":"H. Grecco, O. Mart'inez","doi":"10.4279/pip.020010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.020010","url":null,"abstract":"Live cell imaging using metallic nanoparticles as tags is an emerging technique to visualize long and highly dynamic processes due to the lack of photobleaching and high photon rate. However, the lack of excited states as compared to fluorescent dyes prevents the use of resonance energy transfer and recently developed super resolution methods to measure distances between objects closer that the resolution limit. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a technique to determine subdiffraction distances based on the near field coupling of metallic nanoparticles. Due to the symmetry breaking in the scattering cross section, not only distances but also relative orientations can be measured. Gold nanoparticles were prepared on glass in such way that a small fraction of dimers was present. The sample was sequentially illuminated with two wavelengths to separate background from nanoparticle scattering based on their spectral properties. A novel total internal reflection illumination scheme in which the polarization can be rotated was used to further minimize background contributions. In this way, radii, distance and orientation were measured for each individual dimer and their statistical distributions were found to be in agreement with the expected ones. We envision that this technique will allow fast and long term tracking of relative distance and orientation in biological processes. Received: 22 April 2010, Accepted: 2 December 2010; Edited by: V. Lakshminarayanan; Reviewed by: S. Roy, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020010","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2011-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anisotropic finite-size scaling of an elastic string at the depinning threshold in a random-periodic medium","authors":"S. Bustingorry, A. Kolton","doi":"10.4279/pip.020008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.020008","url":null,"abstract":"We numerically study the geometry of a driven elastic string at its sample-dependent depinning threshold in random-periodic media. We find that the anisotropic finite-size scaling of the average square width and of its associated probability distribution are both controlled by the ratio , where is the random-manifold depinning roughness exponent, is the longitudinal size of the string and the transverse periodicity of the random medium. The rescaled average square width displays a non-trivial single minimum for a finite value of . We show that the initial decrease for small reflects the crossover at from the random-periodic to the random-manifold roughness. The increase for very large implies that the increasingly rare critical configurations, accompanying the crossover to Gumbel critical-force statistics, display anomalous roughness properties: a transverse-periodicity scaling in spite that , and subleading corrections to the standard random-manifold longitudinal-size scaling. Our results are relevant to understanding the dimensional crossover from interface to particle depinning. Received: 20 October 2010, Accepted: 1 December 2010; Edited by: A. Vindigni; Reviewed by: A. A. Fedorenko, CNRS-Lab. de Physique, ENS de Lyon, France; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020008","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2010-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Invited review: Effect of temperature on a granular pile","authors":"T. Divoux","doi":"10.4279/pip.020006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.020006","url":null,"abstract":"As a fragile construction, a granular pile is very sensitive to minute external perturbations. In particular, it is now well established that a granular assembly is sensitive to variations of temperature. Such variations can produce localized rearrangements as well as global static avalanches inside a pile. In this review, we sum up the various observations that have been made concerning the effect of temperature on a granular assembly. In particular, we dwell on the way controlled variations of temperature have been employed to generate the compaction of a granular pile. After laying emphasis on the key features of this compaction process, we compare it to the classic vibration-induced compaction. Finally, we also review other textit{granular systems} in a large sense, from microscopic (jammed multilamellar vesicles) to macroscopic scales (stone heave phenomenon linked to freezing and thawing of soils) for which periodic variations of temperature could play a key role in the dynamics at stake. Received: 10 August 2010; Accepted: 28 October 2010; Edited by: I. Ippolito; Reviewed by: A. Coniglio, Universita di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy ; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020006 Editor's Note: Some figures in this paper are reprinted with permission from Wiley-VCH Verlag, the American Physcal Society, Elsevier and the Nature Publishing Group. Readers may view, browse, and/or download material for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, adapted, performed, displayed, published, or sold in whole or part, without prior written permission from the abovementioned editorial organizations.","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2010-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on “Effect of temperature on a granular pile”","authors":"A. Coniglio, M. Ciamarra","doi":"10.4279/PIP.020007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.020007","url":null,"abstract":"A Commentary on the paper by T. Divoux [Pap. Phys. 2, 020006 (2010)]. Received: 10 November 2010, Accepted: 12 November 2010; Edited by: I. Ippolito; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020007","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2010-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on \"Expansions for Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues of large- Toeplitz Matrices\"","authors":"T. Ehrhardt","doi":"10.4279/PIP.020004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.020004","url":null,"abstract":"A Commentary on the paper by L. P. Kadanoff [Pap. Phys. 2, 020003 (2010)]. Received: 29 September 2010, Accepted: 4 October 2010; Edited by: A. G. Green; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020004","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2010-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stability as a natural selection mechanism on interacting networks","authors":"J. I. Perotti, O. Billoni, F. Tamarit, S. Cannas","doi":"10.4279/PIP.020005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.020005","url":null,"abstract":"Biological networks of interacting agents exhibit similar topological properties for a wide range of scales, from cellular to ecological levels, suggesting the existence of a common evolutionary origin. A general evolutionary mechanism based on global stability has been proposed recently [J I Perotti, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 108701 (2009)]. This mechanism was incorporated into a model of a growing network of interacting agents in which each new agent's membership in the network is determined by the agent's effect on the network's global stability. In this work, we analyze different quantities that characterize the topology of the emerging networks, such as global connectivity, clustering and average nearest neighbors degree, showing that they reproduce scaling behaviors frequently observed in several biological systems. The influence of the stability selection mechanism on the dynamics associated to the resulting network, as well as the interplay between some topological and functional features are also analyzed. Received: 17 July 2010; Accepted: 27 September 2010; Edited by: D. H. Zanette; Reviewed by: V. M. Eguiluz, Inst. Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sist. Complejos, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; DOI: 10.4279/PIP.020005","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2010-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71009308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}