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most citedExperimental and Theoretical Challenges in the Search for the Quark Gluon Plasma: The STAR Collaboration's Critical Assessment of the Evidence from RHIC Collisions

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hep-th2002★ 35 cited

Noncommutative gravity: fuzzy sphere and others

Yasuhiro Abe, V. P. Nair

Gravity on noncommutative analogues of compact spaces can give a finite mode truncation of ordinary commutative gravity. We obtain the actions for gravity on the noncommutative two…

cond-mat.str-el2002

Transport in a spin polarized Luttinger liquid in the presence of a single impurity

Hsuan-Yeh Chang, D. Schmeltzer

The conductance for a single impurity in a one dimensional gas with electron-electron interaction and Zeeman splitting is considered. We f…

cond-mat.str-el2002★ 16 cited

Polarized Magnetic Wire Induced by Tunneling Through a Magnetic Impurity

D. Schmeltzer, A. R. Bishop, A. Saxena +1

Using the zero mode method we compute the conductance of a wire consisting of a magnetic impurity coupled to two Luttinger liquid leads characterized by the Luttinger exponent $α(\…

cond-mat.str-el2002★ 1 cited

Damping of Nodal Fermions Caused by a Dissipative Mode

D. Schmeltzer

Using a superconductor in 2+1 dimensions we show that the Nambu Goldstone fluctuations are replaced by dissipative excitations. We find that the nodal quasi-particl…

quant-ph2002★ 49 cited

Casimir Forces and Boundary Conditions in One Dimension: Attraction, Repulsion, Planck Spectrum, and Entropy

Timothy H. Boyer

Quantities associated with Casimir forces are calculated in a model wave system of one spatial dimension with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. 1)Due to zero-point fluctuat…

hep-th2002★ 14 cited

Remarks on the exotic central extension of the planar Galilei group

R. Jackiw, V. P. Nair

Some issues in relating the central extensions of the planar Galilei group to parameters in the corresponding relativistic theory are discussed.

math.GR2002

Automorphic orbits in free groups

Alexei G. Myasnikov, Vladimir Shpilrain

Let be the free group of a finite rank . We study orbits , where is an element of the group , under the action of an automorphism . If an orbit like…

nucl-ex2002★ 49 cited

Strange anti-particle to particle ratios at mid-rapidity in sqrt(s_NN)= 130 GeV Au+Au Collisions

J. Adams

Values of the ratios in the mid-rapidity yields of anti-Lambda/Lambda = 0.71 +/- 0.01(stat.) +/- 0.04(sys.), anti-Xi+/Xi- = 0.83 +/- 0.04(stat.) +/- 0.05 (sys.), anti-Omega+/Omega-…

cond-mat2002★ 53 cited

Molecular dynamics simulations of crystallization of hard spheres

Igor Volkov, Marek Cieplak, Joel Koplik +1

We have carried out molecular dynamics simulations of the crystallization of hard spheres modelling colloidal systems that are studied in conventional and space-based experiments.…

physics.class-ph2002★ 11 cited

Derivation of the Blackbody Radiation Spectrum from a Natural Maximum-Entropy Principle Involving Casimir Energies and Zero-Point Radiation

Timothy H. Boyer

By numerical calculation, the Planck spectrum with zero-point radiation is shown to satisfy a natural maximum-entropy principle whereas alternative choices of spectra do not. Speci…

physics.class-ph2002★ 39 cited

Thermodynamics of the Harmonic Oscillator: Wien's Displacement Law and the Planck Spectrum

Timothy H. Boyer

A thermodynamic analysis of the harmonic oscillator is presented. Motivation for the study is provided by the blackbody radiation spectrum; when blackbody radiation is regarded as…

nucl-ex2002★ 689 cited

Disappearance of back-to-back high hadron correlations in central Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

C. Adler

Azimuthal correlations for large transverse momentum charged hadrons have been measured over a wide pseudo-rapidity range and full azimuth in Au+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{…

hep-th2002★ 61 cited

Non-Abelian Fluid Dynamics in Lagrangian Formulation

B. Bistrovic, R. Jackiw, H. Li +2

Non-Abelian extensions of fluid dynamics, which can have applications to the quark-gluon plasma, are given. These theories are presented in a symplectic/Lagrangian formulation and…

cond-mat.mes-hall2002★ 2 cited

More Evidence for a Distribution of Tunnel Splittings in Mn-acetate

K. M. Mertes, Yoko Suzuki, M. P. Sarachik +6

In magnetic fields applied parallel to the anisotropy axis, the magnetization of Mn has been measured in response to a field that is swept back and forth across the resonanc…

cond-mat.soft2002★ 10 cited

Extensional rupture of model non-Newtonian fluid filaments

Joel Koplik, Jayanth R. Banavar

We present molecular dynamics computer simulations of filaments of model non-Newtonian liquid stretched in a uniaxial deformation to the point of breaking. The liquid consists of L…

cond-mat.mes-hall2002★ 8 cited

Hybrid Exciton State in Quantum Dot- Dendrite System: The Green Functions

Nguyen Que Huong, Joseph L. Birman

A model is proposed to study the hybrid exciton in a quantum dot-dendrimer systems. The semiconductor organic hybrid exciton is studied using a "real space" Green's function method…

nucl-ex2002★ 387 cited

Elliptic flow from two- and four-particle correlations in Au + Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130 GeV

STAR collaboration

Elliptic flow holds much promise for studying the early-time thermalization attained in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. Flow measurements also provide a means of distinguishi…

physics.ed-ph2002★ 109 cited

Investigating Student Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Spontaneous Models of Conductivity

Michael C. Wittmann, Richard N. Steinberg, Edward F. Redish

Students are taught several models of conductivity, both at the introductory and the advanced level. From early macroscopic models of current flow in circuits, through the discussi…

physics.bio-ph2002★ 14 cited

Low Temperature Electronic Transport and Electron Transfer through Organic Macromolecules

Natalya A. Zimbovskaya

It is shown that at low temperatures and moderate electron dephasing the electron transmission function reveales a structure containing information about donor/acceptor sites effec…

nucl-ex2002★ 75 cited

Kaon Production and Kaon to Pion Ratio in Au+Au Collisions at $\snn=130$ GeV

STAR Collaboration

Mid-rapidity transverse mass spectra and multiplicity densities of charged and neutral kaons are reported for Au+Au collisions at $\snn$=130 GeV at RHIC. The spectra are exponentia…

cond-mat.soft2002★ 38 cited

Adsorption phenomena in the transport of a colloidal particle through a nanochannel containing a partially wetting fluid

German Drazer, Boris Khusid, Joel Koplik +1

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study the motion of a closely fitting nanometer-size solid sphere in a fluid-filled cylindrical nanochannel at low Reynolds numbers and for…

nucl-ex2002★ 586 cited

Centrality dependence of high pT hadron suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN)=130 GeV

C. Adler

Inclusive transverse momentum distributions of charged hadrons within 0.2<pT<6.0 GeV/c have been measured over a broad range of centrality for Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN)=130 GeV…

nucl-ex2002★ 186 cited

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations in the hard scattering regime at RHIC

STAR Collaboration

Azimuthal anisotropy () and two-particle angular correlations of high charged hadrons have been measured in Au+Au collisions at =130 GeV for transverse mo…

nucl-ex2002★ 137 cited

Coherent rho^0 Production in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions

C. Adler

The STAR collaboration reports the first observation of exclusive rho^0 photo-production, AuAu->AuAu rho^0, and rho^0 production accompanied by mutual nuclear Coulomb excitation, A…