Driving operators relevant: A feature of the Chern-Simons interaction.
By computing anomalous dimensions of gauge invariant composite operators ([bar [psi]][psi])[sup [ital n]] and (][phi])[sup [ital n]] in matter--Chern-Simons models, we address the fact that the Chern-Simons interactions make these operators more relevant, or less irrelevant, in the low energy region. We suggest a critical Chern-Simons fermion coupling, 1/[kappa][sub [ital c]][sup 2]=6/19, for a phase transition at which the leading irrelevant operator ([bar [psi]][psi])[sup 2] becomes marginal, and a critical Chern-Simons boson coupling, 1/[kappa][sub [ital c]][sup 2]=6/34, for a similar phase transition for the leading irrelevant operator (]. We see the phenomenon also in the 1/[ital N] expansion.

title: Implications of a cosmological constant varying as R-2.
abstract: We advocate the possibility that the (effective) cosmological constant {Lambda} varies in time as {ital R}{sup {minus}2}, {ital R} being the scale factor of our expanding Universe. This behavior can be obtained under some simple and general assumptions in conformity with quantum cosmology. After pointing out several advantages worth noticing, we show that such a time-varying {Lambda} leads to no conflict with existing observations. However, it does change the predictions of the standard cosmology in the matter-dominated epoch and alleviates some problems in reconciling observations with the inflationary scenario. In particular, this medium'' time variation of {Lambda} leads to creation of matter with a rate at present which is comparable to that in the steady-state cosmology.

title: PHASE-RESOLVED SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF 4U 1901+03 DURING ITS OUTBURST
abstract: The high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1901+03 is reported to have a pulse profile evolving with the X-ray luminosity and energy during its outburst in 2003 February-July: the pulse peak changed from double to single along with the decreasing luminosity. We have carried out a detailed analysis on the contemporary phase-resolved energy spectrum of 4U 1901+03 as observed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. We find that the spectra are phase dependent. At the beginning of the outburst, the maximum of the optical depth for Compton scattering is near the major phase peak. During the decay of the outburst, the optical depth has the maximum away from the main peak of the pulse profile. For each observation, Fe Kα emission line is detected in the phase-resolved spectra, and its flux is constant across the pulse phases. This suggests that the origin of the Fe emission is from the accretion disk, not the surface of the neutron star.

title: Critical statistical charge for anyonic superconductivity.
abstract: We examine a criterion for the anyonic superconductivity at zero temperature in Abelian matter-coupled Chern-Simons gauge-field theories in three dimensions. By solving the Dyson-Schwinger equations, we obtain a critical value of the statistical charge for the superconducting phase in a massless fermion-Chern-Simons model.

title: BRST quantization of topological field theory.
abstract: The canonical quantization of the topological field-theory model {Sigma}, proposed by Horowitz, is examined through the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin approach. With this approach we have a manifestly covariant description of a certain class of topological quantum field theories. However, if {ital M} in the present model is any orientable four-dimensional manifold, one would end up with different theories when different polarizations are chosen. Therefore a restriction {ital M}={ital R}{sup 1}{times}{Sigma}, as pointed out by Horowitz, is required for consistency.

title: Charged Pion Photoproduction
abstract: We extracted the differential cross section for the γn→π−p process from a deuterium target using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab in Hall B for photon energies between 1.0 and 3.5 GeV and pion center‐of‐mass (c.m.) angles (θc.m.) between 50° and 115°. We confirm a previous indication of a broad enhancement around a c.m. energy (s) of 2.1 GeV at θc.m. = 90° in the scaled differential cross section, s7dσdt and a rapid fall‐off in a center‐of‐mass energy region of about 400 MeV following the enhancement. Our data show an angular dependence of this enhancement as the suggested scaling region is approached for θc.m. from 70° to 105°.

title: Top quark search with the D0 1992-1993 data sample.
abstract: We present results on the search for the top quark in {ital p{bar p}} collisions at {radical}{ital s} =1.8 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 13.5{plus_minus}1.6 pb{sup {minus}1}. We have considered {ital t{bar t}} production in the standard model using electron and muon dilepton decay channels ({ital t{bar t}}{r_arrow}{ital e}{mu}+jets, {ital ee}+jets, and {mu}{mu}+jets) and single-lepton decay channels ({ital t{bar t}}{r_arrow}{ital e}+jets and {mu}+jets) with and without tagging of {ital b} quark jets. An analysis of these data optimized for top quark masses below 140 GeV/{ital c}{sup 2} gives a lower top quark mass limit of 128 GeV/{ital c}{sup 2}. An analysis optimized for higher top quark masses yields 9 events with an expected background of 3.8{plus_minus}0.9. If we assume that the excess is due to {ital t{bar t}} production, and assuming a top quark mass of 180 GeV/{ital c}{sup 2}, we obtain a cross section of 8.2{plus_minus}5.1 pb.

title: Perturbative QCD predictions for the fragmentation functions of the P- wave mesons with two heavy quarks.
abstract: The fragmentation functions for the heavy mesons of [ital S] and [ital P] waves are calculated in the framework of perturbative QCD and the nonrelativistic quark model. The results are manifestly process independent. As applications, the production ratios for [ital P]-wave [ital [bar b]c] mesons to the [ital b[bar b]] production at high energy colliders are predicted. The spin dependence of the fragmentation functions for various states is discussed and the predicted results for the [ital D] ([ital D][sup *]) mesons are consistent with the recent experimental data.

title: Study of the strong coupling constant using W+jet processes.
abstract: The ratio of the number of W + 1 jet to W + 0 jet events is measured with the D0 detector using data from, the 1992--93 Tevatron Collider run. For the W {yields} e{nu} channel with a minimum jet E{sub T} cutoff of 25 GeV, the experimental ratio is 0.065 {+-} 0.003(stat) {+-} 0.007(sys). Next-to-Leading order QCD predictions for various parton distributions agree well with each other and are all over one standard deviation below the measurement. Varying the strong coupling constant {alpha}{sub s} in both the parton distributions and the partonic cross sections simultaneously does not remove this discrepancy.

title: Helicity decomposition for inclusive J/ psi production.
abstract: We present a general method for calculating inclusive cross sections for the production of heavy quarkonium states with definite polarization within the NRQCD factorization approach. Cross sections for polarized production can involve additional matrix elements that do not contribute to cross sections for unpolarized production. They can also include interference terms between parton processes that produce {ital Q{bar Q}} pairs with different total angular momentum. The interference terms cancel upon summing over polarizations. Our method can be generalized to {ital N} dimensions and is, therefore, compatible with the use of dimensional regularization to calculate radiative corrections. We illustrate the method by applying it to the production of {ital J}/{psi} via the parton processes {ital q{bar q}}{r_arrow}{ital c{bar c}} and {ital gg}{r_arrow}{ital c{bar c}}.

title: Remark on charm quark fragmentation to D** mesons.
abstract: The observed [ital D][sup **] mesons have [ital c[bar q]] flavor quantum numbers and a spin-parity of the light degrees of freedom [ital s][sub [ital l]][sup [pi]][sub [ital l]]=3/2[sup +]. In the [ital m][sub [ital c]][r arrow][infinity] limit the spin of the charm quark is conserved and the [ital c][r arrow][ital D][sup **] fragmentation process is characterized by the probability for the charm quark to fragment to a [ital D][sup **] meson with a given helicity for the light degrees of freedom. We consider the calculated [ital b][r arrow][ital B][sub [ital c]][sup **] fragmentation functions in the limit [ital m][sub [ital c]]/[ital m][sub [ital b]][r arrow]0 as a qualitative model for the [ital c][r arrow][ital D][sup **] fragmentation functions. We find that in this model charm quark fragmentation to [ital s][sub [ital l]][sup [pi]][sub [ital l]]=3/2[sup +] light degrees of freedom with helicities [plus minus]1/2 is favored over fragmentation to [ital s][sub [ital l]][sup [pi]][sub [ital l]]=3/2[sup +] light degrees of freedom with helicities [plus minus]3/2.