M q ðxÞ 1⁄4 x T q ðxÞ x T q ðxÞ: (5) Since Jþi is a leading-twist operator, it is clear that such a simple partonic interpretation should exist. However, Ji, Xiong, and Yuan misleadingly interpret Jþi as the transverse angular momentum operator. Indeed, in light-front quantization, the role of time is taken by xþ, so that Jþi is the light-front transverse boost operator. In terms of the more co...

a classical theory is developed which calculates the momentum transfer rate constant between an ion and a non-polar molecule. the model takes into consideration the effect of diffraction outside the capture limit on the rate constants. the theory is used to calculate momentum transfer rate constant for cl- with trans-dichloroethylene and para-difluorobenzene. theoretical results are compared to...

I review the theory of angular momentum acquisition of galaxies by tidal torquing, the resulting angular momentum distribution, the angular momentum correlation function and discuss the implications of angular momentum alignments on weak lensing measurements: Starting from linear models for tidal torquing I summarise perturbative approaches and the results from n-body simulations of cosmic stru...

A physical model of turbulent equipartition (TEP) of plasma angular momentum is developed. We show that using a simple, model insensitive ansatz of conservation of total angular momentum, a TEP pinch of angular momentum can be obtained. We note that this term corresponds to a part of the pinch velocity previously calculated using quasilinear gyrokinetic theory. We observe that the nondiffusive ...

The linear momentum of an elementary charged particle is normally written as mv. This paper shows that it can equally be written as qA. This A is the self−induced vector potential, acting on each tiny element of the charge, by virtue of all the rest of the charge (in motion). |qA| = (q2μ0v/4π)<1/|r|>, where |r| is comparable with the “classical radius” of the elementary particle, i.e. the radiu...

A nucleus, originally at rest, decays radioactively by emitting an electron of momentum 1.73 MeV/c, and at right angles to the direction of the electron a neutrino with momentum 1.00 MeV/c. ( The MeV (million electron volt) is a unit of energy, used in modern physics, equal to 1.60 x 10 erg. Correspondingly, MeV/c is a unit of linear momentum equal to 5.34 x 10 gm-cm/sec.) In what direction doe...

The balance of the linear photon momentum in multiphoton ionization is studied experimentally. In the experiment argon and neon atoms are singly ionized by circularly polarized laser pulses with a wavelength of 800 and 1400 nm in the intensity range of 10(14)-10(15)  W/cm2. The photoelectrons are measured using velocity map imaging. We find that the photoelectrons carry linear momentum correspo...

For a consistent description of kinetic and hydrodynamic processes in dense gases and liquids the generalized non-Markovian equations for the nonequilibrium one-particle distribution function and potential part of the averaged enthalpy density are obtained. The inner structure of the generalized transport kernels for these equations is established. It is shown that the collision integral of the...