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The Experimental Status of the Standard Electroweak Model at the End of the LEP-SLC Era
A method is proposed to calculate the confidence level for agreement of data
with the Standard Model (SM) by combining information from direct and indirect
Higgs Boson searches. Good agreement with the SM is found for
GeV using the observables most sensitive to : and . In
particular, quantum corrections, as predicted by the SM, are observed with a
statistical significance of forty-four standard deviations. However, apparent
deviations from the SM of 3.7 and 2.8 are found for the Z and right-handed Zb couplings respectively. The
maximum confidence level for agreement with the SM of the entire data set
considered is for GeV. The reason why
confidence levels about an order of magnitude higher than this have been
claimed for global fits to similar data sets is explained.Comment: 47 pages, 8 figures, 24 tables. An in-depth study of statistical
issues related to the comparison of precision EW data to the S
Corrections to Quark Asymmetries at LEP
The most precise measurement of the weak mixing angle sin^2(theta) at LEP is
from the forward-backward asymmetry e+e- --> bbbar at the Z-pole. In this note
the QED and electroweak radiative corrections to obtain the pole asymmetry from
the measured asymmetry for b- and c-quarks have been calculated using ZFITTER,
which has been amended to allow a consistent treatment of partial two-loop
corrections for the b-quark final asymmetries.
A total correction of dAfbb=0.0019+/-0.0002 and dAfbc=0.0064+/-0.0001 has
been found, where the remaining theoretical uncertainty is much too small to
explain the apparent discrepancy between sin^2(theta) obtained from Afbb and
from the left-right asymmetry at SLD
Application of the Two-Scale Model to the HERMES Data on Nuclear Attenuation
The Two-Scale Model and its improved version were used to perform the fit to
the HERMES data for (the virtual photon energy) and z (the fraction of
carried by hadron) dependencies of nuclear multiplicity ratios for
and mesons electro-produced on two nuclear targets (N
and Kr). The quantitative criterium was used for the first
time to analyse the results of the model fit to the nuclear multiplicity ratios
data. The two-parameter's fit gives satisfactory agreement with the HERMES
data. Best values of the parameters were then used to calculate the - and
- dependencies of nuclear attenuation for , K, K and
produced on Kr target, and also make a predictions for ,
z and the Q (the photon virtuality) - dependencies of nuclear attenuation
data for those identified hadrons and nuclea, that will be published by HERMES
Band-specific phase engineering for curving and focusing light in waveguide arrays
Band specific design of curved light caustics and focusing in optical waveguide arrays is introduced. Going beyond the discrete, tight-binding model, which we examined recently, we show how the exact band structure and the associated diffraction relations of a periodic waveguide lattice can be exploited to phase-engineer caustics with predetermined convex trajectories or to achieve optimum aberration-free focal spots. We numerically demonstrate the formation of convex caustics involving the excitation of Floquet-Bloch modes within the first or the second band and even multi-band caustics created by the simultaneous excitation of more than one bands. Interference of caustics in abruptly autofocusing or collision scenarios are also examined. The experimental implementation of these ideas should be straightforward since the required input conditions involve phase-only modulation of otherwise simple optical wavefronts. By direct extension to more complex periodic lattices, possibilities open up for band specific curving and focusing of light inside 2D or even 3D photonic crystals
A statistical study of the triple-link model in the synoptic problem
In New Testament studies, the synoptic problem is concerned with the relationships among the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. In the present paper a careful specification in probabilistic terms is set up of what is known as the triple-link model, and, as a special case, the double-link model. Counts of the numbers of verbal agreements among the gospels are examined to investigate which of the possible triple-link models appears to give the best fit to the data
G 207-9 and LP 133-144: light curve analysis and asteroseismology of two ZZ Ceti stars
G 207-9 and LP 133-144 are two rarely observed ZZ Ceti stars located in the
middle and close to the blue edge of the ZZ Ceti instability domain,
respectively. We aimed to observe them at least during one observing season at
Konkoly Observatory with the purpose of extending the list of known pulsation
modes for asteroseismic investigations and detect any significant changes in
their pulsational behaviour. We determined five and three new normal modes of G
207-9 and LP 133-144, respectively. In LP 133-144, our frequency analysis also
revealed that at least at three modes there are actually triplets with
frequency separations of ~4 microHz. The rotational period of LP 133-144 based
on the triplets is ~42 h. The preliminary asteroseismic fits of G 207-9 predict
Teff=12 000 or 12 400 K and M*=0.855-0.870 MSun values for the effective
temperature and mass of the star, depending on the assumptions on the spherical
degree (l) values of the modes. These results are in agreement with the
spectroscopic determinations. In the case of LP 133-144, the best-fitting
models prefer Teff=11 800 K in effective temperature and M*>=0.71 MSun stellar
masses, which are more than 0.1 MSun larger than the spectroscopic value.Comment: 12 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society (2016 June 30
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