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Enhancing with the -penguin
Lepton flavor violation (LFV) has been observed in neutrino oscillations. For
charged lepton FV decays only upper limits are known, but sizable branching
ratios are expected in many neutrino mass models. High scale models, such as
the classical supersymmetric seesaw, usually predict that decays are roughly a factor maller than the corresponding decays . Here we demonstrate that the -penguin diagram can give an
enhancement for decays in many extensions of the MSSM. We first
discuss why the -penguin is not dominant in the MSSM with seesaw and show
that much larger contributions from the -penguin are expected in general.
We then demonstrate the effect numerically in two example models, namely, the
supersymmetric inverse seesaw and R-parity violating supersymmetry.Comment: 5 pages; v2: minor corrections, final version to appear in PR
Structural vulnerability of Nepalese Pagoda temples
Nepal is located in one of the most severe earthquake prone areas of the world, lying between collisions of Indian to the Eurasian plate, moving continuously, resulting in frequent devastating earthquakes within this region. Moreover, different authors refer mention that the accumulated slip deficit (central seismic gap) is likely to produce large earthquakes in the future. Also, the analysis of the available information of previous earthquakes indicates the potential damage that can occurs in unreinforced traditional masonry structures in future earthquakes.
Most of the Nepalese pagoda temples were erected following very simple rules and construction details to accomplish with seismic resistance requirement, or even without any consideration for seismic resistance, during the period of Malla dynasty (1200-1768). Presently, conservation and restoration of ancient monuments are one of the major concerns in order to preserve our built heritage, transferring it to the future generations. The present paper is devoted to outline particular structural fragility characteristics in the historic Nepalese pagoda temples which affect their seismic performance. Moreover, based on the parametric analysis identified structural weaknesses/fragilities of pagoda topology, the associated traditional building technology and constructional details
Numerical simulations of quiet Sun magnetic fields seeded by Biermann battery
The magnetic fields of the quiet Sun cover at any time more than 90\% of its
surface and their magnetic energy budget is crucial to explain the thermal
structure of the solar atmosphere. One of the possible origins of these fields
is due to the action of local dynamo in the upper convection zone of the Sun.
Existing simulations of the local solar dynamo require an initial seed field,
and sufficiently high spatial resolution, in order to achieve the amplification
of the seed field to the observed values in the quiet Sun. Here we report an
alternative model of seeding based on the action of the Bierman battery effect.
This effect generates a magnetic field due to the local imbalances in electron
pressure in the partially ionized solar plasma. We show that the battery effect
self-consistently creates from zero an initial seed field of a strength of the
order of micro G, and together with dynamo amplification, allows the generation
of quiet Sun magnetic fields of a similar strength to those from solar
observations.Comment: To appear in Astronomy & Astrophysic
Double Pion Photoproduction in Nuclei
The inclusive A(gamma,pi+ pi-)X reaction is studied theoretically. A sizeable
enhancement of the cross section is found, in comparison with the scaling of
the deuteron cross section (sigma_deuteron * A/2). This enhancement is due to
the modifications in the nuclear medium of the gamma N ----> pi pi N amplitude
and the pion dispersion relation. The enhancement is found to be bigger than
the one already observed in the (pi,pi pi) reaction in nuclei.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures (figures available from authors); TeX, Version
3.141 [PD VMS 3.4/CERN 1.0
High frequency waves in the corona due to null points
This work aims to understand the behavior of non-linear waves in the vicinity
of a coronal null point. In previous works we have showed that high frequency
waves are generated in such magnetic configuration. This paper studies those
waves in detail in order to provide a plausible explanation of their
generation. We demonstrate that slow magneto-acoustic shock waves generated in
the chromosphere propagate through the null point and produce a train of
secondary shocks that escape along the field lines. A particular combination of
the shock wave speeds generates waves at a frequency of 80 mHz. We speculate
that this frequency may be sensitive to the atmospheric parameters in the
corona and therefore can be used to probe the structure of this solar layer
Determining the quantum numbers through a Kaon induced reaction
We study the reaction with kinematical condition suited to
the production of the resonance. It is shown that in this reaction
with the polarization experiment, a combined consideration of the strength at
the peak and the angular dependence of cross section can help determine the
quantum numbers.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, Talk given at International Workshop PENTAQUARK04
at SPring-8, Japan, July 20-23, 200
Lower bounds on concurrence and separability conditions
We obtain analytical lower bounds on the concurrence of bipartite quantum
systems in arbitrary dimensions related to the violation of separability
conditions based on local uncertainty relations and on the Bloch representation
of density matrices. We also illustrate how these results complement and
improve those recently derived [K. Chen, S. Albeverio, and S.-M. Fei, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 95, 040504 (2005)] by considering the Peres-Horodecki and the
computable cross norm or realignment criteria.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure; minor changes, references added; final version:
minor correction in proof of lemma 1, scope of theorem 2 clarified, to appear
in PRA; mistake in proof of lemma 1 of published version corrected, results
unchange
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