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Indirect Effect of Supersymmetric Triplets in Stop Decays
We study an extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model with a
zero hypercharge triplet, and the effect that such a particle has on stop
decays. This model has the capability of predicting a 125.5 GeV Higgs even in
the presence of light stops and it can modify the diphoton rate by means of the
extra charged fermion triplet coupled to the Higgs. Working in the limit where
the scalar triplet decouples, and with small values of mA, we find that the
fermion triplet can greatly affect the branching ratios of the stops, even in
the absence of a direct stop-triplet coupling. We compare the triplet extension
with the MSSM and discuss how the additional fields affect the search for stop
pair production.Comment: pdfLateX, 16 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, Typos, minor changes.
Version published in JHE
Utilización de la torta de palmiste en piensos de cebo de conejos
En este trabajo se ha estudiado la inclusión de un 20% de torta de palmiste en 11 piensos equilibrados de cebo de conejos. Para ello se han realizado dos ensayos de 12 alimentación con 480 gazapos en cada uno, para controlar parámetros de crecimiento, 13 eficacia alimenticia y mortalidad a lo largo del periodo de cebo (35-63 días de edad). 14 Los resultados de los ensayos de alimentación muestran que la torta de palmiste es un 15 ingrediente palatable que permite sostener niveles altos de consumo y rendimientos en 16 el periodo de cebo, aunque su valor energético neto podría ser inferior al expresado por 17 su concentración en energía digestible. Por otra parte, su inclusión permitió reducir la 18 mortalidad en el periodo de cebo, lo que podría estar relacionado con su alto contenido 19 en ácidos grasos de cadena media y/o con su baja concentración de almidó
Transverse Symmetry and Spin-3/2 Fields
We study the possible covariant Lagrangians that describe the propagation of
pure spin-3/2 particles. We show that, apart from the well-known
Rarita-Schwinger Lagrangian, there is another possibility where the field is
described by a gamma-traceless combination and that both Lagrangians yield the
same physical predictions for the interaction of conserved sources. We also
prove that for the case when the spin-2 field is described by a traceless
field, there is no possible spin-3/2 action that makes the system
supersymmetric. Nevertheless, the interaction between this field andthe
spin-3/2 field may be possible.Comment: 12 pages. To appear in Peyresq XII proceeding
Low Power CMOS Chopper Preamplifier Based on Source-Degeneration Transconductors
This paper describes the design of a low-power, low-noise flicker CMOS chopper preamplifier for sensor signal conditioning. The core amplifier and the Gm-C output low pass filter of the proposed fully differential preamplifier are based on a source degeneration transconductor. The circuit was designed in a standard 0.18µm CMOS process with 1.8V supply voltage. It shows 42dB gain, 1 kHz bandwidth and a total power consumption of 84 µW. The proposed configuration achieves a noise efficiency factor of 4.6 and a total input-referred noise of 560 nVrms integrated from 0.1 to 1 kHz
A comparison of the prediction of apparent metabolisable energy content of starchy grains and cereal by-products for poultry from its chemical components, in vitro analysis or near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
Regression models including chemical composition, in vitro digestibility and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) were compared in order to predict the energy value of several feed ingredients for poultry. The nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolisable energy content (AMEn) in cockerels and its proportion on total gross energy (AMEn/GE) were determined in 94 batches from six starchy grains and six cereal byproducts. Two preliminary trials were also designed to adapt in vitro methods for prediction of in vivo energy values for poultry. Mean concentrations of AMEn of the ingredient studied ranged from 2,464 to 3,595 kcal kg -1 DM, and those of AMEn/GE from 53.7 to 80.0%. The most precise model of prediction of AMEn and AMEn/GE values was that based on NIRS equations (R2 cv = 0.823 and 0.861, respectively). The best single chemical predictor of these energy values was the neutral detergent fibre concentration (R2 = 0.616 and 0.736, respectively). Further inclusion of ether extract and ash contents in the AMEn model and those of starch and ether extract in the AMEn/GE model allowed increasing coefficients of determination up to 0.791 and 0.839, respectively. A model including linear and quadratic effects of in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMd) provided a similar prediction of AMEn/GE values (R2 = 0.833). However the prediction of AMEn from IVOMd was worse (R2 = 0.62), as variations among batches of GE concentration (from 4,225 to 5,896 kcal kg –1 DM) were little related to in vitro digestibility values
Efecto de una restricción alimenticia después del destete sobre la mortalidad y los rendimientos productivos de conejos en cebo
En este trabajo se ha estudiado el efecto de una restricción alimenticia moderada 15 y gradual después del destete (alrededor de 35 d de edad) sobre los rendimientos 16 productivos y la eficiencia alimenticia global del cebo. La restricción consistió en 17 suministrar una cantidad limitada de alimento (80, 100 y 120 g/d) en las tres semanas 18 siguientes al destete. Se han realizado seis ensayos, con 480 animales cada uno, 19 utilizando seis piensos comerciales que diferían en el tipo de medicación. En estos 20 ensayos se controlaron los parámetros de crecimiento, eficacia alimenticia global y 21 mortalidad durante el periodo de restricción y en el conjunto del cebo (destete a 63-67 d 22 de edad). El número de ooquistes y de Clostridium perfringens en heces duras fue 23 también evaluado en cada tratamiento. En ninguno de los ensayos se detectaron 24 problemas de elevada mortalidad causada por ERE. En estas condiciones, la mortalidad 25 de los gazapos restringidos se redujo un 33% (P=0,02) en el periodo de restricción y 26 tendió a disminuir en el conjunto del periodo de cebo. Los resultados obtenidos 27 muestran además que una restricción alimenticia moderada mejora en un 4% (Pmenor que0,001) 28 la eficiencia alimenticia global del cebo, sin afectar al peso total de animales enviado a 29 matadero. Además, la adopción de medidas que disminuyan la proliferación de 30 coccidios y C. perfringens en el contenido digestivo pueden resultar útiles para reducir 31 la mortalidad de conejos durante el ceb
Massive Gravity on de Sitter and Unique Candidate for Partially Massless Gravity
We derive the decoupling limit of Massive Gravity on de Sitter in an
arbitrary number of space-time dimensions d. By embedding d-dimensional de
Sitter into d+1-dimensional Minkowski, we extract the physical helicity-1 and
helicity-0 polarizations of the graviton. The resulting decoupling theory is
similar to that obtained around Minkowski. We take great care at exploring the
partially massless limit and define the unique fully non-linear candidate
theory that is free of the helicity-0 mode in the decoupling limit, and which
therefore propagates only four degrees of freedom in four dimensions. In the
latter situation, we show that a new Vainshtein mechanism is at work in the
limit m^2\to 2 H^2 which decouples the helicity-0 mode when the parameters are
different from that of partially massless gravity. As a result, there is no
discontinuity between massive gravity and its partially massless limit, just in
the same way as there is no discontinuity in the massless limit of massive
gravity. The usual bounds on the graviton mass could therefore equivalently
well be interpreted as bounds on m^2-2H^2. When dealing with the exact
partially massless parameters, on the other hand, the symmetry at m^2=2H^2
imposes a specific constraint on matter. As a result the helicity-0 mode
decouples without even the need of any Vainshtein mechanism.Comment: 30 pages. Some clarifications and references added. New subsection
'Symmetry and Counting in the Full Theory' added. New appendix 'St\"uckelberg
fields in the Na\"ive approach' added. Matches version published in JCA
New derivation of soliton solutions to the AKNS system via dressing transformation methods
We consider certain boundary conditions supporting soliton solutions in the
generalized non-linear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (AKNS)\,(). Using
the dressing transformation (DT) method and the related tau functions we study
the AKNS system for the vanishing, (constant) non-vanishing and the mixed
boundary conditions, and their associated bright, dark, and bright-dark
N-soliton solutions, respectively. Moreover, we introduce a modified DT related
to the dressing group in order to consider the free field boundary condition
and derive generalized N-dark-dark solitons. As a reduced submodel of the
AKNS system we study the properties of the focusing, defocusing and mixed
focusing-defocusing versions of the so-called coupled non-linear
Schr\"{o}dinger equation (CNLS), which has recently been considered in many
physical applications. We have shown that twodarkdarksoliton bound
states exist in the AKNS system, and three and
higherdarkdarksoliton bound states can not exist. The
AKNS\,() extension is briefly discussed in this approach. The
properties and calculations of some matrix elements using level one vertex
operators are outlined.Comment: 34 pages, 3 figures. Extended version of arXiv:1110.3108[nlin.SI], to
appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theo
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