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T and CPT Symmetries in Entangled Neutral Meson Systems
Genuine tests of an asymmetry under T and/or CPT transformations imply the
interchange between in-states and out-states. I explain a methodology to
perform model-indepedent separate measurements of the three CP, T and CPT
symmetry violations for transitions involving the decay of the neutral meson
systems in B- and {\Phi}-factories. It makes use of the quantum-mechanical
entanglement only, for which the individual state of each neutral meson is not
defined before the decay of its orthogonal partner. The final proof of the
independence of the three asymmetries is that no other theoretical ingredient
is involved and that the event sample corresponding to each case is different
from the other two. The experimental analysis for the measurements of these
three asymmetries as function of the time interval {\Delta}t > 0 between the
first and second decays is discussed, as well as the significance of the
expected results. In particular, one may advance a first observation of true,
direct, evidence of Time-Reserval-Violation in B-factories by many standard
deviations from zero, without any reference to, and independent of,
CP-Violation. In some quantum gravity framework the CPT-transformation is
ill-defined, so there is a resulting loss of particle-antiparticle identity.
This mechanism induces a breaking of the EPR correlation in the entanglement
imposed by Bose statistics to the neutral meson system, the so-called
{\omega}-effect. I present results and prospects for the {\omega}-parameter in
the correlated neutral meson-antimeson states.Comment: Proc. DISCRETE 2010, Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of
Discrete Symmetries, December 2010, Rom
IGR J19294+1816: a new Be-X ray binary revealed through infrared spectroscopy
The aim of this work is to characterize the counterpart to the INTEGRAL High
Mass X-ray Binary candidate IGR J19294+1816 so as to establish its true nature.
We obtained H band spectra of the selected counterpart acquired with the NICS
instrument mounted on the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) 3.5-m telescope
which represents the first infrared spectrum ever taken of this source. We
complement the spectral analysis with infrared photometry from UKIDSS, 2MASS,
WISE and NEOWISE databases. We classify the mass donor as a Be star.
Subsequently, we compute its distance by properly taking into account the
contamination produced by the circumstellar envelope. The findings indicate
that IGR J19294+1816 is a transient source with a B1Ve donor at a distance of
kpc, and luminosities of the order of erg s,
displaying the typical behaviour of a Be X-ray binary.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted to be published in MNRA
Neutrino Beams From Electron Capture at High Gamma
We investigate the potential of a flavor pure high gamma electron capture
electron neutrino beam directed towards a large water cherenkov detector with
500 kt fiducial mass. The energy of the neutrinos is reconstructed by the
position measurement within the detector and superb energy resolution
capabilities could be achieved. We estimate the requirements for such a
scenario to be competitive to a neutrino/anti-neutrino running at a neutrino
factory with less accurate energy resolution. Although the requirements turn
out to be extreme, in principle such a scenario could achieve as good abilities
to resolve correlations and degeneracies in the search for sin^2(2 theta_13)
and delta_CP as a standard neutrino factory experiment.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figures, revised version, to appear in JHEP, Fig.7
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Measure of the size of CP violation in extended models
In this letter we introduce a possible measure of the size of CP violation in
the Standard Model and its extensions, based on quantities invariant under the
change of weak quark basis. We also introduce a measure of the ``average size''
of CP violation in a model, which can be used to compare the size of CP
violation in models involving extra sequential or vector-like quarks, or
left-right symmetry.Comment: LaTeX, 7 pages, no figure
Toward CP-even Neutrino Beam
The best method of measuring CP violating effect in neutrino oscillation
experiments is to construct and use a neutrino beam made of an ideal mixture of
and of monochromatic lines. The conceptual design of such
a beam is described, together with how to measure the CP-odd quantity. We
propose to exploit an accelerated unstable hydrogen-like heavy ion in a storage
ring, whose decay has both electron capture and bound beta decay with a
comparable fraction.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, Published versio
Cabergoline treatment in acromegaly: pros
Cabergoline is an ergot-derived dopamine D2 receptor agonist which may be effective for the medical management of acromegaly. Its efficacy in reducing growth hormone and IGF-I levels, as well as its antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effects on pituitary tumor cells, has been observed in several studies. Cabergoline may be used alone or as an add-on therapy to patients who are partially resistant to somatostatin analogs (SSA), or who do not achieve complete control with maximum doses of pegvisomant (PEG). Additionally, the convenience of its oral administration, allowing better compliance, and its lower economic cost, in comparison with SSA and PEG, favor cabergoline as an attractive option for acromegalic patients, who frequently require long-life medical treatment to achieve disease control. The few adverse events observed with prolonged DA therapy, mainly regarding cardiac valve disease, are not frequent at the doses generally used in acromegaly
Neutrino pair synchrotron radiation from relativistic electrons in strong magnetic fields
The emissivity for the neutrino pair synchrotron radiation in strong magnetic
fields has been calculated both analytically and numerically for high densities
and moderate temperatures, as can be found in neutron stars. Under these
conditions, the electrons are relativistic and degenerate. We give here our
results in terms of an universal function of a single variable. For two
different regimes of the electron gas we present a simplified calculation and
compare our results to those of Kaminker et al. Agreement is found for the
classical region, where many Landau levels contribute to the emissivity , but
some differences arise in the quantum regime. One finds that the emissivity for
neutrino pair synchrotron radiation is competitive, and can be dominant, with
other neutrino processes for magnetic fields of the order .This indicates the relevance of this process for some astrophysical
scenarios, such as neutron stars and supernovae.Comment: 19 pages, AAS latex, 6 figures on a separate file. Accepted for
publication in Ap.
Universal extra dimensions and Z->b bar-b
We study, at the one loop level, the dominant contributions from a single
universal extra dimension to the process (Z\to b\bar{b}). By resorting to the
gaugeless limit of the theory we explain why the result is expected to display
a strong dependence on the mass of the top-quark, not identified in the early
literature. A detailed calculation corroborates this expectation, giving rise
to a lower bound for the compactification scale which is comparable to that
obtained from the parameter. An estimate of the subleading corrections
is furnished, together with a qualitative discussion on the difference between
the present results and those derived previously for the non-universal case.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, revtex
Radiative Corrections to \zbb from Colored Scalars in a Model with Dynamical Symmetry Breaking
Isodoublet color-octet scalar bosons appear in the low-energy limit of a
natural extension of the Standard Model in which the electroweak symmetry is
broken by a condensate. We briefly discuss the model and show that
radiative corrections (involving these scalars) to the branching ratio
are
negative and thus place a stringent lower bound on the masses of the colored
scalars. This turns out to be GeV with GeV and increases
quadratically with . It is emphasized that is a parameter that is
well-determined experimentally and that theoretical estimates are relatively
free from uncertainties emanating from hadronic corrections and are
comparatively insensitive to the value of the top mass.Comment: 9 pages + 3 figures (available upon request), TeX file. Saha
Institute Preprint no. SINP-TNP/93-22 (December 1993
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