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Heavy Quark Physics From Lattice QCD
We review the application of lattice QCD to the phenomenology of b- and
c-quarks. After a short discussion of the lattice techniques used to evaluate
hadronic matrix elements and the corresponding systematic uncertainties, we
summarise results for leptonic decay constants, B--Bbar mixing, semileptonic
and rare radiative decays. A discussion of the determination of heavy quark
effective theory parameters is followed by an explanation of the difficulty in
applying lattice methods to exclusive nonleptonic decays.Comment: 52 pages LaTeX with 10 eps files. Requires: hfsprocl.sty (included)
plus axodraw.sty, rotating.sty and array.sty. To appear in Heavy Flavours
(2nd edition) edited by A J Buras and M Lindner (World Scientific,
Singapore). Revised version corrects typo in axis labelling of Fig 1
A dynamical and kinematical model of the Galactic stellar halo and possible implications for galaxy formation scenarios
We re-analyse the kinematics of the system of blue horizontal branch field
(BHBF) stars in the Galactic halo (in particular the outer halo), fitting the
kinematics with the model of radial and tangential velocity dispersions in the
halo as a function of galactocentric distance r proposed by Sommer-Larsen,
Flynn & Christensen (1994), using a much larger sample (almost 700) of BHBF
stars. The basic result is that the character of the stellar halo velocity
ellipsoid changes markedly from radial anisotropy at the sun to tangential
anisotropy in the outer parts of the Galactic halo (r greater than approx 20
kpc). Specifically, the radial component of the stellar halo's velocity
ellipsoid decreases fairly rapidly beyond the solar circle, from approx 140 +/-
10 km/s at the sun, to an asymptotic value of 89 +/- 19 km/s at large r. The
rapid decrease in the radial velocity dispersion is matched by an increase in
the tangential velocity dispersion, with increasing r.
Our results may indicate that the Galaxy formed hierarchically (partly or
fully) through merging of smaller subsystems - the 'bottom-up' galaxy formation
scenario, which for quite a while has been favoured by most theorists and
recently also has been given some observational credibility by HST observations
of a potential group of small galaxies, at high redshift, possibly in the
process of merging to a larger galaxy (Pascarelle et al 1996).Comment: Latex, 16 pages. 2 postscript figures. Submitted to the Astrophysical
Journal. also available at http://astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/outerhalo.htm
Food Chain Disruptions and Trade: The Importance of North American Market Integration
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, International Relations/Trade,
Quark model study of the semileptonic B -> pi decay
The semileptonic decay B->pi is studied starting from a simple quark model
and taking into account the effect of the B* resonance. A novel, multiply
subtracted, Omn\`es dispersion relation has been implemented to extend the
predictions of the quark model to all physical q^2 values. We find
|V_{ub}|=0.0034 +/- 0.0003(exp.)+/- 0.0007(theory), in good agreement with
experiment.Comment: Three pages, two figures. To appear in the proceedings of Quark
Confinament and Hadron Spectrum VII. Azores, September 200
decays and twisted boundary conditions
We propose a new method to evaluate the Lellouch-L\"uscher factor which
relates the matrix elements computed on a finite
lattice to the physical (infinite-volume) decay amplitudes. The method relies
on the use of partially twisted boundary conditions, which allow the s-wave
phase shift to be computed as an almost continuous function of the
centre-of-mass relative momentum and hence for its derivative to be evaluated.
We successfully demonstrate the feasibility of the technique in an exploratory
computation.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
Market Integration in the North American Onion Markets: An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data
This study investigates the level of market integration in the North American Onion Markets. A two-sample period analysis shows an increase in the speed of price convergence overtime, suggesting deeper market integration as NAFTA was fully implemented. Further analysis showed that U.S.-Canadian markets have experienced deeper market integration compared with U.S.-Mexican markets as well as Canadian-Mexican markets.market integration, onion markets, panel data, price convergence, Marketing,
Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in the North American Free Trade Agreement: The Case of Agricultural Sector
This paper examines the impact of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement under NAFTA. The results suggest that U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico have been responsive to tariff rate reductions applied to Mexican products. A 1 percent decrease in tariff rates is associated with an increase in U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico by 3.96 percent in the first six years of NAFTA and by 1.07 percent in the last six years of NAFTA. US imports from Mexico have also been attributable to the pre-NAFTA tariff rates. Overall, the results indicate that the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement under NAFTA has been trade creating rather than trade diverting.International Relations/Trade,
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