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Breakdown of the lattice polaron picture in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 single crystals
When heated through the magnetic transition at Tc, La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 changes
from a band metal to a polaronic insulator. The Hall constant R_H, through its
activated behavior and sign anomaly, provides key evidence for polaronic
behavior. We use R_H and the Hall mobility to demonstrate the breakdown of the
polaron phase. Above 1.4Tc, the polaron picture holds in detail, while below,
the activation energies of both R_H and the mobility deviate strongly from
their polaronic values. These changes reflect the presence of metallic,
ferromagnetic fluctuations, in the volume of which the Hall effect develops
additional contributions tied to quantal phases.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, final version to appear in Phys. Rev. B Rapi
On Lattice Computations of K+ --> pi+ pi0 Decay at m_K =2m_pi
We use one-loop chiral perturbation theory to compare potential lattice
computations of the K+ --> pi+ pi0 decay amplitude at m_K=2m_pi with the
experimental value. We find that the combined one-loop effect due to this
unphysical pion to kaon mass ratio and typical finite volume effects is still
of order minus 20-30%, and appears to dominate the effects from quenching.Comment: 4 pages, revte
Quintessential Kination and Leptogenesis
Thermal leptogenesis induced by the CP-violating decay of a right-handed
neutrino (RHN) is discussed in the background of quintessential kination, i.e.,
in a cosmological model where the energy density of the early Universe is
assumed to be dominated by the kinetic term of a quintessence field during some
epoch of its evolution. This assumption may lead to very different
observational consequences compared to the case of a standard cosmology where
the energy density of the Universe is dominated by radiation. We show that,
depending on the choice of the temperature T_r above which kination dominates
over radiation, any situation between the strong and the super--weak wash--out
regime are equally viable for leptogenesis, even with the RHN Yukawa coupling
fixed to provide the observed atmospheric neutrino mass scale ~ 0.05 eV. For M<
T_r < M/100, i.e., when kination stops to dominate at a time which is not much
later than when leptogenesis takes place, the efficiency of the process,
defined as the ratio between the produced lepton asymmetry and the amount of CP
violation in the RHN decay, can be larger than in the standard scenario of
radiation domination. This possibility is limited to the case when the neutrino
mass scale is larger than about 0.01 eV. The super--weak wash--out regime is
obtained for T_r << M/100, and includes the case when T_r is close to the
nucleosynthesis temperature ~ 1 MeV. Irrespective of T_r, we always find a
sufficient window above the electroweak temperature T ~ 100 GeV for the
sphaleron transition to thermalize, so that the lepton asymmetry can always be
converted to the observed baryon asymmetry.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure
TeV Scale Seesaw and a flavorful Z' at the LHC
Small neutrino masses and their large mixing angles can be generated at the
TeV scale by augmenting the Standard Model with an additional generation
dependent, anomaly-free U(1)_{nu} symmetry, in the presence of three
right-handed neutrinos. The Z' gauge boson associated with the breaking of the
U(1)_{nu} symmetry can be produced at the LHC. The flavorful nature of the Z'
can be established by measuring its non-universal couplings to the charged
leptons as determined by the lepton's U(1)_{nu} charges, which also govern the
neutrino flavor structure. While the LHC has the potential of discovering the
Z' up to M_{Z'} = 4.5 TeV with 100 fb^(-1) data at the center of mass energy
sqrt{s} = 14 TeV, to establish the flavorful nature of the Z' requires much
higher integrated luminosity. For our bench mark parameters that are consistent
with neutrino oscillation data, at sqrt{s} = 14 TeV, a 5 sigma distinction
between the dielectron and dimuon channels for M_{Z'} = 3 TeV requires 500
fb^(-1) of data. We find that the forward backward asymmetry distributions can
also be useful in distinguishing the dielectron and dimuon channels in the low
invariant mass and transverse momentum regions.Comment: 9 pages, 13 figures; v2: version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Phenomenological constraints on minimally coupled exotic lepton triplets
By introducing a set of new triplet leptons (with nonzero hypercharge) that
can Yukawa couple to their Standard Model counterparts, new sources of
tree-level flavor changing currents are induced via mixing. In this work, we
study some of the consequences of such new contributions on processes such as
the leptonic decays of gauge bosons, and which violate lepton flavor, and mu-e conversion in
atomic nuclei. Constraints are then placed on the parameters associated with
the exotic triplets by invoking the current low-energy experimental data.
Moreover, the new physics contribution to the lepton anomalous magnetic moments
is calculated.Comment: 17 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables (REVTeX4.1); v2: refs added, to appear
in PR
Quantum Fluctuations of Radiation Pressure
Quantum fluctuations of electromagnetic radiation pressure are discussed. We
use an approach based on the quantum stress tensor to calculate the
fluctuations in velocity and position of a mirror subjected to electromagnetic
radiation. Our approach reveals that radiation pressure fluctuations are due to
a cross term between vacuum and state dependent terms in a stress tensor
operator product. Thus observation of these fluctuations would entail
experimental confirmation of this cross term. We first analyze the pressure
fluctuations on a single, perfectly reflecting mirror, and then study the case
of an interferometer. This involves a study of the effects of multiple bounces
in one arm, as well as the correlations of the pressure fluctuations between
arms of the interferometer. In all cases, our results are consistent with those
previously obtained by Caves using different mehods.Comment: 23 pages, 3 figures, RevTe
Molecular dynamics study of the fragmentation of silicon doped fullerenes
Tight binding molecular dynamics simulations, with a non orthogonal basis
set, are performed to study the fragmentation of carbon fullerenes doped with
up to six silicon atoms. Both substitutional and adsorbed cases are considered.
The fragmentation process is simulated starting from the equilibrium
configuration in each case and imposing a high initial temperature to the
atoms. Kinetic energy quickly converts into potential energy, so that the
system oscillates for some picoseconds and eventually breaks up. The most
probable first event for substituted fullerenes is the ejection of a C2
molecule, another very frequent event being that one Si atom goes to an
adsorbed position. Adsorbed Si clusters tend to desorb as a whole when they
have four or more atoms, while the smaller ones tend to dissociate and
sometimes interchange positions with the C atoms. These results are compared
with experimental information from mass abundance spectroscopy and the products
of photofragmentation.Comment: Seven two-column pages, six postscript figures. To be published in
Physical Review
Applications of Partially Quenched Chiral Perturbation Theory
Partially quenched theories are theories in which the valence- and sea-quark
masses are different. In this paper we calculate the nonanalytic one-loop
corrections of some physical quantities: the chiral condensate, weak decay
constants, Goldstone boson masses, B_K and the K+ to pi+ pi0 decay amplitude,
using partially quenched chiral perturbation theory. Our results for weak decay
constants and masses agree with, and generalize, results of previous work by
Sharpe. We compare B_K and the K+ decay amplitude with their real-world values
in some examples. For the latter quantity, two other systematic effects that
plague lattice computations, namely, finite-volume effects and unphysical
values of the quark masses and pion external momenta are also considered. We
find that typical one-loop corrections can be substantial.Comment: 22 pages, TeX, refs. added, minor other changes, version to appear in
Phys. Rev.
Physical Conditions in Circumstellar Gas surrounding SN 1987A 12 Years After Outburst
Two-dimensional spectra of Supernova 1987A were obtained on 1998 November
14-15 (4282 days after outburst) with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
(STIS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The slit sampled portions of
the inner circumstellar ring at the east and west ansae as well as small
sections of both the northern and southern outer rings. The temperature and
density at these locations are estimated by nebular analysis of [N II], [O
III], and [S II] emission line ratios, and with time-dependent
photoionization/recombination models. The results from these two methods are
mutually consistent. The electron density in the inner ring is ~ 4000 cm-3 for
S II, with progressively lower densities for N II and O III. The electron
temperatures determined from [N II] and [O III] line ratios are ~11,000 K and
\~22,000 K, respectively. These results are consistent with evolutionary trends
in the circumstellar gas from similar measurements at earlier epochs. We find
that emission lines from the outer rings come from gas of lower density (n_e
\la 2000 cm-3) than that which emits the same line in the inner ring. The N/O
ratio appears to be the same in all three rings. Our results also suggest that
the CNO abundances in the northern outer ring are the same as in the inner
ring, contrary to earlier results of Panagia et al. (1996). Physical conditions
in the southern outer ring are less certain because of poorer signal-to-noise
data. The STIS spectra also reveal a weak Ha emission redshifted by ~100 km s-1
at p.a. 103\arcdeg that coincides with the recently discovered new regions that
are brightening (Lawrence et al. 2000). This indicates that the shock
interaction in the SE section of the inner ring commenced over a year before it
became apparent in HST images.Comment: 25 pages, 6 figures, to appear in December 1, 2000 Astrophysical
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DEVELOPMENT OF OFF-DESIGN TURBOCHARGER MODELLING COMBINED WITH 1-D ENGINE MODEL
The present work aims to carry out an off-design turbocharger modellingpowered by exhaust gases from a Wärtsilä 20V34SG engine. First of all, 1-D engine model was already developed in GT-Power software whileconsidering a thermodynamic turbocharger modelling with constantisentropic efficiencies. Secondly, by using the results from 1-D enginemodel, the off-design turbocharger modelling is calibrated separately inEES software, taking into account compressible assumption, trianglevelocities and geometric dimensions. The case study is derived from a R&Dproject (ANEEL PD-06483-0318/2018) that targets to cool and dehumidifythe intake air at compressor’s upstream through a cooling coil, therebyallowing engine’s operation at reduced knocking conditions. The brakemean effective pressure (BMEP) is varied in the range of 20 to 23.45 bar,corresponding to brake power from 8.7 to 10.2 MW, respectively. With theoff-design turbocharger modelling it is possible to analyze its operationalbehavior under higher BMEP, hence, allowing to predict some importantparameters. The results showed that the turbocharger is operating within themanufacturer’s limit for BMEP of 23.45 bar, presenting total-to-staticisentropic efficiencies of 0.81 and 0.784 for compressor and turbine,respectively, rotational speed around 28135 RPM, pressure ratio atcompressor of 4.567 and maintaining control on waste-gate valve
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