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On quark-lepton complementarity
Recent measurements of the neutrino solar mixing angle and the Cabibbo angle
satisfy the empirical relation theta_{sol} + theta_{C} ~ 45^{o}. This relation
suggests the existence of a correlation between the mixing matrices of leptons
and quarks, the so called quark-lepton complementarity. Here, we examine the
possibility that this correlation originates in the strong hierarchy in the
mass spectra of quarks and charged leptons, and the seesaw mechanism that gives
mass to the Majorana neutrinos. In a unified treatment of quarks and leptons in
which the mass matrices of all fermions have a similar Fritzsch texture, we
calculate the mixing matrices V_{CKM} and U_{MNSP} as functions of quark and
lepton masses and only two free parameters, in very good agreement with the
latest experimental values on masses and mixings. Three essential ingredients
to explain the quark-lepton complementarity relation are identified: the strong
hierarchy in the mass spectra of quarks and charged leptons, the normal seesaw
mechanism and the assumption of maximal CP violation in the lepton sector.Comment: 6 pages, to appear in "Particles and fields: Xth Mexican Workshop on
Particles and Fields" (Morelia, Mich. Mexico, November 6-12, 2005), Eds. A.
Bashir and L. Villasenor, AIP Conference proceedings (2006
Universal Mass Texture, CP violation and Quark-Lepton Complementarity
The measurements of the neutrino and quark mixing angles satisfy the
empirical relations called Quark-Lepton Complementarity. These empirical
relations suggest the existence of a correlation between the mixing matrices of
leptons and quarks. In this work, we examine the possibility that this
correlation between the mixing angles of quarks and leptons originates in the
similar hierarchy of quarks and charged lepton masses and the seesaw mechanism
type~I, that gives mass to the Majorana neutrinos. We assume that the similar
mass hierarchies of charged lepton and quark masses allows us to represent all
the mass matrices of Dirac fermions in terms of a universal form with four
texture zeroes.Comment: 14 page
The Strehl Ratio in Adaptive Optics Images: Statistics and Estimation
Statistical properties of the intensity in adaptive optics images are usually
modeled with a Rician distribution. We study the central point of the image,
where this model is inappropriate for high to very high correction levels. The
central point is an important problem because it gives the Strehl ratio
distribution. We show that the central point distribution can be modeled using
a non-central Gamma distribution.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
A review on the complementarity of renewable energy sources: concept, metrics, application and future research directions
It is expected, and regionally observed, that energy demand will soon be
covered by a widespread deployment of renewable energy sources. However, the
weather and climate driven energy sources are characterized by a significant
spatial and temporal variability. One of the commonly mentioned solutions to
overcome the mismatch between demand and supply provided by renewable
generation is a hybridization of two or more energy sources in a single power
station (like wind-solar, solar-hydro or solar-wind-hydro). The operation of
hybrid energy sources is based on the complementary nature of renewable
sources. Considering the growing importance of such systems and increasing
number of research activities in this area this paper presents a comprehensive
review of studies which investigated, analyzed, quantified and utilized the
effect of temporal, spatial and spatio-temporal complementarity between
renewable energy sources. The review starts with a brief overview of available
research papers, formulates detailed definition of major concepts, summarizes
current research directions and ends with prospective future research
activities. The review provides a chronological and spatial information with
regard to the studies on the complementarity concept.Comment: 34 pages 7 figures 3 table
Generalized reflection symmetry and leptonic CP violation
We propose a generalized reflection symmetry to constrain the
lepton flavor mixing parameters. We obtain a new correlation between the
atmospheric mixing angle and the "Dirac" CP violation phase
. Only in a specific limit our proposed CP transformation
reduces to standard reflection, for which and
are both maximal. The "Majorana" phases are predicted to lie at
their CP-conserving values with important implications for the neutrinoless
double beta decay rates. We also study the phenomenological implications of our
scheme for present and future neutrino oscillation experiments including T2K,
NOA and DUNE.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, latex, Final version to appear in Physics
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