717 research outputs found
Relationship between cooling rate and microsegregation in bottom-chilled directionally solidified ductile irons
This study explores the relationship between cooling rate and
microsegregation of directionally solidified ductile iron. The unidirectional
heat transfer system used in this research is made up of a copper mold kept
chilled by circulating water and embedded in the bottom of Furan sand mold.
Thermocouples are connected to the computer measuring system to record the
cooling curves of the castings at a distance of 0, 30, 60 and 90 mm from the
chilled copper mold surface. Alloys including Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni and Ti were
added to the specimens. Electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) was employed to
examine distribution of elements between the dendrite arms and nodular
graphite. Results show that unidirectional heat transfer affects directly the
solidification mode and microstructure of the casting. The cooling curves
reveal that local solidification time increases with increasing distance from
the chilled copper mold surface. Different solidification rates with
corresponding microstructure and element segregation were observed in the
same unidirectionally solidified casting. Local solidification time was
closely related to element segregation. The effective segregation coefficient
(Keff) calculated using the Scheil equation was found to vary, according to
the stage of solidification. The actual segregation characteristics of
complex alloys generally follow the Scheil equation
Multiple Facets of Damage Caused by Exposure to Low-Dose Radiation and the Legal Remedy
In addition to the toll in human life, there are at least three facets of damage caused by the protracted exposure to low-dose radiation: bodily injury, mental anguish, and property injury. After examining cases and compensation schemes in the United States and Taiwan, this article concludes that both the Taiwanese administrative compensation scheme and U.S. federal courts\u27 interpretation of the Price-Anderson Act favor finding injury to the claimants\u27 property, but not adverse effects to their health. To redress the injustice caused by the systemic bias, this article argues that the tort system should be adapted to tolerate gray area, such as the adoption of the probability of causation. This article further argues that the probability of causation should be applied in calculating damages in the radiation-exposure context
Mixing in the Presence of Isosinglet Quarks
We analyse transitions in the framework of a minimal extension
of the Standard Model where either a or a isosinglet quark is
added to the standard quark spectrum. In the case of a isosinglet
quark, it is shown that there is a significant region of parameter space where
mixing is sufficiently enhanced to be observed at the next
round of experiments. On the contrary, in the case of a isosinglet
quark, it is pointed out that obtaining a substancial enhancement of mixing, while complying with the experimental constraints on rare
kaon decays, requires a contrived choice of parameters.Comment: 10 pages plus four figures. The figures are not included but are
available upon reques
Bounds on charged higgs boson in the 2HDM type III from Tevatron
We consider the Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) of type III which leads to
Flavour Changing Neutral Currents (FCNC) at tree level. In the framework of
this model we can use an appropriate form of the Yukawa Lagrangian that makes
the type II model limit of the general type III couplings apparent. This way is
useful in order to compare with the experimental data which is model dependent.
The analytical expressions of the partial width are
derived and we compare with the data available at this energy range. We examine
the limits on the new parameters from the validness of
perturbation theory.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. typos
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Charm multiplicity and the branching ratios of inclusive charmless b quark decays in the general two-Higgs-doublet models
In the framework of general two-Higgs-doublet models, we calculate the
branching ratios of various inclusive charmless b decays by using the low
energy effective Hamiltonian including next-to-leading order QCD corrections,
and examine the current status and the new physics effects on the determination
of the charm multiplicity and semileptonic branching ratio .
Within the considered parameter space, the enhancement to the ratio due to the charged-Higgs penguins can be as large as a factor of 8 (3) in
the model III (II), while the ratio can be increased from
the standard model prediction of 2.49% to 4.91% (2.99%) in the model III (II).
Consequently, the value of and can be decreased simultaneously
in the model III. The central value of will be lowered slightly by
about 0.003, but the ratio can be reduced significantly from the
theoretical prediction of in the SM to , for GeV, respectively. We find that
the predicted and the measured now agree within roughly one
standard deviation after taking into account the effects of gluonic charged
Higgs penguins in the model III with a relatively light charged Higgs boson.Comment: 25 pages, Latex file, axodraw.sty, 6 figures. Final version to be
published in Phys.Rev.
The fermi arc and fermi pocket in cuprates in a short-range diagonal stripe phase
In this paper we studied the fermi arc and the fermi pocket in cuprates in a
short-range diagonal stripe phase with wave vectors , which
reproduce with a high accuracy the positions and sizes of the fermi arc and
fermi pocket and the superstructure in cuprates observed by Meng et
al\cite{Meng}. The low-energy spectral function indicates that the fermi pocket
results from the main band and the shadow band at the fermi energy. Above the
fermi energy the shadow band gradually departs away from the main band, leaving
a fermi arc. Thus we conclude that the fermi arc and fermi pocket can be fully
attributed to the stripe phase but has nothing to do with pairing.
Incorporating a d-wave pairing potential in the stripe phase the spectral
weight in the antinodal region is removed, leaving a clean fermi pocket in the
nodal region.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
The lifetime of B_c-meson and some relevant problems
The lifetime of the B_c-meson is estimated with consistent considerations on
all of the heavy mesons () and the double
heavy meson B_c. In the estimate, the framework, where the non-spectator
effects for nonleptonic decays are taken into account properly, is adopted, and
the parameters needed to be fixed are treated carefully and determined by
fitting the available data. The bound-state effects in it are also considered.
We find that in decays of the meson B_c, the QCD correction terms of the
penguin diagrams and the main component terms c_1O_1, c_2O_2 of the effective
interaction Lagrangian have direct interference that causes an enhancement
about 3 ~ 4% in the total width of the B_c meson.Comment: 27 pages, 0 figur
Mn clusterisation in Ga1-xMnxN
Local structure of Mn atoms in Ga1-xMnxN has been investigated by the Mn L3
edge x-ray absorption spectrum (XAS) at total electron yield mode, which
preferentially looks at atoms near the surface. A modeling defects
configuration, the Mn5 micro-clusters complexed with substitutional MnGa and
interstitial MnI is found for the higher Mn doping concentration. This new
configuration is also confirmed by the total energy calculations.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Solid. State Commu
Charmless Two-body Baryonic B Decays
We study charmless two-body baryonic B decays in a diagramatic approach.
Relations on decay amplitudes are obtained. In general there are more than one
tree and more than one penguin amplitudes. The number of independent amplitudes
can be reduced in the large m_B limit. It leads to more predictive results.
Some prominent modes for experimental searches are pointed out.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
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