Top Quark Yukawa Couplings and New Physics

We discuss associated production of a Higgs boson with a pair of $t {\bar t}$ quarks at a future high energy $e^+e^-$ collider. The process $e^+e^-\to t {\bar t}h$ is particularly sensitive to the presence of new physics and we consider the MSSM and models with extra dimensions at the $TeV$ scale as examples.Comment: Talk given at the 5th International Collider Workshop (LCWS 2000), Fermilab, Batavia, Il, Oct 24-28, 200

Next-to-Leading Order Results for t-tbar-h Production at the Tevatron

We compute the O(alpha_s^3) total cross section for the process (p pbar -> t tbar h) in the Standard Model, at \sqrt{s}=2 TeV. The next-to-leading order corrections drastically reduce the renormalization and factorization scale dependence of the Born cross section and slightly decrease the total cross section for renormalization and factorization scales between m_t and 2m_t.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, REVTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let

The use of the plane wave fluid-structure interaction loading approximation in NASTRAN

The Plane Wave Approximation (PWA) is widely used in finite element analysis to implement the loading generated by an underwater shock wave. The method required to implement the PWA in NASTRAN is presented along with example problems. A theoretical background is provided and the limitations of the PWA are discussed

Transience and recurrence of random walks on percolation clusters in an ultrametric space

We study existence of percolation in the hierarchical group of order $N$, which is an ultrametric space, and transience and recurrence of random walks on the percolation clusters. The connection probability on the hierarchical group for two points separated by distance $k$ is of the form $c_k/N^{k(1+\delta)}, \delta>-1$, with $c_k=C_0+C_1\log k+C_2k^\alpha$, non-negative constants $C_0, C_1, C_2$, and $\alpha>0$. Percolation was proved in Dawson and Gorostiza (2013) for $\delta0$, with $\alpha>2$. In this paper we improve the result for the critical case by showing percolation for $\alpha>0$. We use a renormalization method of the type in the previous paper in a new way which is more intrinsic to the model. The proof involves ultrametric random graphs (described in the Introduction). The results for simple (nearest neighbour) random walks on the percolation clusters are: in the case $\delta<1$ the walk is transient, and in the critical case $\delta=1, C_2>0,\alpha>0$, there exists a critical $\alpha_c\in(0,\infty)$ such that the walk is recurrent for $\alpha<\alpha_c$ and transient for $\alpha>\alpha_c$. The proofs involve graph diameters, path lengths, and electric circuit theory. Some comparisons are made with behaviours of random walks on long-range percolation clusters in the one-dimensional Euclidean lattice.Comment: 27 page

Evolution: functional evolution of nuclear structure.

The evolution of the nucleus, the defining feature of eukaryotic cells, was long shrouded in speculation and mystery. There is now strong evidence that nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and nuclear membranes coevolved with the endomembrane system, and that the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) had fully functional NPCs. Recent studies have identified many components of the nuclear envelope in living Opisthokonts, the eukaryotic supergroup that includes fungi and metazoan animals. These components include diverse chromatin-binding membrane proteins, and membrane proteins with adhesive lumenal domains that may have contributed to the evolution of nuclear membrane architecture. Further discoveries about the nucleoskeleton suggest that the evolution of nuclear structure was tightly coupled to genome partitioning during mitosis

Gallium phosphide high temperature diodes

High temperature (300 C) diodes for geothermal and other energy applications were developed. A comparison of reverse leakage currents of Si, GaAs, and GaP was made. Diodes made from GaP should be usable to 500 C. A Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) process for producing high quality, grown junction GaP diodes is described. This process uses low vapor pressure Mg as a dopant which allows multiple boat growth in the same LPE run. These LPE wafers were cut into die and metallized to make the diodes. These diodes produce leakage currents below ten to the -9th power A/sq cm at 400 C while exhibiting good high temperature rectification characteristics. High temperature life test data is presented which shows exceptional stability of the V-I characteristics