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Suppression of flavor violation in an A4 warped extra dimensional model
In an attempt to simultaneously explain the observed masses and mixing
patterns of both quarks and leptons, we recently proposed a model
(JHEP08(2010)115) based on the non abelian discrete flavor group A4,
implemented in a custodial RS setup with a bulk Higgs. We showed that the
standard model flavor structure can be realized within the zero mode
approximation (ZMA), with nearly tribimaximal (TBM) neutrino mixing and a
realistic CKM matrix with rather mild assumptions. An important advantage of
this framework with respect to flavor anarchic models is the vanishing of the
dangerous tree level KK gluon contribution to \epsilon_K and the suppression of
the new physics one loop contributions to the neutron EDM, \epsilon'/\epsilon,
b->s\gamma and Higgs mediated flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) processes.
These results are obtained beyond the ZMA, in order to account for the the full
flavor structure and mixing of the zero modes and first Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes
of all generations. The resulting constraints on the KK mass scale are shown to
be significantly relaxed compared to the flavor anarchic case, showing
explicitly the role of non abelian discrete flavor symmetries in relaxing
flavor violation bounds within the RS setup. As a byproduct of our analysis we
also obtain the same contributions for the custodial anarchic case with two
SU(2)_R doublets for each fermion generation.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures; contribution prepared for DISCRETE'10 - Symposium
on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetrie
ABT-737 Synergizes with Bortezomib to Induce Apoptosis, Mediated by Bid Cleavage, Bax Activation, and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in an Akt-Dependent Context in Malignant Human Glioma Cell Lines
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Heterovalent and A-atom effects in A(B'B'')O3 perovskite alloys
Using first-principles supercell calculations, we have investigated
energetic, structural and dielectric properties of three different A(B'B'')O_3
perovskite alloys: Ba(Zn_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3 (BZN), Pb(Zn_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3
(PZN), and Pb(Zr_{1/3}Ti_{2/3})O_3 (PZT). In the homovalent alloy PZT, the
energetics are found to be mainly driven by atomic relaxations. In the
heterovalent alloys BZN and PZN, however, electrostatic interactions among B'
and B'' atoms are found to be very important. These electrostatic interactions
are responsible for the stabilization of the observed compositional long-range
order in BZN. On the other hand, cell relaxations and the formation of short
Pb--O bonds could lead to a destabilization of the same ordered structure in
PZN. Finally, comparing the dielectric properties of homovalent and
heterovalent alloys, the most dramatic difference arises in connection with the
effective charges of the B' atom. We find that the effective charge of Zr in
PZT is anomalous, while in BZN and PZN the effective charge of Zn is close to
its nominal ionic value.Comment: 7 pages, two-column style with 2 postscript figures embedded. Uses
REVTEX and epsf macros. Also available at
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~dhv/preprints/index.html#lb_he
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