22 research outputs found
The Effects of MTBE Bans on Ethanol Production, Feed Markets, and the Iowa Economy
Ethanol isa gasoline additive. Increasing quality demands ofmodem gasoline engines and government regulations on health and clean air have shaped the gasoline additives market. So fer, two regulatory changes stand out. First, a lead-based additive, the octane-increasing choice during the 50s and 60s, was banned during the 70s because itcauses cancer. Second, the U.S. EPA required that the largest U.S. cities use reformulated gasoline with fuel quality restrictions that reduce smog (groiind level ozone) and improve other dimensions of airquality inthemost densely populated areas oftheU.S. An oxygen standard was included inthe fuel quality restrictions onreformulated fuel, on the grounds that oxygen fecilitates complete combustion and improves air quality. Ethanol demand received amajor boost from both the lead ban and reformulated fuel Ethanol hasthe highest octane and oxygen content inthe fiiel additives marke
Supply and Social Cost Estimates for Biomass from Crop Residues in the United States
The components of social costs included in the supply analysis are cash outlays and opportunity costs associated with harvest and alternative residue uses, potential environmental damage that is avoided by excluding unsuitable land, and costs in moving residues from farms to processing plants. Regional estimates account for the growing conditions and crops of the main agricultural areas of the United States. Estimates include the main U.S. field crops with potential for residue harvest: corn, wheat, sorghum, oats, barley, rice and cane sugar. The potential contribution of residues to U.S. energy needs is discussed
V_{ub} from the Hadronic Invariant Mass Spectrum in Semileptonic B Decay
The hadronic invariant mass spectrum for the inclusive charmless semileptonic
decay is studied. Particular attention is paid to the
region , which may be useful for extracting the value of .
The sensitivity of the spectrum to the parameter
is explored. Perturbative QCD corrections to of order
are calculated. For
nonperturbative QCD effects are important and the shape of the invariant mass
spectrum is controlled by the B meson matrix element of an infinite sum of
local operators. The utility of the hadronic mass spectrum for extracting
is explored.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, uses REVTeX and eps
Comment on nonperturbative effects in
Uncertainties in the theoretical prediction for the inclusive decay rate are discussed. We emphasize that there is no operator
product expansion for this process. Nonetheless, some nonperturbative effects
involving a virtual loop are calculable using the operator product
expansion. They give a contribution to the decay rate that involves the B meson
matrix element of an infinite tower of operators. The higher dimension
operators give effects that are only suppressed by powers of
, but come with small coefficients.Comment: 9 pages revtex, 2 figures included; minor changes, to appear in Phys.
Lett.
B -> K^* gamma from D -> K^* l nu
The B -> K^* gamma branching fraction is predicted using heavy quark spin
symmetry at large recoil to relate the tensor and (axial-)vector form factors,
using heavy quark flavor symmetry to relate the B decay form factors to the
measured D -> K^* l nu form form factors, and extrapolating the semileptonic B
decay form factors to large recoil assuming nearest pole dominance. This
prediction agrees with data surprisingly well, and we comment on its
implications for the extraction of |Vub| from B -> rho l nu.Comment: 10 page
Event shapes in e+e- annihilation and deep inelastic scattering
This article reviews the status of event-shape studies in e+e- annihilation
and DIS. It includes discussions of perturbative calculations, of various
approaches to modelling hadronisation and of comparisons to data.Comment: Invited topical review for J.Phys.G; 40 pages; revised version
corrects some nomenclatur