240 research outputs found
On the treatment of threshold effects in SUSY spectrum computations
We take a critical view of the treatment of threshold effects in SUSY
spectrum computations from high-scale input. We discuss the two principal
methods of (a) renormalization at a common SUSY scale versus (b) integrating
out sparticles at their own mass scales. We point out problems in the
implementations in public spectrum codes, together with suggestions for
improvements. In concrete examples, we compare results of Isajet7.72 and
Spheno2.2.3, and present the improvements done in Isajet7.73. We also comment
on theoretical uncertainties. Last but not least, we outline how a consistent
multiscale approach may be achieved.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figur
Solving the SUSY CP problem with flavor breaking F-terms
Supersymmetric flavor models for the radiative generation of fermion masses
offer an alternative way to solve the SUSY-CP problem. We assume that the
supersymmetric theory is flavor and CP conserving. CP violating phases are
associated to the vacuum expectation values of flavor violating susy-breaking
fields. As a consequence, phases appear at tree level only in the soft
supersymmetry breaking matrices. Using a U(2) flavor model as an example we
show that it is possible to generate radiatively the first and second
generation of quark masses and mixings as well as the CKM CP phase. The
one-loop supersymmetric contributions to EDMs are automatically zero since all
the relevant parameters in the lagrangian are flavor conserving and as a
consequence real. The size of the flavor and CP mixing in the susy breaking
sector is mostly determined by the fermion mass ratios and CKM elements. We
calculate the contributions to epsilon, epsilon^{prime} and to the CP
asymmetries in the B decays to psi Ks, phi Ks, eta^{\prime} Ks and Xs gamma. We
analyze a case study with maximal predictivity in the fermion sector. For this
worst case scenario the measurements of Delta mK, Delta mB and epsilon
constrain the model requiring extremely heavy squark spectra.Comment: 21 pages, RevTex
El profesorado y la atención a la diversidad en la ESO
Se presentan los resultados de un trabajo de investigación en el que en primer lugar se ha elaborado un cuestionario para obtener información del profesorados de la ESO sobre la atención a la diversidad, cómo ha afectado ésta a su práctica docente, el conocimiento que tiene de la normativa, y su preparación en dicha materia
Curso on line de formación de profesorado de la ESO sobre atención a la diversidad
M.ª Vicenta Ferrandis Martínez ([email protected]); Claudia Grau Rubio ([email protected]) ; M.ª Carmen Fortes del Valle ([email protected])Se describe y valora un curso on line, de
treinta horas de duración, para formar a
los profesores de la ESO sobre atención
a la diversidad. El curso se desarrolla en
el CEFIRE de Godella a través
de la plataforma tecnológica de código
abierto MOODLE. Se constata la falta de
formación del profesorado de secundaria
sobre la atención a la diversidad; que
su nivel de conocimientos en esta materia
es muy diverso; que es controvertida
su aplicación; y que la formación on line
tiene sus limitaciones
Hemangioendotelioma multicéntrico de muñeca
Se presenta el caso de un hemangioendotelioma multicéntrico grado I localizado
en el extremo distal del cúbito y en varios huesos del carpo en un varón de 57 años como hallazgo
casual en un estudio radiográfico realizado tras un traumatismo de muñeca. El paciente fue
tratado mediante resección amplia del extremo distal del cúbito y de los huesos del carpo afectos
(ganchoso, piramidal y pisiforme) y artrodesis radiocarpiana con injerto autólogo tricortical de
cresta ilíaca. Tras un seguimiento de 24 meses el paciente está asintomático y no presenta recidivas
locales ni metástasis a distancia.A case of multicentric hemangioendothelioma located at the distal ulnar and different
carpal bones was found in a 57-year-old man after a Rx control because a wrist trauma. The
patient was treated by wide resection of distal ulnar and the affected carpal bones. Fusion of the
radiocarpal joint was performed using tricortical autologous bone graft taken from the iliac crest.
After 24-month follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic without local recurrence or metastasis
Sparticle Mass Spectra from SO(10) Grand Unified Models with Yukawa Coupling Unification
We examine the spectrum of superparticles obtained from the minimal SO(10)
grand unified model, where it is assumed the gauge symmetry breaking yields the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as the effective theory at
GeV. In this model, unification of Yukawa
couplings implies a value of . At such high values of
, assuming universality of scalar masses, the usual mechanism of
radiative electroweak symmetry breaking breaks down. We show that a set of weak
scale sparticle masses consistent with radiative electroweak symmetry breaking
can be generated by imposing non-universal GUT scale scalar masses consistent
with universality within SO(10) plus extra -term contributions associated
with the reduction in rank of the gauge symmetry group when SO(10)
spontaneously breaks to . We comment upon the
consequences of the sparticle mass spectrum for collider searches for
supersymmetry. One implication of SO(10) unification is that the light bottom
squark can be by far the lightest of the squarks. This motivates a dedicated
search for bottom squark pair production at and colliders.Comment: 12 page REVTEX file including 3 PS figures; revised manuscript
includes minor changes to coincide with published versio
Clayey materials from the Sierra de la Demanda Range (Spain): their potential as raw materials for the building ceramics industry
This work describes the possible use of thick Early Cretaceous clay deposits, which
occur in the southern sector of the Sierra de la Demanda range, as raw materials in the manufacture
of ceramic articles. The global mineralogical composition is characterized by high proportions of
phyllosilicates and quartz with variable quantities of feldspars, carbonates and hematite. The clay
mineralogy differentiates two types of raw materials: illitic clay and kaolinitic-illitic clay. A
granulometric distribution in the 2ÿ60 mm fraction, good behaviour during the drying stage and
acceptable results in firing tests confirmed that most samples can be utilized as raw material in the
building ceramics industry. The range of suitable firing temperatures for these materials is
950ÿ1000ëC, a temperature which needs to be raised for samples with a high percentage of kaolinite
and quartz. Moreover, other materials with abundant calcite (20ÿ30%) are suitable for use as
modifiers of some properties or colour
Neutrino Physics from Charged Higgs and Slepton Associated Production in AMSB
In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with bilinear R-Parity
violation, terms that violate R-Parity and lepton number are introduced in the
superpotential, and sneutrino vacuum expectation values are induced. As a
result, neutrino masses and mixing angles are generated via a low energy
see-saw mechanism. We show that this model embedded into an anomaly mediated
supersymmetry breaking scenario is testable at a linear collider using charged
Higgs boson production in association with a stau. This is possible in regions
of parameter space where the charged Higgs and stau have similar mass,
producing an enhancement of the charged scalar mixing angles. We show that the
bilinear parameter and the sneutrino vev can be determined from charged scalar
observables, and estimate the precision of this determination.Comment: 21 pages, including 8 figure
Higgs sector and R-parity breaking couplings in models with broken U(1)_B-L gauge symmetry
Four different supersymmetric models based on SU(2)_L X U(1)_R X U(1)_B-L and
SU(2)_L X SU(2)_R X U(1)_B-L gauge symmetry groups are studied. U(1)_B-L
symmetry is broken spontaneously by a vacuum expectation value (VEV) of a
sneutrino field. The right-handed gauge bosons may obtain their mass solely by
sneutrino VEV. The physical charged lepton and neutrino are mixtures of
gauginos, higgsinos and lepton interaction eigenstates. Explicit formulae for
masses and mixings in the physical lepton fields are found. The spontaneous
symmetry breaking mechanism fixes the trilinear R-parity breaking couplings.
Only some special R-parity breaking trilinear couplings are allowed. There is a
potentially large trilinear lepton number breaking coupling - which is unique
to left-right models - that is proportional to the SU(2)_R gauge coupling g_R.
The couplings are parametrized by few mixing angles, making the spontaneous
R-parity breaking a natural ``unification framework'' for R-parity breaking
couplings in SUSYLR models.Comment: 19 pages, no figures, uses REVTeX. To be published in PR
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