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Combining QED and QCD transverse-momentum resummation for Z boson production at hadron colliders
We consider the transverse-momentum () distribution of bosons
produced in hadronic collisions. At small values of , we perform the
analytic resummation of the logarithmically enhanced QED contributions up to
next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy, including the mixed QCD-QED contributions
at leading logarithmic accuracy. Resummed results are consistently matched with
the next-to-leading fixed-order results (i.e. ) at
small, intermediate and large values of . We combine the QED corrections
with the known QCD results at next-to-next-to-leading order
() and next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy.
We show numerical results at LHC and Tevatron energies, studying the impact of
the QED corrections and providing an estimate of the corresponding perturbative
uncertainty. Our analytic results for the combined QED and QCD resummation,
obtained through an extension of the resummation formalism in QCD, are
valid for the production of generic neutral and colourless high-mass systems in
hadronic collision.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure
Intercalation and dynamics of hydrated Fe2+ in the vermiculites from Santa Olalla and Ojén
Although the intercalation of Fe3+ into layered phyllosicilicates-especially into smectites-attracted much attention in the past two decades, the information about Fe2+ loaded phyllosilicates is sparse. Here we present an investigation of the Fe2+ exchanged vermiculites from Santa Olalla and Ojén (Andalusia, Spain) by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy. The room temperature Mössbauer spectra are very similar to those of the starting compounds (Na forms) except for a decrease of the contribution of structural Fe3+ and a concomitant increase of the contribution of Fe2+ sites, indicating an internal redox process. The extent of this redox reaction is different for the two vermiculites. Thus, the intercalated Fe2+ acts as an electron mediator from the external medium to the structural Fe3+ ions. A new component attributable to intercalated Fe2+ is practically invisible in the room temperature Mössbauer spectra, but increases strongly and continuously during cooling to 4.2 K, where it is the dominant feature of the Mössbauer patterns. At 4.2 K, its quadruple splitting amounts to 3.31 mm/s, which is in excellent agreement with the quadrupole slitting of Fe2+ coordinated to six water molecules in a highly symmetric octahedral arrangement. The strong decrease of the Mössbauer-Lamb factor of this component with increasing temperature indicates a weak bonding of the Fe 2+ in the interlayer space
Associated WH production at hadron colliders: a fully exclusive QCD calculation at NNLO
We consider QCD radiative corrections to Standard Model Higgs boson
production in association with a W boson in hadron collisions. We present a
fully exclusive calculation up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD
perturbation theory. To perform this NNLO computation, we use a recently
proposed version of the subtraction formalism. Our calculation includes
finite-width effects, the leptonic decay of the W boson with its spin
correlations, and the decay of the Higgs boson into a bbbar pair. We present
selected numerical results at the Tevatron and the LHC.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
The nature and rationale for European social rights
Over the last few years, the European Commission has repeatedly emphasized that, in the face of global uncertainty, the EU has to strengthen its social dimension and foster better working and living conditions for its citizens. To achieve this, the EU wants to strengthen social citizenship by advancing social rights, implementing the principles in the European Pillar of Social Rights at both the European and national level. The overarching objective of the EuSocialCit project, of which this paper is part, is to examine the state of EU social citizenship as well as possible policy scenarios that may strengthen it. This prompts initial foundational questions for the project: what is the nature of EU social citizenship and the social rights associated with it? And, what is the rationale for the EU to be involved in providing social rights? In order to understand the state and nature of EU social citizenship and the role that the EU plays in this now and in the future, we believe that it is necessary to âdissectâ the constitutive elements of social rights at the various levels (local, national and EU) at which they are provided. To this end, this paper develops a resource-based and multi-level conception of social rights. With regard to the rationale, we offer an overview of the main approaches that prevail in the long-standing debate on the justification and feasibility of a stronger EU social citizenship and present a synthesis of these approaches that may help further the debate
The use of high doses of oxycodone in an acute palliative care unit.
A retrospective study of patients who were prescribed controlled-release oxycodone (CRO) in a period of 3 years (2006-2008) was performed. A total of 212 patients were prescribed at discharge CRO for background analgesia; 129, 43, and 40 patients were prescribed doses of oxycodone of less than 120 mg/day (group L), 120 to 240 mg/day (group M), and more than 240 mg/day (group L), respectively. No differences in gender, primary diagnosis, and pain mechanisms were found, but doses were significantly lower in older patients (P < .0005). At discharge, adverse effects were mild and only a minority of patients were switched to other opioids. This study demonstrated that CRO administered in larger doses was safe and effective, showing versatility and flexibility similar to morphine. </jats:p
Monitoring the solid-state dewetting of densely packed arrays of Au nanoparticles
We report a real time, in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry study of the temperature-induced solid-state dewetting of Au nanowires into nanoparticles. Very large spectral variations are observed at different temperatures. Analysis of the key features in the acquired spectra reveals two different regimes: up to 300 \ub0C the variation in the optical response is dominated by solid-state dewetting, while above that temperature, smaller variations not compatible with such mechanism are visible. Therefore our ellipsometry measurements allow us to determine in real time at which temperature the solid-state dewetting ceases and the morphology of our sample becomes stable. We point out that this observation is possible thanks to the higher sensitiviy of ellipsometry with respect to reflectance/transmittance measurements
Smooth Approximation of Lipschitz functions on Riemannian manifolds
We show that for every Lipschitz function defined on a separable
Riemannian manifold (possibly of infinite dimension), for every continuous
, and for every positive number , there exists
a smooth Lipschitz function such that
for every and
. Consequently, every separable
Riemannian manifold is uniformly bumpable. We also present some applications of
this result, such as a general version for separable Riemannian manifolds of
Deville-Godefroy-Zizler's smooth variational principle.Comment: 10 page
F015 Role des fibroblastes cardiaques dans la tolĂ©rance des cardiomyocytes Ă lâischĂ©mie reperfusion
ObjectifLes fibroblastes cardiaques sont la population cellulaire majoritaire du tissu cardiaque. Leurs possibles implications au cours de la sĂ©quence ischĂ©mie-reperfusion nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©e. Le prĂ©sent travail a donc pour but de dĂ©terminer si les fibroblastes sont impliquĂ©s dans une modulation de la cardioprotection.MatĂ©riel et MĂ©thodesNous avons utilisĂ© dans cette Ă©tude un modĂšle de cardiomyocytes de rats nouveau-nĂ©s soumis Ă une sĂ©quence dâischĂ©mie-reperfusion simulĂ©es. Les cellules ont Ă©tĂ© isolĂ©es Ă partir de ventricules de rats nouveau nĂ©s. Les myocytes cardiaques ont Ă©tĂ© purifiĂ©s par attachements diffĂ©rentiels puis cultivĂ©s en prĂ©sence dâun milieu de culture supplĂ©mentĂ© en cytosine arabinoside (Ara C, 10ÎŒm). Les cardiomyocytes et les fibroblastes ont Ă©tĂ© cultivĂ©s sĂ©parĂ©ment puis placĂ©s en contact direct (cultures mixtes) ou indirect (insert). Ces co-cultures ont subi une ischĂ©mie de 3H en absence de nutriments et dâO2 suivie dâune reperfusion de 20H en prĂ©sence de nutriments et dâO2. Des tests de viabilitĂ© (test MTT) et de mortalitĂ© cellulaire (dosage de lâactivitĂ© LDH et Troponine I) ont Ă©tĂ© effectuĂ©s Ă la fin de la reperfusion.RĂ©sultatsNous avons montrĂ© quâil Ă©tait possible de simuler des sĂ©quences dâischĂ©mie reperfusion et dâinduire une souffrance cellulaire dĂ©tectable pour une durĂ©e dâischĂ©mie de 3H et de reperfusion de 20H. Dans les cultures mixtes (cardiomyocytes + fibroblastes), les tests MTT et LDH ont montrĂ© une amĂ©lioration de la viabilitĂ© cellulaire globale en comparaison avec la viabilitĂ© spĂ©cifique de chaque type cellulaire seul. Pour les cultures placĂ©es en insert, les tests MTT et Troponine I ont montrĂ© une amĂ©lioration de la viabilitĂ© des cardiomyocytes en prĂ©sence des fibroblastes (p<0.001).ConclusionsNos rĂ©sultats indiquent que les fibroblastes cardiaques semblent ĂȘtre impliquĂ©s dans une modulation de la cardioprotection lors de lâischĂ©mie reperfusion. Cette modulation passe au moins en partie par des mĂ©canismes de type paracrine et elle est dĂ©pendante de la quantitĂ© de fibroblastes en co-culture avec les cardiomyocytes
Quantum effects on Higgs-strahlung events at Linear Colliders within the general 2HDM
The associated production of neutral Higgs bosons with the Z gauge boson is
investigated in the context of the future linear colliders, such as the ILC and
CLIC, within the general two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM). We compute the
corresponding production cross-sections at one-loop, in full consistency with
the available theoretical and phenomenological constraints. We find that the
wave-function renormalization corrections to the external Higgs fields are the
dominant source of the quantum effects, which turn out to be large and
negative, and located predominantly in the region around \tan\beta=1 and
moderate values of the parameter \lambda_5 (being \lambda_5 < 0). This behavior
can be ultimately traced back to the enhancement potential of the triple Higgs
boson self-couplings, a trademark feature of the 2HDM with no counterpart in
the Higgs sector of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. The predicted
Higgs-strahlung rates comfortably reach a few tens of femtobarn, which means
barely 10^3 - 10^4 events per 500 inverse femtobarn of integrated luminosity.
Due to their great complementarity, we argue that the combined analysis of the
Higgs-strahlung events and the previously computed one-loop Higgs-pair
production processes could be instrumental to probe the structure of the Higgs
sector at future linac facilities.Comment: LaTeX, 16 pages, 9 Figures, 2 Tables. Extended discussion, references
added, matches published version in Phys. Rev.
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