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Attitude dynamics simulation subroutines for systems of hinge-connected rigid bodies
Several computer subroutines are designed to provide the solution to minimum-dimension sets of discrete-coordinate equations of motion for systems consisting of an arbitrary number of hinge-connected rigid bodies assembled in a tree topology. In particular, these routines may be applied to: (1) the case of completely unrestricted hinge rotations, (2) the totally linearized case (all system rotations are small), and (3) the mixed, or partially linearized, case. The use of the programs in each case is demonstrated using a five-body spacecraft and attitude control system configuration. The ability of the subroutines to accommodate prescribed motions of system bodies is also demonstrated. Complete listings and user instructions are included for these routines (written in FORTRAN V) which are intended as multi- and general-purpose tools in the simulation of spacecraft and other complex electromechanical systems
Angles from B Decays with Charm: Summary of Working Group 5 of the CKM Workshop 2006
We summarize the results presented in Working Group 5 (WG5) of the CKM 2006
Workshop in Nagoya. The charge of WG5 was to discuss the measurements of
unitarity triangle angles and from -meson
decays containing charm quark(s) in the final states.Comment: 9 pages, 8 postscript figures, to appear in the proceedings of 4th
International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle (CKM 2006), Nagoya,
Japan, 12-16 Dec 200
Attitude dynamics simulation subroutines for systems of hinge-connected rigid bodies with nonrigid appendages
Three computer subroutines designed to solve the vector-dyadic differential equations of rotational motion for systems that may be idealized as a collection of hinge-connected rigid bodies assembled in a tree topology, with an optional flexible appendage attached to each body are reported. Deformations of the appendages are mathematically represented by modal coordinates and are assumed small. Within these constraints, the subroutines provide equation solutions for (1) the most general case of unrestricted hinge rotations, with appendage base bodies nominally rotating at a constant speed, (2) the case of unrestricted hinge rotations between rigid bodies, with the restriction that those rigid bodies carrying appendages are nominally nonspinning, and (3) the case of small hinge rotations and nominally nonrotating appendages. Sample problems and their solutions are presented to illustrate the utility of the computer programs
Project {\tt SANC} (former {\tt CalcPHEP}): Support of Analytic and Numeric calculations for experiments at Colliders
The project, aimed at the theoretical support of experiments at modern and
future accelerators -- TEVATRON, LHC, electron Linear Colliders (TESLA, NLC,
CLIC) and muon factories, is presented. Within this project a four-level
computer system is being created, which must automatically calculate, at the
one-loop precision level the pseudo- and realistic observables (decay rates and
event distributions) for more and more complicated processes of elementary
particle interaction, using the principle of knowledge storing.
It was already used for a recalculation of the EW radiative corrections for
Atomic Parity Violation [1] and complete one-loop corrections for the process
[2-4]; for the latter an, agreement up to 11 digits with
FeynArts and the other results is found. The version of {\tt SANC} that we
describe here is capable of automatically computing the decay rates and the
distributions for the decays in the one-loop
approximation.Comment: 3 Latex, Presented at ICHEP2002, Amsterdam, July 24-30, 2000;
Submitted to Proceeding
Controlling Molecular Scattering by Laser-Induced Field-Free Alignment
We consider deflection of polarizable molecules by inhomogeneous optical
fields, and analyze the role of molecular orientation and rotation in the
scattering process. It is shown that molecular rotation induces spectacular
rainbow-like features in the distribution of the scattering angle. Moreover, by
preshaping molecular angular distribution with the help of short and strong
femtosecond laser pulses, one may efficiently control the scattering process,
manipulate the average deflection angle and its distribution, and reduce
substantially the angular dispersion of the deflected molecules. We provide
quantum and classical treatment of the deflection process. The effects of
strong deflecting field on the scattering of rotating molecules are considered
by the means of the adiabatic invariants formalism. This new control scheme
opens new ways for many applications involving molecular focusing, guiding and
trapping by optical and static fields
Apollo helmet dosimetry experiments Final report
Procedure for measuring heavy cosmic ray particles directly incident on spacecrew
Long-range two-body final-state interactions and direct CP asymmetry in {B}^{+}\to{\pi}^{+} {K}^{0} decay
We present a calculation of the direct CP asymmetry, , for the
process including the effects of long-range inelastic
final-state interactions (FSI). We admit three channels in our calculation:
, and . The strong
scattering is described in terms of Pomeron and Regge exchanges. We find that
the direct CP asymmetry is enhanced by a factor of as a result of FSI,
but remains well short of the claims of (10 - 20)% in recent literature. A
critical assessment of papers claiming large CP asymmetries is also presented.Comment: 21 pages, latex, no figures. Added the charge-exchange channel
{B}^{+}\to {\pi}^{0} {K}^{+}. Expanded the discussion section. To be
published in Phys. Rev.
A Critical Study of B Decays to Light Pseudoscalar
Motivated by the large branching ratios observed for the process
, we examine critically all the ingredients that go into
estimates of B decays into two light pseudoscalars. Within factorization
approximation, we examine several assumptions on the input parameters that
could have a strong bearing on the predictions. Among these are (i) the QCD
scale (ii) value of the form factors (iii) value of the light quark
masses, and in particular (iv) the value , (v) charm content
of . It is possible to account for all the data without invoking
new physics, though future experiments will provide tighter constraints on the
parameter space. We fin that CP violating asymmetries are in the observable
range for some modes.Comment: 29 pages(Latex), 17 figures, a few changes have been made, version to
appear in Phys.Rev.
Constraints on the phase and new physics from Decays
Recent results from CLEO on indicate that the phase may
be substantially different from that obtained from other fit to the KM matrix
elements in the Standard Model. We show that extracted using is sensitive to new physics occurring at loop level. It provides
a powerful method to probe new physics in electroweak penguin interactions.
Using effects due to anomalous gauge couplings as an example, we show that
within the allowed ranges for these couplings information about
obtained from can be very different from the Standard
Model prediction.Comment: Revised version with analysis done using new data from CLEO. RevTex,
11 Pages with two figure
Using B_s^0 Decays to Determine the CP Angles \alpha and \gamma
Dighe, Gronau and Rosner have shown that, by assuming SU(3) flavor symmetry
and first-order SU(3) breaking, it is possible to extract the CP angles \alpha
and \gamma from measurements of the decay rates of B_d^0(t) --> \pi^+\pi^-,
B_d^0 --> \pi^- K^+ and B^+ --> \pi^+ K^0, along with their charge-conjugate
processes. We extend their analysis to include the SU(3)-related decays B_s^0
--> \pi^+ K^-, B_s^0(t) --> K^+ K^- and B_s^0 --> K^0 {\bar K^0}. There are
several advantages to this extension: discrete ambiguities are removed, fewer
assumptions are necessary, and the method works even if all strong phases
vanish. In addition, we show that \gamma can be obtained cleanly, with no
penguin contamination, by using the two decays B_s^0(t) --> K^+ K^- and B_s^0
--> K^0 {\bar K^0}.Comment: 28 pages, LaTe
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