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Scalar Top Quark Studies with Various Visible Energies
The precision determination of scalar top quark properties will play an
important role at a future International Linear Collider (ILC). Recent and
ongoing studies are discussed for different experimental topologies in the
detector. First results are presented for small mass differences between the
scalar top and neutralino masses. This corresponds to a small expected visible
energy in the detector. An ILC will be a unique accelerator to explore this
scenario. In addition to finding the existence of light stop quarks, the
precise measurement of their properties is crucial for testing their impact on
the dark matter relic abundance and the mechanism of electroweak baryogenesis.
Significant sensitivity for mass differences down to 5 GeV are obtained. The
simulation is based on a fast and realistic detector simulation. A vertex
detector concept of the Linear Collider Flavor Identification
(LCFI)collaboration, which studies pixel detectors for heavy quark flavour
identification, is implemented in the simulations for c-quark tagging. The
study extends simulations for large mass differences (large visible energy) for
which aspects of different detector simulations, the vertex detector design,
and different methods for the determination of the scalar top mass are
discussed. Based on the detailed simulations we study the uncertainties for the
dark matter density predictions and their estimated uncertainties from various
sources. In the region of parameters where stop-neutralino co-annihilation
leads to a value of the relic density consistent with experimental results, as
precisely determined by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), the
stop-neutralino mass difference is small and the ILC will be able to explore
this region efficiently.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, presented at SUSY'0
Reconstructing Supersymmetry at ILC/LHC
Coherent analyses of experimental results from LHC and ILC will allow us to
draw a comprehensive and precise picture of the supersymmetric particle sector.
Based on this platform the fundamental supersymmetric theory can be
reconstructed at the high scale which is potentially close to the Planck scale.
This procedure will be reviewed for three characteristic examples: minimal
supergravity as the paradigm; a left-right symmetric extension incorporating
intermediate mass scales; and a specific realization of string effective
theories.Comment: published in Proceedings of the Ustron Conference 2005; technical
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Does e-learning policy drive change in Higher Education?: A case study relating models of organisational change to e-learning implementation
Due to the heightened competition introduced by the potential global market and the need for structural changes within organisations delivering e-content, e-learning policy is beginning to take on a more significant role within the context of educational policy per se. For this reason, it is becoming increasingly important to establish what effect such policies have and how they are achieved. This paper addresses this question, illustrating five ways in which change is understood (Fordist, evolutionary, ecological, community of practice and discourse-oriented) and then using this range of perspectives to explore how e-learning policy drives change (both organisational and pedagogic) within a selected higher education institution. The implications of this case are then discussed, and both methodological and pragmatic conclusions are drawn, considering the relative insights offered by the models and ways in which change around e-learning might be supported or promoted
The compound Poisson limit ruling periodic extreme behaviour of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamics
We prove that the distributional limit of the normalised number of returns to
small neighbourhoods of periodic points of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical
systems is compound Poisson. The returns to small balls around a fixed point in
the phase space correspond to the occurrence of rare events, or exceedances of
high thresholds, so that there is a connection between the laws of Return Times
Statistics and Extreme Value Laws. The fact that the fixed point in the phase
space is a repelling periodic point implies that there is a tendency for the
exceedances to appear in clusters whose average sizes is given by the Extremal
Index, which depends on the expansion of the system at the periodic point.
We recall that for generic points, the exceedances, in the limit, are
singular and occur at Poisson times. However, around periodic points, the
picture is different: the respective point processes of exceedances converge to
a compound Poisson process, so instead of single exceedances, we have entire
clusters of exceedances occurring at Poisson times with a geometric
distribution ruling its multiplicity.
The systems to which our results apply include: general piecewise expanding
maps of the interval (Rychlik maps), maps with indifferent fixed points
(Manneville-Pomeau maps) and Benedicks-Carleson quadratic maps.Comment: To appear in Communications in Mathematical Physic
Determination of phytoextraction potential of plant speciesfor toxic elements in soils of abandoned sulphide-mining areas
This study has determined contamination levels in soils and plants from the SaËo Domingos mining area, Portugal, by k0-INAA. Total concentrations of As, Sb, Cr, Hg, Cu, Zn and Fe in soils were very high, exceeding the maximum limits in Portuguese legislation. Concentrations of toxic elements like As, Sb and Zn were highest in roots of Erica andevalensis, Juncus acutus, Agrostis castellana and Nicotiana glauca. Additionally, As, Br, Cr, Fe, Sb and Zn in all organs of most plants were above toxicity levels.
Those species that accumulated relatively high concentrations of toxic elements in roots (and tops) may be cultivated for phytostabilisation of similar areas
Determining Heavy Mass Parameters in Supersymmetric SO(10) Models
Extrapolations of soft scalar mass parameters in supersymmetric theories can
be used to explore elements of the physics scenario near the grand unification
scale. We investigate the potential of this method in the lepton sector of
SO(10) which incorporates right-handed neutrino superfields. The method is
exemplified in two models by exploring limits on the precision that can be
expected from coherent LHC and e+e- collider analyses in the reconstruction of
the fundamental scalar mass parameters at the unification scale and of the
D-terms related to the breaking of grand unification symmetries. In addition,
the mass of the third-generation right-handed neutrino can be estimated in
seesaw scenarios. Even though the models are simplified and not intended to
account for all aspects of a final comprehensive SO(10) theory, they provide
nevertheless a valid base for identifying essential elements that can be
inferred on the fundamental high-scale theory from high-energy experiments.Comment: 26 pp LaTeX; version published in Phys. Rev.
Testing the SUSY-QCD Yukawa coupling in a combined LHC/ILC analysis
In order to establish supersymmetry (SUSY) at future colliders, the identity
of gauge couplings and the corresponding Yukawa couplings between gauginos,
sfermions and fermions needs to be verified. Here a first phenomenological
study for determining the Yukawa coupling of the SUSY-QCD sector is presented,
using a method which combines information from LHC and ILC.Comment: 5pp, slightly expanded version of contributions to the Proc. of the
Linear Collider Workshop (LCWS 06), Bangalore, India, 9-13 March 2006, and
the Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the
Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 06), Irvine, California, USA,
12-17 June 200
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