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B Physics on the Lattice: , , , , mixing, \fb and all that
We present a short review of our most recent high statistics lattice
determinations in the HQET of the following important parameters in B physics:
the B--meson binding energy, and the kinetic energy of the
b quark in the B meson, , which due to the presence of power
divergences require a non--perturbative renormalization to be defined; the
running mass of the b quark,
; the -- mass splitting, whose
value in the HQET is determined by the matrix element of the chromo--magnetic
operator between B meson states, ; the B parameter of the
-- mixing, , and the decay constant of the B meson,
. All these quantities have been computed using a sample of gauge
field configurations on a lattice at . For
and , we obtain our
estimates by combining results from three independent lattice simulations at
, and on the same volume.Comment: 3 latex pages, uses espcrc2.sty (included). Talk presented at
LATTICE96(heavy quarks
Analysis of intermittency in submillimeter radio and hard x-ray data during the impulsive phase of a solar flare
We present an analysis of intermittent processes occurring during the impulsive phase of the flare SOL2012-03-13, using hard X-rays and submillimeter radio data. Intermittency is a key characteristic in turbulent plasmas and has so far only been analyzed for hard X-ray data. Since in a typical flare the same accelerated electron population is believed to produce both hard X-rays and gyrosynchrotron radiation, we compare the two time profiles by searching for intermittency signatures. For this, we define a cross-wavelet power spectrum, which is used to obtain the local intermittency measure, or LIMLIM. When greater than three, the square LIMLIM coefficients indicate a local intermittent process. The LIM2LIM2 coefficient distribution in time and scale helps to identify avalanche or cascade energy release processes. We find two different and well-separated intermittent behaviors in the submillimeter data: for scales greater than 20 s, a broad distribution during the rising and maximum phases of the emission seems to favor a cascade process; for scales below 1 s, short pulses centered on the peak time are representative of avalanches. When applying the same analysis to hard X-rays, we find that only the scales above 10 s produce a distribution related to a cascade energy fragmentation. Our results suggest that different acceleration mechanisms are responsible for tens of keV and MeV energy ranges of electrons
HeteroGenius: A Framework for Hybrid Analysis of Heterogeneous Software Specifications
Nowadays, software artifacts are ubiquitous in our lives being an essential
part of home appliances, cars, cell phones, and even in more critical
activities like aeronautics and health sciences. In this context software
failures may produce enormous losses, either economical or, in the worst case,
in human lives. Software analysis is an area in software engineering concerned
with the application of diverse techniques in order to prove the absence of
errors in software pieces. In many cases different analysis techniques are
applied by following specific methodological combinations that ensure better
results. These interactions between tools are usually carried out at the user
level and it is not supported by the tools. In this work we present
HeteroGenius, a framework conceived to develop tools that allow users to
perform hybrid analysis of heterogeneous software specifications.
HeteroGenius was designed prioritising the possibility of adding new
specification languages and analysis tools and enabling a synergic relation of
the techniques under a graphical interface satisfying several well-known
usability enhancement criteria. As a case-study we implemented the
functionality of Dynamite on top of HeteroGenius.Comment: In Proceedings LAFM 2013, arXiv:1401.056
Mixing in the HQET
We present a high statistics, quenched lattice calculation of the
B-parameters and , computed at lowest order in the HQET. The
results were obtained using a sample of 600 quenched gauge field
configurations, generated by Monte Carlo simulation at on a
lattice. For the light quarks the SW-Clover action was used;
the propagator of the lattice HQET was also tree-level improved. Our best
estimate of the renormalization scale independent B-parameter is . has been obtained by using
``boosted'' perturbation theory to calculate the renormalization constants
which relate the matrix elements of the lattice operators to the corresponding
amplitudes in the continuum. Due to the large statistics, the errors in the
extraction of the matrix elements of the relevant bare operators are rather
small. The main systematic error, corresponding to in the above
result, comes from the uncertainty in the evaluation of the renormalization
constants, for which the one-loop corrections are rather large. The
non-perturbative evaluation of these constants will help to reduce the final
error. We also obtain and
.Comment: 15 pages, Latex, 2 figures, Small numerical errors corrected, no
conclusions change
Egg quality variability in common dentex (Dentex dentex, L.): Comparison of different quality indexes
The egg quality of two common dentex captive broodstocks were monitored for two consecutive years during their natural spawning season. Volume of spawned eggs, volume of buoyant eggs, fertilization rate, egg weight, hatching rate and mortality of larvae were recorded.
According to the volume of spawned eggs, the ratio of buoyant eggs spawned, the number of spawning days and the fertilization rate pointed to an improvement from Year 1 to Year 2. But data on hatching rate and larval mortality lead to the opposite conclusion.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
A High Statistics Lattice Calculation of The B-meson Binding Energy
We present a high statistics lattice calculation of the B--meson binding
energy of the heavy--quark inside the pseudoscalar
B--meson. Our numerical results have been obtained from several independent
numerical simulations at , and , and using, for the meson
correlators, the results obtained by the APE group at the same values of
. Our best estimate, obtained by combining results at different values
of , is MeV. For the
running mass, we obtain
GeV, in reasonable
agreement with previous determinations. The systematic error is the truncation
of the perturbative series in the matching condition of the relevant operator
of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory.Comment: Latex, 13 pages, 1 figure appended in uuencoded gzip.tar.fil
A burst with double radio spectrum observed up to 212 GHz
We study a solar flare that occurred on September 10, 2002, in active region
NOAA 10105 starting around 14:52 UT and lasting approximately 5 minutes in the
radio range. The event was classified as M2.9 in X-rays and 1N in H\alpha.
Solar Submillimeter Telescope observations, in addition to microwave data give
us a good spectral coverage between 1.415 and 212 GHz. We combine these data
with ultraviolet images, hard and soft X-rays observations and full-disk
magnetograms. Images obtained from Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic
Imaging data are used to identify the locations of X-ray sources at different
energies and to determine the X-ray spectrum, while ultra violet images allow
us to characterize the coronal flaring region. The magnetic field evolution of
the active region is analyzed using Michelson Doppler Imager magnetograms. The
burst is detected at all available radio-frequencies. X-ray images (between 12
keV and 300 keV) reveal two compact sources and 212 GHz data, used to estimate
the radio source position, show a single compact source displaced by 25" from
one of the hard X-ray footpoints. We model the radio spectra using two
homogeneous sources, and combine this analysis with that of hard X-rays to
understand the dynamics of the particles. Relativistic particles, observed at
radio wavelengths above 50 GHz, have an electron index evolving with the
typical soft-hard-soft behaviour.Comment: Submitted to Solar Physics, 20 pages, 8 fugure
Matrix Elements without Quark Masses on the Lattice
We introduce a new parameterization of four-fermion matrix elements which
does not involve quark masses and thus allows a reduction of systematic
uncertainties in physical amplitudes. As a result the apparent quadratic
dependence of e'/e on m_s is removed. To simplify the matching between lattice
and continuum renormalization schemes, we express our results in terms of
Renormalization Group Invariant B-parameters which are renormalization-scheme
and scale independent. As an application of our proposal, matrix elements of
DeltaI=3/2 and SUSY DeltaF=2 () four-fermion operators have been
computed.Comment: LATTICE99(Matrix Elements), 3 pages, 1 figure, BUHEP-99-2
Orbital phase resolved spectroscopy of 4U1538-52 with MAXI
4U 1538-52, an absorbed high mass X-ray binary with an orbital period of 3.73
days, shows moderate orbital intensity modulations with a low level of counts
during the eclipse. Several models have been proposed to explain the accretion
at different orbital phases by a spherically symmetric stellar wind from the
companion. The aim of this work is to study both the light curve and orbital
phase spectroscopy of this source in the long term. Particularly, the folded
light curve and the changes of the spectral parameters with orbital phase to
analyse the stellar wind of QV Nor, the mass donor of this binary system. We
used all the observations made from the Gas Slit Camera on board MAXI of 4U
1538-52 covering many orbits continuously. We obtained the good interval times
for every orbital phase range which were the input to extract our data. We
estimated the orbital period of the system and then folded the light curves and
we fitted the X-ray spectra with the same model for every orbital phase
spectrum. We also extracted the averaged spectrum of all the MAXI data
available. The MAXI spectra in the 2-20 keV energy range were fitted with an
absorbed Comptonization of cool photons on hot electrons. We found a strong
orbital dependence of the absorption column density but neither the
fluorescence iron emission line nor low energy excess were needed to fit the
MAXI spectra. The variation of the spectral parameters over the binary orbit
were used to examine the mode of accretion onto the neutron star in 4U 1538-52.
We deduce a best value of for QV Nor.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, accepted to be published by A&A, corrected typos
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