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Distributions for one-lepton SUSY Searches with the ATLAS Detector
Using ATLAS data corresponding to 70 +- 8 nb^-1 of integrated luminosity from
the 7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, distributions of relevant
supersymmetry-sensitive variables are shown for the final state containing
jets, missing transverse momentum and one isolated electron or muon. With
increased integrated luminosities, selections based on these distributions will
be used in the search for supersymmetric particles: it is thus important to
show that the Standard Model backgrounds to these searches are under good
control.Comment: 3 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of the Hadron Collider Physics
Symposium 2010, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 23 - 27 Aug 2010, available on the
CERN document server under the number ATL-PHYS-PROC-2010-07
The Dunkl oscillator in the plane II : representations of the symmetry algebra
The superintegrability, wavefunctions and overlap coefficients of the Dunkl
oscillator model in the plane were considered in the first part. Here
finite-dimensional representations of the symmetry algebra of the system,
called the Schwinger-Dunkl algebra sd(2), are investigated. The algebra sd(2)
has six generators, including two involutions and a central element, and can be
seen as a deformation of the Lie algebra u(2). Two of the symmetry generators,
J_3 and J_2, are respectively associated to the separation of variables in
Cartesian and polar coordinates. Using the parabosonic creation/annihilation
operators, two bases for the representations of sd(2), the Cartesian and
circular bases, are constructed. In the Cartesian basis, the operator J_3 is
diagonal and the operator J_2 acts in a tridiagonal fashion. In the circular
basis, the operator J_2 is block upper-triangular with all blocks 2x2 and the
operator J_3 acts in a tridiagonal fashion. The expansion coefficients between
the two bases are given by the Krawtchouk polynomials. In the general case, the
eigenvectors of J_2 in the circular basis are generated by the Heun polynomials
and their components are expressed in terms of the para-Krawtchouk polynomials.
In the fully isotropic case, the eigenvectors of J_2 are generated by little -1
Jacobi or ordinary Jacobi polynomials. The basis in which the operator J_2 is
diagonal is then considered. In this basis, the defining relations of the
Schwinger-Dunkl algebra imply that J_3 acts in a block tridiagonal fashion with
all blocks 2x2. The matrix elements of J_3 in this basis are given explicitly.Comment: 33 page
Tridiagonalization of the hypergeometric operator and the Racah-Wilson algebra
The algebraic underpinning of the tridiagonalization procedure is
investigated. The focus is put on the tridiagonalization of the hypergeometric
operator and its associated quadratic Jacobi algebra. It is shown that under
tridiagonalization, the quadratic Jacobi algebra becomes the quadratic
Racah-Wilson algebra associated to the generic Racah/Wilson polynomials. A
degenerate case leading to the Hahn algebra is also discussed.Comment: 14 pages; Section 3 revise
The Dunkl oscillator in the plane I : superintegrability, separated wavefunctions and overlap coefficients
The isotropic Dunkl oscillator model in the plane is investigated. The model
is defined by a Hamiltonian constructed from the combination of two independent
parabosonic oscillators. The system is superintegrable and its symmetry
generators are obtained by the Schwinger construction using parabosonic
creation/annihilation operators. The algebra generated by the constants of
motion, which we term the Schwinger-Dunkl algebra, is an extension of the Lie
algebra u(2) with involutions. The system admits separation of variables in
both Cartesian and polar coordinates. The separated wavefunctions are
respectively expressed in terms of generalized Hermite polynomials and products
of Jacobi and Laguerre polynomials. Moreover, the so-called Jacobi-Dunkl
polynomials appear as eigenfunctions of the symmetry operator responsible for
the separation of variables in polar coordinates. The expansion coefficients
between the Cartesian and polar bases (overlap coefficients) are given as
linear combinations of dual -1 Hahn polynomials. The connection with the
Clebsch-Gordan problem of the sl_{-1}(2) algebra is explained.Comment: 25 pages; Added references; Added appendix on anti-Hermicity of the
Dunkl derivativ
Extracting constraints from direct detection searches of supersymmetric dark matter in the light of null results from the LHC in the squark sector
The comparison of the results of direct detection of Dark Matter, obtained
with various target nuclei, requires model-dependent, or even arbitrary,
assumptions. Indeed, to draw conclusions either the spin-dependent (SD) or the
spin-independent (SI) interaction has to be neglected. In the light of the null
results from supersymmetry searches at the LHC, the squark sector is pushed to
high masses. We show that for a squark sector at the TeV scale, the framework
used to extract contraints from direct detection searches can be redefined as
the number of free parameters is reduced. Moreover, the correlation observed
between SI and SD proton cross sections constitutes a key issue for the
development of the next generation of Dark Matter detectors.Comment: Figure 3 has been updated. Conclusions unchange
A vine copula mixed effect model for trivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies accounting for disease prevalence
A bivariate copula mixed model has been recently proposed to synthesize diagnostic test accuracy studies and it has been shown that it is superior to the standard generalized linear mixed model in this context. Here, we call trivariate vine copulas to extend the bivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies by accounting for disease prevalence. Our vine copula mixed model includes the trivariate generalized linear mixed model as a special case and can also operate on the original scale of sensitivity, specificity, and disease prevalence. Our general methodology is illustrated by re-analyzing the data of two published meta-analyses. Our study suggests that there can be an improvement on trivariate generalized linear mixed model in fit to data and makes the argument for moving to vine copula random effects models especially because of their richness, including reflection asymmetric tail dependence, and computational feasibility despite their three dimensionality
Determining the squark mass at the LHC
We propose a new way to determine the squark mass based on the shape of
di-jet invariant mass distribution of supersymmetry (SUSY) di-jet events at the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our algorithm, which is based on event kinematics,
requires that the branching ratio is
substantial for at least some types of squarks, and that
. We select di-jet events with no
isolated leptons, and impose cuts on the total jet transverse energy,
, on , and on the
azimuthal angle between the two jets to reduce SM backgrounds. The shape of the
resulting di-jet mass distribution depends sensitively on the squark mass,
especially if the integrated luminosity is sufficient to allow a hard enough
cut on and yet leave a large enough signal to obtain the
distribution. We simulate the signal and Standard Model (SM) backgrounds for
100 fb integrated luminosity at 14 TeV requiring GeV.
We show that it should be possible to extract to within about
3% at 95% CL --- similar to the precision obtained using --- from the
di-jet mass distribution if GeV, or to within % if TeV.Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures. Footnote added, updated reference
Une synthèse des modèles de représentation des connaissances à base de Graphes Conceptuels et OWL
Nous présentons et comparons deux approches de modélisation, formelles et concrètes, pour représenter et manipuler des connaissances d’un domaine. Le modèle des graphes conceptuels permet de modéliser des connaissances en terme de graphes, basés sur un support. Cette approche de modélisation est intensionnelle, est munie d’une sémantique en logique du premier ordre, et fait l’hypothèse d’un monde fermé pour ses raisonnements. Le langage OWL permet de décrire des ontologies et des faits sur le Web, suivant une approche de modélisation extensionnelle. Il possède une sémantique issue des logiques de descriptions, et fait l’hypothèse d’un monde ouvert pour ses raisonnements
Modelling stochastic bivariate mortality
Stochastic mortality, i.e. modelling death arrival via a jump process with stochastic intensity, is gaining increasing reputation as a way to represent mortality risk. This paper represents a first attempt to model the mortality risk of couples of individuals, according to the stochastic intensity approach.
On the theoretical side, we extend to couples the Cox processes set up, i.e. the idea that mortality is driven by a jump process whose intensity is itself a stochastic process, proper of a particular generation within each gender. Dependence between the survival times of the members of a couple is captured by an Archimedean copula.
On the calibration side, we fit the joint survival function by calibrating separately the (analytical) copula and the (analytical) margins. First, we select the best fit copula according to the methodology of Wang and Wells (2000) for censored data. Then, we provide a sample-based calibration for the intensity, using a time-homogeneous, non mean-reverting, affine process: this gives the analytical marginal survival functions. Coupling the best fit copula with the calibrated margins we obtain, on a sample generation, a joint survival function which incorporates the stochastic nature of mortality improvements and is far from representing independency.On the contrary, since the best fit copula turns out to be a Nelsen one, dependency is increasing with age and long-term dependence exists
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