25 research outputs found
A Simple Model of Liquid-liquid Phase Transitions
In recent years, a second fluid-fluid phase transition has been reported in
several materials at pressures far above the usual liquid-gas phase transition.
In this paper, we introduce a new model of this behavior based on the
Lennard-Jones interaction with a modification to mimic the different kinds of
short-range orientational order in complex materials. We have done Monte Carlo
studies of this model that clearly demonstrate the existence of a second
first-order fluid-fluid phase transition between high- and low-density liquid
phases
Intra-molecular coupling as a mechanism for a liquid-liquid phase transition
We study a model for water with a tunable intra-molecular interaction
, using mean field theory and off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations.
For all , the model displays a temperature of maximum
density.For a finite intra-molecular interaction ,our
calculations support the presence of a liquid-liquid phase transition with a
possible liquid-liquid critical point for water, likely pre-empted by
inevitable freezing. For J=0 the liquid-liquid critical point disappears at
T=0.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Towards Measuring the Stop Mixing Angle at the LHC
We address the question of how to determine the stop mixing angle and its
CP-violating phase at the LHC. As an observable we discuss ratios of branching
ratios for different decay modes of the light stop ~t_1 to charginos and
neutralinos. These observables can have a very strong dependence on the
parameters of the stop sector. We discuss in detail the origin of these
effects. Using various combinations of the ratios of branching ratios we argue
that, depending on the scenario, the observable may be promising in exposing
the light stop mass, the mixing angle and the CP phase. This will, however,
require a good knowledge of the supersymmetric spectrum, which is likely to be
achievable only in combination with results from a linear collider.Comment: 30 pages, 11 figures, version to appear in EPJ
How likelihood and identification went Bayesian
This paper considers how the concepts of likelihood and identification became part of Bayesian theory. This makes a nice study in the development of concepts in statistical theory. Likelihood slipped in easily but there was a protracted debate about how identification should be treated. Initially there was no agreement on whether identification involved the prior, the likelihood or the posterior