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Majorana neutrinos and lepton-number-violating signals in top-quark and W-boson rare decays
We discuss rare lepton-number-violating top-quark and W-boson four-body
decays to final states containing a same-charge lepton pair, of the same or of
different flavors: t -> b W- li^+ lj^+ and W+ -> J J' li^+ lj^+, where i \ne j
or i=j and J J' stands for two light jets originating from a (u-bar d) or a
(c-bar s) pair. These \Delta L=2 decays are forbidden in the Standard Model and
may be mediated by exchanges of Majorana neutrinos. We adopt a model
independent approach for the Majorana neutrinos mixing pattern and calculate
the branching ratios (BR) for these decays. We find, for example, that for O(1)
mixings between heavy and light Majorana neutrinos (not likely but not ruled
out) and if at least one of the heavy Majorana neutrinos has a mass of ~100
GeV, then the BR's for these decays are: BR(t -> b li^+ lj^+ W-) ~ 10^{-4} and
BR(W+ -> li^+ lj^+ J J') ~ 10^{-7} if m_N ~ 100 GeV and BR(t -> b li^+ lj^+ J
J') ~ BR(W+ -> li^+ lj^+ J J') ~ 0.01 if m_N < 50 GeV. Taking into account the
present limits on the neutrino mixing parameters, we obtain more realistic
values for these BR's: BR(t -> b li^+ lj^+ W-) ~ 10^{-6} and BR(W+ -> li^+ lj^+
J J') ~ 10^{-10} for m_N ~ 100 GeV and BR(t -> b li^+ lj^+ J J') ~ BR(W+ ->
li^+ lj^+ J J') ~ 10^{-6} for m_N < 50 GeV.Comment: latex, 7 pages, 2 figures. V2 as published in PL
Magnetic fields of our Galaxy on large and small scales
Magnetic fields have been observed on all scales in our Galaxy, from AU to
kpc. With pulsar dispersion measures and rotation measures, we can directly
measure the magnetic fields in a very large region of the Galactic disk. The
results show that the large-scale magnetic fields are aligned with the spiral
arms but reverse their directions many times from the inner-most arm (Norma) to
the outer arm (Perseus). The Zeeman splitting measurements of masers in HII
regions or star-formation regions not only show the structured fields inside
clouds, but also have a clear pattern in the global Galactic distribution of
all measured clouds which indicates the possible connection of the large-scale
and small-scale magnetic fields.Comment: 9 pages. Invited Talk at IAU Symp.242, 'Astrophysical Masers and
their Environments', Proceedings edited by J. M. Chapman & W. A. Baa
Direct Observation of Long-Term Durability of Superconductivity in YBaCuO-AgO Composites
We report direct observation of long-term durability of superconductivity of
several YBaCuO-AgO composites that were first prepared and
studied almost 14 years ago [J. J. Lin {\it et al}., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. {\bf
29}, 497 (1990)]. Remeasurements performed recently on both resistances and
magnetizations indicate a sharp critical transition temperature at 91 K. We
also find that such long-term environmental stability of high-temperature
superconductivity can only be achieved in YBaCuO with AgO
addition, but not with pure Ag addition.Comment: to be published in Jpn. J. Appl. Phy
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004, 10:30 EDT (10:30 AM EDT)CDCHAN-00212-2004-09-07-UPD-NThe 38-year old man who died of Lassa fever in a New Jersey hospital traveled to the United States from Liberia via London. Further progress has been made in identifying passengers at risk of exposure to Lassa fever during travel on Continental Flight 29, which departed London Gatwick Airport on August 24 and arrived in Newark, N.J., at 3:20 pm on August 24.The plane was a Boeing 777-200, which has seats configured in groups of 3 with 9 seats and two aisles in each row. The case patient was seated in seat 21L, which is a window seat in economy class. Passengers seated within a six-foot radius of the case patient (i.e., passengers seated in seats F, J, K, L in rows 19-23) are considered at low risk for potential exposure, based on guidance outlined in the CDC HAN issued September 2, 2004.The airline has provided CDC the names of passengers who occupied seats 19 F-L, 20 F-L, 21 F-L, 22 F-L, and 23 F-L. CDC\u2019s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine is distributing this information to appropriate local and state health departments and national public health authorities, who in turn will advise passengers of their potential for exposure. In addition, these passengers will be advised to monitor their health for 21 days (i.e., the maximum incubation period) after their travel on Continental Flight 29. For airline passengers, this 21-day period ends September 14, 2004 and NOT September 18 as was incorrectly stated in the previous HAN. During this time, passengers should report a fever 101oF or greater to their local or state health department.Based upon currently available information and the configuration of the aircraft, only passengers seated in these 20 seat locations are considered to be at low risk of exposure. While no specific evaluation or monitoring is currently advised for persons seated in rows other than those listed above, any passenger who traveled on the implicated flight and who has concerns or develops a fever of 101oF or greater should seek medical evaluation and contact public health authorities.2004Lassa Fever, 2004VirusLassa viru
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The application of Han Dynasty cultural elements to modern product design
Chinese Han Culture, as Chinese nation's "core culture", is the cultural symbol of Chinese nation, and played an important role in the history of Chinese cultural development, even in the history of world cultural development. Designing in the Han Dynasty, while inheriting Chinese traditional culture, but also having its unique style, are appreciated and respected by the people nowadays. In a modern society where the design is becoming more diversified, the innovative design based on traditional culture and art has its unique charm and vitality. This paper presented our recent research on the application of Han Dynasty cultural elements to modern product design, reflected the local design connotation of Han Dynasty cultural elements
A Model of Low-lying States in Strongly Interacting Electroweak Symmetry-Breaking Sector
It is proposed that, in a strongly-interacting electroweak sector, besides
the Goldstone bosons, the coexistence of a scalar state () and vector
resonances such as [)], [] and
[] is required by the proper Regge behavior of the
forward scattering amplitudes. This is a consequence of the following
well-motivated assumptions: (a). Adler-Weisberger-type sum rules and the
superconvergence relations for scattering amplitudes hold in this strongly
interacting sector; (b). the sum rules at are saturated by a minimal set
of low-lying states with appropriate quantum numbers. It therefore suggests
that a complete description should include all these resonances. These states
may lead to distinctive experimental signatures at future colliders.Comment: revised version, to appear in Modern Physics Letters A; file also
available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ucdhep.ucdavis.edu/han/sews/lowlying.p
The Effect of Binary Interactions in Infrared Passbands
We present the integrated J, H, K, L, M and N magnitudes and the colours
involving infrared bands, for an extensive set of instantaneous-burst binary
stellar populations (BSPs) by using evolutionary population synthesis (EPS). By
comparing the results for BSPs WITH and WITHOUT binary interactions we show
that the inclusion of binary interactions makes the magnitudes of populations
larger (fainter) and the integrated colours smaller (bluer) for t > 1Gyr. Also,
we compare our model magnitudes and colours with those of Bruzual & Charlot
(2003, hereafter BC03) and Maraston (2005, hereafter M05). At last, we compare
these model broad colours with Magellanic Clouds globular clusters (GCs) and
Milky Way GCs. In (V-R)-[Fe/H] and (V-I)-[Fe/H] diagrams it seems that our
models match the observations better than those of BC03 and M05.Comment: 2 page 3 figure
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