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Minimal Neutrino Beta Beam for Large theta_13
We discuss the minimum requirements for a neutrino beta beam if theta_13 is
discovered by an upcoming reactor experiment, such as Double Chooz or Daya Bay.
We require that both neutrino mass hierarchy and leptonic CP violation can be
measured to competitive precisions with a single-baseline experiment in the
entire remaining theta_13 range. We find that for very high isotope production
rates, such as they might be possible using a production ring, a (B,Li) beta
beam with a gamma as low as 60 could already be sufficient to perform all of
these measurements. If only the often used nominal source luminosities can be
achieved, for example, a (Ne,He) beta beam from Fermilab to a possibly existing
water Cherenkov detector at Homestake with gamma \sim 190-350 (depending on the
Double Chooz best-fit) could outperform practically any other beam technology
including wide-band beam and neutrino factory.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, 1 tabl
Physics Potential of a 2540 Km Baseline Superbeam Experiment
We study the physics potential of a neutrino superbeam experiment with a 2540
km baseline. We assume a neutrino beam similar to the NuMI beam in medium
energy configuration. We consider a 100 kton totally active scintillator
detector at a 7 mr off-axis location. We find that such a configuration has
outstanding hierarchy discriminating capability. In conjunction with the data
from the present reactor neutrino experiments, it can determine the neutrino
mass hierarchy at 3 sigma level in less than 5 years, if sin^2(2*theta13) >
0.01, running in the neutrino mode alone. As a stand alone experiment, with a 5
year neutrino run and a 5 year anti-neutrino run, it can determine non-zero
theta13 at 3 sigma level if sin^2(2*theta13) > 7*10^{-3} and hierarchy at 3
sigma level if sin^2(2*theta13) > 8*10^{-3}. This data can also distinguish
deltaCP = pi/2 from the CP conserving values of 0 and pi, for sin^2(2*theta13)
> 0.02.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures and 1 table: Published versio
Discovery of the secondary eclipse of HAT-P-11 b
We report the detection of the secondary eclipse of HAT-P-11 b, a
Neptune-sized planet orbiting an active K4 dwarf. Using all available
short-cadence data of the Kepler mission, we derive refined planetary ephemeris
increasing their precision by more than an order of magnitude. Our simultaneous
primary and secondary transit modeling results in improved transit and orbital
parameters. In particular, the precise timing of the secondary eclipse allows
to pin down the orbital eccentricity to . The
secondary eclipse depth of ppm corresponds to a
detection and results in a geometric albedo of for
HAT-P-11 b, close to Neptune's value, which may indicate further resemblances
between these two bodies. Due to the substantial orbital eccentricity, the
planetary equilibrium temperature is expected to change significantly with
orbital position and ought to vary between K and K,
depending on the details of heat redistribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-11
b.Comment: Accepted by A&A, 27/10/201
Solar mass-varying neutrino oscillations
We propose that the solar neutrino deficit may be due to oscillations of
mass-varying neutrinos (MaVaNs). This scenario elucidates solar neutrino data
beautifully while remaining comfortably compatible with atmospheric neutrino
and K2K data and with reactor antineutrino data at short and long baselines
(from CHOOZ and KamLAND). We find that the survival probability of solar MaVaNs
is independent of how the suppression of neutrino mass caused by the
acceleron-matter couplings varies with density. Measurements of MeV and lower
energy solar neutrinos will provide a rigorous test of the idea.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Version to appear in PR
A planetary eclipse map of CoRoT-2a. Comprehensive lightcurve modeling combining rotational-modulation and transits
We analyze the surface structure of the planet host star CoRoT-2a using a
consistent model for both the `global' (i.e., rotationally modulated)
lightcurve and the transit lightcurves, using data provided by the CoRoT
mission. Selecting a time interval covering two stellar rotations and six
transits of the planetary companion CoRoT-2b, we adopt a `strip' model of the
surface to reproduce the photometric modulation inside and outside the transits
simultaneously. Our reconstructions show that it is possible to achieve
appropriate fits for the entire sub-interval using a low-resolution surface
model with 36 strips. The surface reconstructions indicate that the brightness
on the eclipsed section of the stellar surface is (6 +/- 1) % lower than the
average brightness of the remaining surface. This result suggests a
concentration of stellar activity in a band around the stellar equator similar
to the behavior observed on the Sun.Comment: accepted by A&A on 12/09/200
Interplay between nanometer-scale strain variations and externally applied strain in graphene
We present a molecular modeling study analyzing nanometer-scale strain
variations in graphene as a function of externally applied tensile strain. We
consider two different mechanisms that could underlie nanometer-scale strain
variations: static perturbations from lattice imperfections of an underlying
substrate and thermal fluctuations. For both cases we observe a decrease in the
out-of-plane atomic displacements with increasing strain, which is accompanied
by an increase in the in-plane displacements. Reflecting the non-linear elastic
properties of graphene, both trends together yield a non-monotonic variation of
the total displacements with increasing tensile strain. This variation allows
to test the role of nanometer-scale strain variations in limiting the carrier
mobility of high-quality graphene samples
Echoes of the electroweak phase transition: discovering a second Higgs doublet through A0 → ZH0
The existence of a second Higgs doublet in nature could lead to a cosmological first-order electroweak
phase transition and explain the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. We obtain the
spectrum and properties of the new scalars H0, A0, and H� that signal such a phase transition and show that
the observation of the decay A0 → ZH0 at LHC would be a “smoking gun” signature of these scenarios. We
analyze the LHC search prospects for this decay in the llbb¯ and llWþW− final states, arguing that current
data may be sensitive to this signature in the former channel as well as there being great potential for a
discovery in either channel at the very early stages of the 14 TeV run
Purification of genuine multipartite entanglement
In tasks, where multipartite entanglement plays a central role, state
purification is, due to inevitable noise, a crucial part of the procedure. We
consider a scenario exploiting the multipartite entanglement in a
straightforward multipartite purification algorithm and compare it to bipartite
purification procedures combined with state teleportation. While complete
purification requires an infinite amount of input states in both cases, we show
that for an imperfect output fidelity the multipartite procedure exhibits a
major advantage in terms of input states used.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
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