362 research outputs found
Forecasting the response of Earth\u27s surface to future climatic and land use changes: A review of methods and research needs
In the future, Earth will be warmer, precipitation events will be more extreme, global mean sea level will rise, and many arid and semiarid regions will be drier. Human modifications of landscapes will also occur at an accelerated rate as developed areas increase in size and population density. We now have gridded global forecasts, being continually improved, of the climatic and land use changes (C&LUC) that are likely to occur in the coming decades. However, besides a few exceptions, consensus forecasts do not exist for how these C&LUC will likely impact Earth-surface processes and hazards. In some cases, we have the tools to forecast the geomorphic responses to likely future C&LUC. Fully exploiting these models and utilizing these tools will require close collaboration among Earth-surface scientists and Earth-system modelers. This paper assesses the state-of-the-art tools and data that are being used or could be used to forecast changes in the state of Earth\u27s surface as a result of likely future C&LUC. We also propose strategies for filling key knowledge gaps, emphasizing where additional basic research and/or collaboration across disciplines are necessary. The main body of the paper addresses cross-cutting issues, including the importance of nonlinear/threshold-dominated interactions among topography, vegetation, and sediment transport, as well as the importance of alternate stable states and extreme, rare events for understanding and forecasting Earth-surface response to C&LUC. Five supplements delve into different scales or process zones (global-scale assessments and fluvial, aeolian, glacial/periglacial, and coastal process zones) in detail. © 2015 The Authors. Earth\u27s Future published by Wiley on behalf of the American Geophysical Union
Radiative Corrections to Neutralino and Chargino Masses in the Minimal Supersymmetric Model
We determine the neutralino and chargino masses in the MSSM at one-loop. We
perform a Feynman diagram calculation in the on-shell renormalization scheme,
including quark/squark and lepton/slepton loops. We find generically the
corrections are of order 6%. For a 20 GeV neutralino the corrections can be
larger than 20%. The corrections change the region of
parameter space which is ruled out by LEP data. We demonstrate that, e.g., for
a given and the lower limit on the parameter can shift
by 20 GeV.Comment: 11 pages, JHU-TIPAC-930030, PURD-TH-93-13, uses epsf.sty, 6 uuencoded
postscript figures, added one sentence and a referenc
Perceived organizational support and organizational identification : joint moderating effects of employee exchange ideology and employee investment
Organizational identification (OID) can be developed out of social exchange practices within an organizational setting. Drawing on social exchange theory, we propose that the effect of perceived organizational support (POS) on OID is stronger for employees with stronger exchange ideology. We further argue that employee investment in an organization may also create a social exchange process that positively influences OID. We expect that employee investment moderates not only the effect of POS on OID, but also the enhancing effect of exchange ideology on the effect of POS on OID. Specifically, POS has a stronger positive effect on OID when exchange ideology is high and when employee investment is low. When employee investment is high, POS has a weaker effect on OID regardless of employeesâ exchange ideology. These effects were empirically supported by a survey. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed
Natural Dark Matter from an Unnatural Higgs Boson and New Colored Particles at the TeV Scale
The thermal relic abundance of Dark Matter motivates the existence of new
electroweak scale particles, independent of naturalness considerations.
However, most unnatural Dark Matter models do not ensure the presence of new
particles charged under SU(3)_C, resulting in challenging LHC phenomenology.
Here, we present a class of models with scalar electroweak doublet Dark Matter
that require a host of colored particles at the TeV scale. In these models, the
Higgs boson is apparently fine-tuned, but the Dark Matter doublet is kept light
without any additional fine-tuning.Comment: 1+22 pages, 5 figures. Added references. Minor clarification
Tests of Higgs and Top Effective Interactions
We study the possibility to detect heavy physics effects in the interactions
of Higgs bosons and the top quark at future colliders using the effective
Lagrangian approach. The modification of the interactions may enhance the
production of Higgs bosons at hadron colliders through the mechanisms of gluon
fusion and associated production with a W boson or pairs. The most
promising signature is through the decay of the Higgs boson into two photons,
whose branching ratio is also enhanced in this approach. As a consequence of
our analysis we get a bound on the chromomagnetic dipole moment of the top
quark.Comment: 14 pages, Latex, two figures available by fax under request. To be
published in Phys. Lett
A low-voltage retarding-field Mott polarimeter for photocathode characterization
Nuclear physics experiments at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
Facility's CEBAF rely on high polarization electron beams. We describe a
recently commissioned system for prequalifying and studying photocathodes for
CEBAF with a load-locked, low-voltage polarized electron source coupled to a
compact retarding-field Mott polarimeter. The polarimeter uses simplified
electrode structures and operates from 5 to 30 kV. The effective Sherman
function for this device has been calibrated by comparison with the CEBAF 5 MeV
Mott polarimeter. For elastic scattering from a thick gold target at 20 keV,
the effective Sherman function is 0.201(5). Its maximum efficiency at 20 keV,
defined as the detected count rate divided by the incident particle current, is
5.4(2) x 10-4, yielding a figure-of-merit, or analyzing power squared times
efficiency, of 1.0(1) x 10-5. The operating parameters of this new polarimeter
design are compared to previously published data for other compact Mott
polarimeters of the retarding-field type.Comment: 9 figure
Reach of the Fermilab Tevatron for minimal supergravity in the region of large scalar masses
The reach of the Fermilab Tevatron for supersymmetric matter has been
calculated in the framework of the minimal supergravity model in the clean
trilepton channel. Previous analyses of this channel were restricted to scalar
masses m_0<= 1 TeV. We extend the analysis to large values of scalar masses
m_0\sim 3.5 TeV. This includes the compelling hyperbolic branch/focus point
(HB/FP) region, where the superpotential \mu parameter becomes small. In this
region, assuming a 5\sigma (3\sigma) signal with 10 (25) fb^{-1} of integrated
luminosity, the Tevatron reach in the trilepton channel extends up to
m_{1/2}\sim 190 (270) GeV independent of \tan\beta . This corresponds to a
reach in terms of the gluino mass of m_{\tg}\sim 575 (750) GeV.Comment: 11 page latex file including 6 EPS figures; several typos corrected
and references adde
Neutralino Dark Matter from MSSM Flat Directions in light of WMAP Result
The minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) has a truly supersymmetric
way to explain both the baryon asymmetry and cold dark matter in the present
Universe, that is, ``Affleck-Dine baryo/DM-genesis.'' The associated late-time
decay of Q-balls directly connects the origins of the baryon asymmetry and dark
matter, and also predicts a specific nature of the LSP. In this paper, we
investigate the prospects for indirect detection of these dark matter
candidates observing high energy neutrino flux from the Sun, and hard positron
flux from the halo. We also update the previous analysis of the direct
detection in hep-ph/0205044 by implementing the recent result from WMAP
satellite.Comment: 32 pages, including 40 figure
Non-thermal dark matter via Affleck-Dine baryogenesis and its detection possibility
The formation and late time decays of Q-balls are generic consequences of the
Affleck-Dine (AD) baryogenesis. A substantial amount of the lightest
supersymmetry (SUSY) particles (LSPs) are produced non-thermally as the decay
products of these Q-balls. This requires a significantly large annihilation
cross section of the LSP so as not to overclose the universe, which predicts a
higgsino- or wino-like LSP instead of the standard bino LSP. We have reexamined
the AD baryogenesis with special attention to the late-time decays of the
Q-balls, and then specified the parameter regions where the LSPs produced by
the Q-ball decays result in a cosmologically interesting mass density of dark
matter by adopting several SUSY breaking models. This reveals new
cosmologically interesting parameter regions, which have not attracted much
attention so far. We have also investigated the prospects of direct and
indirect detection of these dark matter candidates, and found that there is an
intriguing possibility to detect them in various next generation dark matter
searches.Comment: 51 pages, 18 figures, version accepted for publication in Physical
Review
Abundance and distribution of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the north of the Iberian Peninsula
Common
dolphin
s
(
Delphinus delphis
)
are
one of the most abundant species of small
cetacean in Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the most abundant in Atlantic
shelf
waters
of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the abundance
, distribution and population trends
in the recen
t years
of this species
are
poorly known
,
but such information is needed
to
develop population dynamic models
.
Thus far, the only
absolute
abundance estimate
in the shelf Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula
was
obtained
in 2005
during
the
SCANS
-
II survey.
Along
the north and northwest coast
s
of the Iberian Peninsula
,
t
he
Spanish Institute of Oceanography has
carried
out
annual acoustic survey
s
to estimate
pelagic fish
biomass
for
the last two decades. Since 2007
,
an observer program
for
top
predators
has been integrated in
to
these survey
s
,
collecting
sightings on cetaceans,
seabirds and other species
using line
-
transect
method
ology
.
Common d
olphin
sightings
from 2007 to 201
4
were
analyzed
with Distance software
to
estimate
relative
population size
.
Because attraction to the vessel could
inflate population estimates,
c
ommon dolphin a
bundance was
estimated using a detection function only from
sightings
where no
attraction
were recorded
and
also using Bayesian methods to
combine previou
s data on attraction collected during SCANS
-
II with data collected
from
the
acoustic fish surveys.
D
olphin density estimated with
both
methods
w
as
<
0.3
dolphin
s/
Km
2
,
which
is
similar
to
the
density estimated
by SCANS
-
II
.
T
he Bayesian
framework
allows us
to work with the scarcity and uncertainty of the data
,
particularly
when
obtaining annual estimates.
Because c
etacean sightings
were collected
during
fish
acoustic surveys
,
pelagic fish
abundance
(
e.g. S
ardine
and
Blue whiting
)
, obtained
concurrently to
the sightings,
can be used
,
along with other
environmental
variables
,
to model dolphin
habitat and
to
predict
dolphin
abundance and distribution
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