802 research outputs found
Performance Analysis of Location-Aware Mobile Service Proxies for Reducing Network Cost in Personal Communication Systems
Large Electric Dipole Moments of Heavy Neutrinos
In many models of CP violation, the electric dipole moment (EDM) of a heavy
charged or neutral lepton could be very large. We present an explicit model in
which a heavy neutrino EDM can be as large as e-cm, or even a factor
of ten larger if fine-tuning is allowed, and use an effective field theory
argument to show that this result is fairly robust. We then look at the
production cross section for these neutrinos, and by rederiving the Bethe-Block
formula, show that they could leave an ionization track. It is then noted that
the first signature of heavy neutrinos with a large EDM would come from
, leading to a very large rate for single photon plus
missing energy events, and the rate and angular distribution are found.
Finally, we look at some astrophysical consequences, including whether these
neutrinos could constitute the UHE cosmic rays and whether their decays in the
early universe could generate a net lepton asymmetry.Comment: 22 pages, 9 figure
On Delays in Management Frameworks: Metrics, Models and Analysis
Management performance evaluation means assessment of scalability, complexity, accuracy, throughput, delays and resources consumptions. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of management frameworks delays through a set of specific metrics. We investigate the statistical properties of these metrics when the number of management nodes increases. We show that management delays measured at the application level are statistically modeled by distributions with heavy tails, especially the Weibull distribution. Given that delays can substantially degrade the capacity of management algorithms to react and resolve problems it is useful to get a finer model to describe them.We suggest theWeibull distribution as a model of delays for the analysis and simulations of such algorithms
Quark and Lepton Mass Matrices in the SO(10) Grand Unified Theory with Generation Flipping
We investigate the SO(10) grand unified model with generation flipping. The
model contains one extra matter multiplet and it mixes with the
usual matter multiplets when the SO(10) is broken down to SU(5).
We find the parameter region of the model in which the observed quark masses
and mixings are well reproduced. The resulting parameter region is consistent
with the observation that only have a source of hierarchies and
indicates that the mixing between second and third generations tends to be
large in the lepton sector, which is consistent with the observed maximal
mixing of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation. We also show that the model can
accommodate MSW and vacuum oscillation solutions to the solar neutrino deficit
depending on the form of the Majorana mass matrix for the right-handed
neutrinos.Comment: 28 pages, Late
Flavon exchange effects in models with abelian flavor symmetry
In models with abelian flavor symmetry the small mixing angles and mass
ratios of quarks and leptons are typically given by powers of small parameters
characterizing the spontaneous breaking of flavor symmetry by "flavon" fields.
If the scale of the breaking of flavor symmetry is near the weak scale, flavon
exchange can lead to interesting flavor-violating and CP violating effects.
These are studied. It is found that d_e, mu -> e + gamma, and mu-e conversion
on nuclei can be near present limits. For significant range of parameters mu-e
conversion can be the most sensitive way to look for such effects.Comment: 19 pages, 5 Postscript figures, LATE
Some remarks on the dynamical systems approach to fourth order gravity
Building on earlier work, we discuss a general framework for exploring the
cosmological dynamics of Higher Order Theories of Gravity. We show that once
the theory of gravity has been specified, the cosmological equations can be
written as a first-order autonomous system and we give several examples which
illustrate the utility of our method. We also discuss a number of results which
have appeared recently in the literature.Comment: 19 pages, LaTe
Maximal Neutrino Mixing from a Minimal Flavor Symmetry
We study a number of models, based on a non-Abelian discrete group, that
successfully reproduce the simple and predictive Yukawa textures usually
associated with U(2) theories of flavor. These models allow for solutions to
the solar and atmospheric neutrino problems that do not require altering
successful predictions for the charged fermions or introducing sterile
neutrinos. Although Yukawa matrices are hierarchical in the models we consider,
the mixing between second- and third-generation neutrinos is naturally large.
We first present a quantitative analysis of a minimal model proposed in earlier
work, consisting of a global fit to fermion masses and mixing angles, including
the most important renormalization group effects. We then propose two new
variant models: The first reproduces all important features of the SU(5)xU(2)
unified theory with neither SU(5) nor U(2). The second demonstrates that
discrete subgroups of SU(2) can be used in constructing viable supersymmetric
theories of flavor without scalar universality even though SU(2) by itself
cannot.Comment: 34 pages LaTeX, 1 eps figure, minor revisions and references adde
Black Holes from Cosmic Rays: Probes of Extra Dimensions and New Limits on TeV-Scale Gravity
If extra spacetime dimensions and low-scale gravity exist, black holes will
be produced in observable collisions of elementary particles. For the next
several years, ultra-high energy cosmic rays provide the most promising window
on this phenomenon. In particular, cosmic neutrinos can produce black holes
deep in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to quasi-horizontal giant air showers.
We determine the sensitivity of cosmic ray detectors to black hole production
and compare the results to other probes of extra dimensions. With n \ge 4 extra
dimensions, current bounds on deeply penetrating showers from AGASA already
provide the most stringent bound on low-scale gravity, requiring a fundamental
Planck scale M_D > 1.3 - 1.8 TeV. The Auger Observatory will probe M_D as large
as 4 TeV and may observe on the order of a hundred black holes in 5 years. We
also consider the implications of angular momentum and possible exponentially
suppressed parton cross sections; including these effects, large black hole
rates are still possible. Finally, we demonstrate that even if only a few black
hole events are observed, a standard model interpretation may be excluded by
comparison with Earth-skimming neutrino rates.Comment: 30 pages, 18 figures; v2: discussion of gravitational infall, AGASA
and Fly's Eye comparison added; v3: Earth-skimming results modified and
strengthened, published versio
Higgs Scalars in the Minimal Non-minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
We consider the simplest and most economic version among the proposed
non-minimal supersymmetric models, in which the -parameter is promoted to
a singlet superfield, whose all self-couplings are absent from the
renormalizable superpotential. Such a particularly simple form of the
renormalizable superpotential may be enforced by discrete -symmetries which
are extended to the gravity-induced non-renormalizable operators as well. We
show explicitly that within the supergravity-mediated supersymmetry-breaking
scenario, the potentially dangerous divergent tadpoles associated with the
presence of the gauge singlet first appear at loop levels higher than 5 and
therefore do not destabilize the gauge hierarchy. The model provides a natural
explanation for the origin of the -term, without suffering from the
visible axion or the cosmological domain-wall problem. Focusing on the Higgs
sector of this minimal non-minimal supersymmetric standard model, we calculate
its effective Higgs potential by integrating out the dominant quantum effects
due to stop squarks. We then discuss the phenomenological implications of the
Higgs scalars predicted by the theory for the present and future high-energy
colliders. In particular, we find that our new minimal non-minimal
supersymmetric model can naturally accommodate a relatively light charged Higgs
boson, with a mass close to the present experimental lower bound.Comment: 63 pages (12 figures), extended versio
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