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On the difference between the pole and the MSbar masses of the top quark at the electroweak scale
We argue that for a Higgs boson mass M_H ~125 GeV, as suggested by recent
Higgs searches at the LHC, the inclusion of electroweak radiative corrections
in the relationship between the pole and MS-bar masses of the top quark reduces
the difference to about 1 GeV. This is relevant for the scheme dependence of
electroweak observables, such as the rho parameter, as well as for the
extraction of the top quark mass from experimental data. In fact, the value
currently extracted by reconstructing the invariant mass of the top quark decay
products is expected to be close to the pole mass, while the analysis of the
total cross section of top quark pair production yields a clean determination
of the MS-bar mass.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure; discussion extended, figure improved, references
added; accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
Self-consistence of the Standard Model via the renormalization group analysis
A short review of recent renormalization group analyses of the
self-consistence of the Standard Model is presented.Comment: 10 pages; 5 figures; To appear in the Proceedings of the 16th
International Workshop ACAT- 2014 (Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques
in physics), Prague, Czech Republic, 01-05 September 201
Counting master integrals: integration by parts vs. differential reduction
The techniques of integration by parts and differential reduction differ in
the counting of master integrals. This is illustrated using as an example the
two-loop sunset diagram with on-shell kinematics. A new algebraic relation
between the master integrals of the two-loop sunset diagram that does not
follow from the integration-by-parts technique is found.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure; minor changes to the text, figure added; to appear
in Phys. Lett.
Towards all-order Laurent expansion of generalized hypergeometric functions around rational values of parameters
We prove the following theorems:
1) The Laurent expansions in epsilon of the Gauss hypergeometric functions
2F1(I_1+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+p/q + c epsilon; z),
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+p/q+b*epsilon; I_3+ p/q+c*epsilon;z),
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+p/q+c*epsilon;z), where
I_1,I_2,I_3,p,q are arbitrary integers, a,b,c are arbitrary numbers and epsilon
is an infinitesimal parameter, are expressible in terms of multiple
polylogarithms of q-roots of unity with coefficients that are ratios of
polynomials; 2) The Laurent expansion of the Gauss hypergeometric function
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+c*epsilon;z) is expressible in terms
of multiple polylogarithms of q-roots of unity times powers of logarithm with
coefficients that are ratios of polynomials; 3) The multiple inverse rational
sums (see Eq. (2)) and the multiple rational sums (see Eq. (3)) are expressible
in terms of multiple polylogarithms; 4) The generalized hypergeometric
functions (see Eq. (4)) are expressible in terms of multiple polylogarithms
with coefficients that are ratios of polynomials.Comment: 48 pages in LaTe
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The electronic structure and the nature of the chemical bond in CeO2.
The X-ray photoelectron spectral structure of CeO2 valence electrons in the binding energy range of 0 to ∼50 eV was analyzed. The core-electron spectral structure parameters and the results of relativistic discrete-variational calculations of CeO8 and Ce63O216 clusters were taken into account. Comparison of the valence and the core-electron spectral structures showed that the formation of the inner (IVMO) and the outer (OVMO) valence molecular orbitals contributes to the spectral structure more than the many-body processes. The Ce 4f electrons were established to participate directly in chemical bond formation in CeO2 losing partially their f character. They were found to be localized mostly within the outer valence band. The Ce 5p atomic orbitals were shown to participate in the formation of both the inner and the outer valence molecular orbitals (MOs). A large part in the IVMO formation is taken by the filled Ce 5p1/2, 5p3/2 and O 2s atomic shells, while the Ce 5s electrons participate weakly in the chemical bond formation. The composition and the sequent order of the molecular orbitals in the binding energy range of 0 to ∼50 eV were established. A quantitative scheme for the molecular orbitals of CeO2 was built. This scheme is fundamental for understanding the nature of chemical bonding and also for the interpretation of other X-ray spectra of CeO2. Evaluations revealed that the IVMO electrons weaken the chemical bond formed by the OVMO electrons by 37%.The work was supported by the RFBR grant № 17-03-00277a. M.V. Ryzhkov acknowledges financial support of FASO of Russia ISSC of the Ural Branch of RAS № AAAA-A16-116122810214-9. A.J. Popel acknowledges funding from the UK EPSRC (grant EP/I036400/1) and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (formerly the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, contract NPO004411A-EPS02), a maintenance grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects 13-03-90916) and CSAR bursary
Multiple (inverse) binomial sums of arbitrary weight and depth and the all-order epsilon-expansion of generalized hypergeometric functions with one half-integer value of parameter
We continue the study of the construction of analytical coefficients of the
epsilon-expansion of hypergeometric functions and their connection with Feynman
diagrams. In this paper, we show the following results:
Theorem A: The multiple (inverse) binomial sums of arbitrary weight and depth
(see Eq. (1.1)) are expressible in terms of Remiddi-Vermaseren functions.
Theorem B: The epsilon expansion of a hypergeometric function with one
half-integer value of parameter (see Eq. (1.2)) is expressible in terms of the
harmonic polylogarithms of Remiddi and Vermaseren with coefficients that are
ratios of polynomials. Some extra materials are available via the www at this
http://theor.jinr.ru/~kalmykov/hypergeom/hyper.htmlComment: 24 pages, latex with amsmath and JHEP3.cls; v2: some typos corrected
and a few references added; v3: few references added
Gauss hypergeometric function: reduction, epsilon-expansion for integer/half-integer parameters and Feynman diagrams
The Gauss hypergeometric functions 2F1 with arbitrary values of parameters
are reduced to two functions with fixed values of parameters, which differ from
the original ones by integers. It is shown that in the case of integer and/or
half-integer values of parameters there are only three types of algebraically
independent Gauss hypergeometric functions. The epsilon-expansion of functions
of one of this type (type F in our classification) demands the introduction of
new functions related to generalizations of elliptic functions. For the five
other types of functions the higher-order epsilon-expansion up to functions of
weight 4 are constructed. The result of the expansion is expressible in terms
of Nielsen polylogarithms only. The reductions and epsilon-expansion of q-loop
off-shell propagator diagrams with one massive line and q massless lines and
q-loop bubble with two-massive lines and q-1 massless lines are considered. The
code (Mathematica/FORM) is available via the www at this URL
http://theor.jinr.ru/~kalmykov/hypergeom/hyper.htmlComment: 19 pages, LaTeX, 1-eps figure; v5: The code (Mathematica/FORM) is
available via the www http://theor.jinr.ru/~kalmykov/hypergeom/hyper.htm
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
This is the final version. Available on open access from Nature Research via the DOI in this recordData availability: All collapsed and paired-end sequence data for samples sequenced in this study are available in compressed fastq format through the European Nucleotide Archive under accession number PRJEB44430, together with rescaled and trimmed bam sequence alignments against both the nuclear and mitochondrial horse reference genomes. Previously published ancient data used in this study are available under accession numbers PRJEB7537, PRJEB10098, PRJEB10854, PRJEB22390 and PRJEB31613, and detailed in Supplementary Table 1. The genomes of ten modern horses, publicly available, were also accessed as indicated in their corresponding original publications57,61,85-87.NOTE: see the published version available via the DOI in this record for the full list of authorsDomestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 BC. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia and Anatolia, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 BC, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled chariots. We find that equestrianism involved strong selection for critical locomotor and behavioural adaptations at the GSDMC and ZFPM1 genes. Our results reject the commonly held association between horseback riding and the massive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists into Europe around 3000 BC driving the spread of Indo-European languages. This contrasts with the scenario in Asia where Indo-Iranian languages, chariots and horses spread together, following the early second millennium BC Sintashta culture