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On the tension between growth rate and CMB data
We analyze the claimed tension between redshift space distorsions
measurements of and the predictions of standard CDM
(Planck 2015 and 2018) cosmology. We consider a dataset consisting of 17 data
points extending up to redshift and corrected for the Alcock-Paczynski
effect. Thus, calculating the evolution of the growth factor in a CDM
cosmology, we find that the tension for the best fit parameters ,
and with respect to the Planck 2018 CDM parameters is below
in all the marginalized confidence regions.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Final version to appear in Eur. Phys. J.
Hot spots and the hollowness of proton-proton interactions at high energies
We present a dynamical explanation of the hollowness effect observed in
proton-proton scattering at TeV. This phenomenon, not observed
at lower energies, consists in a depletion of the inelasticity density at zero
impact parameter of the collision. Our analysis is based on three main
ingredients: we rely gluonic hot spots inside the proton as effective degrees
of freedom for the description of the scattering process. Next we assume that
some non-trivial correlation between the transverse positions of the hot spots
inside the proton exists. Finally we build the scattering amplitude from a
multiple scattering, Glauber-like series of collisions between hot spots. In
our approach, the onset of the hollowness effect is naturally explained as due
to the diffusion or growth of the hot spots in the transverse plane with
increasing collision energy.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Inferential sensor for the olive oil industry
This paper shows an inferential sensor that has been developed to be used in the olive oil industry. This sensor has
been designed to measure two variables that appear in the
elaboration of olive oil in a mill which are very difficult to
be measured on line by a physical sensor. The knowledge
of these variables on line is crucial for the optimal operation of the process, since they provide the state of the
plant, allowing the development of a control strategy that
can improve the quality and yield of the product. This
sensor measures variables that in other case should come
form laboratory analysis with large processing delays or
from very expensive and difficult to use on line analysers.
The sensor has been devised based upon artificial Neural
Networks (NN) and has been implemented as a routine
running on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and
successfully tested on a real plant.Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología DPI2001-2380-C02-0
New Directions in Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Rotational and Multipole Kinematics for N-Body and Continuous Systems
In non-relativistic mechanics the center of mass of an isolated system is
easily separated out from the relative variables. For a N-body system these
latter are usually described by a set of Jacobi normal coordinates, based on
the clustering of the centers of mass of sub-clusters. The Jacobi variables are
then the starting point for separating {\it orientational} variables, connected
with the angular momentum constants of motion, from {\it shape} (or {\it
vibrational}) variables. Jacobi variables, however, cannot be extended to
special relativity. We show by group-theoretical methods that two new sets of
relative variables can be defined in terms of a {\it clustering of the angular
momenta of sub-clusters} and directly related to the so-called {\it dynamical
body frames} and {\it canonical spin bases}. The underlying group-theoretical
structure allows a direct extension of such notions from a non-relativistic to
a special- relativistic context if one exploits the {\it rest-frame instant
form of dynamics}. The various known definitions of relativistic center of mass
are recovered. The separation of suitable relative variables from the so-called
{\it canonical internal} center of mass leads to the correct kinematical
framework for the relativistic theory of the orbits for a N-body system with
action -at-a-distance interactions. The rest-frame instant form is also shown
to be the correct kinematical framework for introducing the Dixon multi-poles
for closed and open N-body systems, as well as for continuous systems,
exemplified here by the configurations of the Klein-Gordon field that are
compatible with the previous notions of center of mass.Comment: Latex, p.75, Invited contribution for the book {\it Atomic and
Molecular Clusters: New Research} (Nova Science
Charged Particles and the Electro-Magnetic Field in Non-Inertial Frames of Minkowski Spacetime: I. Admissible 3+1 Splittings of Minkowski Spacetime and the Non-Inertial Rest Frames
By using the 3+1 point of view and parametrized Minkowski theories we develop
the theory of {\it non-inertial} frames in Minkowski space-time. The transition
from a non-inertial frame to another one is a gauge transformation connecting
the respective notions of instantaneous 3-space (clock synchronization
convention) and of the 3-coordinates inside them. As a particular case we get
the extension of the inertial rest-frame instant form of dynamics to the
non-inertial rest-frame one. We show that every isolated system can be
described as an external decoupled non-covariant canonical center of mass
(described by frozen Jacobi data) carrying a pole-dipole structure: the
invariant mass and an effective spin. Moreover we identify the constraints
eliminating the internal 3-center of mass inside the instantaneous 3-spaces. In
the case of the isolated system of positive-energy scalar particles with
Grassmann-valued electric charges plus the electro-magnetic field we obtain
both Maxwell equations and their Hamiltonian description in non-inertial
frames. Then by means of a non-covariant decomposition we define the
non-inertial radiation gauge and we find the form of the non-covariant Coulomb
potential. We identify the coordinate-dependent relativistic inertial
potentials and we show that they have the correct Newtonian limit. In the
second paper we will study properties of Maxwell equations in non-inertial
frames like the wrap-up effect and the Faraday rotation in astrophysics. Also
the 3+1 description without coordinate-singularities of the rotating disk and
the Sagnac effect will be given, with added comments on pulsar magnetosphere
and on a relativistic extension of the Earth-fixed coordinate system.Comment: This paper and the second one are an adaptation of arXiv 0812.3057
for publication on Int.J.Geom. Methods in Modern Phys. 77
Explorations in price (un)fairness.
Consumers may use multiple reference points-including cost of goods, past prices, and competitive prices-to judge price fairness. Across a series of studies we show that consumers are inclined to overestimate profits, often to an extreme extent. We further demonstrate that prices are perceived to be unfair because consumers fail to take into account vendor costs, underestimate the effects of inflation, and attribute competitive price differences to profits. Potential corrective interventions by marketers-such as cueing costs, providing historical price information, and explaining price differences-were insufficient to eliminate unfairness perceptions. In addition, prices for goods were found to be stickier than prices for services and therefore were especially susceptible to these systematic perceptions of unfairness.Prices; Studies; Costs; Effects;
ADM Pseudotensors, Conserved Quantities and Covariant Conservation Laws in General Relativity
The ADM formalism is reviewed and techniques for decomposing generic
components of metric, connection and curvature are obtained. These techniques
will turn out to be enough to decompose not only Einstein equations but also
covariant conservation laws. Then a number of independent sets of hypotheses
that are sufficient (though non-necessary) to obtain standard ADM quantities
(and Hamiltonian) from covariant conservation laws are considered. This
determines explicitely the range in which standard techniques are equivalent to
covariant conserved quantities. The Schwarzschild metric in different
coordinates is then considered, showing how the standard ADM quantities fail
dramatically in non-Cartesian coordinates or even worse when asymptotically
flatness is not manifest; while, in view of their covariance, covariant
conservation laws give the correct result in all cases.Comment: 40 page
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