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Study of Light Scalar Meson Structure in decay
We study the quark structure of the sigma meson through the decay of
meson by constructing an effective Lagrangian for charmed mesons
interacting with light mesons based on the chiral symmetry and heavy quark
symmetry. Within the linear realization of the chiral symmetry, we include the
P-wave charmed mesons (, ) as the chiral partners of
(, ), and the light scalar mesons as the chiral partner of the
pseudoscalar mesons. In the light meson sector, both the and
states are incorporated respecting their different U(1)
transformation properties. We predict the decay width with
two pions in the channel, which can be tested in the future
experiment. We find that the width increases with the percentage of the
content in the sigma meson.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to KMI Inauguration Conference
"Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe" (KMIIN), 24-26 Nov.
2011, KMI, Nagoya Universit
Precision era of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect: simulations, analytical models and observations and the power to constrain reionization
The kinetic SZ effect, which is the dominant CMB source at arc-minute scales
and Ghz, probes the ionized gas peculiar momentum up to the
epoch of reionization and is a sensitive measure of the reionization history.
We ran high resolution self-similar and CDM hydro simulations and
built an analytical model to study this effect. Our model reproduces the
CDM simulation results to several percent accuracy, passes various
tests against self-similar simulations, and shows a wider range of
applicability than previous analytical models. Our model in its continuous
version is free of simulation limitations such as finite simulation box and
finite resolution and allows an accurate prediction of the kinetic SZ power
spectrum . For the WMAP cosmology, we find for the reionization redshift and
. The corresponding temperature fluctuation is several K at
these ranges. The dependence of on the reionization history allows an
accurate measurement of the reionization epoch. For the Atacama cosmology
telescope experiment, can be measured with accuracy.
scales as . Given cosmological parameters,
ACT would be able to constrain with several percent accuracy.
Some multi-reionization scenarios degenerate in the primary CMB temperature and
TE measurement can be distinguished with confidence.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures. Accepted by MNRAS. We corrected the primary CMB
power spectrum we used. We added discussions about the effects of lensing and
relativistic SZ correctio. We withdraw a claim about the patchy reionizatio
The effect of asymmetry of the coil block on self-assembly in ABC coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers
Using the self-consistent field approach, the effect of asymmetry of the coil
block on the microphase separation is focused in ABC coil-rod-coil triblock
copolymers. For different fractions of the rod block , some stable
structures are observed, i.e., lamellae, cylinders, gyroid, and core-shell
hexagonal lattice, and the phase diagrams are constructed. The calculated
results show that the effect of the coil block fraction is
dependent on . When , the effect of asymmetry of
the coil block is similar to that of the ABC flexible triblock copolymers; When
, the self-assembly of ABC coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers
behaves like rod-coil diblock copolymers under some condition. When continues to increase, the effect of asymmetry of the coil block reduces.
For , under the symmetrical and rather asymmetrical
conditions, an increase in the interaction parameter between different
components leads to different transitions between cylinders and lamellae. The
results indicate some remarkable effect of the chain architecture on
self-assembly, and can provide the guidance for the design and synthesis of
copolymer materials.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
Variance-constrained multiobjective control and filtering for nonlinear stochastic systems: A survey
The multiobjective control and filtering problems for nonlinear stochastic systems with variance constraints are surveyed. First, the concepts of nonlinear stochastic systems are recalled along with the introduction of some recent advances. Then, the covariance control theory, which serves as a practical method for multi-objective control design as well as a foundation for linear system theory, is reviewed comprehensively. The multiple design requirements frequently applied in engineering practice for the use of evaluating system performances are introduced, including robustness, reliability, and dissipativity. Several design techniques suitable for the multi-objective variance-constrained control and filtering problems for nonlinear stochastic systems are discussed. In particular, as a special case for the multi-objective design problems, the mixed H 2 / H ∞ control and filtering problems are reviewed in great detail. Subsequently, some latest results on the variance-constrained multi-objective control and filtering problems for the nonlinear stochastic systems are summarized. Finally, conclusions are drawn, and several possible future research directions are pointed out
Effect of polymer concentration and length of hydrophobic end block on the unimer-micelle transition broadness in amphiphilic ABA symmetric triblock copolymer solutions
The effects of the length of each hydrophobic end block N_{st} and polymer
concentration \bar{\phi}_{P} on the transition broadness in amphiphilic ABA
symmetric triblock copolymer solutions are studied using the self-consistent
field lattice model. When the system is cooled, micelles are observed, i.e.,the
homogenous solution (unimer)-micelle transition occurs. When N_{st} is
increased, at fixed \bar{\phi}_{P}, micelles occur at higher temperature, and
the temperature-dependent range of micellar aggregation and half-width of
specific heat peak for unimer-micelle transition increase monotonously.
Compared with associative polymers, it is found that the magnitude of the
transition broadness is determined by the ratio of hydrophobic to hydrophilic
blocks, instead of chain length. When \bar{\phi}_{P} is decreased, given a
large N_{st}, the temperature-dependent range of micellar aggregation and
half-width of specific heat peak initially decease, and then remain nearly
constant. It is shown that the transition broadness is concerned with the
changes of the relative magnitudes of the eductions of nonstickers and solvents
from micellar cores.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Determination of and Extraction of from Semileptonic Decays
By globally analyzing all existing measured branching fractions and partial
rates in different four momentum transfer-squared bins of decays, we obtain the product of the form factor and magnitude of
CKM matrix element to be . With this
product, we determine the semileptonic form factor
in conjunction with the value of
determined from the SM global fit. Alternately, with the product together with
the input of the form factor calculated in lattice QCD recently, we
extract , where the error is
still dominated by the uncertainty of the form factor calculated in lattice
QCD. Combining the
extracted from all existing measurements of decays and
together, we find the most
precisely determined to be , which improves
the accuracy of the PDG'2014 value by
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