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A note about the t`Hooft`s ansatz for SU(N) real time guage theories
The t`Hooft's ansatz reduces the classical Yang--Mills theory to the
one. It is shown that in the frame of this ansatz the real-time
classical solutions for the arbitrary SU(N) gauge group is obtained by
embedding into SU(N). It is argued that this group
structure is the only possibility in the frame of the considered ansatz. New
explicit solutions for SU(3) and SU(5) gauge groups are shown
Unveiling Neutrino Mixing and Leptonic CP Violation
We review the present understanding of neutrino masses and mixings,
discussing what are the unknowns in the three family oscillation scenario.
Despite the anticipated success coming from the planned long baseline neutrino
experiments in unraveling the leptonic mixing sector, there are two important
unknowns which may remain obscure: the mixing angle and the
CP-phase . The measurement of these two parameters has led us to
consider the combination of superbeams and neutrino factories as the key to
unveil the neutrino oscillation picture.Comment: Invited brief review, 18 pages, 6 figure
Likelihood-ratio ranking of gravitational-wave candidates in a non-Gaussian background
We describe a general approach to detection of transient gravitational-wave
signals in the presence of non-Gaussian background noise. We prove that under
quite general conditions, the ratio of the likelihood of observed data to
contain a signal to the likelihood of it being a noise fluctuation provides
optimal ranking for the candidate events found in an experiment. The
likelihood-ratio ranking allows us to combine different kinds of data into a
single analysis. We apply the general framework to the problem of unifying the
results of independent experiments and the problem of accounting for
non-Gaussian artifacts in the searches for gravitational waves from compact
binary coalescence in LIGO data. We show analytically and confirm through
simulations that in both cases the likelihood ratio statistic results in an
improved analysis.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Reconstructing the calibrated strain signal in the Advanced LIGO detectors
Advanced LIGO's raw detector output needs to be calibrated to compute
dimensionless strain h(t). Calibrated strain data is produced in the time
domain using both a low-latency, online procedure and a high-latency, offline
procedure. The low-latency h(t) data stream is produced in two stages, the
first of which is performed on the same computers that operate the detector's
feedback control system. This stage, referred to as the front-end calibration,
uses infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering and performs all operations at a
16384 Hz digital sampling rate. Due to several limitations, this procedure
currently introduces certain systematic errors in the calibrated strain data,
motivating the second stage of the low-latency procedure, known as the
low-latency gstlal calibration pipeline. The gstlal calibration pipeline uses
finite impulse response (FIR) filtering to apply corrections to the output of
the front-end calibration. It applies time-dependent correction factors to the
sensing and actuation components of the calibrated strain to reduce systematic
errors. The gstlal calibration pipeline is also used in high latency to
recalibrate the data, which is necessary due mainly to online dropouts in the
calibrated data and identified improvements to the calibration models or
filters.Comment: 20 pages including appendices and bibliography. 11 Figures. 3 Table
Measuring CP violation and mass ordering in joint long baseline experiments with superbeams
We propose to measure the CP phase , the magnitude of the
neutrino mixing matrix element and the sign of the atmopheric scale
mass--squared difference with a superbeam by the joint
analysis of two different long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. One
is a long baseline experiment (LBL) at 300 km and the other is a very long
baseline (VLBL) experiment at 2100 km. We take the neutrino source to be the
approved high intensity proton synchrotron, HIPA. The neutrino beam for the LBL
is the 2-degree off-axis superbeam and for the VLBL, a narrow band superbeam.
Taking into account all possible errors, we evaluate the event rates required
and the sensitivities that can be attained for the determination of
and the sign of . We arrive at a
representative scenario for a reasonably precise probe of this part of the
neutrino physics.Comment: 25 RevTEX pages, 16 PS figures, revised figure captions and
references adde
Children Rights and Global Citizenship: an Approach from the educational Community
La Convención de los Derechos del Niño (CDN) es una herramienta fundamental para la educación de niños, niñas y adolescentes. Ésta debe entenderse como el marco de referencia universal que contribuye a formar niños y niñas capacitados para ejercer sus derechos de ciudadanía. Sin embargo, conocemos muy poco sobre cómo los derechos de la infancia y la ciudadanía global se integran en el sistema educativo español. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar las necesidades formativas que tiene la comunidad educativa en relación a la CDN desde las dimensiones cognitiva, metodológica y actitudinal. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa que ha contado con la participación de 124 personas representantes de la comunidad educativa (alumnado, docentes, padres y madres) distribuidas en 14 grupos de discusión desarrollados en 11 Comunidades Autónomas del territorio español. El análisis de contenido muestra la escasa incorporación en los centros escolares de la CDN, así como una la visión parcial de ésta por parte de los integrantes de la comunidad educativa. Se observan necesidades en la falta de estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje que fomenten la autonomía y la participación infantil en el aula y el centro. Finalmente, se observa la dificultad de posicionar a la infancia como sujeto de derechos con facultades para ejercer su ciudadanía.Esta investigación ha sido posible gracias a la financiación de la Agencia Española de Cooperación
Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) y de UNICEF – Comité Español, en el marco del proyecto
“Fomento de la Educación para el Desarrollo en la Educación Formal” 2010 – 2012. El contenido de esta
publicación es responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no refleja necesariamente la opinión de la AECID
Recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome after treatments given in the PACE trial
BACKGROUND: A multi-centre, four-arm trial (the PACE trial) found that rehabilitative cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) were more effective treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) than specialist medical care (SMC) alone, when each was added to SMC, and more effective than adaptive pacing therapy (APT) when added to SMC. In this study we compared how many participants recovered after each treatment. METHOD: We defined recovery operationally using multiple criteria, and compared the proportions of participants meeting each individual criterion along with two composite criteria, defined as (a) recovery in the context of the trial and (b) clinical recovery from the current episode of the illness, however defined, 52 weeks after randomization. We used logistic regression modelling to compare treatments. RESULTS: The percentages (number/total) meeting trial criteria for recovery were 22% (32/143) after CBT, 22% (32/143) after GET, 8% (12/149) after APT and 7% (11/150) after SMC. Similar proportions met criteria for clinical recovery. The odds ratio (OR) for trial recovery after CBT was 3.36 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.64–6.88] and for GET 3.38 (95% CI 1.65–6.93), when compared to APT, and after CBT 3.69 (95% CI 1.77–7.69) and GET 3.71 (95% CI 1.78–7.74), when compared to SMC (p values < or =0.001 for all comparisons). There was no significant difference between APT and SMC. Similar proportions recovered in trial subgroups meeting different definitions of the illness. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that recovery from CFS is possible, and that CBT and GET are the therapies most likely to lead to recovery
A Beta Beam complex based on the machine upgrades for the LHC
The Beta Beam CERN design is based on the present LHC injection complex and
its physics reach is mainly limited by the maximum rigidity of the SPS. In
fact, some of the scenarios for the machine upgrades of the LHC, particularly
the construction of a fast cycling 1 TeV injector (``Super-SPS''), are very
synergic with the construction of a higher Beta Beam. At the energies
that can be reached by this machine, we demonstrate that dense calorimeters can
already be used for the detection of at the far location. Even at
moderate masses (40 kton) as the ones imposed by the use of existing
underground halls at Gran Sasso, the CP reach is very large for any value of
that would provide evidence of appearance at T2K or
NOA (). Exploitation of matter effects at the
CERN to Gran Sasso distance provides sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy
in significant areas of the plane
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