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Interplay between the ionic and electronic density profiles in liquid metal surfaces
First principles molecular dynamics simulations have been performed for the
liquid-vapor interfaces of liquid Li, Mg, Al and Si. We analize the oscillatory
ionic and valence electronic density profiles obtained, their wavelengths and
the mechanisms behind their relative phase-shift.Comment: Accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical Physic
Ariane 5 verification and associated test facilities
The philosophy of verification tests of the Ariane 5 launcher program is already established. It corresponds to the development and the ground and flight qualification phases for both unmanned and manned launches. The different types of test are outlined for the system, booster, main core and upper structures, allowing the identification of the associated test facilities which are described
Quantum Decoherence of Photons in the Presence of Hidden U(1)s
Many extensions of the standard model predict the existence of hidden sectors
that may contain unbroken abelian gauge groups. We argue that in the presence
of quantum decoherence photons may convert into hidden photons on sufficiently
long time scales and show that this effect is strongly constrained by CMB and
supernova data. In particular, Planck-scale suppressed decoherence scales D ~
E^2/M_Pl (characteristic for non-critical string theories) are incompatible
with the presence of even a single hidden U(1). The corresponding bounds on the
decoherence scale are four orders of magnitude stronger than analogous bounds
derived from solar and reactor neutrino data and complement other bounds
derived from atmospheric neutrino data.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
CP violation with a dynamical Higgs
We determine the complete set of independent gauge and gauge-Higgs CP-odd
effective operators for the generic case of a dynamical Higgs, up to four
derivatives in the chiral expansion. The relation with the linear basis of
dimension six CP-odd operators is clarified. Phenomenological applications
include bounds inferred from electric dipole moment limits, and from present
and future collider data on triple gauge coupling measurements and Higgs
signals.Comment: 41 pages, 3 figures; V2: citations added, typos corrected, version
published on JHE
On the Jacobi-Metric Stability Criterion
We investigate the exact relation existing between the stability equation for
the solutions of a mechanical system and the geodesic deviation equation of the
associated geodesic problem in the Jacobi metric constructed via the
Maupertuis-Jacobi Principle. We conclude that the dynamical and geometrical
approaches to the stability/instability problem are not equivalent.Comment: 14 pages, no figure
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