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Hadronic decay of a scalar B meson from the lattice
We explore the transitions B to B and B to B K from
lattice QCD with flavours of sea quark, using the static approximation
for the heavy quark. We evaluate the effective coupling constants, predicting a
B to B width of around 160 MeV. Our result for the coupling
strength adds to the evidence that the B meson is not predominantly a
molecular state (BK).Comment: 10 pages LATE
The three-loop beta function of SU(N) lattice gauge theories with Wilson fermions
We calculate the third coefficient of the lattice beta function associated
with the Wilson formulation for both gauge fields and fermions. This allows us
to evaluate the three-loop correction (linear in ) to the relation
between the lattice Lambda-parameter and the bare coupling , which is
important in order to verify asymptotic scaling predictions. Our calculation
also leads to the two-loop relation between the coupling renormalized in the
MSbar scheme and .
The original version of this paper contained a numerical error in one of the
diagrams, which has now been corrected. The calculations, as well as the layout
of the paper have remained identical, but there are some important changes in
the numerical results.Comment: One 14-page LaTeX file, one PostScript file containing 2 figures.
Corrected a numerical error in one of the diagrams. The calculations, as well
as the layout of the paper have remained unaffected, but there are some
important changes in the numerical result
Leading Quenching Effects in the Proton Magnetic Moment
We present the first investigation of the extrapolation of quenched nucleon
magnetic moments in quenched chiral effective field theory. We utilize
established techniques in finite-range regularisation and compare with standard
dimensional regularisation methods. Finite-volume corrections to the relevant
loop integrals are also addressed. Finally, the contributions of dynamical sea
quarks to the proton moment are estimated using a recently discovered
phenomenological link between quenched and physical QCD.Comment: 9 pages, 11 figs; v2: revised finite volume discussio
Potential food production from forage legume-based-systems in Europe: an overview
peer-reviewedIntensification of EU livestock farming systems has been accompanied by the development of maize silage and intensively fertilised grasses at the expense of forage
legume crops. However in the new context of agriculture, the development of forage
legumes constitutes one of the pillars for future livestock farming systems with high
environmental and economical performances. Yield benefits of grass-clover mixtures
are equivalent fertiliser N inputs of 150 to 350 kg/ha, and productive grass-clover
mixtures can fix 100 to 380 kg N per hectare symbiotically from the atmosphere.
Animal intake of legumes is high and the rate of decline of legume nutritional
quality with advancing maturity is less than for grasses, especially in the case of
white clover, which makes mixed pastures easier to manage. Animal performances
at grazing are identical or higher on clover-enriched pastures. Due to their high
protein concentration, conserved forage legumes fit well with maize silage. Forage
legumes increase the concentration of beneficial α-linolenic acid in ruminant products.
Environmental balance of forage legumes is positive. Increasing the proportion
of white clover at the expense of mineral N fertilisation can reduce the risk of
nitrate leaching. Because forage legumes only require solar energy to fix N from the
air, they also reduce energy consumption and associated impacts. They contribute
to reduce the global warming potential of livestock systems by reducing emission
of enteric methane and nitrous oxide from pasture and crop production. As an
element of arable crop rotations, grass-clover leys suppress pests, diseases and
weeds, improve soil structure and prevent soil erosion and nitrate leaching.
Nevertheless, forage legumes have some limitations: expensive to harvest, difficulties of conservation, management of the associations. To take full advantage of forage legumes in the future, new research and development are required as well as financial support from the EU
Scaling of FLIC Fermions
Hadron masses are calculated in quenched lattice QCD on a variety of lattices
in order to probe the scaling behavior of the Fat-Link Irrelevant Clover (FLIC)
fermion action, a fat-link clover fermion action in which the purely irrelevant
operators of the fermion action are constructed using APE-smeared links. The
scaling analysis indicates FLIC fermions provide a new form of nonperturbative
O(a) improvement where near-continuum results are obtained at finite lattice
spacing.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables. Figure updated and references added.
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Boosting Higgs discovery - the forgotten channel
Searches for a heavy Standard Model Higgs boson focus on the 'gold plated
mode' where the Higgs decays to two leptonic Z bosons. This channel provides a
clean signature, in spite of the small leptonic branching ratios. We show that
using fat jets the semi-leptonic ZZ mode significantly increases the number of
signal events with a similar statistical significance as the leptonic mode.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Coexistence of pairing gaps in three-component Fermi gases
We study a three-component superfluid Fermi gas in a spherically symmetric
harmonic trap using the Bogoliubov-deGennes method. We predict a coexistence
phase in which two pairing field order parameters are simultaneously nonzero,
in stark contrast to studies performed for trapped gases using local density
approximation. We also discuss the role of atom number conservation in the
context of a homogeneous system.Comment: Text revised, added two figures and three reference
The Polyakov Loop and its Relation to Static Quark Potentials and Free Energies
It appears well accepted in the literature that the correlator of Polyakov
loops in a finite temperature system decays with the "average" free energy of
the static quark-antiquark system, and can be decomposed into singlet and
adjoint (or octet for QCD) contributions. By fixing a gauge respecting the
transfer matrix, attempts have been made to extract those contributions
separately. In this paper we point out that the "average" and "adjoint"
channels of Polyakov loop correlators are misconceptions. We show analytically
that all channels receive contributions from singlet states only, and give a
corrected definition of the singlet free energy. We verify this finding by
simulations of the 3d SU(2) pure gauge theory in the zero temperature limit,
which allows to cleanly extract the ground state exponents and the non-trivial
matrix elements. The latter account for the difference between the channels
observed in previous simulations.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; note and reference adde
Methodological tests of the use of trace elements as tracers to assess root activity
peer-reviewedN.J.H. was funded by the Irish Research Council, co-funded by Marie Curie Actions under FP7. The field experiments A, B and G were supported by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under the grant agreements FP7-266018 (AnimalChange) and FP7- 244983 (MultiSward). Experiment F was supported by the German Science Foundation (FOR 456).Background and aims
There is increasing interest in how resource utilisation in grassland ecosystems is affected by changes in plant diversity and abiotic conditions. Research to date has mainly focussed on aboveground responses and there is limited insight into belowground processes. The aim of this study was to test a number of assumptions for the valid use of the trace elements caesium, lithium, rubidium and strontium as tracers to assess the root activity of several grassland species.
Methods
We carried out a series of experiments addressing the reliability of soil labelling, injection density, incubation time, application rate and the comparability of different tracers in a multiple tracer method.
Results
The results indicate that it is possible to achieve a reliable labelling of soil depths. Tracer injection density affected the variability but not the mean level of plant tracer concentrations. Tracer application rates should be based on pilot studies, because of site- and species-specific responses. The trace elements did not meet prerequisites to be used in a multiple tracer method.
Conclusions
The use of trace elements as tracers is potentially a very useful tool to give insight into plant root activity at different soil depths. This work highlights some of the main benefits and pitfalls of the method and provides specific recommendations to assist the design of tracer experiments and interpretation of the results.N.J.H. was funded by the Irish Research Council, co-funded by Marie Curie Actions under FP7. The field experiments A, B and G were supported by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under the grant agreements FP7-266018 (AnimalChange) and FP7- 244983 (MultiSward). Experiment F was supported by the German Science Foundation (FOR 456).European Unio
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