152 research outputs found
QCD NLO with Powheg matching and top threshold matching in WHIZARD
We present the status of the automation of NLO processes within the event
generator WHIZARD. The program provides an automated FKS subtraction and phase
space integration over the FKS regions, while the (QCD) NLO matrix element is
accessed via the Binoth Les Houches Interface from an externally linked
one-loop program. Massless and massive test cases and validation are shown for
several e+e- processes. Furthermore, we discuss work in progress and future
plans. The second part covers the matching of the NRQCD prediction with NLL
threshold resummation to the NLO continuum top pair production at lepton
colliders. Both the S-wave and P-wave production of the top pair are taken into
account in the resummation. The inclusion in WHIZARD allows to study more
exclusive observables than just the total cross section and automatically
accounts for important electroweak and relativistic corrections in the
threshold region.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, Talk given at 12th International Symposium on
Radiative Corrections (Radcor 2015) and LoopFest XIV (Radiative Corrections
for the LHC and Future Colliders); v2: reference adde
Automation of NLO processes and decays and POWHEG matching in WHIZARD
We give a status report on the automation of next-to-leading order processes
within the Monte Carlo event generator WHIZARD, using GoSam and OpenLoops as
provider for one-loop matrix elements. To deal with divergences, WHIZARD uses
automated FKS subtraction, and the phase space for singular regions is
generated automatically. NLO examples for both scattering and decay processes
with a focus on e+e- processes are shown. Also, first NLO-studies of
observables for collisions of polarized leptons beams, e.g. at the ILC, will be
presented. Furthermore, the automatic matching of the fixed-order NLO
amplitudes with emissions from the parton shower within the POWHEG formalism
inside WHIZARD will be discussed. We also present results for top pairs at
threshold in lepton collisions, including matching between a resummed threshold
calculation and fixed-order NLO. This allows the investigation of more
exclusive differential observables.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, Talk presented at ACAT 2016 at UTFSM,
Valpara\'iso, Chil
Top Physics in WHIZARD
In this talk we summarize the top physics setup in the event generator
WHIZARD with a main focus on lepton colliders. This includes full six-, eight-
and ten-fermion processes, factorized processes and spin correlations. For
lepton colliders, QCD NLO processes for top quark physics are available and
will be discussed. A special focus is on the top-quark pair threshold, where a
special implementation combines a non-relativistic effective field theory
calculation augmented by a next-to-leading threshold logarithm resummation with
a continuum relativistic fixed-order QCD NLO simulation.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, Talk presented at the International Workshop on
Future Linear Colliders (LCWS15), Whistler, Canada, 2-6 November 201
Construction of exact solutions to eigenvalue problems by the asymptotic iteration method
We apply the asymptotic iteration method (AIM) [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36,
11807 (2003)] to solve new classes of second-order homogeneous linear
differential equation. In particular, solutions are found for a general class
of eigenvalue problems which includes Schroedinger problems with Coulomb,
harmonic oscillator, or Poeschl-Teller potentials, as well as the special
eigenproblems studied recently by Bender et al [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 34 9835
(2001)] and generalized in the present paper to higher dimensions.Comment: 10 page
Negaton and Positon Solutions of the KDV Equation
We give a systematic classification and a detailed discussion of the
structure, motion and scattering of the recently discovered negaton and positon
solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation. There are two distinct types of
negaton solutions which we label and , where is the
order of the Wronskian used in the derivation. For negatons, the number of
singularities and zeros is finite and they show very interesting time
dependence. The general motion is in the positive direction, except for
certain negatons which exhibit one oscillation around the origin. In contrast,
there is just one type of positon solution, which we label . For
positons, one gets a finite number of singularities for odd, but an
infinite number for even values of . The general motion of positons is in
the negative direction with periodic oscillations. Negatons and positons
retain their identities in a scattering process and their phase shifts are
discussed. We obtain a simple explanation of all phase shifts by generalizing
the notions of ``mass" and ``center of mass" to singular solutions. Finally, it
is shown that negaton and positon solutions of the KdV equation can be used to
obtain corresponding new solutions of the modified KdV equation.Comment: 20 pages plus 12 figures(available from authors on request),Latex
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On the Toda Lattice Equation with Self-Consistent Sources
The Toda lattice hierarchy with self-consistent sources and their Lax
representation are derived. We construct a forward Darboux transformation (FDT)
with arbitrary functions of time and a generalized forward Darboux
transformation (GFDT) for Toda lattice with self-consistent sources (TLSCS),
which can serve as a non-auto-Backlund transformation between TLSCS with
different degrees of sources. With the help of such DT, we can construct many
type of solutions to TLSCS, such as rational solution, solitons, positons,
negetons, and soliton-positons, soliton-negatons, positon-negatons etc., and
study properties and interactions of these solutions.Comment: 20 page
Mucociliary and long-term particle clearance in airways of patients with immotile cilia
Spherical monodisperse ferromagnetic iron oxide particles of 1.9 μm geometric and 4.2 μm aerodynamic diameter were inhaled by seven patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) using the shallow bolus technique, and compared to 13 healthy non-smokers (NS) from a previous study. The bolus penetration front depth was limiting to the phase1 dead space volume. In PCD patients deposition was 58+/-8 % after 8 s breath holding time. Particle retention was measured by the magnetopneumographic method over a period of nine months. Particle clearance from the airways showed a fast and a slow phase. In PCD patients airway clearance was retarded and prolonged, 42+/-12 % followed the fast phase with a mean half time of 16.8+/-8.6 hours. The remaining fraction was cleared slowly with a half time of 121+/-25 days. In healthy NS 49+/-9 % of particles were cleared in the fast phase with a mean half time of 3.0+/-1.6 hours, characteristic of an intact mucociliary clearance. There was no difference in the slow clearance phase between PCD patients and healthy NS. Despite non-functioning cilia the effectiveness of airway clearance in PCD patients is comparable to healthy NS, with a prolonged kinetics of one week, which may primarily reflect the effectiveness of cough clearance. This prolonged airway clearance allows longer residence times of bacteria and viruses in the airways and may be one reason for increased frequency of infections in PCD patients
Ultrasoft NLL Running of the Nonrelativistic O(v) QCD Quark Potential
Using the nonrelativistic effective field theory vNRQCD, we determine the
contribution to the next-to-leading logarithmic (NLL) running of the effective
quark-antiquark potential at order v (1/mk) from diagrams with one potential
and two ultrasoft loops, v being the velocity of the quarks in the c.m. frame.
The results are numerically important and complete the description of ultrasoft
next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) order effects in heavy quark pair
production and annihilation close to threshold.Comment: 25 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables; minor modifications, typos corrected,
references added, footnote adde
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