147 research outputs found
Ghost-gluon coupling, power corrections and from twisted-mass lattice QCD at
A non-perturbative calculation of the ghost-gluon running QCD coupling
constant is performed using twisted-mass dynamical fermions. The
extraction of in the chiral limit reveals the presence of
a non-perturbative OPE contribution that is assumed to be dominated by a
dimension-two \VEV{A^2} condensate. In this contest a novel method for
calibrating the lattice spacing in lattice simulations is presented.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field
Theory 201
Referees´ visual behaviour during offside situations in football.
El estudio analiza el comportamiento visual de 8 árbitros de fútbol durante la percepción del fuera de juego en laboratorio. La tarea consiste en percibir una secuencia de 24 ensayos en una pantalla (5x3m), donde se proyectan situaciones reducidas de juego y que concluyen con una posible acción de fuera de juego. Los participantes deben percibir la secuencia con el ASL Eye Tracking SE5000, y pulsar un puntero laser hacia la pantalla en aquellos ensayos con fuera de juego. Las variables a manipular son la distancia y el ángulo con que se perciben las acciones de fuera de juego. Las variables dependientes son el número y tiempo (media) de fijaciones visuales y el porcentaje de acierto. Los resultados muestran que la distancia y ángulo influyen en el comportamiento visual de los árbitros. Además, son más eficaces detectando el fuera de juego con ángulos pequeños y en distancias cercanas y medias.The study examines the 8 football referees´ visual behavior during the perception of offside actions carried out in a laboratory setting. The task consists on perceiving a rally of 24 trials onto a large screen (5x3m) with reduced play situations and that could conclude with an offside action. Participants perceive the sequence with the ASL Eye Tracking SE5000 and press a laser pointer toward the screen in those trials with offside action. Variables to manipulate are the distance and angle in which the offside trials are perceived. The dependent variables are the number and time (average) of visual fixations and the success rate. The results show that the distance and angle changes the referees´ visual behavior. Moreover, they have higher success rate when they perceive trials with small angles, concretely with short and medium distance
Renormalisation of quark propagators from twisted-mass lattice QCD at =2
We present results concerning the non-perturbative evaluation of the
renormalisation constant for the quark field, , from lattice simulations
with twisted mass quarks and three values of the lattice spacing. We use the
RI'-MOM scheme. has very large lattice spacing artefacts; it is
considered here as a test bed to elaborate accurate methods which will be used
for other renormalisation constants. We recall and develop the non-perturbative
correction methods and propose tools to test the quality of the correction.
These tests are also applied to the perturbative correction method. We check
that the lattice spacing artefacts scale indeed as . We then study the
running of with particular attention to the non-perturbative effects,
presumably dominated by the dimension-two gluon condensate \VEV{A^2} in
Landau gauge. We show indeed that this effect is present, and not small. We
check its scaling in physical units confirming that it is a continuum effect.
It gives a contribution at 2 GeV. Different variants are used in
order to test the reliability of our result and estimate the systematic
uncertainties. Finally combining all our results and using the known Wilson
coefficient of \VEV{A^2} we find g^2(\mu^2) \VEV{A^2}_{\mu^2\; CM} =
2.01(11)(^{+0.61}_{- 0.73}) \;\mathrm {GeV}^2 at , in
fair agreement within uncertainties with the value indepently extracted from
the strong coupling constant.Comment: 38 pages, 8 tables, 8 figure
Ghost-gluon coupling, power corrections and from twisted-mass lattice QCD at Nf=2
We present results concerning the non-perturbative evaluation of the
ghost-gluon running QCD coupling constant from twisted-mass lattice
calculations. A novel method for calibrating the lattice spacing, independent
of the string tension and hadron spectrum is presented with results in
agreement with previous estimates. The value of is
computed from the running of the QCD coupling only after extrapolating to zero
dynamical quark mass and after removing a non-perturbative OPE contribution
that is assumed to be dominated by the dimension-two \VEV{A^2} gluon
condensate. The effect due to the dynamical quark mass in the determination of
\Lams is discussed.Comment: 33 pages, 6 fig
Semileptonic B decays to excited charmed mesons
Exclusive semileptonic B decays into excited charmed mesons are investigated
at order in the heavy quark effective theory. Differential
decay rates for each helicity state of the four lightest excited mesons
(, , , and ) are examined. At zero recoil,
corrections to the matrix elements of the weak currents can
be written in terms of the leading Isgur-Wise functions for the corresponding
transition and meson mass splittings. A model independent prediction is found
for the slope parameter of the decay rate into helicity zero at zero
recoil. The differential decay rates are predicted, including
corrections with some model dependence away from zero
recoil and including order corrections. Ratios of various exclusive
branching ratios are computed. Matrix elements of the weak currents between
mesons and other excited charmed mesons are discussed at zero recoil to order
. These amplitudes vanish at leading order, and can be
written at order in terms of local matrix elements.
Applications to decay sum rules and factorization are presented.Comment: 39 pages revtex including 10 figures, uses epsf. Substantial
improvements throughout the pape
Experimental Status of Semileptonic B Decays - Recent Results from LEP and Comparisons with Y(4S) Experiments
Recent analyses of the LEP and Y(4S) data have better outlined the picture of
semileptonic B decays. Results on inclusive and exclusive decay branching
fractions and on the extraction of the Vub and Vcb elements of the CKM mixing
matrix are discussed, together with some of the still open questions and the
sources of model systematics.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the Proc. of the QCD00
Euroconference, Montpellier (France), July 200
apeNEXT: A multi-TFlops Computer for Simulations in Lattice Gauge Theory
We present the APE (Array Processor Experiment) project for the development
of dedicated parallel computers for numerical simulations in lattice gauge
theories. While APEmille is a production machine in today's physics simulations
at various sites in Europe, a new machine, apeNEXT, is currently being
developed to provide multi-Tflops computing performance. Like previous APE
machines, the new supercomputer is largely custom designed and specifically
optimized for simulations of Lattice QCD.Comment: Poster at the XXIII Physics in Collisions Conference (PIC03),
Zeuthen, Germany, June 2003, 3 pages, Latex. PSN FRAP15. Replaced for adding
forgotten autho
Semileptonic B decays into even parity charmed mesons
By using a constituent quark model we compute the form factors relevant to
semileptonic transitions of B mesons into low-lying p-wave charmed mesons. We
evaluate the q^2 dependence of these form factors and compare them with other
model calculations. The Isgur-Wise functions tau(1/2) and tau(3/2) are also
obtained in the heavy quark limit of our results.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Higher CSF sTREM2 attenuates ApoE4-related risk for cognitive decline and neurodegeneration
BACKGROUND: The Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (i.e. ApoE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). TREM2 (i.e. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2) is a microglial transmembrane protein brain that plays a central role in microglia activation in response to AD brain pathologies. Whether higher TREM2-related microglia activity modulates the risk to develop clinical AD is an open question. Thus, the aim of the current study was to assess whether higher sTREM2 attenuates the effects of ApoE4-effects on future cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. METHODS: We included 708 subjects ranging from cognitively normal (CN, n = 221) to mild cognitive impairment (MCI, n = 414) and AD dementia (n = 73) from the Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging Initiative. We used linear regression to test the interaction between ApoE4-carriage by CSF-assessed sTREM2 levels as a predictor of longitudinally assessed cognitive decline and MRI-assessed changes in hippocampal volume changes (mean follow-up of 4 years, range of 1.7-7 years). RESULTS: Across the entire sample, we found that higher CSF sTREM2 at baseline was associated with attenuated effects of ApoE4-carriage (i.e. sTREM2 x ApoE4 interaction) on longitudinal global cognitive (p = 0.001, Cohen's f2 = 0.137) and memory decline (p = 0.006, Cohen's f2 = 0.104) as well as longitudinally assessed hippocampal atrophy (p = 0.046, Cohen's f2 = 0.089), independent of CSF markers of primary AD pathology (i.e. Aβ1-42, p-tau181). While overall effects of sTREM2 were small, exploratory subanalyses stratified by diagnostic groups showed that beneficial effects of sTREM2 were pronounced in the MCI group. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that a higher CSF sTREM2 levels are associated with attenuated ApoE4-related risk for future cognitive decline and AD-typical neurodegeneration. These findings provide further evidence that TREM2 may be protective against the development of AD
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