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Brauer group of moduli spaces of pairs
We show that the Brauer group of any moduli space of stable pairs with fixed
determinant over a curve is zero.Comment: 12 pages. Final version, accepted in Communications in Algebr
Precise prediction for the Higgs-Boson Masses in the SSM
The SSM is a simple supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model
(SM) capable of predicting neutrino physics in agreement with experiment. In
this paper we perform the complete one-loop renormalization of the neutral
scalar sector of the SSM with one generation of right-handed neutrinos
in a mixed on-shell/ scheme. The renormalization
procedure is discussed in detail, emphasizing conceptual differences to the
minimal (MSSM) and next-to-minimal (NMSSM) supersymmetric standard model
regarding the field renormalization and the treatment of non-flavor-diagonal
soft mass parameters, which have their origin in the breaking of -parity in
the SSM. We calculate the full one-loop corrections to the neutral
scalar masses of the SSM. The one-loop contributions are supplemented
by available MSSM higher-order corrections. We obtain numerical results for a
SM-like Higgs boson mass consistent with experimental bounds. We compare our
results to predictions in the NMSSM to obtain a measure for the significance of
genuine SSM-like contributions. We only find minor corrections due to
the smallness of the neutrino Yukawa couplings, indicating that the Higgs boson
mass calculations in the SSM are at the same level of accuracy as in
the NMSSM. Finally we show that the SSM can accomodate a Higgs boson
that could explain an excess of events at as reported by CMS, as well as the excess of events observed at LEP at a similar mass scale.Comment: Version published in EPJC. Numerical analysis improved, numerical
results for NMSSM comparison changed accordingly, overall conclusions
unchanged. 56 pages, 12 figure
On the outburst evolution of H1743-322: a 2008/2009 comparison
We present two observational campaigns performed with the RXTE satellite on
the black hole transient H 1743-322. The source was observed in outburst on two
separate occasions between October-November 2008 and May-July 2009. We have
carried out timing and spectral analysis of the data set, obtaining a complete
state classification of all the observations. We find that all the observations
are well described by using a spectral model consisting of a disk-blackbody, a
powerlaw + reflection + absorption and a gaussian emission component. During
the 2009 outburst the system followed the canonical evolution through all the
states seen in black hole transients. In the 2008 outburst only the hard states
were reached. The early evolution of the spectral parameters is consistent
between the two epochs, and it does not provide clues about the subsequent
behavior of the source. The variation of the flux associated to the two main
spectral components (i.e. disk and powerlaw) allows us to set a lower limit to
the orbital inclination of the system of >= 43{\deg}.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
Fast variability as a tracer of accretion regimes in black hole transients
We present the rms-intensity diagram for black hole transients. Using
observations taken with the Rossi X-ray timing explorer we study the relation
between the root mean square (rms) amplitude of the variability and the net
count-rate during the 2002, 2004 and 2007 outbursts of the black hole X-ray
binary GX 339-4. We find that the rms-flux relation previously observed during
the hard state in X-ray binaries does not hold for the other states, when
different relations apply. These relations can be used as a good tracer of the
different accretion regimes. We identify the hard, soft and intermediate states
in the rms-intensity diagram. Transitions between the different states are seen
to produce marked changes in the rms-flux relation. We find that one single
component is required to explain the ~ 40 per cent variability observed at low
count rates, whereas no or very low variability is associated to the
accretion-disc thermal component.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 6 pages, 4 figure
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