308 research outputs found
Signals of supersymmetry with inaccessible first two families at the Large Hadron Collider
We investigate the signals of supersymmetry (SUSY) in a scenario where only
the third family squarks and sleptons can be produced at the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC), in addition to the gluino, charginos and neutralinos. The final
states in such cases are marked by a multiplicity of top and/or bottom quarks.
We study in particular, the case when the stop, sbottom and gluino masses are
near the TeV scale due to which, the final state t's and b's are very
energetic. We point out the difficulty in b-tagging and identifying energetic
tops and suggest several event selection criteria which allow the signals to
remain significantly above the standard model background. We show that such
scenarios with gluino mass up to 2 TeV can be successfully probed at the LHC.
Information on can also be obtained by looking at associated Higgs
production in the cascades of accompanying neutralinos. We also show that a
combined analysis of event rates in the different channels and the effective
mass distribution allows one to differentiate this scenario from the one where
all three sfermion families are accessible.Comment: v3: 17 pages, 8 figures, 7 table
Invisible charginos and neutralinos from gauge boson fusion: a way to explore anomaly mediation ?
We point out that vector boson fusion (VBF) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can lead to useful signals for charginos and neutralinos in supersymmetric scenarios where these particles are almost invisible. The proposed signals are just two forward jets with missing transverse energy. It is shown that in this way one can probe a large region of the parameter space of a theory with anomaly mediated supersymmtery breaking (AMSB) at the LHC. In addition, scenarios where the lightest neutralinos and charginos are Higgsino-like can give copious signals of the above type
Vacuum insulated panels for sustainable buildings: a review of research and applications
New research has identified vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) as highly efficient insulators for use in building construction.
They are reported to be several times more effective than conventional materials of a similar thickness in terms of thermal
conductivity. Because of their smaller space requirement, VIPs maximize the internal usage area of buildings and so reduce
the cost of construction. There are however some obstacles that have hindered the application of VIPs, notably their high
cost, susceptibility to perforation and the long-term water and gas effects that worsen their performance. This paper reviews
the contemporary research on VIP as a state-of-the-art material for building insulation. The main components and physical
principles of VIP performance are discussed. Finally, the review of VIPs available on the market and their performance is
provided
Bilarge neutrino mixing from supersymmetry with high-scale nonrenormalizable interactions
We suggest a supersymmetric (SUSY) explanation of neutrino masses and mixing,
where nonrenormalizable interactions in the hidden sector generate lepton
number violating Majorana mass terms for both right-chiral sneutrinos and
neutrinos. It is found necessary to start with a superpotential including an
array of gauge singlet chiral superfields. This leads to nondiagonal mass terms and almost diagonal SUSY breaking -terms. As a result, the
observed pattern of bilarge mixing can be naturally explained by the
simultaneous existence of the seesaw mechanism and radiatively induced masses.
Allowed ranges of parameters in the gauge singlet sector are delineated,
corresponding to each of the cases of normal hierarchy, inverted hierarchy and
degenerate neutrinos.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures. Minor modifications are made in the title and
the text, some new references are added. To appear in this form in Physical
Review
Split supersymmetry and the role of a light fermion in a supergravity-based scenario
We investigate split supersymmetry (SUSY) within a supergravity framework,
where local SUSY is broken by the F-term of a hidden sector chiral superfield
X. With reasonably general assumptions, we show that the fermionic component of
X will always have mass within a Tev. Though its coupling to the observable
sector superfields is highly suppressed in Tev scale SUSY, we show that it can
be enhanced by many orders in split SUSY, leading to its likely participation
in accelerator phenomenology.We conclude with a specific example of such a
scenario in a string based supergravity model.Comment: 12 Pages, Latex, Title changed, version thoroughly revise
Singlet Charge Quark hiding the Top: Tevatron and LEP Implications
If and quarks are strongly mixed with a weak singlet charge
quark, could be suppressed via the mode,
thereby the top quark could still hide below , whereas the heavy quark
signal observed at the Tevatron is due to the dominantly singlet quark .
This may occur without affecting the small value. Demanding GeV and m_t \ltap M_W, we find that cannot be too
suppressed. The heavy quark decays via , and bosons. The latter
can lead to -tagged jet events, while the strong -- mixing is
reflected in sizable fraction. decay occurs at tree
level and may be at the order, leading to the signature of , all isolated and with large , at order.Comment: 10 pages + 3 Figures (not included), ReVTeX, NTUTH-94-1
Supergravity can reconcile dark matter with lepton number violating neutrino masses
Supersymmetry offers a cold dark matter candidate, provided that lepton
number is {\em not violated by an odd number of units}. On the other hand,
lepton number violation by even (two) units gives us an attractive mechanism of
neutrino mass generation. Here we offer an explanation of this, in a
supergravity framework underlying a supersymmetric scenario, the essential
feature being particles carrying lepton numbers, which interact only
gravitationally with all other known particles. It is shown that one can have
the right amount of effect giving rise to neutrino masses,
whereas the lifetime for decays of the lightest supersymmetric
particle can be prolonged beyond the present age of the universe.Comment: 8 pages, significant changes in the conceptual ideas and presentation
of the paper, minor chages in the title and abstract, added few references.
This is to appear in Physical Review
Hybrid Water Demand Forecasting Model Associating Artificial Neural Network with Fourier Series
This paper addressed the problem of water-demand forecasting for real-time operation of water supply systems. The present study was conducted to identify the best fit model using hourly consumption data from the water supply system of Araraquara, Sa approximate to o Paulo, Brazil. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used in view of their enhanced capability to match or even improve on the regression model forecasts. The ANNs used were the multilayer perceptron with the back-propagation algorithm (MLP-BP), the dynamic neural network (DAN2), and two hybrid ANNs. The hybrid models used the error produced by the Fourier series forecasting as input to the MLP-BP and DAN2, called ANN-H and DAN2-H, respectively. The tested inputs for the neural network were selected literature and correlation analysis. The results from the hybrid models were promising, DAN2 performing better than the tested MLP-BP models. DAN2-H, identified as the best model, produced a mean absolute error (MAE) of 3.3 L/s and 2.8 L/s for training and test set, respectively, for the prediction of the next hour, which represented about 12% of the average consumption. The best forecasting model for the next 24 hours was again DAN2-H, which outperformed other compared models, and produced a MAE of 3.1 L/s and 3.0 L/s for training and test set respectively, which represented about 12% of average consumption. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000177. (C) 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.Brazilian Scientific and Technological Development Council (CNPq)Brazilian Scientific and Technological Development Council (CNPq)Research Support Foundation of Sao Paulo (FAPESP)Research Support Foundation of Sao Paulo (FAPESP
Maxwell's field coupled nonminimally to quadratic torsion: Induced axion field and birefringence of the vacuum
We consider a possible (parity conserving) interaction between the
electromagnetic field and a torsion field of spacetime. For
generic elementary torsion, gauge invariant coupling terms of lowest order fall
into two classes that are both nonminimal and {\it quadratic} in torsion. These
two classes are displayed explicitly. The first class of the type
yields (undesirable) modifications of the Maxwell equations. The second class
of the type doesn't touch the Maxwell equations but rather
modifies the constitutive tensor of spacetime. Such a modification can be
completely described in the framework of metricfree electrodynamics. We
recognize three physical effects generated by the torsion: (i) An axion field
that induces an {\em optical activity} into spacetime, (ii) a modification of
the light cone structure that yields {\em birefringence} of the vacuum, and
(iii) a torsion dependence of the {\em velocity of light.} We study these
effects in the background of a Friedmann universe with torsion. {\it File
tor17.tex, 02 August 2003}Comment: 6 page
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