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Multi-Higgs boson production in the Standard Model and beyond
We present a calculation of the loop-induced processes gg -> HH and gg ->
HHH, and investigate the observability of multi-Higgs boson production at the
CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the Standard Model (SM) and beyond. While
the SM cross sections are too small to allow observation at the LHC, we
demonstrate that physics beyond the SM can lead to amplified, observable cross
sections. Furthermore, the applicability of the heavy top quark approximation
in two- and three-Higgs boson production is investigated. We conclude that
multi-Higgs boson production at the SuperLHC is an interesting probe of Higgs
sectors beyond the SM and warrants further study.Comment: 17 pages, 17 figure
NLO QCD corrections to ZZ+jet production at hadron colliders
A fully differential calculation of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections
to the production of Z-boson pairs in association with a hard jet at the
Tevatron and LHC is presented. This process is an important background for
Higgs particle and new physics searches at hadron colliders. We find sizable
corrections for cross sections and differential distributions, particularly at
the LHC. Residual scale uncertainties are typically at the 10% level and can be
further reduced by applying a veto against the emission of a second hard jet.
Our results confirm that NLO corrections do not simply rescale LO predictions.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables; added 1 reference, version to appear
in Phys. Lett.
Next-to-leading order multi-leg processes for the Large Hadron Collider
In this talk we discuss recent progress concerning precise predictions for
the LHC. We give a status report of three applications of our method to deal
with multi-leg one-loop amplitudes: The interference term of Higgs production
by gluon- and weak boson fusion to order O(alpha^2 alpha_s^3) and the
next-to-leading order corrections to the two processes pp -> ZZ jet and u ubar
-> d dbar s sbar. The latter is a subprocess of the four jet cross section at
the LHC.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. Talk given at the 8th international Symposium on
Radiative Corrections (RADCOR), October 1-5 2007, Florence, Ital
Effect of electric field on the photoluminescence of polymer-inorganic nanoparticles composites
We report on the effect of electric field on the photoluminescence, PL, from
a composite consisting of a conjugated polymer mixed with zinc oxide
nanoparticles. We have found that in the absence of electric field PL emission
from the composite film has two maxima in the blue and green-yellow regions.
Application of a voltage bias to planar gold electrodes suppresses the
green-yellow emission and shifts the only PL emission maximum towards the blue
region. Current-voltage characteristics of the polymer-nanoparticles composite
exhibit the non-linear behavior typical of non-homogeneous polymer-inorganic
structures. Generation of excited states in the composite structure implies the
presence of several radiative recombination mechanisms including formation of
polymer-nanoparticle complexes including exciplex states and charge transfer
between the polymer and nanoparticle that can be controlled by an electric
field.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. accepted for publication in Solid State
Communication
New one-loop techniques and first applications to LHC phenomenology
In this talk we describe our approach for the computation of multi-leg
one-loop amplitudes and present some first results relevant for LHC
phenomenology.Comment: 5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Loops and
Legs", Eisenach, 200
How to predict relapse in leukemia using time series data: A comparative in silico study
Risk stratification and treatment decisions for leukemia patients are regularly based on clinical markers determined at diagnosis, while measurements on system dynamics are often neglected. However, there is increasing evidence that linking quantitative time-course information to disease outcomes can improve the predictions for patient-specific treatment responses. We designed a synthetic experiment simulating response kinetics of 5,000 patients to compare different computational methods with respect to their ability to accurately predict relapse for chronic and acute myeloid leukemia treatment. Technically, we used clinical reference data to first fit a model and then generate de novo model simulations of individual patients’ time courses for which we can systematically tune data quality (i.e. measurement error) and quantity (i.e. number of measurements). Based hereon, we compared the prediction accuracy of three different computational methods, namely mechanistic models, generalized linear models, and deep neural networks that have been fitted to the reference data. Reaching prediction accuracies between 60 and close to 100%, our results indicate that data quality has a higher impact on prediction accuracy than the specific choice of the particular method. We further show that adapted treatment and measurement schemes can considerably improve the prediction accuracy by 10 to 20%. Our proof-of-principle study highlights how computational methods and optimized data acquisition strategies can improve risk assessment and treatment of leukemia patients
Differing views - can chimpanzees do level 2 perspective-taking?
We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the German National Academic Foundation.Although chimpanzees understand what others may see, it is unclear if they understand how others see things (Level 2 perspective-taking). We investigated whether chimpanzees can predict the behavior of a conspecific which is holding a mistaken perspective that differs from their own. The subject competed with a conspecific over two food sticks. While the subject could see that both were the same size, to the competitor one appeared bigger than the other. In a previously established game, the competitor chose one stick in private first and the subject chose thereafter, without knowing which of the sticks was gone. Chimpanzees and 6-year-old children chose the ‘riskier’ stick (that looked bigger to the competitor) significantly less in the game than in a nonsocial control. Children chose randomly in the control, thus showing Level 2 perspective-taking skills; in contrast, chimpanzees had a preference for the ‘riskier’ stick here, rendering it possible that they attributed their own preference to the competitor to predict her choice. We thus run a follow-up in which chimpanzees did not have a preference in the control. Now they also chose randomly in the game. We conclude that chimpanzees solved the task by attributing their own preference to the other, while children truly understood the other’s mistaken perspective.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe
SENTENCING MATTERS - FACTORS DETERMINING SENTENCE TYPE AND LENGTH: AN EXPLORATORY VIGNETTE STUDY
Serotonin tranporter methylation and response to cognitive behaviour therapy in children with anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders that are the most commonly occurring psychiatric disorders in childhood, are associated with a range of social and educational impairments and often continue into adulthood. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment option for the majority of cases, although up to 35-45% of children do not achieve remission. Recent research suggests that some genetic variants may be associated with a more beneficial response to psychological therapy. Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation work at the interface between genetic and environmental influences. Furthermore, epigenetic alterations at the serotonin transporter (SERT) promoter region have been associated with environmental influences such as stressful life experiences. In this study, we measured DNA methylation upstream of SERT in 116 children with an anxiety disorder, before and after receiving CBT. Change during treatment in percentage DNA methylation was significantly different in treatment responders vs nonresponders. This effect was driven by one CpG site in particular, at which responders increased in methylation, whereas nonresponders showed a decrease in DNA methylation. This is the first study to demonstrate differences in SERT methylation change in association with response to a purely psychological therapy. These findings confirm that biological changes occur alongside changes in symptomatology following a psychological therapy such as CBT
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