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QCD at HERA
A review of HERA measurements of structure functions, fragmentation functions
and forward jet production is presented.Comment: 12 pages. 13 postscript figures + 1 postscript preprint logo + 1
LaTeX file + 1 style file. Also available at
http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/preprints/98/02/ Invited talk given at SILAFAE9
semileptonic form factors with Twisted Mass fermions
We present a lattice QCD determination of the vector and scalar form factors
of the semileptonic decay which are relevant for the
extraction of the CKM matrix element from experimental data. Our
results are based on the gauge configurations produced by the European Twisted
Mass Collaboration with dynamical fermions, which include in the
sea, besides two light mass degenerate quarks, also the strange and the charm
quarks. We use data simulated at three different values of the lattice spacing
and with pion masses as small as MeV. Our final result for the vector
form factor at zero momentum transfer is , where the
uncertainty is both statistical and systematic combined in quadrature. Using
the latest experimental value of from decays, we
obtain , which allows to test the unitarity constraint
of the Standard Model below the permille level once the determination of
from superallowed nuclear decays is adopted. A slight
tension with unitarity at the level of standard deviations is
observed. Moreover we present our results for the semileptonic scalar
and vector form factors in the whole range of values of
the squared four-momentum transfer measured in decays,
obtaining a very good agreement with the momentum dependence of the
experimental data. We provide a set of synthetic data points representing our
results for the vector and scalar form factors at the physical point for
several selected values of .Comment: 37 pages, 5 tables, 9 figures; version to appear in PR
Tata Kelola, Konsentrasi Saham Dan Kinerja Perusahaan Agroindustri Indonesia
. This study aims to investigate determinants of firm performance on agro-industrial firms that are listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). Agro-industry sector has contributed 15 percent of Product Domestic Bruto in 2012. Agro-industrial firms has also comparative and competitive advantages compare to other industries. Characteristics of this sectors are renewable resources, labor intensive, and the most resistant in economic crisis in Indonesia in 1998. Modeling of performance is analyzed by performing regression analysis of panel data. This study employs secondary data of 54 companies from year 2010 to 2013. The results show that performance is affected by ownership concentration, the effectiveness of good governance mechanism, especially the function of board of directors (BOD) in conducting their duties, leverage and size of a firm. Except for size variable, all other determinants affects positively on performance, in line with reseach hipothesis. However, board of commissioners, independent commissioners, auditors committee, and dividend payout are not significant factors in enhancing performance. The results can shade some highlights to management, investors and other decision makers to implement better governance practices in agro-industrial firms in Indonesia
Leading isospin-breaking corrections to pion, kaon and charmed-meson masses with Twisted-Mass fermions
We present a lattice computation of the isospin-breaking corrections to
pseudoscalar meson masses using the gauge configurations produced by the
European Twisted Mass collaboration with dynamical quarks at
three values of the lattice spacing ( and fm)
with pion masses in the range MeV. The strange and
charm quark masses are tuned at their physical values. We adopt the RM123
method based on the combined expansion of the path integral in powers of the
- and -quark mass difference () and of the
electromagnetic coupling . Within the quenched QED approximation,
which neglects the effects of the sea-quark charges, and after the
extrapolations to the physical pion mass and to the continuum and infinite
volume limits, we provide results for the pion, kaon and (for the first time)
charmed-meson mass splittings, for the prescription-dependent parameters
, \epsilon_\gamma(\overline{MS}, 2~\mbox{GeV}),
\epsilon_{K^0}(\overline{MS}, 2~\mbox{GeV}), related to the violations of the
Dashen's theorem, and for the light quark mass difference (\widehat{m}_d -
\widehat{m}_u)(\overline{MS}, 2~\mbox{GeV}).Comment: 47 pages, 20 figures, 4 tables; comments on QED and QCD splitting
prescriptions added; version to appear in PR
\Delta S=2 and \Delta C=2 bag parameters in the SM and beyond from Nf=2+1+1 twisted-mass LQCD
We present unquenched lattice QCD results for the matrix elements of
four-fermion operators relevant to the description of the neutral K and D
mixing in the Standard Model and its extensions. We have employed simulations
with Nf = 2 + 1 + 1 dynamical sea quarks at three values of the lattice
spacings in the interval 0.06 - 0.09 fm and pseudoscalar meson masses in the
range 210 - 450 MeV. Our results are extrapolated to the continuum limit and to
the physical pion mass. Renormalization constants have been determined
non-perturbatively in the RI-MOM scheme. In particular, for the Kaon
bag-parameter, which is relevant for the \overline{K}^0-K^0 mixing in the
Standard Model, we obtain B_K^{RGI} = 0.717(24).Comment: Added comments to error budget discussion; fig.19 corrected. Version
to appear in PR
Coupled channel approach to strangeness S = -2 baryon-bayron interactions in Lattice QCD
The baryon-baryon interactions with strangeness S = -2 with the flavor SU(3)
breaking are calculated for the first time by using the HAL QCD method extended
to coupled channel system in lattice QCD. The potential matrices are extracted
from the Nambu-Bethe-Salpeter wave functions obtained by the 2+1 flavor gauge
configurations of CP-PACS/JLQCD Collaborations with a physical volume of 1.93
fm cubed and with m_pi/m_K = 0.96, 0.90, 0.86. The spatial structure and the
quark mass dependence of the potential matrix in the baryon basis and in the
SU(3) basis are investigated.Comment: 17 pages, 15 figure
B fields in OB stars (BOB): FORS2 spectropolarimetric follow-up of the two rare rigidly rotating magnetosphere stars HD23478 and HD345439
Massive B-type stars with strong magnetic fields and fast rotation are very
rare and provide a mystery for theories of both star formation and magnetic
field evolution. Only two such stars, called sigma Ori E analogs, were
previously known. Recently, a team involved in APOGEE, one of the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey III programs, announced the discovery of two additional rigidly
rotating magnetosphere stars, HD23478 and HD345439. The presence of magnetic
fields in these newly discovered sigma Ori E analogs was not investigated in
the past.
In the framework of our ESO Large Programme, and one normal ESO programme, we
carried out low-resolution FORS2 spectropolarimetric observations of HD23478
and HD345439.
From the measurements using hydrogen lines, we discover a rather strong
longitudinal magnetic field of the order of up to 1.5kG in HD23478, and up to
1.3kG using the entire spectrum. The analysis of HD345439 using four subsequent
spectropolarimetric subexposures does not reveal the presence of a magnetic
field at a significance level of 3sigma. On the other hand, the inspection of
individual subexposures indicates that HD345439 may host a strong magnetic
field, rapidly varying over 88 minutes. A hint at the fast rotation of HD345439
is also given by the behaviour of several metallic and He I lines in the
low-resolution FORS2 spectra, showing profile variations already on such a
short time scale.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication as a letter to
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