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Determination of fragmentation functions and their uncertainties from e+ + e- -> h + X data
Fragmentation functions are determined for pions, kaons, and nucleons by a
global analysis of charged-hadron production data in electron-positron
annihilation. The optimum functions are obtained in both leading order (LO) and
next-to-leading order (NLO) of alpha_s. It is important that uncertainties of
the fragmentation functions are estimated in this work by the Hessian method.
We found that the uncertainties are large at small Q^2 and that they are
generally reduced in the NLO in comparison with the LO ones. We supply a code
for calculating the fragmentation functions and their uncertainties for the
pions, kaons, and nucleons at given z and Q^2.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX, 5 eps files, to be published in AIP proceedings of
the 17th International Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN2006), Oct. 2-7, 2006,
Kyoto, Japa
Effects of Galaxy Formation on Thermodynamics of the Intracluster Medium
We present detailed comparisons of the intracluster medium (ICM) in
cosmological Eulerian cluster simulations with deep Chandra observations of
nearby relaxed clusters. To assess the impact of galaxy formation, we compare
two sets of simulations, one performed in the non-radiative regime and another
with radiative cooling and several physical processes critical to various
aspects of galaxy formation: star formation, metal enrichment and stellar
feedback. We show that the observed ICM properties outside cluster cores are
well-reproduced in the simulations that include cooling and star formation,
while the non-radiative simulations predict an overall shape of the ICM
profiles inconsistent with observations. In particular, we find that the ICM
entropy in our runs with cooling is enhanced to the observed levels at radii as
large as half of the virial radius. We also find that outside cluster cores
entropy scaling with the mean ICM temperature in both simulations and Chandra
observations is consistent with being self-similar within current error bars.
We find that the pressure profiles of simulated clusters are also close to
self-similar and exhibit little cluster-to-cluster scatter. The X-ray
observable-total mass relations for our simulated sample agree with the Chandra
measurements to \~10%-20% in normalization. We show that this systematic
difference could be caused by the subsonic gas motions, unaccounted for in
X-ray hydrostatic mass estimates. The much improved agreement of simulations
and observations in the ICM profiles and scaling relations is encouraging and
the existence of tight relations of X-ray observables, such as Yx, and total
cluster mass and the simple redshift evolution of these relations hold promise
for the use of clusters as cosmological probes.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures. Matches version accepted to Ap
Non-resonant direct p- and d-wave neutron capture by 12C
Discrete gamma-rays from the neutron capture state of 13C to its low-lying
bound states have been measured using pulsed neutrons at En = 550 keV. The
partial capture cross sections have been determined to be 1.7+/-0.5,
24.2+/-1.0, 2.0+/-0.4 and 1.0+/-0.4 microb for the ground (1/2-), first (1/2+),
second (3/2-) and third (5/2+) excited states, respectively. From a comparison
with theoretical predictions based on the non-resonant direct radiative capture
mechanism, we could determine the spectroscopic factor for the 1/2+ state to be
0.80 +/- 0.04, free from neutron-nucleus interaction ambiguities in the
continuum. In addition we have detected the contribution of the non-resonant
d-wave capture component in the partial cross sections for transitions leading
to the 1/2- and 3/2- states. While the s-wave capture dominates at En < 100
keV, the d-wave component turns out to be very important at higher energies.
From the present investigation the 12C(n,gamma)13C reaction rate is obtained
for temperatures in the range 10E+7 - 10E+10 K.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C. - 16 pages + 8 figure
Capturing characteristics of the conceptual ideation process of master crafts persons to inform design education: a comparative study of rural craft practitioners in Indonesia and in the UK
At the very early stage of idea generation, allegedly, a master craftsperson encounters cognitive dissonance to maintain beliefs/mindsets from various conceptual stimuli. We aim to capture the underlying form of cognition by examining the structure of thoughts collected from the subjective conceptualisation. A think-aloud protocol was employed to obtain verbalised thoughts of both Indonesian and UK master craftsmen. The keywords of verbalised thoughts were evaluated and extracted using a list of typical mindsets. The evaluated keywords were then analysed by means of a conceptual network to reproduce a model of the individual's mental state. This study discovered that Indonesian master craftsmen's conceptualisation is greatly influenced by the strong typical mindsets of object-attribute that emphasise rationale and mastery, which stimulates a pragmatic viewpoint. Furthermore, UK master craftsmen's conceptualisation greatly considers strong typical mindsets of object-attribute that emphasise wisdom and passionate, which indicates a rigorous mind. This paper reveals that both pragmatic and rigorous mindsets can create potential or barriers for creative cognitive resources
Limb-Brightened Jet of 3C 84 Revealed by the 43-GHz Very-Long-Baseline-Array Observation
We present a study of sub-pc scale radio structure of the radio galaxy 3C
84/NGC 1275 based on the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data at 43 GHz. We
discover a limb-brightening in the "restarted" jet associated with the 2005
radio outburst. In the 1990s, the jet structure was ridge-brightening rather
than limb-brightening, despite the observations being done with similar angular
resolution. This indicates that the transverse jet structure has changed
recently. This change in the morphology shows an interesting agreement with the
-ray flux increase, i.e., the -ray flux in 1990s was at least
seven times lower than the current one. One plausible explanation for the
limb-brightening is the velocity structure of the jet in the context of the
stratified jet, which is a successful scenario to explain the -ray
emission in some active galactic nuclei (AGNs). If this is the case, the change
in apparent transverse structure might be caused by the change in the
transverse velocity structure. We argue the possibility that the transition
from ridge-brightening to limb-brightening is related to the -ray time
variability on the timescale of decades. We also discuss the collimation
profile of the jet.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for Publication in Ap
Liveness-Driven Random Program Generation
Randomly generated programs are popular for testing compilers and program
analysis tools, with hundreds of bugs in real-world C compilers found by random
testing. However, existing random program generators may generate large amounts
of dead code (computations whose result is never used). This leaves relatively
little code to exercise a target compiler's more complex optimizations.
To address this shortcoming, we introduce liveness-driven random program
generation. In this approach the random program is constructed bottom-up,
guided by a simultaneous structural data-flow analysis to ensure that the
generator never generates dead code.
The algorithm is implemented as a plugin for the Frama-C framework. We
evaluate it in comparison to Csmith, the standard random C program generator.
Our tool generates programs that compile to more machine code with a more
complex instruction mix.Comment: Pre-proceedings paper presented at the 27th International Symposium
on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation (LOPSTR 2017), Namur,
Belgium, 10-12 October 2017 (arXiv:1708.07854
Modeling the iron oxides and oxyhydroxides for the prediction of environmentally sensitive phase transformations
Iron oxides and oxyhydroxides are challenging to model computationally as
competing phases may differ in formation energies by only several kJ/mol, they
undergo magnetization transitions with temperature, their structures may
contain partially occupied sites or long-range ordering of vacancies, and some
loose structures require proper description of weak interactions such as
hydrogen bonding and dispersive forces. If structures and transformations are
to be reliably predicted under different chemical conditions, each of these
challenges must be overcome simultaneously, while preserving a high level of
numerical accuracy and physical sophistication. Here we present comparative
studies of structure, magnetization, and elasticity properties of iron oxides
and oxyhydroxides using density functional theory calculations with plane-wave
and locally-confined-atomic-orbital basis sets, which are implemented in VASP
and SIESTA packages, respectively. We have selected hematite, maghemite,
goethite, lepidocrocite, and magnetite as model systems from a total of 13
known iron oxides and oxyhydroxides; and use same convergence criteria and
almost equivalent settings in order to make consistent comparisons. Our results
show both basis sets can reproduce the energetic stability and magnetic
ordering, and are in agreement with experimental observations. There are
advantages to choosing one basis set over the other, depending on the intended
focus. In our case, we find the method using PW basis set most appropriate, and
combine our results to construct the first phase diagram of iron oxides and
oxyhydroxides in the space of competing chemical potentials, generated entirely
from first principlesComment: 46 pages - Accepted for publication in PRB (19 journal pages),
January 201
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