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Trileptons from Chargino-Neutralino Production at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
We study direct production of charginos and neutralinos at the CERN Large
Hadron Collider. We simulate all channels of chargino and neutralino production
using ISAJET 7.07. The best mode for observing such processes appears to be
pp\to\tw_1\tz_2\to 3\ell +\eslt. We evaluate signal expectations and
background levels, and suggest cuts to optimize the signal. The trilepton mode
should be viable provided m_{\tg}\alt 500-600~GeV; above this mass, the decay
modes \tz_2\to\tz_1 Z and \tz_2\to H_{\ell}\tz_1 become dominant, spoiling
the signal. In the first case, the leptonic branching fraction for decay is
small and additional background from is present, while in the second case,
the trilepton signal is essentially absent. For smaller values of ,
the trilepton signal should be visible above background, especially if
and m_{\tell}\ll m_{\tq}, in which case the leptonic
decays of \tz_2 are enhanced. Distributions in dilepton mass
can yield direct information on neutralino masses due to
the distribution cutoff at m_{\tz_2}-m_{\tz_1}. Other distributions that may
lead to an additional constraint amongst the chargino and neutralino masses are
also examined.Comment: preprint nos. FSU-HEP-940310 and UH-511-786-94, 13 pages (REVTEX)
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The design and implementation of a meaning driven data query language
We present the design and implementation of a Meaning Driven Data Query Language - MDDQL - which aims at the construction of queries through system made suggestions
of natural language based query terms for both scientific
application domain terms and operator/operation ones. A query construction blackboard is used where query language
terms are suggested to the user in its preferred natural
language and in a name centered way, together with their connotation. This helps in understanding the meaning of the terms and/or operators or operations to be included in the query. Furthermore, the construction of the query turns out to be an incremental refinement of the query under construction through semantic constraints, where only those domain language terms and/or operators/operations are suggested which result into meaningful combinations of query terms as related to the scientific application domain
semantics. Therefore, semantically meaningless queries can be prevented during the query construction. Such a semantics aware mechanism is not available in conventional database query languages such as SQL, where one is allowed to execute a query calculating, for example, the average of numerical data values whereas they represent the codes of categorical values. Moreover, no familiarity with the semantics of complex database schemes or interpretation
of the symbols (names of classes/tables/attributes, value codes) underlying the storage model, as well as familiarity with the syntax of a database specific query language are needed by the end-user. The constructed query can be submitted to the MDDQL query interpretation and transformation engine, where the corresponding SQL-query
is generated and delegated to a DBMS (e.g., Oracle, MSAccess, SQL-Server). Generation of SQL-statements addressing NF2 data models such as those provided by the
object-relational Oracle DBMS is also enabled. The query
result is presented in a table based form where all storage
model symbols are interpreted and can be exported for the
usage with statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS)
Assessment of flywheel energy storage for spacecraft power systems
The feasibility of inertial energy storage in a spacecraft power system is evaluated on the basis of a conceptual integrated design that encompasses a composite rotor, magnetic suspension, and a permanent magnet (PM) motor/generator for a 3-kW orbital average payload at a bus distribution voltage of 250 volts dc. The conceptual design, which evolved at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), is referred to as a Mechanical Capacitor. The baseline power system configuration selected is a series system employing peak-power-tracking for a Low Earth-Orbiting application. Power processing, required in the motor/generator, provides a potential alternative configurations that can only be achieved in systems with electrochemical energy storage by the addition of power processing components. One such alternative configuration provides for peak-power-tracking of the solar array and still maintains a regulated bus, without the expense of additional power processing components. Precise speed control of the two counterrotating wheels is required to reduce interaction with the attitude control system (ACS) or alternatively, used to perform attitude control functions. Critical technologies identified are those pertaining to the energy storage element and are prioritized as composite wheel development, magnetic suspension, motor/generator, containment, and momentum control. Comparison with a 3-kW, 250-Vdc power system using either NiCd or NiH2 for energy storage results in a system in which inertial energy storage offers potential advantages in lifetime, operating temperature, voltage regulation, energy density, charge control, and overall system weight reduction
Neutralino, axion and axino cold dark matter in minimal, hypercharged and gaugino AMSB
Supersymmetric models based on anomaly-mediated SUSY breaking (AMSB)
generally give rise to a neutral wino as a WIMP cold dark matter (CDM)
candidate, whose thermal abundance is well below measured values. Here, we
investigate four scenarios to reconcile AMSB dark matter with the measured
abundance: 1. non-thermal wino production due to decays of scalar fields ({\it
e.g} moduli), 2. non-thermal wino production due to decays of gravitinos, 3.
non-thermal wino production due to heavy axino decays, and 4. the case of an
axino LSP, where the bulk of CDM is made up of axions and thermally produced
axinos. In cases 1 and 2, we expect wino CDM to constitute the entire measured
DM abundance, and we investigate wino-like WIMP direct and indirect detection
rates. Wino direct detection rates can be large, and more importantly, are
bounded from below, so that ton-scale noble liquid detectors should access all
of parameter space for m_{\tz_1}\alt 500 GeV. Indirect wino detection rates via
neutrino telescopes and space-based cosmic ray detectors can also be large. In
case 3, the DM would consist of an axion plus wino admixture, whose exact
proportions are very model dependent. In this case, it is possible that both an
axion and a wino-like WIMP could be detected experimentally. In case 4., we
calculate the re-heat temperature of the universe after inflation. In this
case, no direct or indirect WIMP signals should be seen, although direct
detection of relic axions may be possible. For each DM scenario, we show
results for the minimal AMSB model, as well as for the hypercharged and gaugino
AMSB models.Comment: 29 pages including 13 figure
MDDQL-Stat: data querying and analysis through integration of intentional and extensional semantics
We would like to present a prototype system enabling a
rather empirical than a formal approach to the problem
of posing queries to a semantically rich (quality aspects,
semantic distance, etc.) data integration system {G,S,M} (Global schema, Sources, Mediation) through integration
not only of intensional but also of extensional semantics.
While the first is provided by an alphabet Ag, as given by
an ontology based global schema G, and a high level query
language (conjunction/disjunction + inequalities + statistical operations), the latter enables synthesizing of data source specific and previously transformed query results according to well-defined set operations for heterogeneous, distributed data sources. Our approach contrasts with other GAV (Global-As-View) related architectures for mediation of integrated read-only views, in that it simplifies query processing while preserving flexibility when adding new data sources, despite the inherited complexity of mappings due to enhanced semantic description of data (semantic distance, quality parameters, etc.) such that statistical results and comparisons become more meaningful
Hidden SUSY at the LHC: the light higgsino-world scenario and the role of a lepton collider
While the SUSY flavor, CP and gravitino problems seem to favor a very heavy
spectrum of matter scalars, fine-tuning in the electroweak sector prefers low
values of superpotential mass \mu. In the limit of low \mu, the two lightest
neutralinos and light chargino are higgsino-like. The light charginos and
neutralinos may have large production cross sections at LHC, but since they are
nearly mass degenerate, there is only small energy release in three-body
sparticle decays. Possible dilepton and trilepton signatures are difficult to
observe after mild cuts due to the very soft p_T spectrum of the final state
isolated leptons. Thus, the higgsino-world scenario can easily elude standard
SUSY searches at the LHC. It should motivate experimental searches to focus on
dimuon and trimuon production at the very lowest p_T(\mu) values possible. If
the neutralino relic abundance is enhanced via non-standard cosmological dark
matter production, then there exist excellent prospects for direct or indirect
detection of higgsino-like WIMPs. While the higgsino-world scenario may easily
hide from LHC SUSY searches, a linear e^+e^- collider or a muon collider
operating in the \sqrt{s}\sim 0.5-1 TeV range would be able to easily access
the chargino and neutralino pair production reactions.Comment: 20 pages including 12 .eps figure
A semantics based interactive query formulation technique
We present an interactive query formulation technique
which enables exploitation not only of structural properties
of data but also of semantic constraints as posed by the contents of data. The technique aims at the formulation of a semantically consistent or meaningful query by the end-user without any previous knowledge of syntax formalisms and
data model semantics. This has been achieved by end-user
guidance in that an inference engine suggests semantically
rich query terms for further consideration by the end-user.
The set of suggested terms at each interaction stage comply
with the already considered query terms with respect to
structure and contents based semantics. Assignment or selection of operational terms are also allowed, if operational semantics comply with the semantics of data. The interactive query formulation component has been implemented in Java and runs on the client side of a client/server based query answering system architecture
Neutralino dark matter in mSUGRA/CMSSM with a 125 GeV light Higgs scalar
The minimal supergravity (mSUGRA or CMSSM) model is an oft-used framework for
exhibiting the properties of neutralino (WIMP) cold dark matter (CDM). However,
the recent evidence from Atlas and CMS on a light Higgs scalar with mass
m_h\simeq 125 GeV highly constrains the superparticle mass spectrum, which in
turn constrains the neutralino annihilation mechanisms in the early universe.
We find that stau and stop co-annihilation mechanisms -- already highly
stressed by the latest Atlas/CMS results on SUSY searches -- are nearly
eliminated if indeed the light Higgs scalar has mass m_h\simeq 125 GeV.
Furthermore, neutralino annihilation via the A-resonance is essentially ruled
out in mSUGRA so that it is exceedingly difficult to generate
thermally-produced neutralino-only dark matter at the measured abundance. The
remaining possibility lies in the focus-point region which now moves out to
m_0\sim 10-20 TeV range due to the required large trilinear soft SUSY breaking
term A_0. The remaining HB/FP region is more fine-tuned than before owing to
the typically large top squark masses. We present updated direct and indirect
detection rates for neutralino dark matter, and show that ton scale noble
liquid detectors will either discover mixed higgsino CDM or essentially rule
out thermally-produced neutralino-only CDM in the mSUGRA model.Comment: 17 pages including 9 .eps figure
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