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Principles of general final-state resummation and automated implementation
Next-to-leading logarithmic final-state resummed predictions have
traditionally been calculated, manually, separately for each observable. In
this article we derive NLL resummed results for generic observables. We
highlight and discuss the conditions that the observable should satisfy for the
approach to be valid, in particular continuous globalness and recursive
infrared and collinear safety. The resulting resummation formula is expressed
in terms of certain well-defined characteristics of the observable. We have
written a computer program, CAESAR, which, given a subroutine for an arbitrary
observable, determines those characteristics, enabling full automation of a
large class of final-state resummations, in a range of processes.Comment: 111 pages. 6 figures, JHEP class included. Section 1 contains a guide
to reading the article; results obtained with CAESAR are available at
http://qcd-caesar.org; v2 includes substantial new explanatory material
(expansion of section 2, new appendices D & E), additional references, and
corrects misprint
A new procedure to analyze RNA non-branching structures
RNA structure prediction and structural motifs analysis are challenging tasks in the investigation of RNA function. We propose a novel procedure to detect structural motifs shared between two RNAs (a reference and a target). In particular, we developed two core modules: (i) nbRSSP_extractor, to assign a unique structure to the reference RNA encoded by a set of non-branching structures; (ii) SSD_finder, to detect structural motifs that the target RNA shares with the reference, by means of a new score function that rewards the relative distance of the target non-branching structures compared to the reference ones. We integrated these algorithms with already existing software to reach a coherent pipeline able to perform the following two main tasks: prediction of RNA structures (integration of RNALfold and nbRSSP_extractor) and search for chains of matches (integration of Structator and SSD_finder)
The nature and strength of inter-layer binding in graphite
We computed the inter-layer bonding properties of graphite using an ab-initio
many body theory. We carried out variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo
calculations and found an equilibrium inter-layer binding energy in good
agreement with most recent experiments. We also analyzed the behavior of the
total energy as a function of interlayer separation at large distances
comparing the results with the predictions of the random phase approximation.Comment: 5 pages; to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Dielectric Response of Periodic Systems from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
We present a novel approach that allows to calculate the dielectric response
of periodic systems in the quantum Monte Carlo formalism. We employ a many-body
generalization for the electric enthalpy functional, where the coupling with
the field is expressed via the Berry-phase formulation for the macroscopic
polarization. A self-consistent local Hamiltonian then determines the
ground-state wavefunction, allowing for accurate diffusion quantum Monte Carlo
calculations where the polarization's fixed point is estimated from the average
on an iterative sequence, sampled via forward-walking. This approach has been
validated for the case of an isolated hydrogen atom, and then applied to a
periodic system, to calculate the dielectric susceptibility of
molecular-hydrogen chains. The results found are in excellent agreement with
the best estimates obtained from the extrapolation of quantum-chemistry
calculations.Comment: 5 page 2figure
How bright is the proton? A precise determination of the photon parton distribution function
It has become apparent in recent years that it is important, notably for a
range of physics studies at the Large Hadron Collider, to have accurate
knowledge on the distribution of photons in the proton. We show how the photon
parton distribution function (PDF) can be determined in a model-independent
manner, using electron-proton () scattering data, in effect viewing the
process as an electron scattering off the photon field of the
proton. To this end, we consider an imaginary, beyond Standard Model process
with a flavour changing photon-lepton vertex. We write its cross section in two
ways, one in terms of proton structure functions, the other in terms of a
photon distribution. Requiring their equivalence yields the photon distribution
as an integral over proton structure functions. As a result of the good
precision of data, we constrain the photon PDF at the level of 1-2% over a
wide range of momentum fractions.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures; v3 includes small textual changes and an updated
CT14 comparison in Fig. 4, as published. LUXqed_PDF4LHC15_nnlo_100 set
available from LHAPDF, further information at http://cern.ch/luxqed
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