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Generalized top-spin analysis and new physics in collisions with beam polarization
A generalized top-spin analysis proposed some time ago in the context of
Standard Model and subsequently studied in varying contexts is now applied
primarily to the case of with transversely
polarized beams. This extends our recent work with new physics couplings of
scalar () and tensor () types. We carry out a comprehensive analysis
assuming only the electron beam to be transversely polarized, which is
sufficient to probe these interactions, and also eliminates any azimuthal
angular dependence due to standard model or new physics of vector () and
axial-vector () type interactions. We then consider new physics of general
four-Fermi type of and type with both beams transversely polarized and
discuss implications with longitudinal polarization as well. The generalized
spin bases are all investigated in the presence of either longitudinal or
transverse beam polarization to look for appreciable deviation from the SM
prediction in case of the new physics. 90% confidence level limits are obtained
on the interactions for the generalized spin bases with realistic integrated
luminosity. In order to achieve this we present a general discussion based on
helicity amplitudes and derive a general transformation matrix that enables us
to treat the spin basis. We find that beamline basis combined with transverse
polarization provides an excellent window of opportunity both for , and
, new physics, followed by the off diagonal basis. The helicity basis is
shown to be the best in case of longitudinal polarization to look for new
physics effectsdue to and .Comment: 21 pages using revtex4-
Grand Challenges of Traceability: The Next Ten Years
In 2007, the software and systems traceability community met at the first
Natural Bridge symposium on the Grand Challenges of Traceability to establish
and address research goals for achieving effective, trustworthy, and ubiquitous
traceability. Ten years later, in 2017, the community came together to evaluate
a decade of progress towards achieving these goals. These proceedings document
some of that progress. They include a series of short position papers,
representing current work in the community organized across four process axes
of traceability practice. The sessions covered topics from Trace Strategizing,
Trace Link Creation and Evolution, Trace Link Usage, real-world applications of
Traceability, and Traceability Datasets and benchmarks. Two breakout groups
focused on the importance of creating and sharing traceability datasets within
the research community, and discussed challenges related to the adoption of
tracing techniques in industrial practice. Members of the research community
are engaged in many active, ongoing, and impactful research projects. Our hope
is that ten years from now we will be able to look back at a productive decade
of research and claim that we have achieved the overarching Grand Challenge of
Traceability, which seeks for traceability to be always present, built into the
engineering process, and for it to have "effectively disappeared without a
trace". We hope that others will see the potential that traceability has for
empowering software and systems engineers to develop higher-quality products at
increasing levels of complexity and scale, and that they will join the active
community of Software and Systems traceability researchers as we move forward
into the next decade of research
Top-spin analysis of new scalar and tensor interactions in e^+ e^- collisions with beam polarization
We utilize top polarization in the process e+ e-\rightarrow t\bar{t} at the
ILC with transverse beam polarization to probe interactions of the scalar and
tensor type beyond the standard model and to disentangle their individual
contributions. 90% confidence level limits on the interactions with realistic
integrated luminosity are presented and are found to improve by an order of
magnitude compared to the case when the spin of the top quark is not measured.
Sensitivities of the order of a few times 10^{-3} TeV^{-2} for real and
imaginary parts of both scalar and tensor couplings at \sqrt{s}=500 and 800 GeV
with an integrated luminosity of 500 fb^{-1} and completely polarized beams is
shown to be possible. A powerful model-independent framework for inclusive
measurements is employed to describe the spin-momentum correlations and their
C, P and T properties is presented in a technical appendix.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, uses revtex; replaced with version accepted for
publication in Physical Review D; significantly rewritten and reformulated,
section added, inclusive section moved to appendix, reference adde
In re Harrods Ltd.: The Brussels Convention and the Proper Application of Forum Non Conveniens to Non-Contracting States
Although the doctrine of forum non conveniens is unknown in Continental legal systems, Community law does not prevent English courts from preserving their discretion to stay proceedings, in conflicts involving a defendant domiciliary, in favor of more appropriate courts in a non-Contracting State. Where the provisions of the Brussels Convention do not address a legal question, the answer must be sought in the objectives and scheme of the Convention. The English Court of Appeals in Harrods properly understood that Community law does not require ritualistic reliance on the Convention\u27s jurisdiction conferring provisions in cases involving a defendant domiciled in a Contracting State and the jurisdiction of a court in a non-Contracting State
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