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Quantum Films Adsorbed on Graphite: Third and Fourth Helium Layers
Using a path-integral Monte Carlo method for simulating superfluid quantum
films, we investigate helium layers adsorbed on a substrate consisting of
graphite plus two solid helium layers. Our results for the promotion densities
and the dependence of the superfluid density on coverage are in agreement with
experiment. We can also explain certain features of the measured heat capacity
as a function of temperature and coverage.Comment: 13 pages in the Phys. Rev. two-column format, 16 Figure
Site Specific Management: The Pros, the Cons, and the Realities
Site specific management (SSM) for agriculture involves the variable management of soils and crops according to localized conditions within a field. Known by many other names, such as Grid Farming , Farming by Soils or Variable Rate Technology (VRT), SSM is a rapidly emerging set of technologies that allow farmers to manage their soils and crops on-the-go as equipment moves across a field. In essence, SSM is about doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, in the right way. Thus, SSM is intuitively appealing because it represents a means of improving the economic and environmental performance of cropping systems. However, while proponents of SSM will endorse its great potential, the fact is that SSM is an emerging technology that is best described as still in its infancy. Thus, at this stage in its development, SSM has its strengths (Pros) and its weaknesses (Cons) which in combination clearly define the current status of SSM for agriculture (Realities). What follows is a brief overview describing some essential elements of SSM and the degree to which these elements have or have not been developed
Anomalous prompt photon production in hadronic collisions at low-
We investigate the discrepancy that exists at low- between
the next--to--leading order QCD calculations of prompt photon production and
the measured cross section. The central values of the measured cross section
are of order 100\% larger than QCD predictions in this region. It has been
suggested that the bremsstrahlung contribution may account for this
discrepancy. The quark fragmentation function has not been
measured and an exactly known asymptotic form is normally used in calculations.
We examine the effect of much larger fragmentation functions on the QCD
predictions. After illustrating the effect of the large fragmentation functions
in some detail for recent CDF data at =1.8~TeV, we perform a
fit to 8 prompt photon data sets ranging in CMS energy from 24~GeV to 1.8~TeV.
While a large fragmentation function normalization may prove to play an
important role in resolving the discrepancy, the present theoretical and
experimental uncertainties prevent any definite normalization value from being
determined.Comment: 14 pages, LBL-33122 and UCB-PTH-92/38. 13 figures available by email,
specify postscript or topdrawe
Radiative corrections to the Higgs boson decay rate in the minimal supersymmetric model
We consider radiative corrections to the decay rate
of the heavy {\it CP}-even Higgs boson of the minimal supersymmetric model to
two bosons. We perform a one loop Feynman diagram calculation in the
on-mass-shell renormalization scheme, and include the third generation of
quarks and squarks. The tree level rate is suppressed by a mixing angle factor
and decreases as for large . The corrected rate overcomes this
suppression and increases with for ~GeV. The corrections can
be very large and depend in detail on the top squark masses and -term, as
well as the supersymmetric Higgs mass parameter .Comment: 22 pages, 9 figures available from authors, UCB-PTH-92/23 and
LBL-3249
The Sound of Sonoluminescence
We consider an air bubble in water under conditions of single bubble
sonoluminescence (SBSL) and evaluate the emitted sound field nonperturbatively
for subsonic gas-liquid interface motion. Sound emission being the dominant
damping mechanism, we also implement the nonperturbative sound damping in the
Rayleigh-Plesset equation for the interface motion. We evaluate numerically the
sound pulse emitted during bubble collapse and compare the nonperturbative and
perturbative results, showing that the usual perturbative description leads to
an overestimate of the maximal surface velocity and maximal sound pressure. The
radius vs. time relation for a full SBSL cycle remains deceptively unaffected.Comment: 25 pages; LaTex and 6 attached ps figure files. Accepted for
publication in Physical Review
Baryogenesis with Superheavy Squarks
We consider a setup where R-parity is violated in the framework of split
supersymmetry. The out-of-equilibrium decays of heavy squarks successfully lead
to the generation of a baryon asymmetry. We restrict the R-parity violating
couplings to the baryon number violating subset to keep the neutralino
sufficiently stable to provide the dark matter. The observed baryon asymmetry
can be generated for squark masses larger than 10^11 GeV, while neutralino dark
matter induces a stronger bound of 10^13 GeV. Some mass splitting between left-
and right-handed squarks may be needed to satisfy also constraints from gluino
cosmology.Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX, 4 figure
Comparative validation of the IPAQ and the 7-Day PAR among women diagnosed with breast cancer
BACKGROUND: The criterion-related validity and measurement bias of the long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was compared to the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall (PAR). METHODS: Participants were women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and enrolled in the ongoing Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study. Women (N = 159, average age 57 years) wore an accelerometer for one week and then completed the IPAQ or the PAR. RESULTS: The validity correlation of the PAR was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than the IPAQ (0.73 vs. 0.33, respectively). The PAR and IPAQ overestimated total physical activity by 13% vs. 247%, respectively. The PAR had better sensitivity (p = 0.14) and specificity (p < .01) than the IPAQ (100% vs. 71% and 84% vs. 59%, respectively) in predicting attainment of the ACSM physical activity guideline. CONCLUSION: The PAR was superior to the IPAQ in terms of validity, measurement bias, and screening statistics
Detection of Neutralino Annihilation Photons from External Galaxies
We consider neutralino annihilation in dense extragalactic systems known to
be dominated by dark matter, in particular M87 and several local dwarf
spheroidal galaxies. These annihilations can produce energetic gamma rays which
may be visible to atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes. We explore the
supersymmetric parameter space, and compute the expected flux of gamma--rays
coming from these objects. It is shown that some parts of the parameter space
lead to a signal observable with the next generation of Cerenkov telescopes,
provided the supersymmetric dark matter has a clumpy structure, as may be
expected in a hierarchical scenario for structure formation.Comment: revtex: 13 pages, 9 figure
Production and Two-photon Decay of the MSSM Scalar Higgs Bosons at the LHC
We consider the production and two-photon decay of the -even Higgs bosons
( and ) of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) at the
Large Hadron Collider. We study in detail the dependence of the cross section
on various parameters of the MSSM, especially the dependence on the mixing
effects in the squark sector due to the Higgs bilinear parameter and the
soft supersymmetry breaking parameter . We find that the cross section for
the production of these Higgs bosons has a significant dependence on the
parameters which determine the chiral mixing in the squark sector. The cross
section times the two-photon branching ratio of is of the order of
15--25~fb in much of the parameter space that remains after imposing the
present experimental constraints. For the the two-photon branching ratio
is only significant if the is light, but then the cross section times the
branching ratio may exceed 200~fb. The QCD corrections due to quark loop
contributions are known to increase the cross section by 50\%. We find the
dependence of the cross section on the gluon distribution function used to be
rather insignificant.Comment: 16 pages, LaTex, plus 9 uuencoded figures attached Full ps file
available at ftp://vsfys1.fi.uib.no/anonymous/pub/ as nordita-9548.ps or
nordita-9548.ps-gz or via http://vsfys1.fi.uib.no/thpubl/publications.htm
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