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Evading the Few TeV Perturbative Limit in 3-3-1 Models
Some versions of the electroweak SU(3)_L\otimesU(1)_X models cannot be
treated within perturbation theory at energies of few TeV. An extended version
for these models is proposed which is perturbative even at TeV scale posing no
threatening inconsistency for test at future colliders. The extension presented
here needs the addition of three octets of vector leptons, which leave three
new leptonic isotriplets in the SU(2)_L\otimesU(1)_Y subgroup. With this
representation content the running of the electroweak mixing angle, , is such that decreases with the increase of the
energy scale , when only the light states of the Standard Model group are
considered. The neutral exotic gauge boson marks then a new symmetry
frontier.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures, minor correction
Five-Dimensional QED, Muon Pair Production and Correction to the Coulomb Potential
We consider QED in five dimensions in a configuration where matter is
localized on a 3-brane while foton propagates in the bulk. The idea is to
investigate the effects of the Kaluza-Klein modes of the photon in the
relativistic regime, but in low energy, and in the nonrelativistic regime. In
the relativistic regime, we calculate the cross section for the reaction . We compare our theoretical result with a precise
measurement of this cross section at GeV. As result, we
extract a lower bound on the size of the extra dimension. In the
nonrelativistic regime, we derive the contribution for the Coulomb potential
due to the whole tower of the Kaluza-Klein excited modes of the photon. We use
the modified potential to calculate the Rutherford scattering differential
cross section.Comment: minor changes, three new refs. added, to appear in IJMP
Singular diffusion and criticality in a confined sandpile
We investigate the behavior of a two-state sandpile model subjected to a
confining potential in one and two dimensions. From the microdynamical
description of this simple model with its intrinsic exclusion mechanism, it is
possible to derive a continuum nonlinear diffusion equation that displays
singularities in both the diffusion and drift terms. The stationary-state
solutions of this equation, which maximizes the Fermi-Dirac entropy, are in
perfect agreement with the spatial profiles of time-averaged occupancy obtained
from model numerical simulations in one as well as in two dimensions.
Surprisingly, our results also show that, regardless of dimensionality, the
presence of a confining potential can lead to the emergence of typical
attributes of critical behavior in the two-state sandpile model, namely, a
power-law tail in the distribution of avalanche sizes.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Type II Seesaw and a Gauge Model for the Bimaximal Mixing Explanation of Neutrino Puzzles
We present a gauge model for the bimaximal mixing pattern among the neutrinos
that explains both the atmospheric and solar neutrino data via large angle
vacuum oscillation among the three known neutrinos. The model does not include
righthanded neutrinos but additional Higgs triplets which acquire naturally
small vev's due to the type II seesaw mechanism. A combination of global
and symmetries constrain the mass matrix for both
charged leptons and neutrinos in such a way that the bimaximal pattern emerges
naturally at the tree level and needed splittings among neutrinos at the one
loop level. This model predicts observable branching ratios for , which could be used to test it.Comment: Latex file, 8 pages, five figures include
Quimerismo 60,xx/60,xy e freemartismo em bovinos nascidos de partos gemelares heterossexuais.
Foram estudados citogeneticamente 42 bovinos nascidos de partos gemelares heterossexuais, sendo 10 casais, 19 fêmeas e três machos de várias raças, principalmente, Holandesa (17) e Pardo Suíça (11), pertencentes ao Instituto de Zootecnia-APTA, Nova Odessa, SP, e a produtores particulares de outras regiões do Estado. A análise citogenética foi realizada em metáfases obtidas após culturas de linfócitos. Em 90,5% (38) dos animais, foi observado o quimerismo 60,XX/ 60,XY com 1,8 a 90,2% de células femininas. Considerando todos os animais quiméricos, foram analisadas 3806 células, sendo 1268 XX (33,3%) e 2538 XY (66,7%). Em nove casais, as freqüências de células femininas foram 24,8 e 21,5% e as de masculinas de 75,2 e 78,5% para fêmeas e machos, respectivamente. Em um casal, não foi evidenciada troca de células, e a fêmea apresentou somente células de linhagem feminina e o macho, de linhagem masculina. Três das fêmeas avaliadas eram adultas e foram abatidas. Seus aparelhos genitais apresentaram vários graus de masculinização como: aumento do clitóris, subdesenvolvimento da vagina, da cérvix (ausente em uma fêmea), do útero, das tubas uterinas, presença de glândulas vesiculares e gônadas ovotestis, (testículos e pênis rudimentares foram encontrados em uma fêmea). O cariótipo 60,XX foi observado em apenas três fêmeas das 29 analisadas: duas delas apresentaram todas as características de fêmea normal e inclusive pariram com aproximadamente 30 meses de idade; a outra fêmea ainda não atingiu a idade de reprodução, mas parece apresentar função reprodutiva normal. Dos 13 machos analisados, 12 apresentaram quimerismo 60,XX/60,XY e um apresentou cariótipo normal (60,XY). A análise citogenética é um meio eficaz e pouco oneroso de constatar freemartismo em fêmea bovina gêmea com macho, permitindo o diagnóstico precoce e a oportunidade de eliminação do processo reprodutivo os animais portadores de quimerismo, de maneira a baixar os custo com manejo e a diminuir a freqüência desta anomalia nos rebanhos
Neutrino Decay and Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in a 3-3-1 Model
In this work we show that the implementation of spontaneous breaking of the
lepton number in the 3-3-1 model with right-handed neutrinos gives rise to fast
neutrino decay with majoron emission and generates a bunch of new contributions
to the neutrinoless double beta decay.Comment: Version accepted for publication in the Phys. Rev.
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