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Polarization in Top Quark Production and Decay near Threshold
Theoretical results are presented for top quarks produced in annihilation of
polarized electrons on positrons. Polarization studies for pairs near
threshold are free from hadronization ambiguities. This is due to the short
lifetime of the top quark. Semileptonic decays are discussed as well as their
applications in studying polarization dependent processes involving top quarks.
The Green function formalism is applied to production at future
colliders with polarized beams. Lippmann--Schwinger equation is solved
numerically for the QCD chromostatic potential given by the two-loop formula at
large momentum transfers and Richardson ansatz at intermediate and small ones.
The polarization dependent momentum distributions of top quarks and their decay
products are calculated.Comment: 6 pages, LaTex (uses epsf.sty, 2 figures appended as uuencoded ps
files). The complete paper, including figures, is also available via
anonymous ftp at ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de (129.13.102.139) as
/ttp94-24/ttp94-24.ps, or via www at
http://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/preprints.html
IT program management challenges: insights from programs that ran into difficulties
The use of Information Technology (IT) to drive organizational change has gained momentum in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and currently culminates in a vivid discussion on what many call “Digital Transformation”. It is not surprising then that practitioners seek guidance on how to manage such transformation. Professional bodies have addressed this need by issuing best practice standards for Program Management (PgM), but we know little about their value in managing programs in general and IT programs in particular. Academic research on IT PgM is still in its very infancy. Taking this as motivation, we have investigated the challenges that managers faced in five IT programs that encountered problems. Our analysis reveals a set of management issues and shortcomings including, among others, a lack of architectural overview, difficulties in dealing with scope changes, stakeholder interest, diverse business groups and cultures, as well as a lack of internal PgM competences and unclear management responsibilities. In this paper, based on our findings, we present a first checklist for managing IT programs across their life cycle. Though still tentative and not necessarily comprehensive, we were able to confirm that our checklist provides relevant guidance for managing IT programs in practice
IT program management challenges: insights from programs that ran into difficulties
The use of Information Technology (IT) to drive organizational change has gained momentum in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and currently culminates in a vivid discussion on what many call “Digital Transformation”. It is not surprising then that practitioners seek guidance on how to manage such transformation. Professional bodies have addressed this need by issuing best practice standards for Program Management (PgM), but we know little about their value in managing programs in general and IT programs in particular. Academic research on IT PgM is still in its very infancy. Taking this as motivation, we have investigated the challenges that managers faced in five IT programs that encountered problems. Our analysis reveals a set of management issues and shortcomings including, among others, a lack of architectural overview, difficulties in dealing with scope changes, stakeholder interest, diverse business groups and cultures, as well as a lack of internal PgM competences and unclear management responsibilities. In this paper, based on our findings, we present a first checklist for managing IT programs across their life cycle. Though still tentative and not necessarily comprehensive, we were able to confirm that our checklist provides relevant guidance for managing IT programs in practice
The polarization of Lyman alpha radiation produced in charge transfer collisions between protons and the inert gases
Polarization of Lyman alpha radiation in proton collisions with helium, argon, and neon atom
The polarization of Lyman alpha radiation produced by direct excitation of hydrogen atoms by proton impact
Lyman alpha radiation measurement in collision between protons and hydrogen atom
Eine empirische Untersuchung von Kosteneinflußfaktoren bei integrationsorientierten Reengineering-Projekten
Die Zusammenhänge zwischen Merkmalen eines Software-Altsystems und den daraus resultierenden Kosten für bestimmte Reengineering-Aktivitäten sind nahezu unerforscht. Der vorliegende Arbeitsbericht schildert die experimentelle Untersuchung von drei ausgewählten Einflußfaktoren bei einer für das integrationsorientierte Reengineering typischen Aufgabenstellung. Untersucht wurden die Wirkungen der Komplexität des Quelltexts, der Dokumentiertheit der Datenstrukturen sowie der Verfügbarkeit von Tages- bzw. Testdaten
Y - EN ; Questions pour des champions
Adapted for the synchronous online teaching environment. Can also be used face-to-face with an element of competition between teams within a group
Customary Law in Common Law Systems
Summaries How can the idea of the ‘rule of law’ be made a reality for ordinary people in African countries where customary law still underpins popular experience of ‘law as practice’? It is argued that the idea of law itself should include all non?state ‘normative orders’ that are known, acceptable and pre?determined, as well as state law. What is called customary law is often closer to observed social norms (practised law) than the state law imported by colonialism, and indeed evolves in line with social and economic change, particularly in the field of land tenure. Any notion of the rule of law must support the institutions of customary law. One problem, however, is that in any country there are many different bodies of customary law particular to different localities, regions, cultures. This diversity must be both researched and recognised
Low scale B-L extension of the Standard Model at the LHC
The fact that neutrinos are massive indicates that the Standard Model (SM)
requires extension. We propose a low energy (<TeV) B-L extension of the SM,
which is based on the gauge group SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L x U(1)_Y x U(1)_{B-L}. We
show that this model provides a natural explanation for the presence of three
right-handed neutrinos in addition to an extra gauge boson and a new scalar
Higgs. Therefore, it can lead to very interesting phenomenological implications
different from the SM results which can be tested at the LHC. Also we analyze
the muon anomalous magnetic moment in this class of models. We show that
one-loop with exchange Z' may give dominant new contribution ~ few x 10^{-11}.Comment: 12 page
Polarization in Top Quark Pair Production near Threshold
The polarization dependent momentum distributions of top quarks and their
decay products are calculated for production at future
colliders with polarized beams. The Green function formalism is applied to this
reaction near energy threshold. The Lippmann--Schwinger equations for the
-wave and -wave Green functions are solved numerically for the QCD
chromostatic potential given by the two-loop formula at large momentum
transfers and Richardson ansatz at intermediate and small ones. It is
demonstrated that for the longitudinally polarized electron beam an optimally
polarized sample of top quarks can be produced.Comment: 11 pages, LaTex (uses epsf.sty, 3 ps-figures appended as extra
uuencoded file). The complete paper, including figures, is also available via
anonymous ftp at ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ttp94-28/ttp94-28.ps,
or via www at http://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/preprints.htm
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