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Pricing tranched credit products with generalized multifactor models
The market for tranched credit products (CDOs, Itraxx tranches) is one of the fastest growing
segments in the credit derivatives industry. However, some assumptions underlying the standard
Gaussian onefactor
pricing model (homogeneity, single factor, Normality), which is the pricing
standard widely used in the industry, are probably too restrictive. In this paper we generalize the
standard model by means of a two by two model (two factors and two asset classes). We assume
two driving factors (business cycle and industry) with independent tStudent
distributions,
respectively, and we allow the model to distinguish among portfolio assets classes. In order to
illustrate the estimation of the parameters of the model, an empirical application with Moody's
data is also included
Neutrino mixing and masses in a left-right model with mirror fermions
In the framework of a left-right model containing mirror fermions with gauge
group SU(3),
we estimate the neutrino masses, which are found to be consistent with their
experimental bounds and hierarchy. We evaluate the decay rates of the Lepton
Flavor Violation (LFV) processes , and . We obtain upper limits for the
flavor-changing branching ratios in agreement with their present experimental
bounds. We also estimate the decay rates of heavy Majorana neutrinos in the
channels , and , which are roughly equal for large values of the heavy
neutrino mass. Starting from the most general Majorana neutrino mass matrix,
the smallness of active neutrino masses turns out from the interplay of the
hierarchy of the involved scales and the double application of seesaw
mechanism. An appropriate parameterization on the structure of the neutrino
mass matrix imposing a symmetric mixing of electron neutrino with muon and tau
neutrinos leads to Tri-bimaximal mixing matrix for light neutrinos.Comment: Accepted by European Physical Journal
Remarks on the representation theory of the Moyal plane
We present an explicit construction of a unitary representation of the
commutator algebra satisfied by position and momentum operators on the Moyal
plane.Comment: 10 pages, minor changes, refs. adde
On the noncommutative eikonal
We study the eikonal approximation to quantum mechanics on the Moyal plane.
Instead of using a star product, the analysis is carried out in terms of
operator-valued wavefunctions depending on noncommuting, operator-valued
coordinates.Comment: 18 page
Neutrino masses and mixing parameters in a left-right model with mirror fermions
In this work we consider a left-right model containing mirror fermions with
gauge group SU(3). The model has several free parameters which here we have
calculated by using the recent values for the squared-neutrino mass
differences. Lower bound for the mirror vacuum expectation value helped us to
obtain crude estimations for some of these parameters. Also we estimate the
order of magnitude of the masses of the standard and mirror neutrinos.Comment: 13 pages, version submitted to European Physical Journal
Magnetoelectric coupling in polycrystalline FeVO4
We report coupling between magnetic and electric orders for antiferromagnetic
polycrystalline FeVO4 in which magnetism-induced polarization has been recently
found in noncollinear antiferromagnetic state below the second
antiferromagnetic phase transition at TN2=15.7K. In this low symmetry phase
space group P-1, the magnetic field dependence of electric polarization
evidences a clear magnetoelectric coupling in the noncollinear spin-configured
antiferromagnetic phase. The discontinuity of magnetodielectric effect observed
at the vicinity of the polar to nonpolar transition evidences competition
between different magnetodielectric couplings in the two different
antiferromagnetic states. The existence of thermal expansion anomaly near TN2
and magnetostriction effect support magnetoelastically mediated scenario of the
observed magnetoelectric effect.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, Phys. Rev. B 80, 172103 (2009
Crescimento de Araucaria angustifolia na Reserva Florestal Embrapa/EPAGRI, Caçador, SC.
A Floresta Ombrófila Mista (FOM) é uma das fitofisionomias mais ameaçadas da área de domínio da Mata Atlântica, apresentando grande importância ecológico-econômica. Apesar disso, ainda existem lacunas de conhecimento sobre a produtividade primária, o crescimento e a dinâmica de espécies importantes, como a Araucaria angustifolia. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo estudar o crescimento anual de Araucaria angustifolia, nativa do Município de Caçador, SC, pela medição dos anéis de crescimento. A contagem e medição dos anéis de crescimento foram feitas com o auxílio de um microscópio estereoscópico, em baguetas de 0,5 cm de diâmetro, coletadas de 32 árvores adultas. As medições foram feitas com o medidor de anéis de crescimento LINTAB, com precisão de 0,01 mm. O comprimento das amostras é irregular, tendo variado de 4,2 cm a 20,2 cm. As árvores apresentaram diâmetro médio de 76,3 cm, variando de 10,7 cm a 141,3 cm. O incremento diamétrico periódico dos últimos 10 anos foi de 0,40 cm, variando de 0,11 cm a 1,15 cm. Observou-se variação de crescimento entre os diferentes indivíduos, mas houve uma tendência de redução do ritmo de crescimento nas árvores maiores, sendo mais evidente em árvores com mais 110 cm de diâmetro.Nota Científica
Formal Visual Modeling of Real-Time Systems in e-Motions: Two Case Studies
e-Motions is an Eclipse-based visual timed model transformation framework
with a Real-Time Maude semantics that supports the usual Maude formal analysis
methods, including simulation, reachability analysis, and LTL model checking.
e-Motions is characterized by a novel and powerful set of constructs for
expressing timed behaviors. In this paper we illustrate the use of these
constructs --- and thereby implicitly investigate their suitability to define
real-time systems in an intuitive way --- to define and formally analyze two
prototypical and very different real-time systems: (i) a simple round trip time
protocol for computing the time it takes a message to travel from one node to
another, and back; and (ii) the EDF scheduling algorithm.Comment: In Proceedings AMMSE 2011, arXiv:1106.596
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