The Top Triangle Moose

We introduce a deconstructed model that incorporates both Higgsless and top-color mechanisms. The model alleviates the typical tension in Higgsless models between obtaining the correct top quark mass and keeping delta-rho small. It does so by singling out the top quark mass generation as arising from a Yukawa coupling to an effective top-Higgs which develops a small vacuum expectation value, while electroweak symmetry breaking results largely from a Higgsless mechanism. As a result, the heavy partners of the SM fermions can be light enough to be seen at the LHC

Understanding structure of concurrent actions

Whereas most work in reinforcement learning (RL) ignores the structure or relationships between actions, in this paper we show that exploiting structure in the action space can improve sample efficiency during exploration. To show this we focus on concurrent action spaces where the RL agent selects multiple actions per timestep. Concurrent action spaces are challenging to learn in especially if the number of actions is large as this can lead to a combinatorial explosion of the action space. This paper proposes two methods: a first approach uses implicit structure to perform high-level action elimination using task-invariant actions; a second approach looks for more explicit structure in the form of action clusters. Both methods are context-free, focusing only on an analysis of the action space and show a significant improvement in policy convergence times

Topcolor in the LHC Era

Ongoing LHC searches for the standard model Higgs Boson in WW or ZZ decay modes strongly constrain the top-Higgs state predicted in many models with new dynamics that preferentially affects top quarks. Such a state couples strongly to top-quarks, and is therefore produced through gluon fusion at a rate that can be greatly enhanced relative to the rate for the standard model Higgs boson. As we discuss in this talk, a top-Higgs state with mass less than 300 GeV is excluded at 95% CL if the associated top-pion has a mass of 150 GeV, and the constraint is even stronger if the mass of the top-pion state exceeds the top-quark mass or if the top-pion decay constant is a substantial fraction of the weak scale. These results have significant implications for theories with strong top dynamics, such as topcolor-assisted technicolor, top-seesaw models, and certain Higgsless models

True Neutrality as a New Type of Flavour

A classification of leptonic currents with respect to C-operation requires the separation of elementary particles into the two classes of vector C-even and axial-vector C-odd character. Their nature has been created so that to each type of lepton corresponds a kind of neutrino. Such pairs are united in families of a different C-parity. Unlike the neutrino of a vector type, any C-noninvariant Dirac neutrino must have his Majorana neutrino. They constitute the purely neutrino families. We discuss the nature of a corresponding mechanism responsible for the availability in all types of axial-vector particles of a kind of flavour which distinguishes each of them from others by a true charge characterized by a quantum number conserved at the interactions between the C-odd fermion and the field of emission of the corresponding types of gauge bosons. This regularity expresses the unidenticality of truly neutral neutrino and antineutrino, confirming that an internal symmetry of a C-noninvariant particle is described by an axial-vector space. Thereby, a true flavour together with the earlier known lepton flavour predicts the existence of leptonic strings and their birth in single and double beta decays as a unity of flavour and gauge symmetry laws. Such a unified principle explains the availability of a flavour symmetrical mode of neutrino oscillations.Comment: 19 pages, LaTex, Published version in IJT

Determination of the Gyrotropic Characteristics of Hexaferrite Ceramics From 75 to 600 GHz

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Extended conjugated microporous polymers for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water

Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) have been used as photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor. The relative importance of the linker geometry, the co-monomer linker length, and the degree of planarisation were studied with respect to the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate

Proposal for a Performance Dashboard for the Monitoringof Water and Sewage Service Companies (WaSCs)

The water and sewage industry provides an essential service to the community, but it is characterized by natural monopoly tendencies of service suppliers. In this framework, it is very important to assist regulators with a small set of critical indicators (performance dashboard) for the evaluation and monitoring of the service provided by Water and Sewage Companies (WaSCs). The paper originates from the analysis of situation of Piemonte (Italy), where each regional and local body adopts a proprietary Performance Measurement System (PMS). In order to improve the coordination of information flow and to support the definition of common service standards, a methodology to merge existing PMSs and define a unique shared reference system is proposed. The Kaplan and Norton's Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is adopted as the reference model of this approach. BSC is widely recognized to be an exhaustive and balanced framework in describing the performances of an organization and ensures that all the operational aspects of WaSCs are adequately monitored. The output of the proposed procedure is a general performance dashboard for the monitoring of WaSCs. The dashboard is shown and some remarks about indicators properties are developed. In particular, this analysis highlights some common pitfalls originated by a ‘rushed' aggregation of several performance indicators. Description is supported by several example

Questions on uncertainties in parton distributions

A discussion is presented of the manner in which uncertainties in parton distributions and related quantities are determined. One of the central problems is the criteria used to judge what variation of the parameters describing a set of partons is acceptable within the context of a global fit. Various ways of addressing this question are outlined

Optimisation du dimensionnement des systèmes photovoltaïques, amélioration de leur rendement énergétique à travers des nouvelles techniques d’installation

Le sujet que nous traitons dans cet article est une comparaison de l’énergie reçue par des photovoltaïques (PV) sur deux installations différentes. Nous réalisons deux installations de supports de panneau solaire ; l’un est mobile et capable de se tourner dans deux directions différentes ; et l’autre est fixé et orienté selon une seule direction. A Antsiranana, le soleil passe au Nord environ huit (08) mois sur douze (12). C’est la raison pour laquelle l’installation du support fixe de panneau solaire est orientée vers le Nord. Toutefois, cette technique présente un faible rendement lorsque le soleil passe au Sud. Ainsi, l’idée de rendre mobile le support est envisagé pour palier à cet inconvénient. Le nouveau support peut s’orienter suivant l’Est-ouest et Nord-sud ou vis-versa. Ces orientations sont gérées par un module électronique programmable. En relevant les résultats des mesures obtenus sur les deux installations, nous remarquons une nette amélioration du rendement pour le support mobile. Ce dernier présent de rendement minimum de plus de 5% au mauvais temps et de 18% au temps ensoleillé par rapport à celle du support fixe.Mots-clés: capteur de lumière, support Mobile, microcontrôleur Atmega8, énergie solaire. Optimization of the design of photovoltaic systems, improve their energy efficiency through new installationThis paper is treated a comparison of the energy received by solar panels using two different installations. We realize two stands for solar panel; the first one is able to turn following different directions; and the other is fixed and which is oriented at a single angle. In Antsiranana, the sun spends in the north about 08 months. That is the reason why the supports of photovoltaic panels are oriented to the north. However, this technique presents a low yield when the sun goes south. So the idea to make mobile the support have been realized to overcome this inconvenient. The new support can move along the East-West and North-South or vice-versa. These guidelines are managed by a programmable electronic module. Noting the results of measurements on the two facilities, we notice a significant improvement in performance for mobile support. Compared to the fixed support, the mobile panel provides minimum yield for about 5% high in bad weather and 18% more for the sunny.Keywords: light sensor, mobile support, microcontroller Atmega8, solar energy