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Higgs mediated lepton flavor violating tau decays and in effective theories
The size of the branching ratios for the and decays induced by a lepton flavor violating Higgs
interaction is studied in the frame of effective field theories.
The best constraint on the vertex, derived from the know
measurement on the muon anomalous magnetic moment, is used to impose the upper
bounds and , which are more stringent than current experimental
limits on this class of transitions.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Effects of the second virial coefficient on the adiabatic lapse rate of dry atmospheres
We study the effect of the second virial coefficient on the adiabatic lapse
rate of a dry atmosphere. To this end, we compute the corresponding adiabatic
curves, the internal energy, and the heat capacity, among other thermodynamic
parameters. We apply these results to Earth, Mars, Venus, Titan, and the
exoplanet G1 851d, considering three physically relevant virial coefficients in
each case: the hard-sphere, van der Waals, and the square-well potential. These
examples illustrate under which atmospheric conditions the effect of the second
virial coefficient is relevant. Taking the latter into account yields
corrections towards the experimental values of the lapse rates of Venus and
Titan in some instances.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures. Comments are welcom
Hydrogen and muonium in diamond: A path-integral molecular dynamics simulation
Isolated hydrogen, deuterium, and muonium in diamond have been studied by
path-integral molecular dynamics simulations in the canonical ensemble.
Finite-temperature properties of these point defects were analyzed in the range
from 100 to 800 K. Interatomic interactions were modeled by a tight-binding
potential fitted to density-functional calculations. The most stable position
for these hydrogenic impurities is found at the C-C bond center. Vibrational
frequencies have been obtained from a linear-response approach, based on
correlations of atom displacements at finite temperatures. The results show a
large anharmonic effect in impurity vibrations at the bond center site, which
hardens the vibrational modes with respect to a harmonic approximation.
Zero-point motion causes an appreciable shift of the defect level in the
electronic gap, as a consequence of electron-phonon interaction. This defect
level goes down by 70 meV when replacing hydrogen by muonium.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Isotope effects on the lattice parameter of cubic SiC
Path-integral molecular dynamics simulations in the isothermal-isobaric (NPT)
ensemble have been carried out to study the dependence of the lattice parameter
of 3C-SiC upon isotope mass. This computational method allows a quantitative
and nonperturbative study of such anharmonic effect. Atomic nuclei were treated
as quantum particles interacting via a tight-binding-type potential. At 300 K,
the difference Delta a between lattice parameters of 3C-SiC crystals with 12C
and 13C amounts to 2.1 x 10^{-4} A. The effect due to Si isotopes is smaller,
and amounts to 3.5 x 10^{-5} A when replacing 28Si by 29Si. Results of the PIMD
simulations are interpreted in terms of a quasiharmonic approximation for the
lattice vibrations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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