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Pairs-Production of Higgs in Association with Bottom Quarks Pairs at Colliders
In a previous paper, we studied the Higgs pair production in the standard
model with the reaction . Based on this, we study
the Higgs pair production via . We evaluate the
total cross section of and calculate the number total of events
considering the complete set of Feynman diagrams at tree-level, and compare
this process with the process . The numerical
computation is done for the energy which is expected to be available at a
possible Next Linear Collider with a center-of-mass energy and luminosity 1000 .Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
A time-reversal suboptimal detector for underwater acoustic barriers
This paper proposes an experimental setup composed
of two interconnected vertical arrays: one transmit only
array (TOA) and a receive only array (ROA). It is shown that
using the time reversal principle, where the ocean is used as
a spatial matched filter, signal energy can be simultaneously
focused on each ROA hydrophone and thus obtain the detector
output by simple summation of the received energy over the
array. This setup effectively configures a multistatic system with
several transmitters and several receivers coherently processed
both in time and space. Simulations using a ray trace propagation
model combined with a naive scattering formulation show that
the obtained empirical detection probability is close to the
theoretical optimal bound derived assuming space - time white
Gaussian noise. This system was tested in a sea trial that
took place during September 2007 in the Hopav°agen Bay near
Trondheim, Norway. The actual setup was composed of a 2
sources TOA on a shallow area of 8 m depth near the shore
and a 16 receivers ROA approximately 100 m apart in a 8 to
25 m depth range dependent duct. The transmitted signals were
200 ms duration LFMs with 3 kHz bandwidths in two frequency
bands centered on 5 and 10 kHz. The results obtained in realistic
conditions show that a 1.7 m2 hard plate could be detected
when placed across the barrier. Several results are presented and
compared with the theoretical values. Although the system can be
significantely improved, in particular by using more populated
source and receiving arrays, it is believed that these results can
be reproduced at sea in harbor like conditions
Evidence for Multiple Phase Transitions in La_1-xCa_xCoO_3
We report thermal-expansion and specific-heat data of the series
La_1-xCa_xCoO_3 for 0 <= x <= 0.3. For x = 0 the thermal-expansion coefficient
alpha(T) features a pronounced maximum around T = 50 K caused by a
temperature-dependent spin-state transition from a low-spin state (S=0) at low
temperatures towards a higher spin state of the Co^3+ ions. The partial
substitution of the La^3+ ions by divalent Ca^2+ ions causes drastic changes in
the macroscopic properties of LaCoO_3. Around x ~ 0.125 the large maximum in
alpha(T) has completely vanished. With further increasing x three different
anomalies develop
Reconstruction of the second layer of Ag on Pt(111)
The reconstruction of an Ag monolayer on Ag/Pt(111) is analyzed
theoretically, employing a vertically extended Frenkel-Kontorova model whose
parameters are derived from density functional theory. Energy minimization is
carried out using simulated quantum annealing techniques. Our results are
compatible with the STM experiments, where a striped pattern is initially found
which transforms into a triangular reconstruction upon annealing. In our model
we recognize the first structure as a metastable state, while the second one is
the true energy minimum
PyMes: las grandes organizaciones del mañana, ¿ISO la solución del hoy?.
Resumen: En este articulo abordaremos el tema de la importancia que es para las empresas desarrollarse a la par de sus competidores, así como de las posibles exigencias de sus clientes, buscando las mejores herramientas de acuerdo a sus posibilidades financieras, enfocando este análisis a las PyMes (Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas). Esto se debe a que las empresas que buscan crecer dependen del compromiso de sus empleados, así como del desarrollo de sus procesos buscando su disminuir la variación. Este artículo enunciará las opciones de crecimiento de las Pymes, al buscar la certificación, estandarización y la implementación de sus procesos, con
la ayuda de normas de estandarización, como la ISO 9000. Todo esto tomando en cuenta el compromiso total de su personal en todos los niveles, dado que no existir tal compromiso, para la organización solo será tomado tal proceso como un gasto innecesario y no como una inversión de crecimiento de la misma
Range-dependent regularization of travel-time tomography based on theoretical modes
Travel time inversion is a fundamental method of Ocean Acoustic Tomography, for the estimation of perturbations in sound speed. By discretizing the watercolumn into a system of layers, the method allows to introduce a system of linear equations, relating a known vector of perturbations in travel time, to an unknown vector of perturbations in sound speed, through the so-called \observation matrix". Inverting the system allows to determine a solution, which estimates the perturbation in sound speed in each layer of the watercolumn. However, in most problems of practical interest, the number of unknowns (i.e. the perturbations in sound speed) is larger that the number of equations (which correspond to the number of delays in travel time), which implies that inverting the system of linear equations can be viewed as an ill-posed problem. The discussion presented in this paper illustrates an approach to the problem of inversion, which is based on the usage of theoretical modes. Further, it is shown that for a range-dependent perturbation in sound speed, which corresponds to a superposition of plane waves, the inversion problem can be regularized (i.e. the system of linear equations can be rewritten in order to deal
with more equations than unknowns) by estimating only the amplitudes and phases of the linear waves. Particular examples are given for simulated and real data
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