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Electronic marking and identification techniques to discourage document copying
Modern computer networks make it possible to distribute documents quickly and economically by electronic means rather than by conventional paper means. However, the widespread adoption of electronic distribution of copyrighted material is currently impeded by the ease of illicit copying and dissemination. In this paper we propose techniques that discourage illicit distribution by embedding each document with a unique codeword. Our encoding techniques are indiscernible by readers, yet enable us to identify the sanctioned recipient of a document by examination of a recovered document. We propose three coding methods, describe one in detail, and present experimental results showing that our identification techniques are highly reliable, even after documents have been photocopied
Looking for a light Higgs boson in the overlooked channel
The final state obtained when a Higgs boson decays to a photon and a Z boson
has been mostly overlooked in current searches for a light Higgs boson.
However, when the Z boson decays leptonically, all final state particles in
this channel can be measured, allowing for accurate reconstructions of the
Higgs mass and angular correlations. We determine the sensitivity of the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) running at center of masses energies of 8 and 14 TeV to
Standard Model (SM) Higgs bosons with masses in the 120 - 130 GeV range. For
the 8 TeV LHC, sensitivity to several times the the SM cross section times
branching ratio may be obtained with 20 inverse femtobarns of integrated
luminosity, while for the 14 TeV LHC, the SM rate is probed with about 100
inverse femtobarns of integrated luminosity.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Improves on version 1 in that 8 and 14 TeV LHC
running is considered, the case of a 125 GeV Higgs is treated specifically,
and the effect of an additional jet in the final state has been taken into
account in studying experimental sensitivit
The Inability of Ambipolar Diffusion to set a Characteristic Mass Scale in Molecular Clouds
We investigate the question of whether ambipolar diffusion (ion-neutral
drift) determines the smallest length and mass scale on which structure forms
in a turbulent molecular cloud. We simulate magnetized turbulence in a mostly
neutral, uniformly driven, turbulent medium, using a three-dimensional,
two-fluid, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code modified from Zeus-MP. We find that
substantial structure persists below the ambipolar diffusion scale because of
the propagation of compressive slow MHD waves at smaller scales. Contrary to
simple scaling arguments, ambipolar diffusion thus does not suppress structure
below its characteristic dissipation scale as would be expected for a classical
diffusive process. We have found this to be true for the magnetic energy,
velocity, and density. Correspondingly, ambipolar diffusion leaves the clump
mass spectrum unchanged. Ambipolar diffusion appears unable to set a
characteristic scale for gravitational collapse and star formation in turbulent
molecular clouds.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures. ApJ accepte
Towards a High Energy Theory for the Higgs Phase of Gravity
Spontaneous Lorentz violation due to a time-dependent expectation value for a
massless scalar has been suggested as a method for dynamically generating dark
energy. A natural candidate for the scalar is a Goldstone boson arising from
the spontaneous breaking of a U(1) symmetry. We investigate the low-energy
effective action for such a Goldstone boson in a general class of models
involving only scalars, proving that if the scalars have standard kinetic terms
then at the {\em classical} level the effective action does not have the
required features for spontaneous Lorentz violation to occur asymptotically in an expanding FRW universe. Then we study the large limit of
a renormalizable field theory with a complex scalar coupled to massive
fermions. In this model an effective action for the Goldstone boson with the
properties required for spontaneous Lorentz violation can be generated.
Although the model has shortcomings, we feel it represents progress towards
finding a high energy completion for the Higgs phase of gravity.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures;fixed typos and added reference
Laser-induced charging of microfabricated ion traps
Electrical charging of metal surfaces due to photoelectric generation of
carriers is of concern in trapped ion quantum computation systems, due to the
high sensitivity of the ions' motional quantum states to deformation of the
trapping potential. The charging induced by typical laser frequencies involved
in doppler cooling and quantum control is studied here, with microfabricated
surface electrode traps made of aluminum, copper, and gold, operated at 6 K
with a single Sr ion trapped 100 m above the trap surface. The lasers
used are at 370, 405, 460, and 674 nm, and the typical photon flux at the trap
is 10 photons/cm/sec. Charging is detected by monitoring the ion's
micromotion signal, which is related to the number of charges created on the
trap. A wavelength and material dependence of the charging behavior is
observed: lasers at lower wavelengths cause more charging, and aluminum
exhibits more charging than copper or gold. We describe the charging dynamic
based on a rate equation approach.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
The influence of composition, annealing treatment, and texture on the fracture toughness of Ti-5Al-2.5Sn plate at cryogenic temperatures
The plane strain fracture toughness K sub Ic and conventional tensile properties of two commercially produced one-inch thick Ti-5Al-2.5Sn plates were determined at cryogenic temperatures. One plate was extra-low interstitial (ELI) grade, the other normal interstitial. Portions of each plate were mill annealed at 1088 K (1500 F) followed by either air cooling or furnace cooling. The tensile properties, flow curves, and K sub Ic of these plates were determined at 295 K (room temperature), 77 K (liquid nitrogen temperature), and 20 K (liquid hydrogen temperature)
Hydrogen bonding in substituted nitroanilines : isolated nets in 1,3-diamino-4-nitrobenzene and continuously interwoven nets in 3,5-dinitroaniline
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Enhancement of Copper Sorption through Acid Blue 29 Treated Oil Palm Pressed Fibres
The removal of cupric ions from aqueous solution by natural and dyecoated palm pressed fibres was studied. Sorption was both pH and concentration dependent. The equilibrium data followed the Langmuir isotherm model with maximum copper sorption capacities of 2.41 and 7.71 mg/g for natural and dye-treated fibres respectively. The presence of
other metal ions inhibited copper uptake in the following order Pb> Zn > Ni. The suppressing effects of chelators correspond to their log K values. Column studies showed that bed-depth had a more pronounced
effect on copper sorption than flow rate
Binding of Basic Dyes by the Algae, Chara aspera
Non-living biomass of the algae Chara aspera is capable of binding two basic dyes, methylene blue and basic blue 3, from aqueous solution. Factors such as dye concentration, contact time, sorbent dosage and pH of solution were
studied. Maximum sorption capacities of the algae for methylene blue and basic blue 3 are 139.4 and 17.8 mg/g, respectively, as determined from the
Langmuir isothenns
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