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Theoretical studies in interstellar cloud chemistry
This final report represents the completion of the three tasks under the purchase order no. SCPDE5620,1,2F. Chemical composition of gravitationally contracting, but otherwise quiescent, interstellar clouds and of interstellar clouds traversed by high velocity shocks, were modeled in a comprehensive manner that represents a significant progress in modeling these objects. The evolutionary chemical modeling, done under this NASA contract, represents a notable advance over the 'classical' fixed condition equilibrium models because the evolutionary models consider not only the chemical processes but also the dynamical processes by which the dark interstellar clouds may have assumed their present state. The shock calculations, being reported here, are important because they extend the limited chemical composition derivable from dynamical calculations for the total density and temperature structures behind the shock front. In order to be tractable, the dynamical calculations must severely simplify the chemistry. The present shock calculations take the shock profiles from the dynamical calculations and derive chemical composition in a comprehensive manner. The results of the present modeling study are still to be analyzed with reference to astronomical observational data and other contemporary model predictions. As far as humanly possible, this analysis will be continued with CRE's (Creative Research Enterprises's) IR&D resources, until a sponsor is found
Genetic algorithm design of neural network and fuzzy logic controllers
Genetic algorithm design of neural network and fuzzy logic controller
Rephasing invariance and the neutrino mu-tau symmetry
The vacuum neutrino mixing is known to exhibit an approximate
symmetry, which was shown to be preserved for neutrino propagating in matter.
This symmetry reduces the neutrino transition probabilities to very simple
forms when expressed in a rephasing invariant parametrization introduced
earlier. Applications to long baseline experiments are discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
Density profiles of supernova matter and determination of neutrino parameters
The flavor conversion of supernova neutrinos can lead to observable
signatures related to the unknown neutrino parameters. As one of the
determinants in dictating the efficiency of resonant flavor conversion, the
local density profile near the MSW resonance in a supernova environment is,
however, not so well understood. In this analysis, variable power-law functions
are adopted to represent the independent local density profiles near the
locations of resonance. It is shown that the uncertain matter density profile
in a supernova, the possible neutrino mass hierarchies, and the undetermined
1-3 mixing angle would result in six distinct scenarios in terms of the
survival probabilities of and . The feasibility of
probing the undetermined neutrino mass hierarchy and the 1-3 mixing angle with
the supernova neutrinos is then examined using several proposed experimental
observables. Given the incomplete knowledge of the supernova matter profile,
the analysis is further expanded to incorporate the Earth matter effect. The
possible impact due to the choice of models, which differ in the average energy
and in the luminosity of neutrinos, is also addressed in the analysis.Comment: 27 pages, 10 figures. text and figures revised, references added, to
appear in Phys. Rev.
Flavor Mixing and the Permutation Symmetry among Generations
In the standard model, the permutation symmetry among the three generations
of fundamental fermions is usually regarded to be broken by the Higgs
couplings. It is found that the symmetry is restored if we include the mass
matrix parameters as physical variables which transform appropriately under the
symmetry operation. Known relations between these variables, such as the
renormalization group equations, as well as formulas for neutrino oscillations
(in vacuum and in matter), are shown to be covariant tensor equations under the
permutation symmetry group.Comment: 12 page
Rephasing invariance and neutrino mixing
A rephasing invariant parametrization is introduced for three flavor neutrino
mixing. For neutrino propagation in matter, these parameters are shown to obey
evolution equations as functions of the induced neutrino mass. These equations
are found to preserve (approximately) some characteristic features of the
mixing matrix, resulting in solutions which exhibit striking patterns as the
induced mass varies. The approximate solutions are compared to numerical
integrations and found to be quite accurate.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figure
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