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One pion events by atmospheric neutrinos: A three flavor analysis
We study the one-pion events produced via neutral current (NC) and charged
current (CC) interactions by the atmospheric neutrinos. We analyze the ratios
of these events in the framework of oscillations between three neutrino
flavors. The ratios of the CC events induced by to that of the NC
events and a similar ratio defined with help us in distinguishing the
different regions of the neutrino parameter space.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures (separate postscript files
Health within the Leeds Roma Community: Final Report
This report illustrates the findings from a piece of health-related research carried out within the Roma community in Leeds in 2012. The research aimed to explore Roma community member’s health status and associated health needs. Based upon data gathered from questionnaires and focus groups with Roma community members and interview data from health professionals working with them, this report presents evidence from the data gathered. The findings reported here relate to the migrant population of Roma resident within the UK, not the indigenous Gypsy and Traveller population of the UK. UK and Irish Travellers, despite sharing common experiences to the Roma in terms of discrimination and exclusion, are a distinct community and are not of Roma origin and thus are not the focus of this report
Determining the sign of at long baseline neutrino experiments
Recently it is advocated that high intensity and low energy neutrino beams should be built to probe the mixing angle to
a level of a few parts in . Experiments using such beams will have better
signal to background ratio in searches for oscillations. We
propose that such experiments can also determine the sign of even
if the beam consists of {\it neutrinos} only. By measuring the transitions in two different energy ranges, the effects due to
propagation of neutrinos through earth's crust can be isolated and the sign of
can be determined. If the sensitivity of an experiment to
is , then the same experiment is automatically sensitive to matter
effects and the sign of for values of .Comment: Title changed and paper rewritten. 4 pages, 1 figure, revte
Nonstoichiometric doping and Bi antisite defect in single crystal Bi2Se3
We studied the defects of Bi2Se3 generated from Bridgman growth of
stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric self-fluxes. Growth habit, lattice size,
and transport properties are strongly affected by the types of defect
generated. Major defect types of Bi_Se antisite and partial Bi_2-layer
intercalation are identified through combined studies of direct atomic-scale
imaging with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) in conjunction
with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDX), X-ray diffraction, and
Hall effect measurements. We propose a consistent explanation to the origin of
defect type, growth morphology, and transport property.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Cement dust pollution on growth and yield attributes of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Increased concentration of cement dust pollutants causes invisible injuries like progressive decline in the physiological process such as photosynthetic ability and respiration rate of leaves. Similarly, visible injuries such as closure leaf stomata, a marked reduction in growth and productivity were observed due to cement dust. The present study particularly discriminate the effect of cement dust deposition on soil and over the vegetation and its consequences effect on groundnut crop, which is popularly grown in and around the vicinity of cement industry. The present research work focused on growth biochemical and yield responses of groundnut due to cement dust deposition. The cement dust artificially sprayed on the plant surface with different levels. All the morphological and biochemical and yield parameters were analyzed. Morphological parameters Root length, Shoot Length, Total leaf area, fresh and dry weight were inhibited in high dose of cement deposition when compare control plant. Biochemical parameters such as chlorophylls Carotenoid Protein Amino acid and   total sugar were decreased in cement sprayed plants when compare in untreated plant. The highest amount of all biochemical content which present in control set and lowest one recorded in 20g/pot sprayed with cement dust. pH and Iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and manganese that are prominent in cement dust were found to be higher in concentration in the polluted soil. And zinc, copper and nitrogen were lower concentration. This indicates the extent to which the soil was polluted by cement dust, in addition to that the pH of gradually increased due the effect of cement dust when compare to control soil. Alkaline nature of cement dust reduce the absorption of mineral substances form the soil its leads to changes in the plant physiology and morphology
Correlation between tunneling magnetoresistance and magnetization in dipolar coupled nanoparticle arrays
The tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) of a hexagonal array of dipolar coupled
anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles is studied using a resistor network model
and a realistic micromagnetic configuration obtained by Monte Carlo
simulations. Analysis of the field-dependent TMR and the corresponding
magnetization curve shows that dipolar interactions suppress the maximum TMR
effect, increase or decrease the field-sensitivity depending on the direction
of applied field and introduce strong dependence of the TMR on the direction of
the applied magnetic field. For off-plane magnetic fields, maximum values in
the TMR signal are associated with the critical field for irreversible rotation
of the magnetization. This behavior is more pronounced in strongly interacting
systems (magnetically soft), while for weakly interacting systems (magnetically
hard) the maximum of TMR (Hmax) occurs below the coercive field (Hc), in
contrast to the situation for non-interacting nanoparticles or in-plane fields
(Hmax=Hc). The relation of our simulations to recent TMR measurements in
self-assembled Co nanoparticle arrays is discussed.Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Effect of cement dust pollution on germination and growth of groundnut
Air pollution has been described as an additional stress on plants since they often respond to atmospheric contamination in the same way as they respond to drought and other environment stress. The role of air pollutants causing injury to plants either by direct toxic effect or modifying the host physiology rendering it more susceptible to infection. In severe case of pollution, the injury symptoms were expressed as foliar necrosis or completely disappearance of the plant. In that way the present research work carried out cement dust pollution on germination growth and biochemical of groudnut. The cement dust artificially sprayed on the plant surface with different levels. All the morphological and biochemical were analyzed. Morphological parameters Root length, Shoot Length,  and dry weight were inhibited in high dose of cement deposition when compare control plant. The highest amount of all biochemical content which present in control set and lowest one recorded in 25g/pot sprayed with cement dust
Probing the matter term at long baseline experiments
We consider (\nu_\mu --> \nu_e) oscillations in long baseline experiments
within a three flavor framework. A non-zero measurement of this oscillation
probability implies that the (13) mixing angle `phi' is non-zero. We consider
the effect of neutrino propagation through the matter of earth's crust and show
that, given the constraints from solar neutrino and CHOOZ data, matter effects
enhance the mixing for neutrinos rather than for anti-neutrinos. We need data
from two different experiments with different baseline lengths (such as K2K and
MINOS) to distinguish matter effects unambiguously.Comment: 9 pages including three figure
Nonequilibrium spin distribution in single-electron transistor
Single-electron transistor with ferromagnetic outer electrodes and
nonmagnetic island is studied theoretically. Nonequilibrium electron spin
distribution in the island is caused by tunneling current. The dependencies of
the magnetoresistance ratio on the bias and gate voltages show the
dips which are directly related to the induced separation of Fermi levels for
electrons with different spins. Inside a dip can become negative.Comment: 11 pages, 2 eps figure
Spin-accumulation in small ferromagnetic double barrier junctions
The non-equilibrium spin accumulation in ferromagnetic double barrier
junctions is shown to govern the transport in small structures. Transport
properties of such systems are described by a generalization of the theory of
the Coulomb blockade. The spin accumulation enhances the magnetoresistance. The
transient non-linear transport properties are predicted to provide a unique
experimental evidence of the spin-accumulation in the form of a reversed
current on time scales of the order of the spin-flip relaxation time.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in PR
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