234 research outputs found
Phase Transition in a Stochastic Forest Fire Model and Effects of the Definition of Neighbourhood
We present results on a stochastic forest fire model, where the influence of
the neighbour trees is treated in a more realistic way than usual and the
definition of neighbourhood can be tuned by an additional parameter.
This model exhibits a surprisingly sharp phase transition which can be
shifted by redefinition of neighbourhood. The results can also be interpreted
in terms of disease-spreading and are quite unsettling from the epidemologist's
point of view, since variation of one crucial parameter only by a few percent
can result in the change from endemic to epidemic behaviour.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figure
119Sn solid state NMR and M\"ossbauer spectroscopic studies of the intermediate-valent stannide CeRuSn
The ternary stannide CeRuSn is a static mixed-valent cerium compound with an
or-dering of trivalent and intermediate-valent cerium on two distinct
crystallographic sites. 119Sn M\"ossbauer spectra showed two electronically
almost identical tin atoms at 323 K, while at 298 K and below (77 and 4.2 K)
two tin sites can clearly be distinguished. 119Sn solid state NMR experiments
are performed to probe the local hyperfine fields at the two different Sn
sites. 119Sn NMR powder spectra are nicely fitted with two Sn sites with nearly
the same magnetic anisotropy, but with different absolute shift values. Both Sn
sites are strongly affected by crossover-like transitions between 100 and 280
K. This local-site study confirms the superstructure modulations found in
previous investiga-tions. Towards lower temperatures the powder spectra are
broadened giving strong evidence for the antiferromagnetically ordered ground
state
Anglicismos y vida docente
Pertenece a la sección diaria del CVC (Centro Virtual Cervantes).Una de las vías de entrada de anglicismos en nuestra lengua es el mundo universitario y escolar.Peer reviewe
Growth and characterization of A_{1-x}K_xFe_2As_2 (A = Ba, Sr) single crystals with x=0 - 0.4
Single crystals of AKFeAs (A=Ba, Sr) with high quality
have been grown successfully by FeAs self-flux method. The samples have sizes
up to 4 mm with flat and shiny surfaces. The X-ray diffraction patterns suggest
that they have high crystalline quality and c-axis orientation. The
non-superconducting crystals show a spin-density-wave (SDW) instability at
about 173 K and 135 K for Sr-based and Ba-based compound, respectively. After
doping K as the hole dopant into the BaFeAs system, the SDW transition
is smeared, and superconducting samples with the compound of
BaKFeAs (0 0.4) are obtained. The
superconductors characterized by AC susceptibility and resistivity measurements
exhibit very sharp superconducting transition at about 36 K, 32 K, 27 K and 23
K for x= 0.40,0.28,0.25 and 0.23, respectively.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. This paper together with new data are
modified into a new pape
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Neutral-Current Drell-Yan Processes at Hadron Colliders
We calculate the complete electroweak O(alpha) corrections to pp, pbar p ->
l+l- X (l=e, mu) in the Standard Model of electroweak interactions. They
comprise weak and photonic virtual one-loop corrections as well as real photon
radiation to the parton-level processes q bar q -> gamma,Z -> l+l-. We study in
detail the effect of the radiative corrections on the l+l- invariant mass
distribution, the cross section in the Z boson resonance region, and on the
forward-backward asymmetry, A_FB, at the Fermilab Tevatron and the CERN Large
Hadron Collider. The weak corrections are found to increase the Z boson cross
section by about 1%, but have little effect on the forward-backward asymmetry
in the Z peak region. Threshold effects of the W box diagrams lead to
pronounced effects in A_FB at m(l+l-) approx 160 GeV which, however, will be
difficult to observe experimentally. At high di-lepton invariant masses, the
non-factorizable weak corrections are found to become large.Comment: Revtex3 file, 39 pages, 2 tables, 12 figure
QCD correction to gluino decay to in the MSSM
We calculate the complete next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the
three-body decay of gluino into top-pair associated with a lightest neutralino
in the minimal supersymmetric standard model. We obtain that the LO and NLO QCD
corrected decay widths of at the
benchmark point are and 0.1069 GeV respectively, and
the relative correction is -28.2%. We investigate the dependence of the QCD
correction to on and the
masses of gluino, scalar top quarks and the lightest neutralino around the
benchmark point, separately. We find that the NLO QCD corrections
suppress the LO decay width, and the absolute relative correction can exceed
30% in some parameter space. Therefore, the QCD corrections to the three-body
decay should be taken into account for
the precise experimental measurement at future colliders. Moreover, we study
the distributions of the top-pair invariant mass () and the
missing energy (), and find that the line shapes of the LO
distributions of and are not obviously distorted by
the NLO QCD corrections.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figure
AFe2As2 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu) and SrFe_(2-x)TM_(x)As2 (TM = Mn, Co, Ni): crystal structure, charge doping, magnetism and superconductivity
The electronic structure and physical properties of the pnictide compound
families OFeAs ( = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm), FeAs ( = Ca,
Sr, Ba, Eu), LiFeAs and FeSe are quite similar. Here, we focus on the members
of the FeAs family whose sample composition, quality and single
crystal growth are better controllable compared to the other systems. Using
first principles band structure calculations we focus on understanding the
relationship between the crystal structure, charge doping and magnetism in
FeAs systems. We will elaborate on the tetragonal to
orthorhombic structural distortion along with the associated magnetic order and
anisotropy, influence of doping on the site as well as on the Fe site, and
the changes in the electronic structure as a function of pressure.
Experimentally, we investigate the substitution of Fe in
SrFeAs by other 3 transition metals, = Mn, Co, Ni.
In contrast to a partial substitution of Fe by Co or Ni (electron doping) a
corresponding Mn partial substitution does not lead to the supression of the
antiferromagnetic order or the appearance of superconductivity. Most calculated
properties agree well with the measured properties, but several of them are
sensitive to the As position. For a microscopic understanding of the
electronic structure of this new family of superconductors this structural
feature related to the Fe-As interplay is crucial, but its correct ab initio
treatment still remains an open question.Comment: 27 pages, single colum
Gluino Decays in the Complex MSSM: A Full One-Loop Analysis
We evaluate all two-body decay modes of the gluino, in the Minimal
Supersymmetric Standard Model with complex parameters (cMSSM). This constitutes
an important step in the cascade decays of SUSY particles at the LHC. The
evaluation is based on a full one-loop calculation of all two-body decay
channels, also including hard QED and QCD radiation. The dependence of the
gluino decay to a scalar quark and a quark on the relevant cMSSM parameters is
analyzed numerically. We find sizable contributions to the decay widths and
branching ratios. They are, roughly of O(5%), but can go up to +-10% or higher,
where the pure SUSY QCD contributions alone can give an insufficient
approximation to the full one-loop result. Therefore the full corrections are
important for the correct interpretation of gluino decays at the LHC. The
results will be implemented into the Fortran code FeynHiggs.Comment: 49 pages, 31 figure
Electroweak Physics
We review the prospects for studies in electroweak physics at the LHC
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