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A class of inflation models with non-minimal coupling
We show that the potential of the scalar field in the Einstein frame is flat
if the nonminimal coupling term is properly chosen that it satisfies the
condition (V(phi)/K^2(phi)-> constant) as phi gets large. The cosmological
implication of this theory is studied.Comment: Talk at the international Workshop on e-Science for Physics 2008
during September 8-9, 2008 at Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Kore
The Use of Pivot Point in Ship Handling for Safer and More Accurate Ship Manoeuvring
The size of ships has increased notably over recent decades. The size of harbours and ports has however not grown in proportion. As a result ship manoeuvring in harbours and ports has become more problematic, and more of an art than a science. The âpivot pointâ concept can be useful in analysing slow ship manoeuvring and has therefore been widely adopted by practitioners and training institutions. As a result many practitioners now routinely plan con-fined manoeuvring using the âpivot pointâ concept. Traditionally the âpivot pointâ concept has been defined in a number of contradictory and inaccurate ways leading to confusion and mystification. As a result many practitioners and trainers often rely on intuition to bridge the gap between reality and their flawed understanding of theory. In this presentation the theoretical aspect of the pivot point is reviewed and correct definitions put forward and applied to basic and âspecialâ shipâs manoeuvres
Usage of tracking in the CMS Level-1 trigger for the High Luminosity LHC Upgrade
At the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the CMS experiment will face a harsh
environment with a high instantaneous luminosity up to 7x10/cm/s
corresponding to an average of 140-200 multiple proton-proton collisions per
bunch crossing. The main goal of the CMS Level 1 (L1) trigger upgrade for the
HL-LHC is to maintain trigger thresholds that are as low as possible and
comparable to those currently in use at the LHC, and to possibly include new
triggers that were not feasible at the LHC. This will be achieved by upgrading
the detector readout electronics, to allow a much larger L1 trigger rate, and
by including, for the first time, tracking information in the L1 trigger.
Examples of how this tracking information can be used to reduce the L1 trigger
rates are presented.Comment: 2 pages, Contribution to the proceedings of 39th International
Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Seoul, Korea, July 4-11 201
Top quark pair production and top quark properties at CDF
We present the most recent measurements of top quark pairs production and top
quark properties in proton-antiproton collisions with center-of-mass energy of
1.96 TeV using CDF II detector at the Tevatron. The combination of top pair
production cross section measurements and the direct measurement of top quark
width are reported. The test of Standard Model predictions for top quark
decaying into -quarks, performed by measuring the ratio between the top
quark branching fraction to -quark and the branching fraction to any type of
down quark is shown. The extraction of the CKM matrix element from
the ratio is discussed. We also present the latest measurements on the
forward-backward asymmetry () in top anti-top quark production. With
the full CDF Run II data set, the measurements are performed in top anti-top
decaying to final states that contain one or two charged leptons (electrons or
muons). In addition, we combine the results of the leptonic forward-backward
asymmetry in system between the two final states. All the results
show deviations from the next-to-leading order (NLO) standard model (SM)
calculation.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Contribution to the proceedings of 37th
International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Valencia, Spain,
July 2-9 201
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