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Renormalization Group Running of Dimension-Six Sources of Parity and Time-Reversal Violation
We perform a systematic study of flavor-diagonal parity- and
time-reversal-violating operators of dimension six which could arise from
physics beyond the SM. We begin at the unknown high-energy scale where these
operators originate. At this scale the operators are constrained by gauge
invariance which has important consequences for the form of effective operators
at lower energies. In particular for the four-quark operators. We calculate
one-loop QCD and, when necessary, electroweak corrections to the operators and
evolve them down to the electroweak scale and subsequently to hadronic scales.
We find that for most operators QCD corrections are not particularly
significant. We derive a set of operators at low energy which is expected to
dominate hadronic and nuclear EDMs due to physics beyond the SM and obtain
quantitative relations between these operators and the original dimension-six
operators at the high-energy scale. We use the limit on the neutron EDM to set
bounds on the dimension-six operators.Comment: Matches published version, 35 pages, 6 figures, minor correction
Beyond-the-Standard-Model matrix elements with the gradient flow
At the Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) we have started a long-term program
that aims to determine beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) matrix elements using
the gradient flow, and to understand the impact of BSM physics in nucleon and
nuclear observables. Using the gradient flow, we propose to calculate the QCD
component of key beyond the Standard Model (BSM) matrix elements related to
quark and strong theta CP violation and the strange content within the nucleon.
The former set of matrix elements impacts our understanding of Electric Dipole
Moments (EDMs) of nucleons and nuclei (a key signature of BSM physics), while
the latter contributes to elastic recoil of Dark Matter particles off nucleons
and nuclei. If successful, these results will lay the foundation for extraction
of BSM observables from future low-energy, high-intensity and high-accuracy
experimental measurements.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, presented at the 32nd International Symposium on
Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2014). Correct version of proceedings.
Different wording of few paragraphs and different notation on few formulas.
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First-principle calculations of Dark Matter scattering off light nuclei
We study the scattering of Dark Matter particles off various light nuclei
within the framework of chiral effective field theory. We focus on scalar
interactions and include one- and two-nucleon scattering processes whose form
and strength are dictated by chiral symmetry. The nuclear wave functions are
calculated from chiral effective field theory interactions as well and we
investigate the convergence pattern of the chiral expansion in the nuclear
potential and the Dark Matter-nucleus currents. This allows us to provide a
systematic uncertainty estimate of our calculations. We provide results for
H, H, and He nuclei which are theoretically interesting and
the latter is a potential target for experiments. We show that two-nucleon
currents can be systematically included but are generally smaller than
predicted by power counting and suffer from significant theoretical
uncertainties even in light nuclei. We demonstrate that accurate high-order
wave functions are necessary in order to incorporate two-nucleon currents. We
discuss scenarios in which one-nucleon contributions are suppressed such that
higher-order currents become dominant
Evaluation of the impact of low versus high resolution data on nitrous oxide emissions from a rural landscape
We compared N2O emission results of the simple process based model INITIATOR, using landscape scale data, national scale data and European scale data. All three methods where applied to the Noordelijke Friese Wouden. Abstract about a research project
On-line nonparametric regression to learn state-dependent disturbances
A combination of recursive least squares and weighted least squares is made which can adapt its structure such that a relation between in- and output can he approximated, even when the structure of this relation is unknown beforehand.\ud
This method can adapt its structure on-line while it preserves information offered by previous samples, making it applicable in a control setting. This method has been tested with compntergenerated data, and it b used in a simulation to learn the non-linear state-dependent effects, both with good success
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A Study of the Relationship Between Health and Subjective Well-being in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Objectives: In light of the apparent disconnect between traditional measures of societal well-being such as GDP and reported levels of happiness, governments globally are turning their attention to alternative subjective measures of well-being (SWB) to aid policy decisions. In the context of health, there is therefore growing interest in understanding how measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), widely used in health technology appraisal, relates to SWB, and whether SWB could provide a sound basis for resource allocation decisions in health and other sectors in the future. This study investigates the relationship between HRQoL, as measured by EQ-5D, and SWB in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the extent to which patients’ self-reported health can explain (part of) their SWB.
Methods: A paper questionnaire including EQ-5D, four key SWB questions taken from the Office for National Statistics Integrated Household Survey in England and other demographic details was distributed to people with PD in the UK. Responses were used to estimate multiple regression models explaining SWB using each of the EQ-5D Index (UK weights), EQ-5D dimensions and EQ-VAS and patient socio-demographic characteristics.
Results: 276 questionnaires were distributed and 183 responses received. The EQ-5D Index was a moderate predictor of SWB (adjusted R2 range 0.19-0.38 in OLS models), but EQ-VAS performed better (adjusted R2 range 0.32-0.49).
Combining EQ-VAS and EQ-5D dimensions, especially anxiety/depression and mobility, and household status in some cases, yielded the best-fitting models (adjusted R2 range 0.40-0.52).
Conclusions: The findings imply that EQ-VAS and some dimensions of the EQ-5D, together with key demographic data, could potentially be used to predict SWB, e.g. via mapping. However, further empirical research into the relationship between SWB and EQ-5D longitudinally, and in different disease areas, is required to corroborate these findings, and further standardisation of SWB measures is recommended
On Using a Support Vector Machine in Learning Feed-Forward Control
For mechatronic motion systems, the performance increases significantly if, besides feedback control, also feed-forward control is used. This feed-forward part should contain the (stable part of the) inverse of the plant. This inverse is difficult to obtain if non-linear dynamics are present. To overcome this problem, learning feed-forward control can be applied. The properties of the learning mechanism are of importance in this setting. In the paper, a support vector machine is proposed as the learning mechanism. It is shown that this mechanism has several advantages over other learning techniques when applied to learning feed-forward control. The method is tested with simulation
Phase correction for Learning Feedforward Control
Intelligent mechatronics makes it possible to compensate for effects that are difficult to compensate for by construction or by linear control, by including some intelligence into the system. The compensation of state dependent effects, e.g. friction, cogging and mass deviation, can be realised by learning feedforward control. This method identifies these disturbing effects as function of their states and compensates for these, before they introduce an error. Because the effects are learnt as function of their states, this method can be used for non-repetitive motions. The learning of state dependent effects relies on the update signal that is used. In previous work, the feedback control signal was used as an error measure between the approximation and the true state dependent effect. If the effects introduce a signal that contains frequencies near the bandwidth, the phase shift between this signal and the feedback signal might seriously degenerate the performance of the approximation. The use of phase correction overcomes this problem. This is validated by a set of simulations and experiments that show the necessity of the phase corrected scheme
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