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Optimization of design parameters for spacecraft nickel-cadmium cells containing recombination and control electrodes Quarterly report
Cycle capability of electrochemical cells built with oxygen recombination and oxygen sensing control electrode
Kinetic approach to electroweak baryogenesis
After a short review of baryogenesis mechanisms, we focus on the charge
transport mechanism at the electroweak scale, effective at strong electroweak
phase transitions. Starting from the one-loop Schwinger-Dyson equations for
fermions coupled to bosons, we present a derivation of the relevant kinetic
equations in the on-shell and gradient approximations, relevant for the thick
wall baryogenesis regime. We then discuss the CP-violating source from the
semiclassical force in the flow term, and compare it with the source arising in
the collision term of the kinetic equation. Finally, we summarize the results
concerning the chargino mediated baryogenesis in the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures. Invited talk at the International Workshop
"Strong and Electroweak Matter 2002", October 2-5, 2002 Heidelberg, German
Quantum Boltzmann equations for electroweak baryogenesis including gauge fields
We review and extend to include the gauge fields our derivation of the
semiclassical limit of the collisionless quantum transport equations for the
fermions in presence of a CP-violating bubble wall at a first order electroweak
phase transition. We show how the (gradient correction modified) Lorenz-force
appears both in the Schwinger-Keldysh approach and in the semiclassical
WKB-treatment. In the latter approach the inclusion of gauge fields removes the
apparent phase reparametrization dependence of the intermediate calculations.
We also discuss setting up the fluid equations for practical calculations in
electroweak baryogenesis including the self-consistent (hyper)electric field
and the anomaly.Comment: 15 pages, talk presented by Kimmo Kainulainen at COSMO-01, Rovaniemi,
Finland, 09/200
Some aspects of collisional sources for electroweak baryogenesis
We consider the dynamics of fermions with a spatially varying mass which
couple to bosons through a Yukawa interaction term and perform a consistent
weak coupling truncation of the relevant kinetic equations. We then use a
gradient expansion and derive the CP-violating source in the collision term for
fermions which appears at first order in gradients. The collisional sources
together with the semiclassical force constitute the CP-violating sources
relevant for baryogenesis at the electroweak scale. We discuss also the absence
of sources at first order in gradients in the scalar equation, and the
limitations of the relaxation time approximation.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, talk presented by Tomislav Prokopec at COSMO-01,
Rovaniemi, Finland, 09/2001 references added, minor changes in sections 5.3
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Inelastic diffractive scattering in nonperturbative QCD
We examine diffractive proton-proton scattering p p -> p X and photo- and
electroproduction of \rho^0 mesons \gamma^(*) p -> \rho^0 X, where X denotes a
proton or a final state, into which the proton can go by diffractive
dissociation. Using a functional integral approach we derive the scattering
amplitudes, which are governed by the expectation values of light-like
Wegner-Wilson loops, which are then evaluated using the model of the stochastic
vacuum. For the proton, we assume a quark-diquark structure. From the
scattering amplitudes we calculate total and differential cross sections for
high centre of mass energy and small momentum transfer and compare with
experiments. Furthermore we calculate isovector form factors for the proton and
the pion within the same model.Comment: 32 pages, 11 figures, v3: revised chapter 5, added appendix B, to be
published in Eur.Phys.J.
Genomics and bacterial pathogenesis.
Whole-genome sequencing is transforming the study of pathogenic bacteria. Searches for single virulence genes can now be performed on a genomewide scale by a variety of computer and genetic techniques. These techniques are discussed to provide a perspective on the developing field of genomics
Characterization of recombination and control electrodes for spacecraft nickel- cadmium cells
Characterization of recombination and control electrodes for spacecraft nickel cadmium cell
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