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Power law in a gauge-invariant cut-off regularisation
We study one-loop quantum corrections of a compactified Abelian 5d gauge
field theory. We use a cut-off regularisation procedure which respects the
symmetries of the model, i.e. gauge invariance, exhibits the expected
power-like divergences and therefore allows the derivation of power-law
behavior of the effective 4d gauge coupling in a coherent manner.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, 5 graphs, few references added, to appear in
Phys.Rev. Rapid Communication
Approximating Higher-Order Derivative Tensors Using Secant Updates
Quasi-Newton methods employ an update rule that gradually improves the
Hessian approximation using the already available gradient evaluations. We
propose higher-order secant updates which generalize this idea to higher-order
derivatives, approximating for example third derivatives (which are tensors)
from given Hessian evaluations. Our generalization is based on the observation
that quasi-Newton updates are least-change updates satisfying the secant
equation, with different methods using different norms to measure the size of
the change. We present a full characterization for least-change updates in
weighted Frobenius norms (satisfying an analogue of the secant equation) for
derivatives of arbitrary order. Moreover, we establish convergence of the
approximations to the true derivative under standard assumptions and explore
the quality of the generated approximations in numerical experiments
Scour development around a jacket structure in combined waves and current conditions compared to monopile foundations
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the scour development of a hydraulic-transparent offshore foundation exposed to combined waves and current. Irregular waves propagating perpendicular to a current were simulated in a wave-current basin. The physical model tests were conducted in a length scale of 1:30 while measurements of the scour development over time were achieved by echo sounding devices placed at several locations at the upstream and downstream side of the jacket structure. Insights were gained on the scour development and time scale of the scouring process around a complex jacket structure for different wave-current conditions. The results were presented with respect to the Keulegan-Carpenter KC number and the relative wave-current velocity. Wave conditions were adjusted so that KC numbers between 6.7 and 23.4 could be tested in a systematic wave-current test program with tests reaching from wave dominated conditions up to current dominated conditions. Measured scour depths were critically assessed by an extrapolation to expected equilibrium scour depths. With respect to the current flow direction, the experiments showed generally larger scour depths at the upstream side and lower scour depths on the downstream side for each pile of the jacket structure. The development of global scour around the structure intensified with increasing relative wave-current velocity. As a result, a practical formulation is proposed for the reliable prediction of local scour depths around a jacket foundation in combined wave-current conditions. Finally, dimensionless time scales and observed as well as predicted scour depths are compared to values for the scour development around monopiles
Quantum corrections to the effective neutrino mass operator in 5D MSSM
We discuss in detail a five-dimensional Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
compactified on extended by the effective Majorana neutrino mass
operator. We study the evolution of neutrino masses and mixings. Masses and
angles, in particular the atmospheric mixing angle , can be
significantly lowered at high energies with respect to their value at low
energy.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figure
Impact of the Neutrino Magnetic Moment on the Neutrino Fluxes and the Electron Fraction in core-collapse Supernovae
We explore the effect of the neutrino magnetic moment on neutrino scattering
with matter in a core-collapse Supernova. We study the impact both on the
neutrino fluxes and on the electron fraction. We find that sizeable
modifications require very large magnetic moments both for Dirac and Majorana
neutrinos.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Two-loop neutrino masses with large R-parity violating interactions in supersymmetry
We attempt to reconcile large trilinear R-parity violating interactions in a
supersymmetric (SUSY) theory with the observed pattern of neutrino masses and
mixing. We show that, with a restricted number of such interaction terms with
the -type couplings in the range (0.1-1.0), it is possible to forbid
one-loop contributions to the neutrino mass matrix. This is illustrated with
the help of a `working example' where an econnomic choice of SUSY parameters is
made, with three non-vanishing and `large' R-parity violating terms in the
superpotential. The two-loop contributions in such a case can not only generate
the masses in the requisite order but can also lead us to specific allowed
regions of the parameter space.Comment: Revised version, 25 pages, 16 figure
High pressure study of BaFe2As2 - role of hydrostaticity and uniaxial stress
We investigate the evolution of the electrical resistivity of BaFe2As2 single
crystals with pressure. The samples used were from the same batch grown from
self flux and showed properties that were highly reproducible. Samples were
pressurised using three different pressure media: pentane-isopentane (in a
piston cylinder cell), Daphne oil (in an alumina anvil cell) and steatite (in a
Bridgman cell). Each pressure medium has its own intrinsic level of
hydrostaticity, which dramatically affects the phase diagram. An increasing
uniaxial pressure component in this system quickly reduces spin density wave
order and favours the appearance of superconductivity, similar to what is seen
in SrFe2As2.Comment: 11 page
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