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Radiative Corrections to Longitudinal and Transverse Gauge Boson and Higgs Production
Radiative corrections to gauge boson and Higgs production computed recently
using soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) require the one-loop high-scale
matching coefficients in the standard model. We give explicit expressions for
the matching coefficients for the effective field theory (EFT) operators for q
qbar -> VV and q qbar -> phi^+ phi for a general gauge theory with an arbitrary
number of gauge groups. The group theory factors are given explicitly for the
standard model, including both QCD and electroweak corrections.Comment: 16 pages, 49 figure
Low energy scattering with a nontrivial pion
An earlier calculation in a generalized linear sigma model showed that the
well-known current algebra formula for low energy pion pion scattering held
even though the massless Nambu Goldstone pion contained a small admixture of a
two-quark two-antiquark field. Here we turn on the pion mass and note that the
current algebra formula no longer holds exactly. We discuss this small
deviation and also study the effects of an SU(3) symmetric quark mass type term
on the masses and mixings of the eight SU(3) multiplets in the model. We
calculate the s wave scattering lengths, including the beyond current algebra
theorem corrections due to the scalar mesons, and observe that the model can
fit the data well. In the process, we uncover the way in which linear sigma
models give controlled corrections (due to the presence of scalar mesons) to
the current algebra scattering formula. Such a feature is commonly thought to
exist only in the non-linear sigma model approach.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
(D* to D + gamma) and (B* to B + gamma) as derived from QCD Sum Rules
The method of QCD sum rules in the presence of the external electromagnetic
field is used to analyze radiative decays of charmed or bottomed
mesons such as and , with the
susceptibilities obtained previously from the study of baryon magnetic moments.
Our predictions on decays agree very well with the experimental
data. There are differences among the various theoretical predictions on
decays but the data are not yet available.Comment: 11 pages, Late
Quantum Gravity and Dark Matter
We propose a connection between global physics and local galactic dynamics
via quantum gravity. The salient features of cold dark matter (CDM) and
modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) are combined into a unified scheme by
introducing the concept of MONDian dark matter which behaves like CDM at
cluster and cosmological scales but emulates MOND at the galactic scale.Comment: This paper has been awarded the Fifth Prize in the 2011 Essay
Competition of the Gravity Research Foundatio
The prevalence of insomnia in the general population in China: A meta-analysis
This is the first meta-analysis of the pooled prevalence of insomnia in the general population of China. A systematic literature search was conducted via the following databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Interne (CNKI), WanFang Data and SinoMed). Statistical analyses were performed using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis program. A total of 17 studies with 115,988 participants met the inclusion criteria for the analysis. The pooled prevalence of insomnia in China was 15.0% (95% Confidence interval [CI]: 12.1%-18.5%). No significant difference was found in the prevalence between genders or across time period. The pooled prevalence of insomnia in population with a mean age of 43.7 years and older (11.6%; 95% CI: 7.5%-17.6%) was significantly lower than in those with a mean age younger than 43.7 years (20.4%; 95% CI: 14.2%-28.2%). The prevalence of insomnia was significantly affected by the type of assessment tools (Q = 14.1, P = 0.001). The general population prevalence of insomnia in China is lower than those reported in Western countries but similar to those in Asian countries. Younger Chinese adults appear to suffer from more insomnia than older adults
Capacitive Spring Softening in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectromechanical Resonators
We report the capacitive spring softening effect observed in single-walled
carbon nanotube (SWNT) nanoelectromechanical (NEM) resonators. The nanotube
resonators adopt dual-gate configuration with both bottom-gate and side-gate
capable of tuning the resonance frequency through capacitive coupling.
Interestingly, downward resonance frequency shifting is observed with
increasing side-gate voltage, which can be attributed to the capacitive
softening of spring constant. Furthermore, in-plane vibrational modes exhibit
much stronger spring softening effect than out-of-plan modes. Our dual-gate
design should enable the differentiation between these two types of vibrational
modes, and open up new possibility for nonlinear operation of nanotube
resonators.Comment: 12 pages/ 3 figure
Large collective Lamb shift of two distant superconducting artificial atoms
Virtual photons can mediate interaction between atoms, resulting in an energy
shift known as a collective Lamb shift. Observing the collective Lamb shift is
challenging, since it can be obscured by radiative decay and direct atom-atom
interactions. Here, we place two superconducting qubits in a transmission line
terminated by a mirror, which suppresses decay. We measure a collective Lamb
shift reaching 0.8% of the qubit transition frequency and exceeding the
transition linewidth. We also show that the qubits can interact via the
transmission line even if one of them does not decay into it.Comment: 7+5 pages, 4+2 figure
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A RISC-V Vector Processor With Simultaneous-Switching Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters in 28 nm FDSOI
This work demonstrates a RISC-V vector microprocessor implemented in 28 nm FDSOI with fully integrated simultaneous-switching switched-capacitor DC-DC (SC DC-DC) converters and adaptive clocking that generates four on-chip voltages between 0.45 and 1 V using only 1.0 V core and 1.8 V IO voltage inputs. The converters achieve high efficiency at the system level by switching simultaneously to avoid charge-sharing losses and by using an adaptive clock to maximize performance for the resulting voltage ripple. Details about the implementation of the DC-DC switches, DC-DC controller, and adaptive clock are provided, and the sources of conversion loss are analyzed based on measured results. This system pushes the capabilities of dynamic voltage scaling by enabling fast transitions (20 ns), simple packaging (no off-chip passives), low area overhead (16%), high conversion efficiency (80%-86%), and high energy efficiency (26.2 DP GFLOPS/W) for mobile devices
Ginsparg-Wilson-Luscher Symmetry and Ultralocality
Important recent discoveries suggest that Ginsparg-Wilson-Luscher (GWL)
symmetry has analogous dynamical consequences for the theory on the lattice as
chiral symmetry does in the continuum. While it is well known that inherent
property of lattice chiral symmetry is fermion doubling, we show here that
inherent property of GWL symmetry is that the infinitesimal symmetry
transformation couples fermionic degrees of freedom at arbitrarily large
lattice distances (non-ultralocality). The consequences of this result for
ultralocality of symmetric actions are discussed.Comment: 18 pages, LATEX. For clarity changed to infinitesimal
transformations, typos corrected, explicit hypothesis adde
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