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The rare decay B --> X_s l^+ l^- to NNLL precision for arbitrary dilepton invariant mass
We present a new phenomenological analysis of the inclusive rare decay . In particular, we present the first calculation of the NNLL
contributions due to the leading two-loop matrix elements, evaluated for
arbitrary dilepton invariant mass. This allows to obtain the first NNLL
estimates of the dilepton mass spectrum and the lepton forward-backward
asymmetry in the high region, and to provide an
independent check of previously published results in the low region. The numerical impact of these NNLL corrections in the
high-mass region () amounts to -13% in the
integrated rate, and leads to a reduction of the scale uncertainty to .
The impact of non-perturbative contributions in this region is also discussed
in detail.Comment: 40 pages, 12 figures. v2: extended phenomenological discussion;
results unchanged; published versio
The structure of electronic polarization and its strain dependence
The \phi(\kpp)\sim \kpp relation is called polarization structure. By
density functional calculations, we study the polarization structure in
ferroelectric perovskite PbTiO, revealing (1) the \kpp point that
contributes most to the electronic polarization, (2) the magnitude of
bandwidth, and (3) subtle curvature of polarization dispersion. We also
investigate how polarization structure in PbTiO is modified by compressive
inplane strains. The bandwidth of polarization dispersion in PbTiO is shown
to exhibit an unusual decline, though the total polarization is enhanced. As
another outcome of this study, we formulate an analytical scheme for the
purpose of identifying what determine the polarization structure at arbitrary
\kpp points by means of Wannier functions. We find that \phi(\kpp) is
determined by two competing factors: one is the overlaps between neighboring
Wannier functions within the plane {\it perpendicular} to the polarization
direction, and the other is the localization length {\it parallel} to the
polarization direction. Inplane strain increases the former while decreases the
latter, causing interesting non-monotonous effects on polarization structure.
Finally, polarization dispersion in another paradigm ferroelectric BaTiO is
discussed and compared with that of PbTiO.Comment: 5 Figure
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Two novel nonlinear companding schemes with iterative receiver to reduce PAPR in multi-carrier modulation systems
Companding transform is an efficient and simple method to reduce the Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) for Multi-Carrier Modulation (MCM) systems. But if the MCM signal is only simply operated by inverse companding transform at the receiver, the resultant spectrum may exhibit severe in-band and out-of-band radiation of the distortion components, and considerable peak regrowth by excessive channel noises etc. In order to prevent these problems from occurring, in this paper, two novel nonlinear companding schemes with a iterative receiver are proposed to reduce the PAPR. By transforming the amplitude or power of the original MCM signals into uniform distributed signals, the novel schemes can effectively reduce PAPR for different modulation formats and sub-carrier sizes. Despite moderate complexity increasing at the receiver, but it is especially suitable to be combined with iterative channel estimation. Computer simulation results show that the proposed schemes can offer good system performances without any bandwidth expansion
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