Effective Lagrangian for a Technicolor Model without Exact Custodial Symmetry

Effective Lagrangian including technimesons is constructed for a realistic one-family Technicolor model without exact custodial symmetry. Tree level contribution to oblique correction parameters $S$ and $U$ due to spin 1 technimesons are computed with the effective Lagrangian. An isospin breaking term which is associated with technilepton vector mesons gives a negative contribution to the electroweak radiative correction parameter $S$ due to mixing between $I=0$ and $I=1$ vector mesons. $U$ receives non-zero contribution due to exotic left-handed charged vector mesons and its sign can be both negative and positive.Comment: 30 pages plus 1 table and 4 figures (7 postscript files append.), Latex, (HUPD-9406

Ownership Structure, Investment Behavior and Firm Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

Using data spanning the 1996-1998 fiscal years of 247 of Japan's largest manufacturers, we empirically evaluate the extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we examine six distinct categories of Japanese shareholders: foreign investors, investment funds, pen sion funds, banks and insurance companies, affiliated companies and insiders. Our findings strongly indicate that the relationship between the equity stakes of a particular category of investor and a firm's financial performance and investment behavior is highly idiosyncratic. Such a result emphasizes the importance of making finely grained and contextually relevant distinctions when modeling and evaluating corporate governance relations.corporate governance;performance;Japan;investment behaviour;ownership

Measurement of the Width Difference of B_d Mesons

We estimate \Delta Gamma_d/\Gamma_d, including 1/m_b contributions and part of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections, and find it to be around 0.3%. We show the methods to measure \Delta Gamma_d/\Gamma_d by using at least two different final states on the untagged B_d decay. The nonzero width difference can also be used to identify new physics effects and to resolve a twofold discrete ambiguity in the B_d-\bar{B}_d mixing phase. With the high statistics and accurate time resolution of the upcoming LHC experiment, the measurement of \Delta Gamma_d seems to be possible. This measurement would be important for an accurate measurement of \sin2\phi_1 at the LHC. We also derive an upper bound on the value of \Delta Gamma_d/\Gamma_d in the presence of new physics.Comment: 3 pages, LaTeX, Presented at the 5th KEK Topical Conference(KEKTC5

Systematic Investigation of Possibilities for New Physics Effects in b --> s Penguin Processes

Although recent experimental results in b-->s penguin process seem to be roughly consistent with the standard model predictions, there may be still large possibilities of new physics hiding in this processes. Therefore, here we investigate systematically the potential new physics effects that may appear in time-dependent CP asymmetries of B --> phi K^0, B--> eta^\prime K^0 and B--> K^0 \pi^0 decay modes, by classifying the cases for the values of the mixing-induced indirect CP asymmetries, S_{phi K^0}, S_{eta^\prime K^0}, S_{K^0 pi^0} which are compared to S_{J/psi K^0}. We also show that several B_s decay modes may help to resolve the ambiguities in such an analysis. Through combining analysis with the time-dependent CP asymmetries of B_s decay modes such as B_s --> phi eta^\prime, B_s--> eta^\prime pi^0 and B_s --> K^0 bar{K}^0, we can determine where the new CP phases precisely come from.Comment: 17 pages, version to be published in Prog.Theor.Phy

Investigation of the Viscoelastic Effect on Optical- Fiber Sensing and Its Solution for 3D-Printed Sensor Packages

Viscoelasticity is an effect seen in a wide range of materials and it affects the reliability of static measurements made using Fiber Bragg Grating-based sensors, because either the target structure, the adhesive used, or the fiber itself could be viscoelastic. The effect of viscoelasticity on FBG-based sensing has been comprehensively researched through theoretical analysis and simulation using a finite-element approach and a further data processing method to reconstruct the graphical data has been developed. An integrated sensor package comprising of an FBG-based sensor in a polymer host and manufactured by using three-dimensional printing was investigated and examined through tensile testing to validate the approach. The application of the 3D-printed FBG-based sensor package, coupled to the data process method has been explored to monitor the height of a railway pantograph, a critical measurement requirement to monitor elongation, employing a method that can be used in the presence of electromagnetic interference. The results show that the effect of viscoelasticity can be effectively eliminated, and the graphical system response allows results that are sufficiently precise for field use to be generated