Determining the phases alpha and gamma from time-dependent CP violation in B0 decays to rho(omega) + pseudoscalar

A method is proposed for the determination of the unitarity angle alpha through tree penguin interference. The modes needed would be of the form B0/B0-bar -> rho0 M and B0/B0-bar -> omega M where M is spin-0 uu-bar/dd-bar meson, for instance M=pi0, eta, eta',a0 or f0. An analogous method can also determine gamma using M=KS or K_L. The validity of the theoretical approximations used may be tested by over determining alpha with several modes. If two or more modes are used, the determination has a four-fold ambiguity but additional information from pure penguin decays or theoretical estimates may be used to reduce the ambiguity to alpha, alpha+pi. The method as applied to determining gamma is probably less promising.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures; Small change with respect to the references and a postscript bug in the figures fixe

Scalar Mediated FCNC at the First Muon Collider

In the most general two-Higgs doublet model (generally referred to as Model III), tree level flavor changing neutral couplings exist. It has been noted that the most natural value for such a coupling is of the order of the geometric mean of the Yukawa couplings of the two fermions. Bounds on those couplings that involve the second and third generations, from $\tau,B,D$ and $\mu$ physics, are very weak and are not sensitive to this "natural" value. In this paper, it is pointed out that the process \mu\mu ---> \mu\tau, at a muon collider tuned to the scalar resonance, will easily reach this sensitivity if the scalar mass is below 140 GeV. Hundreds of events are expected for an integrated luminosity of an inverse femtobarn, and there appears to be no background. Failure to observe this process, if the scalar is below 140 GeV, would effectively rule out Model III.Comment: Paragraph added and other wording changed in introduction, some wording changes in text. Calculation unaffected. Version to appear in Phys. Lett.

Witch 54 Flight

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Response to Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research

Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy\u27s Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research. Original call for public response is available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/17/2020-00689/request-for-public-comment-on-draft-desirable-characteristics-of-repositories-for-managing-an

Conflicts of Jurisdiction in the Antitrust Field: The Example of Export Cartels

Förbehandling av bioslam för ökad biogasproduktion Eftersom bioslam från aktivslamsteget i reningsprocessen ger en lägre metanproduktion än primärslam bör förbehandlingen ske på bioslam. Effekten av olika förbehandlingsmetoder är dock svårbedömd och ofta erhålls inget positivt energiutbyte då energin av ökad produktion av biogas kan vara mindre än tillförd energi vid behandlingen. Vissa förbehandlingsmetoder som ozonering kan vid överdosering oxidera substrat och ge minskad biogasproduktion   Litteraturstudien kompletterades med mätning av biometanpotential efter förbehandling av bioslam (Khayi, 2014). Som förbehandlingsmetoder valdes frysning (djupfryst och lättfryst) och uppvärmning. Vid 35 dagars rötning producerade djupfryst slam 221 Nml CH4/g VS, lättfryst 115 Nml CH4/g VS, det uppvärmt 181 Nml CH4/g VS och det obehandlade (referens) 148 Nml CH4/g VS (Nml, normalmilliliter är gasvolym omräknad till en atmosfärs tryck). Djupfrysning och uppvärmning ökade biogasproduktionen medan lättfrysning gav minskad biogasproduktion.   Uppgradering av biogas Vid uppgradering separeras koldioxid från biogasen varvid metangas erhålles.  Uppgradering kan ske genom att koldioxiden absorberas av ett fast (PSA-teknik med zeoliter eller aktivt kol) eller flytande medium (vattenskrubber, polyetylenglykol eller monoetanolamin) eller med membranteknik. Investeringskostnaden för uppgradering är starkt beroende av storleken på anläggningen snarare än av vilken teknik som används, men vid små är investeringskostnaden för membranteknik något lägre.   Genom intern metananrikning i rötkammaren kan metanhalten i den producerade biogasen ökas. Detta åstadkommes genom att koldioxid avdrivs från slam som sedan återförs till rötkammaren.QC 20140902</p

Feasibility study of model-independent approach to phi_3 measurement using Dalitz plot analysis

We present results of a feasibility study of a model-independent way to measure the angle phi_3 of the unitarity triangle. The method involves B->DK decays where the neutral D decays to the K_S Pi+ Pi- final state, together with the sample of decays of CP-tagged D mesons (produced, e. g. in psi(3770)->DDbar process) to the same final state. We consider different approaches to the extraction of phi_3 and obtain the expected statistical accuracy of the phi_3 measurement as a function of B and D_CP statistics.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures. Accepted by Eur. Phys. J. C. Replaced by journal versio

Getting beta-alpha without penguins

Oscillation effects in B0 -> Ks D0 and related processes are considered to determine delta=beta-alpha+pi. We suggest that D0 decays to CP eigenstates used in concert with inclusive D0 decays provide a powerful method for determining delta cleanly i.e. without any complication from penguin processes. The CP asymmetry is expected to be <=40% for D0 decays to non-CP eigenstates and <=80% for decays to CP eigenstates. This method can lead to a fairly accurate determination of delta with O(10^8-10^9) B-mesons.Comment: 4 pages 1 figure; Version 2: minor changes; references added; Some changes in response to Referee Comment