Non-decoupling effects of SUSY in the physics of Higgs bosons and their phenomenological implications

We consider a plausible scenario in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) where all the genuine supersymmetric (SUSY) particles are heavier than the electroweak scale. In this situation, indirect searches via their radiative corrections to low energy observables are complementary to direct searches, and they can be crucial if the SUSY masses are at the TeV energy range. We summarize the most relevant heavy SUSY radiative effects in Higgs boson physics and emphasize those that manifest a non-decoupling behaviour. We focus, in particular, on the SUSY-QCD non-decoupling effects in fermionic Higgs decays, flavour changing Higgs decays and Yukawa couplings. Some of their phenomenological implications at future colliders are also studied.Comment: Invited talk given by M. J. Herrero at the X Mexican School of Particles and Fields, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, November 200

Journalism ethics as a tool to face fake news: spanish journalists' perceptions

La investigación en comunicación presta una atención creciente a las noticias falsas. Abordadas desde perspectivas a menudo computacionales, se explora la deontología como herramienta básica contra este fenómeno. Las percepciones de 383 periodistas españoles muestran un importante grado de conciencia sobre la necesidad de un mayor cumplimiento deontológico y la actualización de las normas éticas para que estas resulten útiles al enfrentarse a las noticias falsas.Communication research pays growing attention to fake news, although it is usually analysed from computational perspectives. The present article explores deontology as a basic tool to address this challenge. The perceptions of 383 Spanish journalists on this matter show great consciousness on the need for a stronger compliance with codes of ethics, as well as an update to fight fake news

Determinación analítica de pesticidas: determinación electroquímica de imidacloprid

This work reports the study of electrochemical methods for the determination of imidacloprid (IDP) in aqueous samples by using screen-printed electrodes (SPEs). A differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) method with bare screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) has been successfully developed for the determination of this compound. Square wave voltammetry (SWV) has been also tested as an alternative technique for the determination of IDP using SPCEs as well. Both methods have been validated obtaining good capability of detection (0.6 μM and 1.01 μM for DPV and SWV, respectively) and reproducibility (2.3% and 4.7% for DPV and SWV, respectively). The DPV/SPCE method has been applied to the determination of IDP in sea water samples. Finally, different modified SPEs have been also tested as possible analytical systems for the determination of IDP

Enfermedad por reflujo gastroesofágico

El paciente acude a la farmacia quejándose de un “quemazón que siente en la boca del estómago” que viene padeciendo desde hace unos días y que mejora con la toma de antiácidos, pero sólo durante una hora, reproduciéndose los síntomas tras este tiempo

An upper bound for the magnetic force gradient in graphite

Cervenka et al. have recently reported ferromagnetism along graphite steps. We present Magnetic Force microscopy (MFM) data showing that the signal along the steps is independent of an external magnetic field. Moreover, by combining Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) and MFM, we are able to separate the electrostatic and magnetic interactions along the steps obtaining an upper bound for the magnetic force gradient of about16 microN/m, a figure six times lower than the lowest theoretical bound reported by Cervenka et al. Our experiments suggest absence of MFM signal in graphite at room temperature.Comment: 14 pages, including supplemetary informatio

Evolutionary topology optimization of continuum structures under uncertainty using sensitivity analysis and smooth boundary representation

This paper presents an evolutionary approach for the Robust Topology Optimization (RTO) of continuum structures under loading and material uncertainties. The method is based on an optimality criterion obtained from the stochastic linear elasticity problem in its weak form. The smooth structural topology is determined implicitly by an iso-value of the optimality criterion field. This iso-value is updated using an iterative approach to reach the solution of the RTO problem. The proposal permits to model the uncertainty using random variables with different probability distributions as well as random fields. The computational burden, due to the high dimension of the random field approximation, is efficiently addressed using anisotropic sparse grid stochastic collocation methods. The numerical results show the ability of the proposal to provide smooth and clearly defined structural boundaries. Such results also show that the method provides structural designs satisfying a trade-off between conflicting objectives in the RTO problem.The authors would like to thank Dr. Francisco Periago for constructive suggestions and discussions. This work has been partially supported by the AEI/FEDER and UE under the contract DPI2016-77538-R and by the “Fundación Séneca-Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia” under the contract 19274/PI/14

GPU acceleration for evolutionary topology optimization of continuum structures using isosurfaces

Evolutionary topology optimization of three-dimensional continuum structures is a computationally demanding task in terms of memory consumption and processing time. This work aims to alleviate these constraints proposing a well-suited strategy for Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing. Such a proposal adopts a fine-grained GPU instance of matrix-free iterative solver for structural analysis and an efficient GPU implementation for isosurface extraction and volume fraction calculation. The performance of the solving stage is evaluated using two preconditioning techniques, including the comparison with the sparse-matrix CPU implementation. The proposal is evaluated using topology optimization problems for real-world applications.We gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of some of the GPUs used for this research. Such a work has also been supported by the research support programmes of Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the contract DPI2016-77538-R and \Fundación Séneca Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia" under the contract 19274/PI/14