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Field-effect transistors as dc amplifiers
Field effect transistors as direct current amplifier
The Supersymmetric Leptophilic Higgs Model
In the leptophilic model, one Higgs doublet couples to quarks and another
couples to leptons. We study the supersymmetric version of this model,
concentrating on the tightly constrained Higgs sector, which has four doublets.
Constraints from perturbativity, unitarity, and LEP bounds are considered. It
is found that the lightest Higgs, h, can have a mass well below 114 GeV, and
for masses below 100 GeV will have a substantially enhanced branching ratio
into tau pairs. For this region of parameter space, traditional production
mechanisms (Higgs-strahlung, W fusion and gluon fusion) are suppressed, but it
may be produced in the decay of heavier particles. The second lightest Higgs
has a mass of approximately 110 GeV for virtually all of parameter space, with
Standard Model couplings, and thus an increase of a few GeV in the current
lower bound on the Standard Model Higgs mass would rule out the model. The two
heavier Higgs are both gauge-phobic, one decays almost entirely into b pairs
and can be produced via gluon fusion while the other decays almost entirely
into tau pairs but can't be easily produced.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figure
Crowdsourcing Multiple Choice Science Questions
We present a novel method for obtaining high-quality, domain-targeted
multiple choice questions from crowd workers. Generating these questions can be
difficult without trading away originality, relevance or diversity in the
answer options. Our method addresses these problems by leveraging a large
corpus of domain-specific text and a small set of existing questions. It
produces model suggestions for document selection and answer distractor choice
which aid the human question generation process. With this method we have
assembled SciQ, a dataset of 13.7K multiple choice science exam questions
(Dataset available at http://allenai.org/data.html). We demonstrate that the
method produces in-domain questions by providing an analysis of this new
dataset and by showing that humans cannot distinguish the crowdsourced
questions from original questions. When using SciQ as additional training data
to existing questions, we observe accuracy improvements on real science exams.Comment: accepted for the Workshop on Noisy User-generated Text (W-NUT) 201
Postbuckling behaviour of beams with discrete nonlinear restraints
A beam with nonlinearly ‐ elastic lateral restraints attached at discrete points along its span is investigated via analytical and numerical methods. Previous results for the critical moment and the deflected shape based on an eigenvalue analysis of a similar beam with linearly ‐ elastic restraints are discussed, along with a validation of these results against an equivalent finite element model and results from numerical continuation. A beam with nonlinearly ‐ elastic restraints is then analysed with treatments for both quadratic and cubic restraint force–displacement relationships being provided. After formulation of the potential energy functionals, the governing differential equations of the system are derived via the calculus of variations and appropriate boundary conditions are applied. The equations are then solved using the numerical continuation software AUTO ‐ 07p for a standard I ‐ section beam. The variation in elastic critical buckling moment with the linear component of the restraint stiffness is tracked via a two ‐ parameter numerical continuation, allowing determination of the stiffness values at which the critical buckling modes changes qualitatively. Using these stiffness values, subsequent analyses are conducted to examine the influence of the nonlinear component of the restraint stiffness, from which post ‐ buckling equilibrium paths and deformation modes are extracted. The results of these analyses are then compared with an equivalent Rayleigh–Ritz formulation whereby the displacement components are represented by Fourier series. Equilibrium equations are derived by minimizing the potential energy functional with respect to the amplitudes of the constituent harmonics of the Fourier series. The amplitudes are solved for in the post ‐ buckling range by AUTO ‐ O7p and equilibrium paths are produced and compared to the equivalent solutions of the differential equations, with good agreement observed
Theory of phaselock techniques as applied to aerospace transponders
Phaselock techniques as applied to aerospace transponder
Gravity flow rate of solids through orifices and pipes
Lock-hopper systems are the most common means for feeding solids to and from coal conversion reactor vessels. The rate at which crushed solids flow by gravity through the vertical pipes and valves in lock-hopper systems affects the size of pipes and valves needed to meet the solids-handling requirements of the coal conversion process. Methods used to predict flow rates are described and compared with experimental data. Preliminary indications are that solids-handling systems for coal conversion processes are over-designed by a factor of 2 or 3
A Supersymmetric Model with Dirac Neutrino Masses
New models have recently been proposed in which a second Higgs doublet
couples only to the lepton doublets and right-handed neutrinos, yielding Dirac
neutrino masses. The vacuum value of this second "nu-Higgs" doublet is made
very small by means of a very softly-broken or U(1) symmetry. The latter
is technically natural and avoids fine-tuning and very light scalars. We
consider a supersymmetric version of this model, in which two additional
doublets are added to the MSSM. If kinematically allowed, the decay of the
heavy MSSM scalar into charged nu-Higgs scalars will yield dilepton events
which can be separated from the W-pair background. In addition, the
nu-Higgsinos can lead to very dramatic tetralepton, pentalepton and hexalepton
events which have negligible background and can be detected at the LHC and the
Tevatron.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures, 6 tables; PRD versio
Switchable filtering in vivaldi antenna
Presented is a new frequency switchable Vivaldi antenna that has a capability to operate in a wideband mode (1-3 GHz) and reconfigure to six different subbands of operations. The reconfiguration is realised by coupling and changing the effective electrical length of ring slots inserted in the structure by means of pin diode switches. To examine antenna performances, simulated and measured results are presented. Good impedance matches and radiation patterns have been achieved. The proposed antenna is suitable for wideband and multimode radio applications
Space Transportation Materials and Structures Technology Workshop. Volume 1: Executive summary
The workshop was held to provide a forum for communication within the space materials and structures technology developer and user communities. Workshop participants were organized into a Vehicle Technology Requirements session and three working panels: Materials and Structures Technologies for Vehicle Systems; Propulsion Systems; and Entry Systems. The goals accomplished were (1) to develop important strategic planning information necessary to transition materials and structures technologies from lab research programs into robust and affordable operational systems; (2) to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas between technology developers and users; and (3) to provide senior NASA management with a review of current space transportation programs, related subjects, and specific technology needs. The workshop thus provided a foundation on which a NASA and industry effort to address space transportation materials and structures technologies can grow
Service quality measurements for IPv6 inter-networks
Measurement-based performance evaluation of
network traffic is becoming very important, especially for
networks trying to provide differentiated levels of service quality to the different application flows. The non-identical response of flows to the different types of network-imposed performance degradation raises the need for ubiquitous measurement mechanisms, able to measure numerous performance properties, and being equally applicable to different applications and transports. This paper presents a new measurement mechanism, facilitated by the steady introduction of IPv6 in network nodes and hosts, which exploits native features of the protocol to provide support for performance measurements at the network (IP) layer. IPv6 Extension Headers have been used to carry the
triggers involving the measurement activity and the
measurement data in-line with the payload data itself, providing a high level of probability that the behaviour of the real user traffic flows is observed. End-to-end one-way delay, jitter, loss, and throughput have been measured for applications operating on top of both reliable and unreliable transports, over different-capacity
IPv6 network configurations. We conclude that this
technique could form the basis for future Internet measurements that can be dynamically deployed where and when required in a multi-service IP environment
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