Limits for circular Jacobi beta-ensembles

Bourgade, Nikeghbali and Rouault recently proposed a matrix model for the circular Jacobi $\beta$-ensemble, which is a generalization of the Dyson circular $\beta$-ensemble but equipped with an additional parameter $b$, and further studied its limiting spectral measure. We calculate the scaling limits for expected products of characteristic polynomials of circular Jacobi $\beta$-ensembles. For the fixed constant $b$, the resulting limit near the spectrum singularity is proven to be a new multivariate function. When $b=\beta Nd/2$, the scaling limits in the bulk and at the soft edge agree with those of the Hermite (Gaussian), Laguerre (Chiral) and Jacobi $\beta$-ensembles proved in the joint work with P Desrosiers "Asymptotics for products of characteristic polynomials in classical beta-ensembles", Constr. Approx. 39 (2014), arXiv:1112.1119v3. As corollaries, for even $\beta$ the scaling limits of point correlation functions for the ensemble are given. Besides, a transition from the spectrum singularity to the soft edge limit is observed as $b$ goes to infinity. The positivity of two special multivariate hypergeometric functions, which appear as one factor of the joint eigenvalue densities for spiked Jacobi/Wishart $\beta$-ensembles and Gaussian $\beta$-ensembles with source, will also be shown.Comment: 26 page

No-go for tree-level R-symmetry breaking

We show that in gauge mediation models with tree-level R-symmetry breaking where supersymmetry and R-symmetries are broken by different fields, the gaugino mass either vanishes at one loop or finds a contribution from loop-level R-symmetry breaking. Thus tree-level R-symmetry breaking for phenomenology is either no-go or redundant in the simplest type of models. Including explicit messenger mass terms in the superpotential with a particular R-charge arrangement is helpful to bypass the no-go theorem, and the resulting gaugino mass is suppressed by the messenger mass scale.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures; v2: discussion on Driac gauginos and references added; v3: a section on bypassing the no-go added, R-charge notation changed; v4: typos, EPJC pre-published versio

Health Risk Analysis of Heating Fuel Choice: Case Study in Kentucky

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/03/09.Combustion-generated pollutants, indoor air pollution, heating fuel choice, health risk, Environmental Economics and Policy, Health Economics and Policy,