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Quantum Mechanical Corrections to the Schwarzschild Black Hole Metric
Motivated by quantum mechanical corrections to the Newtonian potential, which
can be translated into an -correction to the component of the
Schwarzschild metric, we construct a quantum mechanically corrected metric
assuming . We show how the Bekenstein black hole entropy
receives its logarithmic contribution provided the quantum mechanical
corrections to the metric are negative. In this case the standard horizon at
the Schwarzschild radius increases by small terms proportional to
and a remnant of the order of Planck mass emerges. We contrast these results
with a positive correction to the metric which, apart from a corrected
Schwarzschild horizon, leads to a new purely quantum mechanical horizon.Comment: 14 pages Latex, enlarged version as compared to the published on
CP Violation in Heavy Neutrino Mediated
We consider the reaction mediated by possible
heavy neutrino exchange at future LINAC energies of . This
reaction is sensitive to CP phases of the neutrino mixing matrices, even at the
level of Born amplitudes. Certain integrated cross-sections are shown to have
the power to resolve the CP phases when the experimental configurations are
varied. Asymmetries sensitive to CP violation (involving initial QED phases)
for and reactions are constructed and their consequences
considered.Comment: 9 pages plain Latex and 4 figures available separately as uuencoded
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Vector magnetic field microscopy using nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond
The localized spin triplet ground state of a nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in
diamond can be used in atomic-scale detection of local magnetic fields. Here we
present a technique using these defects in diamond to image fields around
magnetic structures. We extract the local magnetic field vector by probing
resonant transitions of the four fixed tetrahedral NV orientations. In
combination with confocal microscopy techniques, we construct a 2-dimensional
image of the local magnetic field vectors. Measurements are done in external
fields less than 50 G and under ambient conditions.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
DEEP: a provenance-aware executable document system
The concept of executable documents is attracting growing interest from both academics and publishers since it is a promising technology for the dissemination of scientific results. Provenance is a kind of metadata that provides a rich description of the derivation history of data products starting from their original sources. It has been used in many different e-Science domains and has shown great potential in enabling reproducibility of scientific results. However, while both executable documents and provenance are aimed at enhancing the dissemination of scientific results, little has been done to explore the integration of both techniques. In this paper, we introduce the design and development of DEEP, an executable document environment that generates scientific results dynamically and interactively, and also records the provenance for these results in the document. In this system, provenance is exposed to users via an interface that provides them with an alternative way of navigating the executable document. In addition, we make use of the provenance to offer a document rollback facility to users and help to manage the system's dynamic resources
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