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Understanding for flavor physics in the lepton sector
In this paper, we give a model for understanding flavor physics in the lepton
sector--mass hierarchy among different generations and neutrino mixing pattern.
The model is constructed in the framework of supersymmetry, with a family
symmetry . There are two right-handed neutrinos introduced for seesaw
mechanism, while some standard model(SM) gauge group singlet fields are
included which transforms non-trivially under family symmetry. In the model,
each order of contributions are suppressed by compared to the
previous one. In order to reproduce the mass hierarchy, and
, and are obtained
at leading-order(LO) and next-to-leading-order(NLO) respectively, while
electron can only get its mass through
next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order(NNNLO) contributions. For neutrino mixing
angels, are
i.e. Bi-maximal mixing pattern as first approximation, while higher order
contributions can make them consistent with experimental results. As
corrections for and originate from the same
contribution, there is a relation predicted for them
. Besides, deviation from
for should have been as large as
deviation from 0 for if it were not the former is suppressed by a
factor 4 compared to the latter.Comment: version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Experimental and numerical studies of ferritic stainless steel tubular cross sections under combined compression and bending
An experimental and numerical study of ferritic stainless steel tubular cross sections under combined loading is presented in this paper. Two square hollow section (SHS) sizes—SHS 40×40×240×40×2 and SHS 50×50×250×50×2 made of Grade EN 1.4509 (AISI 441) stainless steel—were considered in the experimental program, which included 2 concentrically loaded stub column tests, 2 four-point bending tests, and 14 eccentrically loaded stub column tests. In parallel with the experimental investigation, a finite-element (FE) study was also conducted. Following validation of the FE models against the test results, parametric analyses were carried out to generate further structural performance data. The experimental and numerical results were analyzed and compared with the design strengths predicted by the current European stainless steel design code EN 1993-1-4 and American stainless steel design specification SEI/ASCE-8. The comparisons revealed that the codified capacity predictions for ferritic stainless steel cross sections under combined loading are unduly conservative. The deformation-based continuous strength method (CSM) has been extended to cover the case of combined loading. The applicability of CSM to the design of ferritic stainless steel cross sections under combined loading was also evaluated. The CSM was shown to offer substantial improvements in design efficiency over existing codified methods. Finally, the reliability of the proposals was confirmed by means of statistical analyses according to both the SEI/ASCE-8 requirements and those of EN 1990
Recent BES measurements and the hadronic contribution to the QED vacuum polarization
We have updated our evaluation of the hadronic contribution to the running of
the QED fine structure constant using the recent precise measurements of the
e+e- annihilation at the center-of-mass (c.m.s.) energy region between 2.6 and
3.65 GeV performed by the BES collaboration. In the low energy region, around
the rho resonance, we include the recent measurements from the BABAR, CDM-2,
KLOE and SND collaborations. We obtain Delta alpha (5)_had (s) = 0.02750 +/-
0.00033 at s = m_Z^2.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figur
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