Decay Ratio Research Articles

Modelling effects of root growth and decay on soil water retention and permeability

Plant roots can change the soil water retention curve (SWRC) and saturated permeability (ksat) of vegetated soils. However, there is no model that could capture both the effects of root growth and root decay on these soil hydraulic properties simultaneously. This note proposes a new void ratio function that can model the decrease and increase in soil void ratio due to root occupancy (upon growth) and root shrinkage (upon decay), respectively, in an unsaturated vegetated coarse-grained soil. The function requires two root parameters; namely, root volume ratio and root decay ratio, both of which can be readily measured through root excavation and image-based analysis. The new function is incorporated into a void ratio–dependent SWRC model for predicting the SWRC of vegetated soils. Similarly, the same function can be combined with the Kozeny–Carman equation for predicting ksat. The model prediction is then compared with a set of new field test data and an existing laboratory dataset for a silty sand vegetated with plant species under the family Schefflera. Good agreements are obtained between the measurements and predictions.

The strong decay patterns of Z_c and Z_b states in the relativized quark model

Employing the relativized quark model and the quark-interchange model, we investigate the decay of the charged heavy quarkonium-like states Z_c(3900), Z_c(4020), Z_c(4430), Z_b(10610) and Z_b(10650) into the ground and radially excited heavy quarkonia via emitting a pion meson. The Z_c and Z_b states are assumed to be hadronic molecules composed of open-flavor heavy mesons. The calculated decay ratios can be compared with the experimental data, which are useful in judging whether the molecule state assignment for the corresponding Z_c or Z_b state is reasonable or not. The theoretical framework constructed in this work will be helpful in revealing the underlying structures of some exotic hadrons.

Study of e^{+}e^{-}→γωJ/ψ and Observation of X(3872)→ωJ/ψ.

We study the e^{+}e^{-}→γωJ/ψ process using 11.6 fb^{-1} e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data taken at center-of-mass energies from sqrt[s]=4.008 GeV to 4.600GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring. The X(3872) resonance is observed for the first time in the ωJ/ψ system with a significance of more than 5σ. The relative decay ratio of X(3872)→ωJ/ψ and π^{+}π^{-}J/ψ is measured to be R=1.6_{-0.3}^{+0.4}±0.2, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic (the same hereafter). The sqrt[s]-dependent cross section of e^{+}e^{-}→γX(3872) is also measured and investigated, and it can be described by a single Breit-Wigner resonance, referred to as the Y(4200), with a mass of 4200.6_{-13.3}^{+7.9}±3.0 MeV/c^{2} and a width of 115_{-26}^{+38}±12 MeV. In addition, to describe the ωJ/ψ mass distribution above 3.9 GeV/c^{2}, we need at least one additional Breit-Wigner resonance, labeled as X(3915), in the fit. The mass and width of the X(3915) are determined. The resonant parameters of the X(3915) agree with those of the Y(3940) in B→KωJ/ψ and of the X(3915) in γγ→ωJ/ψ observed by the Belle and BABAR experiments within errors.

A possible application of catastrophe theory to boiling water reactor instability

It is known that the stability of boiling water reactors (BWRs), when quantified with the so-called decay ratio as the stability parameter, may show seemingly abrupt changes, despite the smooth variations of the control parameters (reactor power and core flow). There is also evidence of the fact that the stability properties can exhibit a hysteresis effect when moving back and forth on the same path on the power-flow map. The most common explanation of the abrupt change is based on the co-existence of two different types of instabilities (global and regional), and their interplay (van der Hagen et al., 1994; Pázsit, 1995). In this paper we suggest an alternative phenomenological explanation, which only assumes the existence of one single mode of instability. We propose the hypothesis that the decay ratio of one single mode of a complex, many-variable non-linear system might obey a cusp catastrophe as a function of the control parameters. Such a phenomenological model can explain both the discontinuous variation of the decay ratio, as well as the hysteresis effect. Since a cusp-type behaviour implies that the decay ratio is many-valued in a certain region of the power-flow map, a mechanism is suggested how a Hopf bifurcation with multiplicative noise can lead to such a behaviour.

Type II instabilities in advanced heavy water natural circulation reactors: Application to the AHWR

This paper deals with the instabilities in advanced heavy water reactors driven by natural circulation at high pressure and power conditions. This paper also study which are the design and operating parameters that have more influence on the appearance of type II instabilities. Some of the results are compared with usual BWR reactors to stablish which are the differences between both types of reactors in the development of limit cycle oscillations and the maximum amplitude values of these oscillations when some of the influential parameters on the stability are changed.This paper also explains the main characteristics of the modelling used to simulate the fuel channels, the risers or outlet feeders, the recirculation loop of this reactor, and the kinetic and heat transfer models. In addition, we compare the closure relations used in this model with the experimental correlations for the AHWR, to know the applicability of the correlations for the AHWR under natural circulation conditions.Finally, we study in this paper the influence on the decay ratio (DR) and the limit cycle amplitude of a set of design and operational parameters. Some of these parameters are: the amount of coolant direct heating by neutrons and gamma-rays, the form loss coefficient at the channel inlet, the form loss coefficient in the spacers, the phase change number Npch, the characteristic natural circulation time and the effective inertia of the recirculation loop.

χb(3P) multiplet revisited: Hyperfine mass splitting and radiative transitions

Invoked by the recent CMS observation regarding candidates of the $\chi_b(3P)$ multiplet, we analyze the ultrafine and mass splittings among $3P$ multiplet in our unquenched quark model (UQM) studies. The mass difference of $\chi_{b2}$ and $\chi_{b1}$ in $3P$ multiplet measured by CMS collaboration ($10.6 \pm 0.64 \pm 0.17$ MeV) is very close to our theoretical prediction ($12$ MeV). Our corresponding mass splitting of $\chi_{b1}$ and $\chi_{b0}$ enables us to predict more precisely the mass of $\chi_{b0}(3P)$ to be ($10490\pm 3$) MeV. Moreover, we predict ratios of the radiative decays of $\chi_{bJ}(nP)$ candidates, both in UQM and quark potential model. Our predicted relative branching fraction of $\chi_{b0}(3P)\to\Upsilon(3S)\gamma$ is one order of magnitude smaller than $\chi_{b2}(3P)$, this naturally explains the non-observation of $\chi_{b0}(3P)$ in recent CMS search. We hope these results might provide useful references for forthcoming experimental searches.

Isospin breaking decays as a diagnosis of the hadronic molecular structure of the Pc(4457)

The LHCb Collaboration announced the observation of three narrow structures consistent with hidden-charm pentaquark states. They are candidates of hadronic molecules formed of a pair of a charmed baryon and an anticharmed meson. Among them, the $P_c(4457)$ mass is consistent with earlier predictions of a $\Sigma_c\bar D^*$ molecule with $I=1/2$. We point out that if such a picture were true, one would have $\mathcal{B}(P_c(4457)\to J/\psi \Delta^+)/\mathcal{B}(P_c(4457)\to J/\psi p)$ at the level ranging from a few percent to about 30%. Such a large isospin breaking decay ratio is two to three orders of magnitude larger than that for normal hadron resonances. It is a unique feature of the $\Sigma_c\bar D^*$ molecular model, and can be checked by LHCb.

Search for production of an invisible dark photon in \u03c00 decays

The results of a search for π0 decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of 4.12 × 108 tagged π0 mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a kinetic-mixing interaction, limits are set on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass, improving on previous searches in the mass range 60–110 MeV/c2. The present results are interpreted in terms of an upper limit of the branching ratio of the electro-weak decay {pi}^0to gamma nu overline{nu} , improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.

Impact of Z′ boson on lepton flavor violating decays

Recently, some small hints of lepton flavor violating (LFV) decays have been probed in different colliders and accelerators. Although these processes are forbidden in the Standard Model (SM), observation of LFV decays are considered as good probes to test theory beyond the SM. In this paper, we study some LFV decays, e.g. three-body decay channels of [Formula: see text] lepton like [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and two-body decays of B meson and [Formula: see text] lepton like [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] model. We calculate the branching ratio of the above decays considering the effect of both [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]-mediated flavor-changing neutral-current (FCNC).

Isotope Effects in the Predissociation of Excited States of N2 + Produced by Photoionization of 14N2 and 15N2 at Energies Between 24.2 and 25.6 eV.

Photoelectron/photoion imaging spectrometry employing dispersed VUV radiation from the SOLEIL synchrotron has been used to study the predissociation of N2+ states located up to 1.3 eV above the ion's first dissociation limit. Branching ratios for unimolecular decay into either N2+ or N+ were obtained by measuring coincidences between threshold electrons and mass-selected product ions, using a supersonic beam of either 14N2 or 15N2 as photoionization target. The results confirm that predissociation of the state of 14N2+ is faster than emission to the electronic ground-state by a factor 10 or more for all vibrational levels v′ ≥ 3, while for 15N2+ the two decay modes have comparable probabilities for the levels v′ = 3, 4, and 5. In contrast, no significant isotope effect could be observed for the other states of N2+ identified in the photoelectron spectrum. For both 14N2+ and 15N2+ isotopologues all vibrational levels of these other states decay to an extent of at least 95% by predissociation.

System integration and control design of a maglev platform for space vibration isolation

Micro-vibration has been a dominant factor impairing the performance of scientific experiments which are expected to be deployed in a micro-gravity environment such as a space laboratory. The micro-vibration has serious impact on the scientific experiments requiring a quasi-static environment. Therefore, we proposed a maglev vibration isolation platform operating in six degrees of freedom (DOF) to fulfill the environmental requirements. In view of the noncontact and large stroke requirement for micro-vibration isolation, an optimization method was utilized to design the actuator. Mathematical models of the actuator's remarkable nonlinearity were established, so that its output can be compensated according to a floater's varying position and a system's performance may be satisfied. Furthermore, aiming to adapt to an energy-limited environment such as space laboratory, an optimum allocation scheme was put forward, considering that the actuator's nonlinearity, accuracy, and minimum energy-consumption can be obtained simultaneously. In view of operating in 6-DOF, methods for nonlinear compensation and system decoupling were discussed, and the necessary controller was also presented. Simulation and experiments validate the system's performance. With a movement range of 10 × 10 × 8 mm and rotations of 200 mrad, the decay ratio of −40 dB/Dec between 1 and 10 Hz was obtained under close-loop control.

Decayϕ→Zγγ(ϕ=h,H,A) in the minimal supersymmetric standard model

The decays of the CP-even ($h,\,H$) and the CP-odd ($A$) Higgs bosons $h,\,H,\,A\to Z\gamma\gamma$ are calculated in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), where they are induced at the one-loop level via box and reducible Feynman diagrams. For the numerical evaluation of the branching ratios we employ the decoupling limit and consider values for the MSSM parameters still consistent with the current experimental data. We consider a particular scenario for the radiative corrections to the Higgs boson masses, dubbed hMSSM, which leads to only two free parameters, namely $m_A$ and $\tan\beta$. We found that the branching ratio of the $CP$-odd Higgs boson decay $A\to Z\gamma\gamma$ can reach values up to $10^{-8}$ for $m_A=750$ GeV, which is three order of magnitude smaller than that of the $A\to\gamma\gamma$ channel. On the other hand, the branching ratio of the $H\to Z\gamma\gamma$ decay is of the order of $10^{-7}$ for large values of $m_H$ and small values of $\tan\beta$, which is comparable with the branching ratio of the $H\to Z\gamma$ channel. As far as the branching ratio of the SM-like Higgs boson decay $h\to Z\gamma\gamma$ is concerned, it is considerably suppressed, of the order of $10^{-11}$.

Principles for the application of bifurcation theory for the systematic analysis of nuclear reactor stability, Part2: Application

This paper is regarded as a continuation of the paper “Principles for the application of bifurcation theory for the systematic analysis of nuclear reactor stability, Part1” with the intention to provide examples demonstrating the application of the bifurcation analysis method in the framework of reactor stability analysis. Hence, we continue with chapter 5 which is devoted to three examples: (1) two-phase flow stability analysis, (2) occurrence of a generalized Hopf bifurcation (GHB) during a real nuclear reactor stability test and (3) existence of a complex stability behaviour in an environment of a double Hopf bifurcation point (Hopf-Hopf bifurcation, HHB). The efficiency of the RAM-ROM method is demonstrated for an operating point of NPP Leibstadt for which a sufficient experimental and system code database is available. These three examples of system dynamics demonstrate the partly very complex stability behaviour of nonlinear systems which cannot be explained by the application of linear stability analysis methods such as the estimation of the decay ratio (as a linear stability indicator). The consequences of the found bifurcation types in examples 2 and 3 on the particular solution structure of the underlying dynamic system will be discussed by using their respective normal forms in order to provide the reader a more clear access to the complex system behaviour around these bifurcation points. In case of the Hopf-Hopf bifurcation, we only present a selected part of solutions in this paper and refer the reader to a future paper, where more details of this bifurcation type are summarized and consequences to the full system are interpreted.

Ambient noise analysis in underwater wireless communication using laser diode

The proposed system of a 450 nm blue GaN (Gallium Nitride) laser diode directly modulated by pre-leveled 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation(QAM) Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM)data is implemented to achieve high transmission capacity upto 10.02 Gbits/sec. The simulation analysis will be done under sea water and tap water to enable underwater wireless optical communication(UOWC) over a distance of upto 12 m. The UWOC tap water provide an allowable bit rate decrease from 16.57 to 14.67 Gbps with the transmission distance significantly increased from 2 m to 6 m, exhibit bit/distance decay ratio of −0.236 Gbps/m. By performing Underwater Optical Wireless Communication (UOWC) in sea water, the impurities in sea water scattered the light causing attenuation of the blue laser power. This reduces the transmission capacity with a slightly higher decay ratio −0.410 Gbps/m. There are other noise sources in the sea produced by creatures or by natural and man made activities. All these noise are also taken into consideration so that the ambient noise are eliminated with the help of digital signal processing.

Precise Determination of the Branching Ratio of the Neutral-Pion Dalitz Decay

We provide a new value for the ratio R=Γ(π^{0}→e^{+}e^{-}γ(γ))/Γ(π^{0}→γγ)=11.978(6)×10^{-3}, which is by 2 orders of magnitude more precise than the current Particle Data Group average. It is obtained using the complete set of the next-to-leading-order radiative corrections in the QED sector, and incorporates up-to-date values of the π^{0}-transition-form-factor slope. The ratio R translates into the branching ratios of the two main π^{0} decay modes: B(π^{0}→γγ)=98.8131(6)% and B(π^{0}→e^{+}e^{-}γ(γ))=1.1836(6)%.

Renormalon-motivated evaluation of QCD observables

A method of evaluation of spacelike QCD observables ${\cal D}(Q^2)$ is developed, motivated by the renormalon structure of these quantities. A related auxiliary quantity ${\widetilde {\cal D}}(Q^2)$ is introduced, which is renomalization scale independent only at the one-loop level, and a large-$\beta_0$-type renormalon motivated ansatz is made for the Borel transform of this quantity. This leads to a `dressed' Borel transform of the considered observable ${\cal D}(Q^2)$. From there, a Neubert-type distribution is obtained for the observable. The described method is then applied to the massless Adler function and the related decay ratio of the $\tau$ lepton semihadronic decays. Comparisons are then made with an evaluation method at higher truncated orders, developed in our earlier works, which is a renormalization scale invariant extension of the diagonal Pad\'e approximants.

Update on energies and widths in Be13

I have compared new experimental information on resonances in $^{13}\mathrm{Be}$ with results of theoretical calculations. For the $1/{2}^{+}$ resonance at 0.86 MeV, the reported width of 1.70(15) MeV is considerably larger than the single-particle limit of 1.3 MeV. For the first $5/{2}^{+}$, the calculated width and ${2}^{+}$ branching ratio for neutron decay are both in rough agreement with the data. I discuss the possibility that events from decay of the second $5/{2}^{+}$ to $^{12}\mathrm{Be}({2}^{+})$ could contribute to the 0.86-MeV peak. If the 4.0-MeV resonance is indeed $3/{2}^{+}$, then its width should be considerably larger than reported.

This Account Doesn’t Exist: Tweet Decay and the Politics of Deletion in the Brexit Debate

Literature on influence operations has identified metrics that are indicative of social media manipulation, but few studies have explored the lifecycle of low-quality information. We contribute to this literature by reconstructing nearly 3M messages posted by 1M users in the last days of the Brexit referendum campaign. While previous studies have found that on average only 4% of tweets disappear, we found that 33% of the tweets leading up to the referendum vote are no longer available. Only about half of the most active accounts that tweeted the referendum continue to operate publicly and 20% of all accounts are no longer active. We tested whether partisan content was more likely to disappear and found more messages from the Leave campaign that disappeared than the entire universe of tweets affiliated with the Remain campaign. We compare these results with a set of 45 hashtags posted in the same period and find that political campaigns present much higher ratios of user and tweet decay. These results are validated by inspecting 2M Brexit-related tweets posted over a period of nearly 4 years. The article concludes with an overview of these findings and recommendations for future research.

Measurements of lepton universality at LHCb

Lepton universality violation would represent a signal of physics beyond the Standard Model. Anomalies have been observed in the measurement of the branching ratios of semileptonic decays of beauty mesons in third-generation leptons. This contribution reports on the measurements of the observable $R(D^{\ast -}) = B(B^0 \rightarrow D^{\ast -} \tau^+ \nu _\tau)/B(B^0 \rightarrow D^\ast - \mu^+ \nu_\mu)$ and $R(J/\psi)$ = $B(B^+_c \rightarrow J/\psi \tau^+ \nu_\tau)/B(B^+_c \rightarrow J/\psi \mu^+ \nu_\mu)$ performed at LHCb with data collected during the Run 1 of the LHC.

Chlorogenic acid and gallic acid elevate pain sensitivity threshold in olfactory bulbectomised rats

The polarization observables T,E,P,H, and G in photoproduction of η mesons off protons are measured for photon energies from threshold to W=2400 MeV (T), 2280 MeV (E), 1620 MeV (P,H), or 1820 MeV (G), covering nearly the full solid angle. The data are compared to predictions from the SAID, MAID, JüBo, and BnGa partial-wave analyses. A refit within the BnGa approach including further data yields precise branching ratios for the Nη decay of nucleon resonances. A Nη-branching ratio of 0.33±0.04 for N(1650)1/2− is found, which reduces the large and controversially discussed Nη-branching ratio difference of the two lowest mass JP=1/2−-resonances significantly.