Effects of polarization on study of anomalous VVH interactions at a Linear Collider

We investigate the use of beam polarisation as well as nal state polarisation efects in probing the interaction of the Higgs boson with a pair of heavy vector bosons in the process e+e! ffH, where f is any light fermion. The sensitivity of the International Linear Collider (ILC) operating at ps = 500 GeV, to such V V H(V = W=Z) couplings is examined in a model independent way. The efects of ISR and beamstrahlung are discussed.

On four-group ML decodable distributed space time codes for cooperative communication

A construction of a new family of distributed space time codes (DSTCs) having full diversity and low Maximum Likelihood (ML) decoding complexity is provided for the two phase based cooperative diversity protocols of Jing-Hassibi and the recently proposed Generalized Non-orthogonal Amplify and Forward (GNAF) protocol of Rajan et al. The salient feature of the proposed DSTCs is that they satisfy the extra constraints imposed by the protocols and are also four-group ML decodable which leads to significant reduction in ML decoding complexity compared to all existing DSTC constructions. Moreover these codes have uniform distribution of power among the relays as well as in time. Also, simulations results indicate that these codes perform better in comparison with the only known DSTC with the same rate and decoding complexity, namely the Coordinate Interleaved Orthogonal Design (CIOD). Furthermore, they perform very close to DSTCs from field extensions which have same rate but higher decoding complexity.

Running neutrino mass from six dimensions

In the present talk, we will discuss a six dimensional mass generation for the neutrinos. The SM neutrinos live on a 3-brane and interact via a brane localised mass term with a Weyl singlet neutrino residing in all the six dimensions. We present the physical neutrino mass spectrum and show that the active neutrino mass and the KK masses have a logarithmic cut-off dependence at the tree level. This translates in to a renormalisation group running of n -masses above the KK compactification scale coming from classical effects without any SM particles in the spectrum.This could have effects in neutrinoless double beta decay experiments.

The Mathematical modeling of inhomogeneites in ventricular tissue

Cardiac arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) are the leading cause of death in the industrialised world. There is a growing consensus that these arrhythmias arise because of the formation of spiral waves of electrical activation in cardiac tissue; unbroken spiral waves are associated with VT and broken ones with VF. Several experimental studies have been carried out to determine the effects of inhomogeneities in cardiac tissue on such arrhythmias. We give a brief overview of such experiments, and then an introduction to partial-differential-equation models for ventricular tissue. We show how different types of inhomogeneities can be included in such models, and then discuss various numerical studies, including our own, of the effects of these inhomogeneities on spiral-wave dynamics. The most remarkable qualitative conclusion of our studies is that the spiral-wave dynamics in such systems depends very sensitively on the positions of these inhomogeneities.

Multigroup-Decodable STBCs from Clifford Algebras

A Space-Time Block Code (STBC) in K symbols (variables) is called g-group decodable STBC if its maximum-likelihood decoding metric can be written as a sum of g terms such that each term is a function of a subset of the K variables and each variable appears in only one term. In this paper we provide a general structure of the weight matrices of multi-group decodable codes using Clifford algebras. Without assuming that the number of variables in each group to be the same, a method of explicitly constructing the weight matrices of full-diversity, delay-optimal g-group decodable codes is presented for arbitrary number of antennas. For the special case of Nt=2a we construct two subclass of codes: (i) A class of 2a-group decodable codes with rate a2(a−1), which is, equivalently, a class of Single-Symbol Decodable codes, (ii) A class of (2a−2)-group decodable with rate (a−1)2(a−2), i.e., a class of Double-Symbol Decodable codes. Simulation results show that the DSD codes of this paper perform better than previously known Quasi-Orthogonal Designs.

Experiments on three-dimensional wire-frame object recognition

Some experimental results on the recognition of three-dimensional wire-frame objects are presented. In order to overcome the limitations of a recent model, which employs radial basis functions-based neural networks, we have proposed a hybrid learning system for object recognition, featuring: an optimization strategy (simulated annealing) in order to avoid local minima of an energy functional; and an appropriate choice of centers of the units. Further, in an attempt to achieve improved generalization ability, and to reduce the time for training, we invoke the principle of self-organization which utilises an unsupervised learning algorithm.

QCD mini-jets contribution to the total cross-section for pions and protons and expectations at LHC

We describe our kt-resummation model for total cross-sections and show its application to pp and ¯pp scattering. The model uses mini-jets to drive the rise of the cross-section and soft gluon resummation in the infrared region to transform the violent rise of the mini-jet cross-section into a logarithmic behaviour in agreement with the Froissart bound.

Invisible decays of the lightest Higgs boson in supersymmetric models

We consider supersymmetric models in which the lightest Higgs scalar can decay invisibly consistent with the constraints on the 126 GeV state discovered at the CERN LHC. We consider the invisible decay in the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), as well its extension containing an additional chiral singlet superfield, the so-called next-to-minimal or nonminimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM). We consider the case of MSSM with both universal as well as nonuniversal gaugino masses at the grand unified scale, and find that only an E-6 grand unified model with unnaturally large representation can give rise to sufficiently light neutralinos which can possibly lead to the invisible decay h(0) -> (chi) over tilde (0)(1)(chi) over tilde (0)(1). Following this, we consider the case of NMSSM in detail, where we also find that it is not possible to have the invisible decay of the lightest Higgs scalar with universal gaugino masses at the grand unified scale. We delineate the regions of the NMSSM parameter space where it is possible for the lightest Higgs boson to have a mass of about 126 GeV, and then concentrate on the region where this Higgs can decay into light neutralinos, with the soft gaugino masses M-1 and M-2 as two independent parameters, unconstrained by grand unification. We also consider, simultaneously, the other important invisible Higgs decay channel in the NMSSM, namely the decay into the lightest CP-odd scalars, h(1) -> a(1)a(1), which is studied in detail. With the invisible Higgs branching ratio being constrained by the present LHC results, we find that mu(eff) < 170 GeV and M-1 < 80 GeV are disfavored in NMSSM for fixed values of the other input parameters. The dependence of our results on the parameters of NMSSM is discussed in detail.

Invisible decays of the heavier Higgs boson in the minimal supersymmetric standard model

We consider the possibility that the heavier CP-even Higgs boson (H-0) in the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) decays invisibly into neutralinos in the light of the recent discovery of the 126 GeV resonance at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For this purpose we consider the minimal supersymmetric standard model with universal, nonuniversal and arbitrary boundary conditions on the supersymmetry breaking gaugino mass parameters at the grand unified scale. Typically, scenarios with universal and nonuniversal gaugino masses do not allow invisible decays of the lightest Higgs boson (h(0)), which is identified with the 126 GeV resonance, into the lightest neutralinos in the MSSM. With arbitrary gaugino masses at the grand unified scale, such an invisible decay is possible. The second lightest Higgs boson can decay into various invisible final states for a considerable region of the MSSM parameter space with arbitrary gaugino masses as well as with the gaugino masses restricted by universal and nonuniversal boundary conditions at the grand unified scale. The possibility of the second lightest Higgs boson of the MSSM decaying into invisible channels is more likely for arbitrary gaugino masses at the grand unified scale. The heavier Higgs boson decay into lighter particles leads to the intriguing possibility that the entire Higgs boson spectrum of the MSSM may be visible at the LHC even if it decays invisibly, during the searches for an extended Higgs boson sector at the LHC. In such a scenario the nonobservation of the extended Higgs sector of the MSSM may carefully be used to rule out regions of the MSSM parameter space at the LHC.

Finanzas para una economía humana sostenible: hacia la banca ética

El presente trabajo analiza el papel que deben jugar las finanzas en un mundo globalizado que vive una profunda crisis multidimensional, económica, financiera, energética, alimentaria, medioambiental, etc. que se manifiesta en graves problemas de pobreza, desigualdad, violación de derechos humanos, exclusión y deterioro ecológico. Esas nuevas finanzas deben constituirse en la herramienta básica de una nueva economía que tenga como objetivo el Desarrollo Humano Sostenible (DHS), que constituye el gran reto al que se enfrenta la humanidad en los próximos años. Todas las personas y las organizaciones tenemos la Responsabilidad Social de hacer frente a ese reto. El sector financiero por su poder e influencia tiene la gran responsabilidad social (RSE) de tener en cuenta, además de su rentabilidad económica, el impacto social y medioambiental de su actividad tanto en el diseño de productos de pasivo, en las estrategias de captación del ahorro y en las políticas de crédito e inversión, recuperando de esta manera el valor social del dinero. La Inversión Socialmente Responsable (ISR) al añadir criterios sociales y medioambientales a los tradicionales criterios financieros permite a las personas o entidades inversoras combinar objetivos financieros con valores sociales. La máxima expresión de la ISR lo constituye la Banca Ética ya que todo su negocio lo gestiona con criterios sociales y medioambientales además de los de rentabilidad económica y bajo una transparencia total. Dentro de la Banca Ética destaca el proyecto Fiare, único nacido en el Estado, que se desarrolla como cooperativa de crédito de ámbito europeo, sin ánimo de lucro, con escala salarial de 1 a 3 y sustentada en redes territoriales de organizaciones sociales que trabajan en el ámbito de la transformación de las estructuras generadoras de injusticia.

La inversión socialmente responsable en los fondos de pensiones y en las EPSV de empleo

Máster en Dirección Empresarial desde la Innovación y la internacionalización. Curso 2013/2014

Propuesta de un modelo determinante de las inversiones socialmente responsables

Este trabajo analiza la materia no muy conocida entre nosotros como son los procesos de decision en las Inversiones Socialmente Responsables (ISR) – Social Responsibility Investment (ISR). El proceso de decision en la inversion social es fundamental, y basandonos en el analisis de caso se ha desarrollado un modelo determinante con el fin de obtener la eficiencia necesaria en dicho proceso. Este modelo esta basado en la formacion, transparencia, legislacion, el compromiso de los gobiernos y la rentabilidad. Por su parte, el proceso de decision esta basado en un ideario etico y las decisiones tomadas dependen del nivel de responsabilidad y formacion que tengan las personas. A traves del modelo, las entidades gestoras pueden mejorar sus procesos de decision. Sin embargo, hemos tenido las siguientes limitaciones: escasa información en la literatura relacionada con la materia, falta de homogeneizacion en los conceptos y necesidad de mayor implicacion de mas entidades gestoras.

Política de escalonamento de recursos computacionais em clusters de física de altas energias

Este trabalho apresenta uma proposta para permitir o uso compartilhado dos recursos computacionais utilizados em um cluster de forma a atender simultaneamente aos quatro experimentos do CERN. A abordagem adotada utiliza o conceito de contratos, onde os requisitos e restrições de cada experimento são descritos em perfis, e uma política de alocação de recursos é definida para manter a utilização dos recursos de forma a atender aos perfis. Propomos um modelo de arquitetura para gerenciar o uso compartilhado de um cluster pelas quatro Organizações Virtuais do LHC. Este modelo de arquitetura é composto de elementos comuns a um cluster típico da Tier-2, acrescidos de funcionalidades para controlar a admissão de novos jobs de todas as Organizações Virtuais do LHC. Este modelo monitora a utilização de recursos do cluster por cada OV, aloca recursos para cada job de acordo com uma política estabelecida para o cluster de forma a procurar respeitar os requisitos de cada uma delas. Definimos um algoritmo para o escalonamento de jobs, que utiliza mecanismos de preempção para controlar a alocação de nós do cluster dependendo o uso corrente e acumulado de recursos por cada OV. Este algoritmo é executado em um dos elementos da arquitetura batizado de broker, dado que o mesmo intermedeia a chegada de novos jobs e a alocação dos nós do cluster, e tem com objetivo manter o controle dos contratos de cada OV. A simulação da arquitetura proposta foi feita no simulador de grades GridSim e os resultados obtidos foram avaliados.

Procura do bóson de Higgs a partir da fusão de bósons vetoriais no Experimento CMS

O presente trabalho tem por finalidade determinar a luminosidade necessária para se impor um limite para exclusão e a signifucância para evidência e descoberta para um bóson de Higgs de mH = 200 GeV no canal qqH → ZZ → 4. Também, apresenta-se uma crítica a qualidade da relação sinal/fundo em eventos de fusão de bósons vetoriais conhecida da literatura atual.