B-tau unification and large atmospheric mixing: a case for a noncanonical seesaw mechanism

We study the second and third generation masses in the context of the minimal renormalizable SO(10) theory. We show that if the seesaw takes the noncanonical (type II) form, large atmospheric neutrino mixing angle requires b-tau unification.     

Densitometric TLC Analysis of Histamine in Fish and Fishery Products

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - A simple and rapid densitometric thin-layer chromatographic method, suitable for monitoring the histamine content of fish and...     

The controversy in the γγ → ρρ process: potential scattering or qqq̄q̄ resonance?

The γγ → gr⁰ ρ⁰ → 4π reaction shows a broad peak at 1.5 GeV in the (J ^P, J_z)=(2⁺, 2) channel which has no counterpart in the ρ⁺ ρ^? channel. This “resonance” is considered as a candidate for a qqq?q? state in the “s-channel”. We show, however, that it can also be explained by potential scattering of ρ⁰ ρ⁰ via the σ-exchange in the “t-channel”.     

Momentum dependent vertices σγγ, σργ and σρρ the NJL scalar hidden by chiral symmetry

We calculate the momentum dependence of three particle verticesσγγ, σργ andσρρ in the context of a Nambu Jona Lasinio type model. We show how they influence the processesγγ→σ→ππ, ρ→γσ andγγ→ρρ and how chiral symmetry shadows the presence of theσ.     

Über das Hydroxylammonium-Fluorotitanat(IV)

Summary The microcristalline phase (NH₃OH)₂TiF₆ has been isolated from aqueous solution. It crystallizes in the tetragonal system with cell parameters:a=9.654±0.005 Å,c=11.546±0.010 Å. The hydroxylammonium fluorotitanate was characterized by vibrational spectroscopy and its thermal decomposition studied by DSC and TG analysis.

     

Arsenic speciation patterns in freshwater fish

Muscle of 16 freshwater fish (9 different species belonging to 4 different families) was analysed for arsenic species using HPLC separation (anion and cation exchange) followed by on-line UV-decomposition, hydride generation and AFS detection. The main arsenic compounds found in the extracts were arsenobetaine (AsB), which accounted for 92–100% of extractable arsenic in species of salmonids (Salmo marmoratus, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta m. fario), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMAA), which accounted for 75% of extractable arsenic in burbot (Lota lota). AsB was also found in lower concentrations in almost all other fish species analysed (Silurus glanis, L. lota, Barbus barbus, Rutilus pigus virgo, Chondrostoma nasus). Arsenite (As(III)) and trimethylarsine oxide (TMAO) were detected in low concentrations in some representatives of Cyprinidae only (R. pigus virgo, C. nasus). Except in salmonids, an unknown cationic compound was present in most of the samples in relatively low concentrations. Cluster analysis of the generated data seems to indicate that there is a correlation between fish family and the arsenic speciation pattern. This is especially clear for the salmonids which show a completely separate cluster and thus a very distinct arsenic speciation pattern.     

Intermediate scales in supersymmetric GUTs: the survival of the fittest

We show that intermediate scales in supersymmetric grand unified theories may exist naturally. Their origin is traced to the violation of the survival principle: in supersymmetry internal symmetries often forbid cubic couplings in the superpotential. This leads to a plethora of light supermultiplets whose masses are generated only by higher dimensional operators and thus suppressed by the cut-off scale. These new states often carry exotic quantum numbers and may be, in some cases, accessible to experiments in the near future.