Recently developed analytic approximation for the equation of state of fully ionized nonideal electron-ion plasma mixtures [A. Y. Potekhin, G. Chabrier, and F. J. Rogers, Phys. Rev. E 79, 016411 (2009)], which covers the transition between the weak and strong Coulomb coupling regimes and reproduces numerical results obtained in the hypernetted-chain (HNC) approximation, is modified in order to ...

In most supersymmetric theories charginos, χ̃1,2, belong to the class of the lightest supersymmetric particles. The chargino system can be reconstructed completely in e+e− collider experiments: e+e− → χ̃i χ̃j [i, j = 1, 2]. By measuring the total cross sections and the asymmetries with polarized beams, the chargino masses and the gaugino–higgsino mixing angles of these states can be determined acc...

There is a long history of cryptographic hash functions, i.e. functions mapping variable-length strings to fixed-length strings, with such functions also expected to enjoy certain security properties. Hash functions can be effected via modular arithmetic, recursive permutation-based schemes, chaotic mixing, and so on. Herein we introduce the notion of an Artificial Life (or ALife) hash function...

Starting from the unmixed Lagrangian, the electro-weak radiative corrections are recomputed using symmetrical generalised functions. All gauge bosons acquire an indeterminate mass. Electro-weak mixing is obtained by diagonalization of the mass matrix. The W/Z mass ratio follows automatically. The Higgs mechanism is not needed to generate the vector boson masses. A mass sum rule is postulated to...

SYNOPSIS The aim of this article is to test and to improve existing models combining rhe-ological data with the molecular weight distribution (MWD). This process of testing and improving was separated into two distinct steps: First, the mixing behavior of the relaxation modulus obtained from a polymer blend was investigated and compared with the proposed mixing behavior derived from the linear ...

To analyze the physical consequences of a dynamically broken theory of the weak interactions, we must know how the weak gauge group is aligned in an approximate flavor-symmetry group. For a large class of models, spectral-function sum rules enable us to determine this alignment explicitly. We work out the pattern of the electroweak symmetry breakdown for several sample models. Critical values o...

The concentration dependence of the surface tension of single and mixed electrolyte aqueous solutions is studied, based on the assumption that the surface layer can be treated as a separate phase located between vapor and bulk liquid phases. The mean spherical approximation modified by Lu et al. [J.-F. Lu, Y.-X. Yu, Y.-G. Li, Fluid Phase Equilibria 85 (1993) 81–100] is used to calculate the act...