We analyze next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections and uncertainties for coherent μ − e conversion . The analysis is general but numerical results focus on 27Al, which will be used in the Mu2E experiment. We obtain a simple expression for the branching ratio in terms of Wilson coefficients associated with possible physics beyond the Standard Model and a set of model-independent parameters deter...

In pushÈpull organic molecules of interest in quadratic nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, the major hyperpolarisability component usually lies along the dipole axis. Most of these molecules crystallise with the dipole moment vectors of near neighbors aligned antiparallel, leading to near-cancellation of their hyperpolarisability tensor components and poor bulk NLO response. Appropriate desi...

We propose a phenomenological study of the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) approach applied to the data on the proton structure function F2 measured at HERA in the small-xBj region (xBj < 0.01) and Q 2 in the range 5 to 120 GeV. With a simplified “effective kernel” approximation, we present a comparison between leading-logs (LO) and nextto-leading logs (NLO) BFKL approaches in the saddle-p...

We present a method to combine next-to-leading order (NLO) matrix elements in QCD with leading logarithmic parton showers by applying a suitably modified version of the phase-space-slicing method. The method consists of subsuming the NLO corrections into a scale-dependent phase-space-slicing parameter, which is then automatically adjusted to cut out the leading order, virtual, soft and collinea...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been intensively studied over the past decade because they represent a new category of hybrid inorganic-organic materials with extensive surface areas, ultrahigh porosity, along with the extraordinary tailorability of structure, shape and dimensions. In this highlight, we summarize the current state of MOF research and report on structure-property relationsh...

Vector-boson fusion processes are an important tool for the study of electroweak symmetry breaking at hadron colliders, since they allow to distinguish a light Higgs boson scenario from strong weak boson scattering. We here consider the channels WW →ZZ and ZZ→ZZ as part of electroweak Z boson pair production in association with two tagging jets. We present the calculation of the NLO QCD correct...

The present fascinating field of research is to synthesize, grow and characterize semi organic NLO crystals. Here an attempt has been made to synthesize and grow number of NLO semi organic crystals. The semi organic crystals posses both the good qualities of host organic material and additive-inorganic material. The crystals grown are amino acidγ-Glycine with additives namely, Potassium Nitrate...

The nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of metallic nanoparticles strongly depend on their size and shape. Metallic gold nanorods have already been widely investigated, but other noble metals could also be used for nanorod fabrication towards applications in photonics. Here we report on the synthesis and NLO characterization of silver nanorods (AgNRs) with controllable localized surface plasmon ...

In the present study the thermal structure evolution is reviewed for known nonlinear optical borates such as β-BaB2O4, LiB3O5, CsLiB6O10, Li2B4O7, K2Al2B2O7, and α-BiB3O6, based on single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction data collected over wide temperature ranges. Temperature-dependent measurements of further borates are presented for the first time: α-BaB2O4 (295–673 K), β-BaB2O4 (98–693 ...

The transverse energy flow generated by minijets in hadron and nuclear collisions into a given rapidity window in the central region is calculated in the next-to-leading (NLO) order in QCD at RHIC and LHC energies. The NLO transverse energy production in pp collisions cross sections are larger than the LO ones by the factors of KRHIC ∼ 1.9 and KLHC ∼ 2.1 at RHIC and LHC energies correspondingly...