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Holographic bulk viscosity: GPR vs EO
Recently Eling and Oz (EO) proposed a formula for the holographic bulk
viscosity, in arXiv:1103.1657, derived from the null horizon focusing equation.
This formula seems different from that obtained earlier by Gubser, Pufu and
Rocha (GPR) in arXiv:0806.0407 calculated from the IR limit of the two-point
function of the trace of the stress tensor. The two were shown to agree only
for some simple scaling cases. We point out that the two formulae agree in two
non-trivial holographic theories describing RG flows. The first is the strongly
coupled N=2* gauge theory plasma. The second is the semi-phenomenological model
of Improved Holographic QCD.Comment: 21 pages, 2 figure
ERA distribution of information systems journals
The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative being conducted by the Australian Research Council (ARC), mandates a single journal and conference ranking scheme over every academic discipline in Australia. A universal publication outlet ranking list mandated by a government agency is unique and has attracted interest and comment both within Australia and overseas. Equally, the interest shown has come from all sectors involved in academic publishing – authors, reviewers, publishers – and from commercial and open access publishers. This paper investigates the distribution of information systems journals over the various ERA parameters and comments on a claim of bias whereby the ranking of a journal is positively influenced by the number of years it has been in existence in the areas of information systems and business journals. Clear evidence of the diversity of the information systems discipline is observed. The benefits of a multidisciplinary foundation for information systems is also noted. Longer established journals are shown to attract higher rankings and possible reasons for and implications flowing from this are discussed.<br /
A note on dual giant gravitons in
We study some of the properties of dual giant gravitons - D2-branes wrapped
on an - in type IIA string theory on . In particular we confirm that the spectrum of small
fluctuations about the giant is both real and independent of the size of the
graviton. We also extend previously developed techniques for attaching open
strings to giants to this D2-brane giant and focus on two particular limits of
the resulting string sigma model: In the pp-wave limit we quantize the string
and compute the spectrum of bosonic excitations while in the semiclassical
limit, we read off the fast string Polyakov action and comment on the
comparison to the Landau-Lifshitz action for the dual open spin chain.Comment: v3 significantly changed: added coupling to RR 1-form and turned on
worldvolume gauge field, computed gauge field fluctuation, added comments on
closure of the sl(2) sector and re-written to improve clarity. This version
published in JHE
OPTIMASS: A Package for the Minimization of Kinematic Mass Functions with Constraints
Reconstructed mass variables, such as , , , and
, play an essential role in searches for new physics at hadron
colliders. The calculation of these variables generally involves constrained
minimization in a large parameter space, which is numerically challenging. We
provide a C++ code, OPTIMASS, which interfaces with the MINUIT library to
perform this constrained minimization using the Augmented Lagrangian Method.
The code can be applied to arbitrarily general event topologies and thus allows
the user to significantly extend the existing set of kinematic variables. We
describe this code and its physics motivation, and demonstrate its use in the
analysis of the fully leptonic decay of pair-produced top quarks using the
variables.Comment: 39 pages, 12 figures, (1) minor revision in section 3, (2) figure
added in section 4.3, (3) reference added and (4) matched with published
versio
Beyond the Planar Limit in ABJM
In this article we consider gauge theories with a U(N)X U(N) gauge group. We
provide, for the first time, a complete set of operators built from scalar
fields that are in the bi fundamental of the two groups. Our operators
diagonalize the two point function of the free field theory at all orders in
1/N. We then use this basis to investigate non-planar anomalous dimensions in
the ABJM theory. We show that the dilatation operator reduces to a set of
decoupled harmonic oscillators, signaling integrability in a nonplanar large N
limit.Comment: v2: minor revisison
Complexity and phase transitions in a holographic QCD model
Applying the "Complexity=Action" conjecture, we study the holographic
complexity close to crossover/phase transition in a holographic QCD model
proposed by Gubser et al. This model can realize three types of phase
transition, crossover or first and second order, depending on the parameters of
the dilaton potential. The re-scaled late-time growth rate of holographic
complexity density for the three cases is calculated. Our results show that it
experiences a fast drop/jump close to the critical point while approaching
constants far beyond the critical temperature. Moreover, close to the critical
temperature, it shows a behavior characterizing the type of the transition.
These features suggest that the growth rate of the holographic complexity may
be used as a good parameter to characterize the phase transition. The Lloyd's
bound is always satisfied for the cases we considered but only saturated for
the conformal case.Comment: v1: 14 pages, 2 figures; v2: refs added, minor modifications. arXiv
admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1608.03072; v3: More details
on the Lloyd's bound, matching the published versio
Unitarity-Cuts, Stokes' Theorem and Berry's Phase
Two-particle unitarity-cuts of scattering amplitudes can be efficiently
computed by applying Stokes' Theorem, in the fashion of the Generalised Cauchy
Theorem. Consequently, the Optical Theorem can be related to the Berry Phase,
showing how the imaginary part of arbitrary one-loop Feynman amplitudes can be
interpreted as the flux of a complex 2-form.Comment: presented at RADCOR 2009 - 9th International Symposium on Radiative
Corrections, October 25 - 30 2009, Ascona, Switzerlan
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