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Using the Uncharged Kerr Black Hole as a Gravitational Mirror
We extend the study of the possibility to use the Schwarzschild black hole as
a gravitational mirror to the more general case of an uncharged Kerr black
hole. We use the null geodesic equation in the equatorial plane to prove a
theorem concerning the conditions the impact parameter has to satisfy if there
shall exist boomerang photons. We derive an equation for these boomerang
photons and an equation for the emission angle. Finally, the radial null
geodesic equation is integrated numerically in order to illustrate boomerang
photons.Comment: 11 pages Latex, 3 Postscript figures, uufiles to compres
Foregrounds in the BOOMERANG-LDB data: a preliminary rms analysis
We present a preliminary analysis of the BOOMERanG LDB maps, focused on
foregrounds. BOOMERanG detects dust emission at moderately low galactic
latitudes () in bands centered at 90, 150, 240, 410 GHz. At higher
Galactic latitudes, we use the BOOMERanG data to set conservative upper limits
on the level of contamination at 90 and 150 GHz. We find that the mean square
signal correlated with the IRAS/DIRBE dust template is less than 3% of the mean
square signal due to CMB anisotropy
Unitarity Boomerang
For the three family quark flavor mixing, the best parametrization is the
original Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, , with four real parameters: three
rotation angles and one phase . A popular way of
presentation is by the unitarity triangle which, however, explicitly displays
only three, not four, independent parameters. Here we propose an alternative
presentation which displays simultaneously all four parameters: the unitarity
boomerang.Comment: 9 pages and 1 figure. A few typos corrected and some new discussions
added. Published verion in Phys. Lett. B688, 67-70(2010
Measuring CMB Polarization with BOOMERANG
BOOMERANG is a balloon-borne telescope designed for long duration (LDB)
flights around Antarctica. The second LDB Flight of BOOMERANG took place in
January 2003. The primary goal of this flight was to measure the polarization
of the CMB. The receiver uses polarization sensitive bolometers at 145 GHz.
Polarizing grids provide polarization sensitivity at 245 and 345 GHz. We
describe the BOOMERANG telescope noting changes made for 2003 LDB flight, and
discuss some of the issues involved in the measurement of polarization with
bolometers. Lastly, we report on the 2003 flight and provide an estimate of the
expected results.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, To be published in the proceedings of "The
Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization", New Astronomy Reviews,
(eds. S. Hanany and K.A. Olive). Fixed typos, and reformatted citation
Quantum boomeranglike effect of wave packets in random media
We unveil an original manifestation of Anderson localization for wave packets
launched with a finite average velocity: after an initial ballistic motion, the
center of mass of the wave packet experiences a retroreflection and slowly
returns to its initial position, an effect that we dub "Quantum Boomerang" and
describe numerically and analytically in dimension 1. In dimension 3, we show
numerically that the quantum boomerang is a genuine signature of Anderson
localization: it exists if and only if the quantum dynamics if localized.Comment: Published versio
Boomerang returns unexpectedly
Experimental study of the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
is gathering momentum. The eagerly awaited Boomerang results have lived up to
expectations. They provide convincing evidence in favor of the standard
paradigm: the Universe is close to flat and with primordial fluctuations which
are redolent of inflation. Further scrutiny reveals something even more
exciting however -- two hints that there may be some unforeseen physical
effects. Firstly the primary acoustic peak appears at slightly larger scales
than expected. Although this may be explicable through a combination of mundane
effects, we suggest it is also prudent to consider the possibility that the
Universe might be marginally closed. The other hint is provided by a second
peak which appears less prominent than expected. This may indicate one of a
number of possibilities, including increased damping length or tilted initial
conditions, but also breaking of coherence or features in the initial power
spectrum. Further data should test whether the current concordance model needs
only to be tweaked, or to be enhanced in some fundamental way.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, final version accepted by Ap
Unitarity boomerangs of quark and lepton mixing matrices
The most popular way to present mixing matrices of quarks (CKM) and leptons
(PMNS) is the parametrization with three mixing angles and one CP-violating
phase. There are two major options in this kind of parametrizations, one is the
original Kobayashi-Maskawa (KM) matrix, and the other is the Chau-Keung (CK)
matrix. In a new proposal by Frampton and He, a unitarity boomerang is
introduced to combine two unitarity triangles, and this new presentation
displays all four independent parameters of the KM parametrization in the quark
sector simultaneously. In this paper, we study the relations between KM and CK
parametrizations, and also consider the quark-lepton complementarity (QLC) in
the KM parametrization. The unitarity boomerang is discussed in the situation
of the CK parametrization for comparison with that in the KM parametrization in
the quark sector. Then we extend the idea of unitarity boomerang to the lepton
sector, and check the corresponding unitarity boomerangs in the two cases of
parametrizations.Comment: 18 latex pages, 4 figures. Version accepted for publication in PL
The Boomerang Effect: Asia\u27s casino industry growth can fly back to benefit Las Vegas
Boomerangs are an interesting invention. These remarkable devices can be thrown into the sky, for long distances, and then they do something amazing: they fly back to the thrower. Metaphorically speaking, the Las Vegas-based casino resort industry has thrown its boomerang to places like Singapore, Macau, and many other casino markets throughout the world over the last decade, with great success. Of course, many question whether this boomerang will indeed fly back to the thrower in the form of economic benefits. In this paper, I will lay out some key strategic concepts that argue that Las Vegas is indeed benefitting from the global expansion of several core economic sectors
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