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Invariants of algebraic curves and topological expansion
For any arbitrary algebraic curve, we define an infinite sequence of
invariants. We study their properties, in particular their variation under a
variation of the curve, and their modular properties. We also study their
limits when the curve becomes singular. In addition we find that they can be
used to define a formal series, which satisfies formally an Hirota equation,
and we thus obtain a new way of constructing a tau function attached to an
algebraic curve. These invariants are constructed in order to coincide with the
topological expansion of a matrix formal integral, when the algebraic curve is
chosen as the large N limit of the matrix model's spectral curve. Surprisingly,
we find that the same invariants also give the topological expansion of other
models, in particular the matrix model with an external field, and the
so-called double scaling limit of matrix models, i.e. the (p,q) minimal models
of conformal field theory. As an example to illustrate the efficiency of our
method, we apply it to the Kontsevitch integral, and we give a new and
extremely easy proof that Kontsevitch integral depends only on odd times, and
that it is a KdV tau-function.Comment: 92 pages, LaTex, 33 figures, many misprints corrected, small
modifications, additional figure
Parallel algorithm with spectral convergence for nonlinear integro-differential equations
We discuss a numerical algorithm for solving nonlinear integro-differential
equations, and illustrate our findings for the particular case of Volterra type
equations. The algorithm combines a perturbation approach meant to render a
linearized version of the problem and a spectral method where unknown functions
are expanded in terms of Chebyshev polynomials (El-gendi's method). This
approach is shown to be suitable for the calculation of two-point Green
functions required in next to leading order studies of time-dependent quantum
field theory.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figure
Gemini Planet Imager Observational Calibrations III: Empirical Measurement Methods and Applications of High-Resolution Microlens PSFs
The newly commissioned Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) combines extreme adaptive
optics, an advanced coronagraph, precision wavefront control and a
lenslet-based integral field spectrograph (IFS) to measure the spectra of young
extrasolar giant planets between 0.9-2.5 um. Each GPI detector image, when in
spectral model, consists of ~37,000 microspectra which are under or critically
sampled in the spatial direction. This paper demonstrates how to obtain
high-resolution microlens PSFs and discusses their use in enhancing the
wavelength calibration, flexure compensation and spectral extraction. This
method is generally applicable to any lenslet-based integral field spectrograph
including proposed future instrument concepts for space missions.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures. Proceedings of the SPIE, 9147-282 v2: reference
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Billiards and boundary traces of eigenfunctions
This is a report for the 2003 Forges Les Eaux PDE conference on recent
results with A. Hassell on quantum ergodicity of boundary traces of
eigenfunctions on domains with ergodic billiards, and of work in progress with
Hassell and Sogge on norms of boundary traces. Related work by Burq, Grieser
and Smith-Sogge is also discussed.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the 2003 Forges Les Eaux PDE
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Gravitational parity anomaly with and without boundaries
In this paper we consider gravitational parity anomaly in three and four
dimensions. We start with a re-computation of this anomaly on a 3D manifold
without boundaries and with a critical comparison of our results to the
previous calculations. Then we compute the anomaly on 4D manifolds with
boundaries with local bag boundary conditions. We find, that gravitational
parity anomaly is localized on the boundary and contains a gravitational
Chern-Simons terms together with a term depending of the extrinsic curvature.
We also discuss the main properties of the anomaly, as the conformal
invariance, relations between 3D and 4D anomalies, etc.Comment: 16 pages, final version, accepted for publication in JHE
Adiabatic response for Lindblad dynamics
We study the adiabatic response of open systems governed by Lindblad
evolutions. In such systems, there is an ambiguity in the assignment of
observables to fluxes (rates) such as velocities and currents. For the
appropriate notion of flux, the formulas for the transport coefficients are
simple and explicit and are governed by the parallel transport on the manifold
of instantaneous stationary states. Among our results we show that the response
coefficients of open systems, whose stationary states are projections, is given
by the adiabatic curvature.Comment: 33 pages, 4 figures, accepted versio
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