254 research outputs found
Towards Relativistic Skyrmions
We revisit baryons in the Skyrme model. Starting from static baryons in the
helicity eigenstates, we generalize their wavefunctions to the non-static and
relativistic regime. A new representation for gamma matrices in the soliton
collective space is constructed and the corresponding Dirac equation is
obtained. As an example, we draw consideration on how to apply this new
representation on the calculus of vector current vacuum expectation values for
baryon states of spin and isospin half and arbitrary momenta and we show how
elastic form factors can be derived.Comment: 7 pages, 7th Conference Mathematical Methods in Physics - Londrina
2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi
Generalized baryon form factors and proton structure functions in the Sakai-Sugimoto model
We investigate the production of positive parity baryon resonances in proton
electromagnetic scattering within the Sakai-Sugimoto model. The latter is a
string model for the non-perturbative regime of large QCD. Using
holographic techniques we calculate the generalized Dirac and Pauli form
factors that describe resonance production. We use these results to estimate
the contribution of resonance production to the proton structure functions.
Interestingly, we find an approximate Callan-Gross relation for the structure
functions in a regime of intermediate values of the Bjorken variable.Comment: v3: 38 pages, 25 figures. We added a new subsection in order to
compare our results with experimental data. To appear in Nucl. Phys.
Production of negative parity baryons in the holographic Sakai-Sugimoto model
We extend our investigation of resonance production in the Sakai-Sugimoto
model to the case of negative parity baryon resonances. Using holographic
techniques we extract the generalized Dirac and Pauli baryon form factors as
well as the helicity amplitudes for these baryonic states. Identifying the
first negative parity resonance with the experimentally observed S_{11}(1535),
we find reasonable agreement with experimental data from the JLab-CLAS
collaboration. We also estimate the contribution of negative parity baryons to
the proton structure functions.Comment: 1+30 pages, 8 figures. v3: typos corrected, references added, section
2 and 3 shortened, improved discussion of helicity amplitudes and comparison
with experimental result
D-Terms from Generalized NS-NS Fluxes in Type II
Orientifolds of type II string theory admit a certain set of generalized
NS-NS fluxes, including not only the three-form field strength H, but also
metric and non-geometric fluxes, which are related to H by T-duality. We
describe in general how these fluxes appear as parameters of an effective N=1
supergravity theory in four dimensions, and in particular how certain
generalized NS-NS fluxes can act as charges for R-R axions, leading to D-term
contributions to the effective scalar potential. We illustrate these phenomena
in type IIB with the example of a certain orientifold of T^6/Z_4.Comment: 31+1 pages, uses utarticle.cls; v2: references adde
Relativistic baryons in the Skyrme model revisited
Starting from the static Skyrme model baryon wavefunctions in their helicity eigenstates, we generalize the wavefunctions to the non-static and relativistic regime. A new representation for gamma matrices in the SU(2) collective space is constructed and the corresponding Dirac equation is obtained. Finally, we comment on possible applications of our results to the calculation of matrix elements of baryonic currents and the corresponding form factors in the relativistic case
Nanopores of carbon nanotubes as practical hydrogen storage media
We report on hydrogen desorption mechanisms in the nanopores of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The as-grown MWCNTs show continuous walls that do not provide sites for hydrogen storage under ambient conditions. However, after treating the nanotubes with oxygen plasma to create nanopores in the MWCNTs, we observed the appearance of a new hydrogen desorption peak in the 300–350 K range. Furthermore, the calculations of density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations confirmed that this peak could be attributed to the hydrogen that is physically adsorbed inside nanopores whose diameter is approximately 1 nm. Thus, we demonstrated that 1 nm nanopores in MWCNTs offer a promising route to hydrogen storage media for onboard practical applications
On Supergroups with Odd Clifford Parameters and Supersymmetry with Modified Leibniz Rule
We investigate supergroups with Grassmann parameters replaced by odd Clifford
parameters. The connection with non-anticommutative supersymmetry is discussed.
A Berezin-like calculus for odd Clifford variables is introduced. Fermionic
covariant derivatives for supergroups with odd Clifford variables are derived.
Applications to supersymmetric quantum mechanics are made. Deformations of the
original supersymmetric theories are encountered when the fermionic covariant
derivatives do not obey the graded Leibniz property. The simplest non-trivial
example is given by the N=2 SQM with a real multiplet and a cubic
potential. The action is real. Depending on the overall sign ("Euclidean" or
"Lorentzian") of the deformation, a Bender-Boettcher pseudo-hermitian
hamiltonian is encountered when solving the equation of motion of the auxiliary
field. A possible connection of our framework with the Drinfeld twist
deformation of supersymmetry is pointed out.Comment: Final version to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A; 20 page
Toroidal Orientifolds in IIA with General NS-NS Fluxes
Type IIA toroidal orientifolds offer a promising toolkit for model builders,
especially when one includes not only the usual fluxes from NS-NS and R-R field
strengths, but also fluxes that are T-dual to the NS-NS three-form flux. These
new ingredients are known as metric fluxes and non-geometric fluxes, and can
help stabilize moduli or can lead to other new features. In this paper we study
two approaches to these constructions, by effective field theory or by toroidal
fibers twisted over a toroidal base. Each approach leads us to important
observations, in particular the presence of D-terms in the four-dimensional
effective potential in some cases, and a more subtle treatment of the
quantization of the general NS-NS fluxes. Though our methods are general, we
illustrate each approach on the example of an orientifold of T^6/Z_4.Comment: 59 pages, references adde
Validation of the relevant outcome scale for Alzheimer's disease: a novel multidomain assessment for daily medical practice
Time-localized projectors in String Field Theory with E-field
We extend the analysis of hep-th/0409063 to the case of a constant electric
field turned on the worldvolume and on a transverse direction of a D-brane. We
show that time localization is still obtained by inverting the discrete
eigenvalues of the lump solution. The lifetime of the unstable soliton is shown
to depend on two free parameters: the b-parameter and the value of the electric
field. As a by-product, we construct the normalized diagonal basis of the star
algebra in -field background.Comment: 27 +1 pages, v2: references added, typos correcte
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