135 research outputs found
SELF-DUAL ANYONS IN UNIFORM BACKGROUND FIELDS
We study relativistic self-dual Chern-Simons-Higgs systems in the presence of
uniform background fields that explicitly break CTP. A rich, but discrete
vacuum structure is found when the gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken,
while the symmetric phase can have an infinite vacuum degeneracy at tree level.
The latter is due to the proliferation of neutral solitonic states that cost
zero energy. Various novel self-dual solitons, such as these, are found in both
the symmetric and the asymmetric phases. Also by considering a similar system
on a two-sphere and the subsequent large sphere limit, we isolate sensible and
finite expressions for the conserved angular and linear momenta, which satisfy
anomalous commutation relations. We conclude with a few remarks on unresolved
issues.Comment: LaTeX, 20 pages, 4 uuencoded figures included
Quantum origin of the early inflationary Universe
We give a detailed presentation of a recently proposed mechanism of
generating the energy scale of inflation by loop effects in quantum cosmology.
We discuss the quantum origin of the early inflationary Universe from the
no-boundary and tunneling quantum states and present a universal effective
action algorithm for the distribution function of chaotic inflationary
cosmologies in both of these states. The energy scale of inflation is
calculated by finding a sharp probability peak in this distribution function
for a tunneling model driven by the inflaton field with large negative constant
of non-minimal interaction. The sub-Planckian parameters of this peak
(the mean value of the corresponding Hubble constant , its
quantum width and the number of inflationary
e-foldings ) are found to be in good correspondence with the
observational status of inflation theory, provided the coupling constants of
the theory are constrained by a condition which is likely to be enforced by the
(quasi) supersymmetric nature of the sub-Planckian particle physics model.Comment: 43 pages, LaTeX, figures not include
Modeling the actinides with disordered local moments
A first-principles disordered local moment (DLM) picture within the
local-spin-density and coherent potential approximations (LSDA+CPA) of the
actinides is presented. The parameter free theory gives an accurate description
of bond lengths and bulk modulus. The case of -Pu is studied in
particular and the calculated density of states is compared to data from
photo-electron spectroscopy. The relation between the DLM description, the
dynamical mean field approach and spin-polarized magnetically ordered modeling
is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Theory and Applications of Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Turbulent Reconnection
Realistic astrophysical environments are turbulent due to the extremely high
Reynolds numbers. Therefore, the theories of reconnection intended for
describing astrophysical reconnection should not ignore the effects of
turbulence on magnetic reconnection. Turbulence is known to change the nature
of many physical processes dramatically and in this review we claim that
magnetic reconnection is not an exception. We stress that not only
astrophysical turbulence is ubiquitous, but also magnetic reconnection itself
induces turbulence. Thus turbulence must be accounted for in any realistic
astrophysical reconnection setup. We argue that due to the similarities of MHD
turbulence in relativistic and non-relativistic cases the theory of magnetic
reconnection developed for the non-relativistic case can be extended to the
relativistic case and we provide numerical simulations that support this
conjecture. We also provide quantitative comparisons of the theoretical
predictions and results of numerical experiments, including the situations when
turbulent reconnection is self-driven, i.e. the turbulence in the system is
generated by the reconnection process itself. We show how turbulent
reconnection entails the violation of magnetic flux freezing, the conclusion
that has really far reaching consequences for many realistically turbulent
astrophysical environments. In addition, we consider observational testing of
turbulent reconnection as well as numerous implications of the theory. The
former includes the Sun and solar wind reconnection, while the latter include
the process of reconnection diffusion induced by turbulent reconnection, the
acceleration of energetic particles, bursts of turbulent reconnection related
to black hole sources as well as gamma ray bursts. Finally, we explain why
turbulent reconnection cannot be explained by turbulent resistivity or derived
through the mean field approach.Comment: 66 pages, 24 figures, a chapter of the book "Magnetic Reconnection -
Concepts and Applications", editors W. Gonzalez, E. N. Parke
Evolução das lesĂ”es histolĂłgicas e ultra-estruturais no fĂgado de ovinos e bovinos experimentalmente intoxicados por Myoporum laetum
Definition, aims, and implementation of GA2LEN/HAEi Angioedema Centers of Reference and Excellence
Teores de chumbo em suplementos minerais comercializados no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul
PatogĂȘnese, sinais clĂnicos e patologia das doenças causadas por plantas hepatotĂłxicas em ruminantes e eqĂŒinos no Brasil
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