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On the Mahler measure of Jones polynomials under twisting
We show that the Mahler measures of the Jones polynomial and of the colored
Jones polynomials converge under twisting for any link. Moreover, almost all of
the roots of these polynomials approach the unit circle under twisting. In
terms of Mahler measure convergence, the Jones polynomial behaves like
hyperbolic volume under Dehn surgery. For pretzel links P(a_1,...,a_n), we show
that the Mahler measure of the Jones polynomial converges if all a_i tend to
infinity, and approaches infinity for a_i = constant if n tend to infinity,
just as hyperbolic volume. We also show that after sufficiently many twists,
the coefficient vector of the Jones polynomial and of any colored Jones
polynomial decomposes into fixed blocks according to the number of strands
twisted.Comment: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-1.abs.htm
Jet modification in the next decade: a pedestrian outlook
In this review, intended for non-specialists and beginners, we recount the
current status of the theory of jet modification in dense matter. We commence
with an outline of the "traditional" observables which may be calculated
without recourse to event generators. These include single and double hadron
suppression, nuclear modification factor versus reaction plane etc. All of
these measurements are used to justify both the required underlying physical
picture of jet modification as well as the final obtained values of jet
transport coefficients. This is followed by a review of the more modern
observables which have arisen with the ability to reconstruct full jets, and
the challenges faced therein. This is followed by a preview of upcoming
theoretical developments in the field and an outlook on how the interface
between these developments, phenomenological improvements, and upcoming data
will allow us to quantitatively determine properties of the medium which effect
the modification of hard jets.Comment: 21 pages, 10 figure
Analytical studies of particle dynamics in bending waves in planetary rings
Particles inside a planetary ring are subject to forcing due to the central
planet, moons in inclined orbits, self-gravity of the ring and other forces due
to radiation drag, collisional effects and Lorentz force due to magnetic field
of the planet. We write down the equations of motion of a single particle
inside the ring and solve them analytically. We find that the importance of the
shear caused by variation of the radial velocity component with local vertical
direction cannot be ignored and it may be responsible for damping of the
bending waves in planetary rings as observed by the Voyager data. We present
the wave profile resulting from the dissipation. We estimate that the surface
mass density of the C ring to be of the order of gm
cm, and the height m. These theoretical results are in
agreement with observations.Comment: 17 pages 3 figures MNRAS (In press
Relative Hyperbolicity, Trees of Spaces and Cannon-Thurston Maps
We prove the existence of continuous boundary extensions (Cannon-Thurston
maps) for the inclusion of a vertex space into a tree of (strongly) relatively
hyperbolic spaces satisfying the qi-embedded condition. This implies the same
result for inclusion of vertex (or edge) subgroups in finite graphs of
(strongly) relatively hyperbolic groups. This generalises a result of Bowditch
for punctured surfaces in 3 manifolds and a result of Mitra for trees of
hyperbolic metric spaces.Comment: 27pgs No figs, v3: final version, incorporating referee's comments,
to appear in Geometriae Dedicat
Pitfalls of participatory programs : evidence from a randomized evaluation in education in India
Statement of responsibility on t.p. reads: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Rukmini Benerji [i.e. Banerji], Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster and Stuti KhemaniSeptember 5, 200
Thermal conductivity and diffusion-mediated localization in Fe_{1-x}Cr_{x} Alloys
We apply a new Kubo-Greenwood type formula combined with a generalized
Feynman diagram- matic technique to report a first principles calculation of
the thermal transport properties of disordered Fe_{1-x}Cr_{x} alloys. The
diagrammatic approach simplifies the inclusion of disorder-induced scattering
effects on the two particle correlation functions and hence renormalizes the
heat current operator to calculate configuration averaged lattice thermal
conductivity and diffusivity. The thermal conductivity K(T) in the present case
shows an approximate quadratic T-dependence in the low temperature regime (T <
20 K), which subsequently rises smoothly to a T-independent saturated value at
high T . A numerical estimate of mobility edge from the thermal diffusivity
data yields the fraction of localized states. It is concluded that the complex
disorder scattering processes, in force-constant dominated disorder alloys such
as Fe-Cr, tend to localize the vibrational modes quite significantly.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Ali Wyne on Understanding Poverty Edited by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Roland Bénabou, and Dilip Mookherjee. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 496pp.
A review of:
Understanding Poverty Edited by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Roland Bénabou, and Dilip Mookherjee. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 496pp
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