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Random matrices, Virasoro algebras, and noncommutative KP
What is the connection of random matrices with integrable systems? Is this
connection really useful? The answer to these questions leads to a new and
unifying approach to the theory of random matrices. Introducing an appropriate
time t-dependence in the probability distribution of the matrix ensemble, leads
to vertex operator expressions for the n-point correlation functions
(probabilities of n eigenvalues in infinitesimal intervals) and the
corresponding Fredholm determinants (probabilities of no eigenvalue in a Borel
subset E); the latter probability is a ratio of tau-functions for the
KP-equation, whose numerator satisfy partial differential equations, which
decouple into the sum of two parts: a Virasoro-like part depending on time only
and a Vect(S^1)-part depending on the boundary points A_i of E. Upon setting
t=0, and using the KP-hierarchy to eliminate t-derivatives, these PDE's lead to
a hierarchy of non-linear PDE's, purely in terms of the A_i. These PDE's are
nothing else but the KP hierarchy for which the t-partials, viewed as commuting
operators, are replaced by non-commuting operators in the endpoints A_i of the
E under consideration. When the boundary of E consists of one point and for the
known kernels, one recovers the Painleve equations, found in prior work on the
subject.Comment: 56 page
Femtoscopic results in Au+Au and p+p from PHENIX at RHIC
Ultra-relativistic gold-gold and proton-proton collisions are investigated in
the experiments of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). In the last
several years large amount of results were revealed about the matter created in
these collisions. The latest PHENIX results for femtoscopy and correlations are
reviewed in this paper. Bose-Einstein correlations of charged kaons in 200 GeV
Au+Au collisions and of charged pions in 200 GeV p+p collisions are shown. They
are both compatible with previous measurements of charged pions in gold-gold
collisions, with respect to transverse mass or number of participants scaling.Comment: Talk given at the VI Workshop on Particle Correlations and
Femtoscopy, Kiev, September 14-18, 2010. 6 pages, 4 figures. This work was
supported by the OTKA grant NK73143 and M. Csanad's Bolyai scholarshi
No Eigenvalue in Finite Quantum Electrodynamics
We re-examine Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) with massless electron as a
finite quantum field theory as advocated by Gell-Mann-Low, Baker-Johnson,
Adler, Jackiw and others. We analyze the Dyson-Schwinger equation satisfied by
the massless electron in finite QED and conclude that the theory admits no
nontrivial eigenvalue for the fine structure constant.Comment: 13 pages, Late
One-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetism in the orbital CsO compound revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance
Recently it was proposed that the orbital ordering of molecular
orbitals in the superoxide CsO compound leads to the formation of spin-1/2
chains below the structural phase transition occuring at ~K on
cooling. Here we report a detailed X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
study of this phase in CsO powder. The EPR signal appears as a broad line
below , which is replaced by the antiferromagnetic resonance below
the N\'{e}el temperature ~K. The temperature dependence of the
EPR linewidth between and agrees with the
predictions for the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain of
spins in the presence of symmetric anisotropic exchange interaction.
Complementary analysis of the EPR lineshape, linewidth and the signal intensity
within the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) framework allows for a determination
of the TLL exponent . Present EPR data thus fully comply with the
quantum antiferromagnetic state of spin-1/2 chains in the orbitally ordered
phase of CsO, which is, therefore, a unique orbital system where such a
state could be studied.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Non-colliding Brownian Motions and the extended tacnode process
We consider non-colliding Brownian motions with two starting points and two
endpoints. The points are chosen so that the two groups of Brownian motions
just touch each other, a situation that is referred to as a tacnode. The
extended kernel for the determinantal point process at the tacnode point is
computed using new methods and given in a different form from that obtained for
a single time in previous work by Delvaux, Kuijlaars and Zhang. The form of the
extended kernel is also different from that obtained for the extended tacnode
kernel in another model by Adler, Ferrari and van Moerbeke. We also obtain the
correlation kernel for a finite number of non-colliding Brownian motions
starting at two points and ending at arbitrary points.Comment: 38 pages. In the revised version a few arguments have been expanded
and many typos correcte
Buda-Lund hydro model for ellipsoidally symmetric fireballs and the elliptic flow at RHIC
The ellipsoidally symmetric extension of Buda-Lund hydrodynamic model is
shown here to yield a natural description of the pseudorapidity dependence of
the elliptic flow , as determined recently by the PHOBOS experiment
for Au+Au collisions at and 200 GeV. With the same set of
parameters, the Buda-Lund model describes also the transverse momentum
dependence of of identified particles at mid-rapidity. The results
confirm the indication for quark deconfinement in Au+Au collisions at RHIC,
obtained from a successful Buda-Lund hydro model fit to the single particle
spectra and two-particle correlation data, as measured by the BRAHMS, PHOBOS,
PHENIX and STAR collaborations.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, 1 table added, discussion extended and an
important misprint in the caption of Fig. 1 is correcte
Spatial correlations of the 1D KPZ surface on a flat substrate
We study the spatial correlations of the one-dimensional KPZ surface for the
flat initial condition. It is shown that the multi-point joint distribution for
the height is given by a Fredholm determinant, with its kernel in the scaling
limit explicitly obtained. This may also describe the dynamics of the largest
eigenvalue in the GOE Dyson's Brownian motion model. Our analysis is based on a
reformulation of the determinantal Green's function for the totally ASEP in
terms of a vicious walk problem.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Diagnosing Energy Loss: PHENIX Results on High-pT Hadron Spectra
Measurements of inclusive spectra of hadrons at large transverse momentum
over a broad range of energy in different collision systems have been performed
with the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. The data allow to study the energy and
system size dependence of the suppression observed in RAA of high-pT hadrons at
sqrt(s_NN)= 200 GeV. Due to the large energy range from sqrt(s_NN)= 22 GeV to
200 GeV, the results can be compared to results from CERN SPS at a similar
energy. The large Au+Au dataset from the 2004 run of RHIC also allows to
constrain theoretical models that describe the hot and dense matter produced in
such collisions. Investigation of particle ratios such as eta/pi0 helps
understanding the mechanisms of energy loss.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 19th
International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
(Quark Matter 2006), Shanghai, China, November 14-20, 200
Pseudorapidity dependence of parton energy loss in relativistic heavy ion collisions
We analyze the recent data from the BRAHMS Collaboration on the
pseudorapidity dependence of nuclear modification factors in Au+Au collisions
at = 200 GeV by using the full three dimensional hydrodynamic
simulations for the density effects on parton energy loss. We first compute the
transverse spectra at and 2.2, and next take a ratio
, where is a nuclear
modification factor. It is shown that hydrodynamic components account for
at low and that quenched pQCD components lead
at high which are consistent with the data.
Strong suppression at is compatible with the parton energy loss in
the final state.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; one figure adde
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