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AdS (In)stability: Lessons From The Scalar Field
We argued in arXiv:1408.0624 that the quartic scalar field in AdS has
features that could be instructive for answering the gravitational stability
question of AdS. Indeed, the conserved charges identified there have recently
been observed in the full gravity theory as well. In this paper, we continue
our investigation of the scalar field in AdS and provide evidence that in the
Two-Time Formalism (TTF), even for initial conditions that are far from
quasi-periodicity, the energy in the higher modes at late times is
exponentially suppressed in the mode number. Based on this and some related
observations, we argue that there is no thermalization in the scalar TTF model
within time-scales that go as , where measures
the initial amplitude (with only low-lying modes excited). It is tempting to
speculate that the result holds also for AdS collapse.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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Thaan Vuzha Nilam Tharisu: the land without a farmer becomes barren
This report forms a part of the international research project on policy and sustainable agriculture, Policies that Work for Sustainable Agriculture and Regenerated Rural Economies. The report details the findings of one of the constituent studies, undertaken by an Indian NGO, the Society for People's Education and Economic Change (SPEECH). The Importance of this project is that it concentrated on rainfed rather than irrigated agriculture - i.e. the sharp end of rural development in India, and that the focus was very much on the micro-level, looking at policy as seen from the ground. One of the recurring themes throughout the research was the importance of appreciating people as individuals, and in this spirit some of the personal qualities of the research team are shared. The research covers events in sites in the Virudhunagar district of Tamilnadu: Tiruchuli Panchayat Union and the Villur chain of tanks. This is an essentially rural area, where the need for sustainable forms of agriculture and rural livelihoods is clear. The political landscape is fractured and complex (§2.3), and the officials with the responsibility of implementing policy face significant obstacles and disincentives in doing so in response to the needs of local communities
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