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Incompatible sets of gradients and metastability
We give a mathematical analysis of a concept of metastability induced by
incompatibility. The physical setting is a single parent phase, just about to
undergo transformation to a product phase of lower energy density. Under
certain conditions of incompatibility of the energy wells of this energy
density, we show that the parent phase is metastable in a strong sense, namely
it is a local minimizer of the free energy in an neighbourhood of its
deformation. The reason behind this result is that, due to the incompatibility
of the energy wells, a small nucleus of the product phase is necessarily
accompanied by a stressed transition layer whose energetic cost exceeds the
energy lowering capacity of the nucleus. We define and characterize
incompatible sets of matrices, in terms of which the transition layer estimate
at the heart of the proof of metastability is expressed. Finally we discuss
connections with experiment and place this concept of metastability in the
wider context of recent theoretical and experimental research on metastability
and hysteresis.Comment: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, to appea
Heavy-to-light transition form factors and their relations in light-cone QCD sum rules
The improved light-cone QCD sum rules by using chiral current correlator is
systematically reviewed and applied to the calculation of all the
heavy-to-light form factors, including all the semileptonic and penguin ones.
By choosing suitable chiral currents, the light-cone sum rules for all the form
factors are greatly simplified and depend mainly on one leading twist
distribution amplitude of the light meson. As a result, relations between these
form factors arise naturally. At the considered accuracy these relations
reproduce the results obtained in the literature. Moreover, since the explicit
dependence on the leading twist distribution amplitudes is preserved, these
relations may be more useful to simulate the experimental data and extract the
information on the distribution amplitude.Comment: 1+16 pages, no figure
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Structure of the axial-vector meson and the strong coupling constant with the light-cone QCD sum rules
In this article, we take the point of view that the charmed axial-vector
meson is the conventional meson and calculate the
strong coupling constant in the framework of the light-cone
QCD sum rules approach. The numerical values of strong coupling constants
and are very large, and support the
hadronic dressing mechanism. Just like the scalar mesons and
, the scalar meson and axial-vector meson
may have small kernels of the typical
meson size, the strong couplings to the hadronic channels (or the virtual
mesons loops) may result in smaller masses than the conventional
mesons in the constituent quark models, and enrich the pure states
with other components.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figures, revised version. In the first version, I take
the value in numerical calculation, in the
revised version, I take a small value , the
value of the strong coupling constant is also change
The Semileptonic Decays and from QCD Sum Rules
We investigate the semileptonic decays of B and D mesons into and
mesons, respectively, by means of QCD sum rules. We find that for the
vector formfactors involved the pole dominance hypothesis is valid to good
accuracy with pole masses in the expected range. Pole dominance, however, does
not apply to the axial formfactors which results in specific predictions for
the predominant polarization of the meson and the shape of the lepton
spectrum. For the total decay rates we find , , and .Comment: 23 pages, 12 figures included as uu-encoded file, needs REVTEX,
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On almost randomizing channels with a short Kraus decomposition
For large d, we study quantum channels on C^d obtained by selecting randomly
N independent Kraus operators according to a probability measure mu on the
unitary group U(d). When mu is the Haar measure, we show that for
N>d/epsilon^2. For d=2^k (k qubits), this includes Kraus operators
obtained by tensoring k random Pauli matrices. The proof uses recent results on
empirical processes in Banach spaces.Comment: We added some background on geometry of Banach space
The predictability of wind and virtual temperature profiles for flight and static test operations Final report, Jul. 1, 1965 - Mar. 31, 1966
Predictability of wind and virtual temperature profiles for flight and static test operation
All work and no pay: consequences of unpaid work experience in the creative industries
This research note evaluates the benefits and pitfalls of unpaid work as an entry route into employment in the creative industries and investigates the consequences of this practice for those who already work in the sector. Based on a qualitative study of perspectives of stakeholders in unpaid work, this article argues that the social capital thesis, often used as a rationale for unpaid work, inadequately explains the practice of unpaid work experience, primarily because it does not take cognisance of the consequences of this practice for other people working in the sector. The study also highlights methodological issues that need to be considered in the future. As well as the importance of a plurality of stakeholder perspectives, the study emphasizes the need to consider the perspectives of those who are excluded from unpaid work and those who are potentially displaced by it
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