Which quantum states are dual to classical spacetimes?

It is commonly accepted that states in a conformal field theory correspond to classical spacetimes with Anti-de-Sitter asymptotics. In this work we give a prescription for the CFT states with a dual classical spacetime and, using basic holographic rules, show that they are holographically connected to coherent states in the large-N limit, or by considering linearized perturbations. We also point out implications in the spacetime emergence mechanism, for instance, the (entangled) state dual to the black hole should be properly described as a quantum superposition of products of these states. This also complements the quantum interpretation of the Hawking-Page transition.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure

TFD Extension of Open String Field Theory

We study the application of the rules of Thermo Field Dynamics (TFD) to the covariant formulation of Open String Field Theory (OSFT). We extend the states space and fields according to the duplication rules of TFD and construct the corresponding classical action. The result is interpreted as a theory whose fields would encode the statistical information of open strings. The physical spectrum of the free theory is studied through the cohomology of the extended BRST charge, and, as a result, we get new fields in the spectrum emerging by virtue of the quantum entanglement and, noticeably, it presents degrees of freedom that could be identified as those of closed strings. We also show, however, that their appearing in the action is directly related to the choice of the inner product in the extended algebra, so that different sectors of fields could be eliminated from the theory by choosing that product conveniently. Finally, we study the extension of the three-vertex interaction and provide a simple prescription for it whose results at tree-level agree with those of the conventional theory.Comment: 25 pages, no figures. File format, typos, Abstract and references modified. New subsection and concluding comments were added. To appear in Phys. Rev.

On the relation between the propagators of dual theories

In this paper, we show that the propagator of the dual of a general Proca-like theory, derived from the gauging iterative Noether Dualization Method, can be written by means of a simple relation between known propagators. This result is also a demonstration that the Lagrangian obtained by dualization describes the same physical particles as the ones present in the original theory at the expense of introducing new non-physical (ghosts) excitations.Comment: latex, 4 page

Mirror symmetry breaking as a problem in dynamical critical phenomena

The critical properties of the Frank model of spontaneous chiral synthesis are discussed by applying results from the field theoretic renormalization group (RG). The long time and long wavelength features of this microscopic reaction scheme belong to the same universality class as multi-colored directed percolation processes. Thus, the following RG fixed points (FP) govern the critical dynamics of the Frank model for d<4: one unstable FP that corresponds to complete decoupling between the two enantiomers, a saddle-point that corresponds to symmetric interspecies coupling, and two stable FPs that individually correspond to unidirectional couplings between the two chiral molecules. These latter two FPs are associated with the breakdown of mirror or chiral symmetry. In this simplified model of molecular synthesis, homochirality is a natural consequence of the intrinsic reaction noise in the critical regime, which corresponds to extremely dilute chemical systems.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure

Bosonization and Duality in Arbitrary Dimensions: New Results

A generic massive Thirring Model in three space-time dimensions exhibits a correspondence with a topologically massive bosonized gauge action associated to a self-duality constraint, and we write down a general expression for this relationship. We also generalize this structure to $d$ dimensions, by adopting the so-called doublet approach, recently introduced. In particular, a non- conventional formulation of the bosonization technique in higher dimensions (in the spirit of $d=3$), is proposed and, as an application, we show how fermionic (Thirring-like) representations for bosonic topologically massive models in four dimensions may be built up.Comment: Revised version, to appear in Phys. Rev.

Basalt/polypropylene composites: The effects of mechanical reprocessing on their morphological, thermal, rheological and mechanical behavior

Considering the increasing spread of basalt fibers on the market as bio-based alternative to glass and the massive use of polypropylene (PP) in the automotive sector, the end-of-life of PP/basalt composites through mechanical reprocessing was addressed. Their thermal, rheological and mechanical properties were investigated up to seven reprocessing cycles and the main relationship between their changes and composites fibers length reduction was disclosed. The composites displayed a parabolic increase in their melt volume rate for increasing reprocessing cycles and were characterized by an improved flowability compared to the neat matrix at the fifth cycle, i.e., 89.3 against 74.8 cm3/10min, due to the intimate contact between the fibers and the matrix which causes a stronger degradation in PP molecular weight. Concerning the mechanical response, the logarithmic decrease in stiffness and strength was not directly proportional to fibers length reduction due to a progressive better orientation of the fibers along the injection direction. Finally, the comparison of the mechanical results obtained with the data available for PP composites reinforced with vegetable fibers allowed to conclude that PP/basalt composites are competitive with this type of composites up to the fifth cycle, displaying a tensile modulus of 3.5 GPa and tensile strength of 38 MPa

Extension of finite volume compressible flow solvers to multidimensional, variable density zero Mach number flows

When attempting to compute unsteady, variable density flows at very small or zero Mach number using a standard finite volume compressible flow solver one faces at least the following difficulties: (i) Spatial pressure variations vanish as the Mach number