633 research outputs found
Recent results on self-dual configurations on the torus
We review the recent progress on our understanding of self-dual SU(N)
Yang-Mills configurations on the torus.Comment: Latex 3 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the Lat99 Proceeding
Monopole Constituents inside SU(n) Calorons
We present a simple result for the action density of the SU(n) charge one
periodic instantons - or calorons - with arbitrary non-trivial Polyakov loop
P_oo at spatial infinity. It is shown explicitly that there are n lumps inside
the caloron, each of which represents a BPS monopole, their masses being
related to the eigenvalues of P_oo. A suitable combination of the ADHM
construction and the Nahm transformation is used to obtain this result.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure (in three parts), late
Pixel classification for automated diabetic foot diagnosis
Worldwide, more than 180 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus. Approximately 50% of these patients will develop complications to their feet. Neuropathy, combined with poor blood supply and biomechanical changes results in a high risk for foot ulcers, which is a key problem in the diabetic foot; when these wounds become infected, this can ultimately result in lower extremity amputation, which has a serious effect on the quality of life of the patient, and causes a large economic burden on society.\ud
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This was the motivation for a collaborate project (Vincent50) in which a photographic foot imaging device was developed. The system allows scanning of the foot soles on a daily basis which may lead to early recognition of foot problems. The goal of the present study is to determine whether pixel classification is a useful intermediate step towards automatically assessing the images of the foot soles for signs of diabetic foot disease. If successful, this approach will further relief health care professionals in assessing the foot and enable the placement of more devices in the future. \ud
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The best agreement between automated recognition and expert diagnosis was achieved with a combination of RGB and derived features, proves that the RGB data is informative with respect to detection of ulcers. However, the automatic detection of pre-signs of ulcers and other anomalies needs more sophistication than pixel classification alone. Firstly, other physical features, such as hyperspectral data, infrared and/or textural features are expected to be more informative. Secondly, we expect to be able to boost the performance by using the context between neighboring pixels. Thirdly, an individualized and normalized classification process might help with the large variability in foot soles between individuals. \u
Small volume expansion of almost supersymmetric large N theories
We consider the small-volume dynamics of nonsupersymmetric orbifold and
orientifold field theories defined on a three-torus, in a test of the claimed
planar equivalence between these models and appropriate supersymmetric ``parent
models". We study one-loop effective potentials over the moduli space of flat
connections and find that planar equivalence is preserved for suitable averages
over the moduli space. On the other hand, strong nonlinear effects produce
local violations of planar equivalence at special points of moduli space. In
the case of orbifold models, these effects show that the "twisted" sector
dominates the low-energy dynamics.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures; added references, minor change
New Instanton Solutions at Finite Temperature
We discuss the newly found exact instanton solutions at finite temperature
with a non-trivial Polyakov loop at infinity. They can be described in terms of
monopole constituents and we discuss in this context an old result due to
Taubes how to make out of monopoles non-trivial topological charge
configurations, with possible applications to abelian projection.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures (in 5 parts), latex using espcrc1.sty, presented
at "QCD at Finite Baryon Density", April 27-30, 1998, Bielefeld, German
Center-stabilized Yang-Mills theory: confinement and large volume independence
We examine a double trace deformation of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory which, for
large and large volume, is equivalent to unmodified Yang-Mills theory up to
corrections. In contrast to the unmodified theory, large volume
independence is valid in the deformed theory down to arbitrarily small volumes.
The double trace deformation prevents the spontaneous breaking of center
symmetry which would otherwise disrupt large volume independence in small
volumes. For small values of , if the theory is formulated on with a sufficiently small compactification size , then an analytic
treatment of the non-perturbative dynamics of the deformed theory is possible.
In this regime, we show that the deformed Yang-Mills theory has a mass gap and
exhibits linear confinement. Increasing the circumference or number of
colors decreases the separation of scales on which the analytic treatment
relies. However, there are no order parameters which distinguish the small and
large radius regimes. Consequently, for small the deformed theory provides
a novel example of a locally four-dimensional pure gauge theory in which one
has analytic control over confinement, while for large it provides a simple
fully reduced model for Yang-Mills theory. The construction is easily
generalized to QCD and other QCD-like theories.Comment: 29 pages, expanded discussion of multiple compactified dimension
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