123 research outputs found
On the spectrum of nonrelativistic AdS/CFT
We develop a Hamiltonian picture for a family of models of nonrelativistic
AdS/CFT duality. The Schrodinger group is realized via the conformal quantum
mechanics of De Alfaro, Fubini and Furlan in the holographic direction. We show
that most physical requirements, including the introduction of harmonic traps,
can be realized with exact AdS metrics, but without any need for exotic matter
sectors in the bulk dynamics. This Hamiltonian picture can be used to compare
directly with many-body spectra of fermions at unitarity on harmonic traps,
thereby providing a direct physical interpretation of the holographic radial
coordinate for these systems. Finally, we add some speculations on the
dynamical generation of mass gaps in the AdS description, the resulting
quasiparticle spectra, and the analog of `deconfining' phase transitions that
may occur.Comment: 20 pages and 1 figure; typos corrected, references added; references
added, minor changes matching published versio
Entanglement Entropy in the O(N) model
It is generally believed that in spatial dimension d > 1 the leading
contribution to the entanglement entropy S = - tr rho_A log rho_A scales as the
area of the boundary of subsystem A. The coefficient of this "area law" is
non-universal. However, in the neighbourhood of a quantum critical point S is
believed to possess subleading universal corrections. In the present work, we
study the entanglement entropy in the quantum O(N) model in 1 < d < 3. We use
an expansion in epsilon = 3-d to evaluate i) the universal geometric correction
to S for an infinite cylinder divided along a circular boundary; ii) the
universal correction to S due to a finite correlation length. Both corrections
are different at the Wilson-Fisher and Gaussian fixed points, and the epsilon
-> 0 limit of the Wilson-Fisher fixed point is distinct from the Gaussian fixed
point. In addition, we compute the correlation length correction to the Renyi
entropy S_n = (log tr rho^n_A)/(1-n) in epsilon and large-N expansions. For N
-> infinity, this correction generally scales as N^2 rather than the naively
expected N. Moreover, the Renyi entropy has a phase transition as a function of
n for d close to 3.Comment: 40 pages, 10 figure
Correlation functions in the non-relativistic AdS/CFT correspondence
We study the correlation functions of scalar operators in the theory defined
as the holographic dual of the Schroedinger background with dynamical exponent
z=2 at zero temperature and zero chemical potential. We offer a closed
expression of the correlation functions at tree level in terms of Fourier
transforms of the corresponding n-point functions computed from pure AdS in the
lightcone frame. At the loop level this mapping does not hold and one has to
use the full Schroedinger background, after proper regularization. We
explicitly compute the 3-point function comparing it with the specific 3-point
function of the non-relativistic theory of cold atoms at unitarity. We find
agreement of both 3-point functions, including the part not fixed by the
symmetry, up to an overall normalization constant.Comment: 32 pages, 7 figures; v2: typos corrected, references added and
additional discussion about the case of compact number-direction, includes
new appendix with the computations of the 2 and 3 point function for the
compact number-direction case. The general results remain the same. Version
published in Phys.Rev.
Implied Filtering Densities on Volatility's Hidden State
We formulate and analyze an inverse problem using derivatives prices to
obtain an implied filtering density on volatility's hidden state. Stochastic
volatility is the unobserved state in a hidden Markov model (HMM) and can be
tracked using Bayesian filtering. However, derivative data can be considered as
conditional expectations that are already observed in the market, and which can
be used as input to an inverse problem whose solution is an implied conditional
density on volatility. Our analysis relies on a specification of the martingale
change of measure, which we refer to as \textit{separability}. This
specification has a multiplicative component that behaves like a risk premium
on volatility uncertainty in the market. When applied to SPX options data, the
estimated model and implied densities produce variance-swap rates that are
consistent with the VIX volatility index. The implied densities are relatively
stable over time and pick up some of the monthly effects that occur due to the
options' expiration, indicating that the volatility-uncertainty premium could
experience cyclic effects due to the maturity date of the options
Ideal gas matching for thermal Galilean holography
We exhibit a nonrelativistic ideal gas with a Kaluza-Klein tower of species,
featuring a singular behavior of thermodynamic functions at zero chemical
potential. In this way, we provide a qualitative match to the thermodynamics of
recently found black holes in backgrounds with asymptotic nonrelativistic
conformal symmetry.Comment: 11 page
NaRALap: augmented reality system for navigation in laparoscopic surgery
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11548-011-0579-z.The AR system has a good resolution and currently is used for the placement of
the trocars. Possible improvements will be performed to make the system
independent of the camera position or to use natural marks. The biomechanical
model and the AR algorithms will be combined with a tracker, for tracking the
surgical instruments, in order to implement a valid system for liver biopsies. It will
take into account the deformation due to the pneumoperitoneum and due to the
breath of the patient.
To develop the navigator that will guide the laparoscopic interventions, both AR
system and biomechanical model will be combined with the laparoscopic camera in
order to make an easier environment with only one vision in a 2D monitor.This work has been supported by the project MITYC (ref. TSI020100-2009-189). We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Hospital ClÃnica Benidorm for its participation in this project.López-Mir, F.; MartÃnez MartÃnez, F.; Fuertes Cebrián, JJ.; Lago, MA.; Rupérez Moreno, MJ.; Naranjo Ornedo, V.; Monserrat Aranda, C. (2011). NaRALap: augmented reality system for navigation in laparoscopic surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 6:98-99. https://doi.org/10.0.3.239/s11548-011-0579-zS9899
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Comunicación presentada en: 2012 European Aerosol Conference (EAC-2012), B-WG01S2P30, celebrada del 2 al 7 de septiembre de 2012 en Granada.This work has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement N. 262254. Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science (MICINN) under projects with ref. CGL2009-09740, CGL2011-23413, CGL2010-09480-E and CGL2011-13085-E as well as from Junta de
Castilla y León are gratefully acknowledged
A note on the extensivity of the holographic entanglement entropy
We consider situations where the renormalized geometric entropy, as defined
by the AdS/CFT ansatz of Ryu and Takayanagi, shows extensive behavior in the
volume of the entangled region. In general, any holographic geometry that is
`capped' in the infrared region is a candidate for extensivity provided the
growth of minimal surfaces saturates at the capping region, and the induced
metric at the `cap' is non-degenerate. Extensivity is well-known to occur for
highly thermalized states. In this note, we show that the holographic ansatz
predicts the persistence of the extensivity down to vanishing temperature, for
the particular case of conformal field theories in 2+1 dimensions with a
magnetic field and/or electric charge condensates.Comment: 12 pages and 2 figures; one reference added; Significant additions to
section 3, involving new results and a more pedagogical presentatio
Client applications and Server Side docker for management of RNASeq and/or VariantSeq workflows and pipelines of the GPRO Suite
The GPRO suite is an in-progress bioinformatic project for -omic data
analyses. As part of the continued growth of this project, we introduce a
client side & server side solution for comparative transcriptomics and analysis
of variants. The client side consists of two Java applications called "RNASeq"
and "VariantSeq" to manage workflows for RNA-seq and Variant-seq analysis,
respectively, based on the most common command line interface tools for each
topic. Both applications are coupled with a Linux server infrastructure (named
GPRO Server Side) that hosts all dependencies of each application (scripts,
databases, and command line interface tools). Implementation of the server side
requires a Linux operating system, PHP, SQL, Python, bash scripting, and
third-party software. The GPRO Server Side can be deployed via a Docker
container that can be installed in the user's PC using any operating system or
on remote servers as a cloud solution. The two applications are available as
desktop and cloud applications and provide two execution modes: a Step-by-Step
mode enables each step of a workflow to be executed independently and a
Pipeline mode allows all steps to be run sequentially. The two applications
also feature an experimental support system called GENIE that consists of a
virtual chatbot/assistant and a pipeline jobs panel coupled with an expert
system. The chatbot can troubleshoot issues with the usage of each tool, the
pipeline job panel provides information about the status of each task executed
in the GPRO Server Side, and the expert provides the user with a potential
recommendation to identify or fix failed analyses. The two applications and the
GPRO Server Side combine the user-friendliness and security of client software
with the efficiency of front-end & back-end solutions to manage command line
interface software for RNA-seq and variant-seq analysis via interface
environments
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