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Color Reflection Invariance and Monopole Condensation in QCD
We review the quantum instability of the Savvidy-Nielsen-Olesen (SNO) vacuum
of the one-loop effective action of SU(2) QCD, and point out a critical defect
in the calculation of the functional determinant of the gluon loop in the SNO
effective action. We prove that the gauge invariance, in particular the color
reflection invariance, exclude the unstable tachyonic modes from the gluon loop
integral. This guarantees the stability of the magnetic condensation in QCD.Comment: 28 pages, 3 figures, JHEP styl
On Signatures of Atmospheric Features in Thermal Phase Curves of Hot Jupiters
Turbulence is ubiquitous in Solar System planetary atmospheres. In hot
Jupiter atmospheres, the combination of moderately slow rotation and thick
pressure scale height may result in dynamical weather structures with unusually
large, planetary-size scales. Using equivalent-barotropic, turbulent
circulation models, we illustrate how such structures can generate a variety of
features in the thermal phase curves of hot Jupiters, including phase shifts
and deviations from periodicity. Such features may have been spotted in the
recent infrared phase curve of HD 189733b. Despite inherent difficulties with
the interpretation of disk-integrated quantities, phase curves promise to offer
unique constraints on the nature of the circulation regime present on hot
Jupiters.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Ap
Norm Estimates for the Difference Between Bochner's Integral and the Convex Combination of Function's Values
Norm estimates are developed between the Bochner integral of a vector-valued
function in Banach spaces having the Radon-Nikodym property and the convex
combination of function values taken on a division of the interval [a,b]
Abelian Dominance in Wilson Loops
It has been conjectured that the Abelian projection of QCD is responsible for
the confinement of color. Using a gauge independent definition of the Abelian
projection which does {\it not} employ any gauge fixing, we provide a strong
evidence for the Abelian dominance in Wilson loop integral. In specific we
prove that the gauge potential which contributes to the Wilson loop integral is
precisely the one restricted by the Abelian projection.Comment: 4 pages, no figure, revtex. Phys. Rev. D in pres
Near-bandgap wavelength-dependent studies of long-lived traveling coherent longitudinal acoustic phonon oscillations in GaSb/GaAs systems
We report first studies of long-lived oscillations in optical pump-probe
measurements on GaSb-GaAs heterostructures. The oscillations arise from a
photogenerated coherent longitudinal acoustic phonon wave, which travels from
the top surface of GaSb across the interface into the GaAs substrate, providing
information on the optical properties of the material as a function of
time/depth. Wavelength-dependent studies of the oscillations near the bandgap
of GaAs indicate strong correlations to the optical properties of GaAs.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
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