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Constraining Modular Inflation in the MSSM from Giant Q-Ball Formation
We discuss constraints on which flat directions can have large vacuum
expectation values (VEVs) after inflation. We show that only flat directions
which are not charged under B-L and develop positive pressure due to
renormalization group effects can have large VEVs of order \Mp. For example,
within the MSSM only the flat direction is found to be viable. This
strongly constrains the embedding of a broad class of inflationary models in
the MSSM or some other supersymmetric extension of the SM. For flat directions
with negative pressure, the condensate fragments into very large Q-balls which
we call Q-giants. We discuss the formation, evolution and reheating of these
Q-giants and show that they decay too late. The analysis requires taking into
account new phases of the flat directions, which have been overlooked in the
formation and dynamics of the Q-balls. These constraints may be ameliorated by
invoking a short period of thermal inflation. The latter, however, is viable in
a very narrow window of parameter space and requires fine tuning.Comment: 40 pages, 3 figure
Non-monotonic temperature dependent transport in graphene grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Temperature-dependent resistivity of graphene grown by chemical vapor
deposition (CVD) is investigated. We observe in low mobility CVD graphene
device a strong insulating behavior at low temperatures and a metallic behavior
at high temperatures manifesting a non-monotonic in the temperature dependent
resistivity.This feature is strongly affected by carrier density modulation. To
understand this anomalous temperature dependence, we introduce thermal
activation of charge carriers in electron-hole puddles induced by randomly
distributed charged impurities. Observed temperature evolution of resistivity
is then understood from the competition among thermal activation of charge
carriers, temperature-dependent screening and phonon scattering effects. Our
results imply that the transport property of transferred CVD-grown graphene is
strongly influenced by the details of the environmentComment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Radion Potential and Brane Dynamics
We examine the cosmology of the Randall-Sundrum model in a dynamic setting
where scalar fields are present in the bulk as well as the branes. This
generates a mechanism similar to that of Goldberger-Wise for radion
stabilization and the recovery of late-cosmology features in the branes. Due to
the induced radion dynamics, the inflating branes roll towards the minimum of
the radion potential, thereby exiting inflation and reheating the Universe. In
the slow roll part of the potential, the 'TeV' branes have maximum inflation
rate and energy as their coupling to the radion and bulk modes have minimum
suppresion. Hence, when rolling down the steep end of the potential towards the
stable point, the radion field (which appears as the inflaton of the effective
4D theory in the branes) decays very fast, reheats the Universe .This process
results decayin a decrease of brane's canonical vacuum energy .
However, at the minimum of the potential is small but not
neccessarily zero and the fine-tuning issue remains .Density perturbation
constraints introduce an upper bound when the radion stabilizies. Due to the
large radion mass and strong suppression to the bulk modes, moduli problems and
bulk reheating do not occur. The reheat temperature and a sufficient number of
e-folding constraints for the brane-universe are also satisfied. The model
therefore recovers the radiation dominated FRW universe.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures,extraneous sentences removed, 2 footnotes added,
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Work group inclusion : test of a scale and model
We develop a theoretically based 10-item measure of work group inclusion comprised of two components (belongingness and uniqueness) and use this measure to empirically test the nomological network of work group inclusion developed by Shore et al. In Phase 1, we use two samples of full-time employees to develop and refine items as well as establish content validity. In Phase 2, we demonstrate convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity with both conceptually related and unrelated constructs. In Phase 3, we use data from an additional sample of employees and supervisors to test criterion-related validity and mediation by examining the multilevel relationships between inclusion and important antecedents and outcomes. Across the three phases of our study, the results demonstrate support not only for the factor structure, reliability, and validity of our work group inclusion measure but also for a theoretical model in which the construct of inclusion has important implications for individuals and organizations
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