5 research outputs found
Towards SDp-brane Quantization
The quantum mechanical analysis of the canonical hamiltonian description of
the effective action of a SDp-brane in bosonic ten dimensional Type II
supergravity in a homogeneous background is given. We find exact solutions for
the corresponding quantum theory by solving the Wheeler-deWitt equation in the
late-time limit of the rolling tachyon. The probability densities for several
values of p are shown and their possible interpretation is discussed. In the
process the effects of electromagnetic fields are also incorporated and it is
shown that in this case the interpretation of tachyon regarded as ``matter
clock'' is modified.Comment: 15 pages, 3 eps figures, revtex
Twisted Covariant Noncommutative Self-dual Gravity
A twisted covariant formulation of noncommutative self-dual gravity is
presented. The formulation for constructing twisted noncommutative Yang-Mills
theories is used. It is shown that the noncommutative torsion is solved at any
order of the -expansion in terms of the tetrad and some extra fields of
the theory. In the process the first order expansion in for the
Pleba\'nski action is explicitly obtained.Comment: 23+1 pages, no figures, corrected typos, references and Appendix B is
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Crossing the phantom divide in an interacting generalized Chaplygin gas
Unified generalized Chaplygin gas models assuming an interaction between dark
energy and dark matter fluids have been previously proposed. Following these
ideas, we consider a particular relation between dark densities, which allows
the possibility of a time varying equation of state for dark energy that
crosses the phantom divide at a recent epoch. Moreover, these densities decay
during all the evolution of the Universe, avoiding a Big Rip. We find also a
scaling solution, i.e. these densities are asymptotically proportional in the
future, which contributes to the solution of the coincidence problem.Comment: Improved version, 10 pages, 4 figures, References adde
Size, Age, and Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Shortfin Mako in the Mexican Pacific Ocean
Abstract Basic population parameters such as age, size, and distribution have been poorly evaluated for the Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus in the Mexican Pacific Ocean. According to data collected by scientific observers on board medium-size fishing vessels during the period of 2006–2013, size as TL was obtained for 5,740 individual sharks. The range of TL was 70–362 cm for females and 71–296 cm for males. Weight (W), measured randomly from 1,409 individuals, ranged from 2 to 90 kg for females and from 2 to 80 kg for males. The weight-to-TL ratio was best fitted by the equation W = 4 × 10−5(TL)2.59 (r2 = 0.6532). No sex-specific difference was found in the weight-to-TL relationship between males and females, nor in W or TL separately. By using the inverse von Bertalanffy equation and parameters described by other authors for the same study area, we determined the age range for individuals captured on the basis of their TL. The age ranged from 0 to 39 years in females and from 0 to 21 years in males. Using a logistic model, the mean length at sexual maturity was obtained for 2,532 males (TL = 190 cm). The quarterly distribution of young of the year and 1-year-old juveniles showed that there is a tendency for these sharks to mov