343 research outputs found
Gauge Invariant Extension of Linearized Horava Gravity
In the present paper we have constructed a gauge invariant extension of a
generic Horava Gravity (HG) model (with quadratic curvature terms) in
linearized version in a systematic procedure. No additional fields are
introduced. The linearized HG model is explicitly shown to be a gauge fixed
version of the Einstein Gravity (EG) thus proving the Bellorin-Restuccia
conjecture in a robust way. In the process we have explicitly computed the
correct Hamiltonian dynamics using Dirac Brackets appearing from the Second
Class Constraints present in the HG model. We comment on applying this scheme
to the full non-linear HG.Comment: 11 pages, no figures, some changes in the text but no change in the
results, Journal reference: Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 26, No. 37 (2011) pp.
279
Electron-Electron Interactions on the Edge States of Graphene: A Many Body Configuration Interaction Study
We have studied zigzag and armchair graphene nano ribbons (GNRs), described
by the Hubbard Hamiltonian using quantum many body configuration interaction
methods. Due to finite termination, we find that the bipartite nature of the
graphene lattice gets destroyed at the edges making the ground state of the
zigzag GNRs a high spin state, whereas the ground state of the armchair GNRs
remains a singlet. Our calculations of charge and spin densities suggest that,
although the electron density prefers to accumulate on the edges, instead of
spin polarization, the up and down spins prefer to mix throughout the GNR
lattice. While the many body charge gap results in insulating behavior for both
kinds of GNRs, the conduction upon application of electric field is still
possible through the edge channels because of their high electron density.
Analysis of optical states suggest differences in quantum efficiency of
luminescence for zigzag and armchair GNRs, which can be probed by simple
experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Sub-leading contributions to the black hole entropy in the brick wall approach
[Abridged] We compute the canonical entropy of a quantum scalar field around
static and spherically symmetric black holes through the brick wall approach at
the higher orders (in fact, up to the sixth order in \hbar) in the WKB
approximation. We explicitly show that the brick wall model generally predicts
corrections to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy in all spacetime dimensions. In
four dimensions, we find that the corrections to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy
are of the form (A^n \log A), while, in six dimensions, the corrections behave
as (A^m + A^n \log A), where A denotes the area of the black hole event
horizon, and (m, n) < 1. We compare our results with the corrections to the
Bekenstein-Hawking entropy that have been obtained through the other approaches
in the literature, and discuss the implications.Comment: 21 pages, Revtex 4; Final verson - 22 pages, References added,
Accepted in Phys. Rev.
Nanoparticles of Cerium Oxide Targeted to an Amyloid-Beta Antigen of Alzheimer\u27s Disease and Associated Methods
Disclosed is a composition immunologically targeted to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the composition containing amine functionalized nanoparticles of Cerium oxide coated with polyethylene glycol and bearing an antibody specific for an amyloid-beta antigen associated with AD. The invention also includes a medication manufactured with the targeted nanoceria particles and methods of treatment by administering the targeted nanoceria particles to patients in need thereof
Large magnetoelectric coupling in nanoscale BiFeO from direct electrical measurements
We report the results of direct measurement of remanent hysteresis loops on
nanochains of BiFeO at room temperature under zero and 20 kOe
magnetic field. We noticed a suppression of remanent polarization by nearly
40\% under the magnetic field. The powder neutron diffraction data reveal
significant ion displacements under a magnetic field which seems to be the
origin of the suppression of polarization. The isolated nanoparticles,
comprising the chains, exhibit evolution of ferroelectric domains under dc
electric field and complete 180 switching in switching-spectroscopy
piezoresponse force microscopy. They also exhibit stronger ferromagnetism with
nearly an order of magnitude higher saturation magnetization than that of the
bulk sample. These results show that the nanoscale BiFeO exhibits
coexistence of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic order and a strong
magnetoelectric multiferroic coupling at room temperature comparable to what
some of the type-II multiferroics show at a very low temperature.Comment: 7 pages with 5 figures, published in Phys. Rev.
Phase transitions in higher derivative gravity and gauge theory: R-charged black holes
This is a continuation of our earlier work where we constructed a
phenomenologically motivated effective action of the boundary gauge theory at
finite temperature and finite gauge coupling on . In this
paper, we argue that this effective action qualitatively reproduces the gauge
theory representing various bulk phases of R-charged black hole with
Gauss-Bonnet correction. We analyze the system both in canonical and grand
canonical ensemble.Comment: 36 pages, 16 figures; v2: typos corrected, references adde
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