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Droplet-shaped waves: Causal finite-support analogs of X-shaped waves
A model of steady-state X-shaped wave generation by a superluminal
(supersonic) pointlike source infinitely moving along a straight line is
extended to a more realistic causal scenario of a source pulse launched at time
zero and propagating rectilinearly at constant superluminal speed. In the case
of infinitely short (delta) pulse, the new model yields an analytical solution,
corresponding to the propagation-invariant X-shaped wave clipped by a
droplet-shaped support, which perpetually expands along the propagation and
transversal directions, thus tending the droplet-shaped wave to the X-shaped
one.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
Explicit description of twisted Wakimoto realizations of affine Lie algebras
In a vertex algebraic framework, we present an explicit description of the
twisted Wakimoto realizations of the affine Lie algebras in correspondence with
an arbitrary finite order automorphism and a compatible integral gradation of a
complex simple Lie algebra. This yields generalized free field realizations of
the twisted and untwisted affine Lie algebras in any gradation. The free field
form of the twisted Sugawara formula and examples are also exhibited.Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX, v2: small corrections in appendix
The orbifold transform and its applications
We discuss the notion of the orbifold transform, and illustrate it on simple
examples. The basic properties of the transform are presented, including
transitivity and the exponential formula for symmetric products. The connection
with the theory of permutation orbifolds is addressed, and the general results
illustrated on the example of torus partition functions
Embeddings of the Virasoro algebra and black hole entropy
We consider embeddings of the Virasoro algebra into other Virasoro algebras
with different central charges. A Virasoro algebra with central charge c
(assumed to be a positive integer) and zero mode operator L_0 can be embedded
into another Virasoro algebra with central charge one and zero mode operator c
L_0. We point out that this provides a new route to investigate the black hole
entropy problem in 2+1 dimensions.Comment: 4 pages (twocolumn), latex, no figures. Reference added. To appear in
Phys.Rev.Let
Beyond Logarithmic Corrections to Cardy Formula
As shown by Cardy modular invariance of the partition function of a given
unitary non-singular 2d CFT with left and right central charges c_L and c_R,
implies that the density of states in a microcanonical ensemble, at excitations
Delta and Delta-bar and in the saddle point approximation, is
\rho_0(\Delta,\bar\Delta;c_L, c_R)=c_L c_R
\exp(2\pi\sqrt{{c_L\Delta}/{6}})\exp(2\pi\sqrt{{c_R\bar\Delta}/{6}}). In this
paper, we extend Cardy's analysis and show that in the saddle point
approximation and up to contributions which are exponentially suppressed
compared to the leading Cardy's result, the density of states takes the form
\rho(\Delta,\bar\Delta; c_L,c_R)= f(c_L\Delta)
f(c_R\bar\Delta)\rho_0(\Delta,\bar\Delta; c_L, c_R), for a function f(x) which
we specify. In particular, we show that (i) \rho (\Delta,\bar\Delta; c_L, c_R)
is the product of contributions of left and right movers and hence, to this
approximation, the partition function of any modular invariant, non-singular
unitary 2d CFT is holomorphically factorizable and (ii) \rho(\Delta,\bar\Delta;
c_L, c_R)/(c_Lc_R) is only a function of and . In
addition, treating \rho(\Delta,\bar\Delta; c_L, c_R) as the density of states
of a microcanonical ensemble, we compute the entropy of the system in the
canonical counterpart and show that the function f(x) is such that the
canonical entropy, up to exponentially suppressed contributions, is simply
given by the Cardy's result \ln\rho_0(\Delta,\bar\Delta; c_L, c_R).Comment: 30 pages, no figures; v2: minor improvements, one reference added,
v3: minor corrections to match the published versio
Measurement of the production of the four-fermion final states mediated by neutral current processes
TFT construction of RCFT correlators II: Unoriented world sheets
A full rational CFT, consistent on all orientable world sheets, can be
constructed from the underlying chiral CFT, i.e. a vertex algebra, its
representation category C, and the system of chiral blocks, once we select a
symmetric special Frobenius algebra A in the category C [I]. Here we show that
the construction of [I] can be extended to unoriented world sheets by
specifying one additional datum: a reversion on A - an isomorphism from the
opposed algebra of A to A that squares to the twist. A given full CFT on
oriented surfaces can admit inequivalent reversions, which give rise to
different amplitudes on unoriented surfaces, in particular to different Klein
bottle amplitudes.
We study the classification of reversions, work out the construction of the
annulus, Moebius strip and Klein bottle partition functions, and discuss
properties of defect lines on non-orientable world sheets. As an illustration,
the Ising model is treated in detail.Comment: 112 pages, table of contents, several figures. v2: typos corrected,
version to be published in Nucl.Phys.
Measurement of the production of the four-fermion final states mediated by neutral current processes
Time dependence of the proton flux measured by PAMELA during the July 2006 - December 2009 solar minimum
The energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays carry fundamental information
regarding their origin and propagation. These spectra, when measured near
Earth, are significantly affected by the solar magnetic field. A comprehensive
description of the cosmic radiation must therefore include the transport and
modulation of cosmic rays inside the heliosphere. During the end of the last
decade the Sun underwent a peculiarly long quiet phase well suited to study
modulation processes. In this paper we present proton spectra measured from
July 2006 to December 2009 by PAMELA. The large collected statistics of protons
allowed the time variation to be followed on a nearly monthly basis down to 400
MV. Data are compared with a state-of-the-art three-dimensional model of solar
modulation.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, to appear in Astrophysical Journal.
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