461 research outputs found
Two-dimensional Super-Yang-Mills Theory
Supersymmetry is one of the possible scenarios for physics beyond the
standard model. The building blocks of this scenario are supersymmetric gauge
theories. In our work we study the Super-Yang-Mills (SYM)
theory with gauge group SU(2) dimensionally reduced to two-dimensional
SYM theory. In our lattice formulation we break supersymmetry
and chiral symmetry explicitly while preserving R symmetry. By fine tuning the
bar-mass of the fermions in the Lagrangian we construct a supersymmetric
continuum theory. To this aim we carefully investigate mass spectra and Ward
identities, which both show a clear signal of supersymmetry restoration in the
continuum limit.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, talk presented at the 35th
International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, 18-24 June 2017, Granada,
Spai
Critical behavior of supersymmetric O(N) models in the large-N limit
We derive a supersymmetric renormalization group (RG) equation for the
scale-dependent superpotential of the supersymmetric O(N) model in three
dimensions. For a supersymmetric optimized regulator function we solve the RG
equation for the superpotential exactly in the large-N limit. The fixed-point
solutions are classified by an exactly marginal coupling. In the weakly coupled
regime there exists a unique fixed point solution, for intermediate couplings
we find two separate fixed point solutions and in the strong coupling regime no
globally defined fixed-point potentials exist. We determine the exact critical
exponents both for the superpotential and the associated scalar potential.
Finally we relate the high-temperature limit of the four-dimensional theory to
the Wilson-Fisher fixed point of the purely scalar theory.Comment: 13 pages,4 figure
Optical dilution and feedback cooling of a gram-scale oscillator to 6.9 mK
We report on use of a radiation pressure induced restoring force, the optical
spring effect, to optically dilute the mechanical damping of a 1 gram suspended
mirror, which is then cooled by active feedback (cold damping). Optical
dilution relaxes the limit on cooling imposed by mechanical losses, allowing
the oscillator mode to reach a minimum temperature of 6.9 mK, a factor of
~40000 below the environmental temperature. A further advantage of the optical
spring effect is that it can increase the number of oscillations before
decoherence by several orders of magnitude. In the present experiment we infer
an increase in the dynamical lifetime of the state by a factor of ~200
Tomographic readout of an opto-mechanical interferometer
The quantum state of light changes its nature when being reflected off a
mechanical oscillator due to the latter's susceptibility to radiation pressure.
As a result, a coherent state can transform into a squeezed state and can get
entangled with the motion of the oscillator. The complete tomographic
reconstruction of the state of light requires the ability to readout arbitrary
quadratures. Here we demonstrate such a readout by applying a balanced homodyne
detector to an interferometric position measurement of a thermally excited
high-Q silicon nitride membrane in a Michelson-Sagnac interferometer. A readout
noise of \unit{1.9 \cdot 10^{-16}}{\metre/\sqrt{\hertz}} around the
membrane's fundamental oscillation mode at \unit{133}{\kilo\hertz} has been
achieved, going below the peak value of the standard quantum limit by a factor
of 8.2 (9 dB). The readout noise was entirely dominated by shot noise in a
rather broad frequency range around the mechanical resonance.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Amino Acid Transporter Inventory of the Selaginella Genome
Amino acids play fundamental roles in a multitude of functions including protein synthesis, hormone metabolism, nerve transmission, cell growth, production of metabolic energy, nucleobase synthesis, nitrogen metabolism, and urea biosynthesis. Selaginella as a member of the lycophytes is part of an ancient lineage of vascular plants that had arisen ∼400 million years ago. In angiosperms, which have attracted most of the attention for nutrient transport so far, we have been able to identify many of the key transporters for nitrogen. Their role is not always fully clear, thus an analysis of Selaginella as a representative of an ancient vascular plant may help shed light on the evolution and function of these diverse transporters. Here we annotated and analyzed the genes encoding putative transporters involved in cellular uptake of amino acids present in the Selaginella genome
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