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Reversible Superconductivity in Electrochromic Indium-Tin Oxide Films
Transparent conductive indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films, electrochemically
intercalated with sodium or other cations, show tunable superconducting
transitions with a maximum at 5 K. The transition temperature and the
density of states, (extracted from the measured Pauli susceptibility
exhibit the same dome shaped behavior as a function of electron
density. Optimally intercalated samples have an upper critical field T and . Accompanying the development of
superconductivity, the films show a reversible electrochromic change from
transparent to colored and are partially transparent (orange) at the peak of
the superconducting dome. This reversible intercalation of alkali and alkali
earth ions into thin ITO films opens diverse opportunities for tunable,
optically transparent superconductors
Super Jackstraws and Super Waterwheels
We construct various new BPS states of D-branes preserving 8 supersymmetries.
These include super Jackstraws (a bunch of scattered D- or (p,q)-strings
preserving supersymmetries), and super waterwheels (a number of D2-branes
intersecting at generic angles on parallel lines while preserving
supersymmetries). Super D-Jackstraws are scattered in various dimensions but
are dynamical with all their intersections following a common null direction.
Meanwhile, super (p,q)-Jackstraws form a planar static configuration. We show
that the SO(2) subgroup of SL(2,R), the group of classical S-duality
transformations in IIB theory, can be used to generate this latter
configuration of variously charged (p,q)-strings intersecting at various
angles. The waterwheel configuration of D2-branes preserves 8 supersymmetries
as long as the `critical' Born-Infeld electric fields are along the common
direction.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figure
Lineal Trails of D2-D2bar Superstrings
We study the superstrings suspended between a D2- and an anti-D2-brane. We
quantize the string in the presence of some general configuration of gauge
fields over the (anti-)D-brane world volumes. The interstring can move only in
a specific direction that is normal to the difference of the electric fields of
each (anti-)D-branes. Especially when the electric fields are the same, the
interstring cannot move. We obtain the condition for the tachyons to disappear
from the spectrum.Comment: 15 pages with 4 figures, referenced added, Sec. 5 on the spectrum
made cleare
String Pair Creations in D-brane Systems
We investigate the criterion, on the Born-Infeld background fields, for the
open string pair creation to occur in D-(anti-)D-brane systems. Although
the pair creation occurs generically in both D-D and D-anti-D
systems for the cases which meet the criterion, it is more drastic in
D-anti-D-brane systems by some exponential factor depending on the
background fields. Various configurations exhibiting pair creations are
obtained via duality transformations. These include the spacelike scissors and
two D-strings (slanted at different angles) passing through each other. We
raise the scissors paradox and suggest a resolution based on the triple
junction in IIB setup.Comment: V2. 1+28 pages, 5 figures in JHEP3, minor changes, added reference
Polarization of Prompt J/psi at the Tevatron
The polarization of prompt J/psi at the Fermilab Tevatron is calculated
within the nonrelativistic QCD factorization framework. The contribution from
radiative decays of P-wave charmonium states decreases, but does not eliminate,
the transverse polarization at large transverse momentum. The angular
distribution parameter alpha for leptonic decays of the J/\psi is predicted to
increase from near 0 at p_T = 5 GeV to about 0.5 at p_T = 20 GeV. The
prediction is consistent with measurements by the CDF Collaboration at
intermediate values of p_T, but disagrees by about 3 standard deviations at the
largest values of p_T measured.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, one reference added, accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev.
Polarization of Upsilon(nS) at the Tevatron
The polarization of inclusive Upsilon(nS) at the Fermilab Tevatron is
calculated within the nonrelativistic QCD factorization framework. We use a
recent determination of the NRQCD matrix elements from fitting the CDF data on
bottomonium production from Run IB of the Tevatron. The result for the
polarization of Upsilon(1S) integrated over the transverse momentum bin 8 < p_T
< 20 GeV is consistent with a recent measurement by the CDF Collaboration. The
transverse polarization of Upsilon(1S) is predicted to increase steadily for
p_T greater than about 10 GeV. The Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) are predicted to
have significantly larger transverse polarizations than Upsilon(1S).Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
Quantum Mechanics on the h-deformed Quantum Plane
We find the covariant deformed Heisenberg algebra and the Laplace-Beltrami
operator on the extended -deformed quantum plane and solve the Schr\"odinger
equations explicitly for some physical systems on the quantum plane. In the
commutative limit the behaviour of a quantum particle on the quantum plane
becomes that of the quantum particle on the Poincar\'e half-plane, a surface of
constant negative Gaussian curvature. We show the bound state energy spectra
for particles under specific potentials depend explicitly on the deformation
parameter . Moreover, it is shown that bound states can survive on the
quantum plane in a limiting case where bound states on the Poincar\'e
half-plane disappear.Comment: 16pages, Latex2e, Abstract and section 4 have been revise
J/psi c\bar{c} production in e+e- and hadronic interactions
Predictions of the nonperturbative Quark Gluon Strings model based on the
1/N-expansion in QCD and string picture of interactions for production of
states containing heavy quarks are considered. Relations between fragmentation
functions for different states are used to predict the fragmentation function
of c-quark to J/psi-mesons. The resulting cross section for J/psi-production in
e+e- annihilation is in a good agreement with recent Belle result. It is argued
that associated production of c\bar{c} states with open charm should give a
substantial contribution to production of these states in hadronic interactions
at very high energies.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Vacuumless kinks systems from vacuum ones, an example
Some years ago, Cho and Vilenkin, introduced a model which presents
topological solutions, despite not having degenerate vacua as is usually
expected. Here we present a new model with topological defects, connecting
degenerate vacua but which in a certain limit recovers precisely the one
proposed originally by Cho and Vilenkin. In other words, we found a kind of
parent model for the so called vacuumless model. Then the idea is extended to a
model recently introduced by Bazeia et al. Finally, we trace some comments the
case of the Liouville model.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
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