740 research outputs found
Future Polarised DIS Fixed Target Experiments
New experiments in polarised deep inelastic scattering will mainly
concentrate on the measurement of semi-inclusive asymmetries. Especially, the
upgraded HERMES experiment at DESY and the newly build COMPASS experiment at
CERN will investigate the gluon polarisation via open charm and high p_T hadron
pair production, study in detail the flavour decomposition of the quark
helicity distributions and measure the tranversity distributions with
tranversely polarised targets.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, Contribution to the proceedings of the
DIS99, DESY-Zeuthen, Germany, April 199
Structuring visual exploratory analysis of skill demand
The analysis of increasingly large and diverse data for meaningful interpretation and question answering is handicapped by human cognitive limitations. Consequently, semi-automatic abstraction of complex data within structured information spaces becomes increasingly important, if its knowledge content is to support intuitive, exploratory discovery. Exploration of skill demand is an area where regularly updated, multi-dimensional data may be exploited to assess capability within the workforce to manage the demands of the modern, technology- and data-driven economy. The knowledge derived may be employed by skilled practitioners in defining career pathways, to identify where, when and how to update their skillsets in line with advancing technology and changing work demands. This same knowledge may also be used to identify the combination of skills essential in recruiting for new roles. To address the challenges inherent in exploring the complex, heterogeneous, dynamic data that feeds into such applications, we investigate the use of an ontology to guide structuring of the information space, to allow individuals and institutions to interactively explore and interpret the dynamic skill demand landscape for their specific needs. As a test case we consider the relatively new and highly dynamic field of Data Science, where insightful, exploratory data analysis and knowledge discovery are critical. We employ context-driven and task-centred scenarios to explore our research questions and guide iterative design, development and formative evaluation of our ontology-driven, visual exploratory discovery and analysis approach, to measure where it adds value to users’ analytical activity. Our findings reinforce the potential in our approach, and point us to future paths to build on
Newtonian versus relativistic nonlinear cosmology
Both for the background world model and its linear perturbations Newtonian
cosmology coincides with the zero-pressure limits of relativistic cosmology.
However, such successes in Newtonian cosmology are not purely based on Newton's
gravity, but are rather guided ones by previously known results in Einstein's
theory. The action-at-a-distance nature of Newton's gravity requires further
verification from Einstein's theory for its use in the large-scale nonlinear
regimes. We study the domain of validity of the Newtonian cosmology by
investigating weakly nonlinear regimes in relativistic cosmology assuming a
zero-pressure and irrotational fluid. We show that, first, if we ignore the
coupling with gravitational waves the Newtonian cosmology is exactly valid even
to the second order in perturbation. Second, the pure relativistic correction
terms start appearing from the third order. Third, the correction terms are
independent of the horizon scale and are quite small in the large-scale near
the horizon. These conclusions are based on our special (and proper) choice of
variables and gauge conditions. In a complementary situation where the system
is weakly relativistic but fully nonlinear (thus, far inside the horizon) we
can employ the post-Newtonian approximation. We also show that in the
large-scale structures the post-Newtonian effects are quite small. As a
consequence, now we can rely on the Newtonian gravity in analyzing the
evolution of nonlinear large-scale structures even near the horizon volume.Comment: 8 pages, no figur
Searching for Leptoquarks in electron-photon Collisions
We study the production of composite scalar leptoquarks in
colliders, and we show that an machine operating in its mode
is the best way to look for these particles in collisions, due to the
hadronic content of the photon.Comment: 12 pages in REVTeX3. 6 figures appended as postcript files. Report:
IFT-P.014/93 and IFUSP-P 104
Fluctuation Theorems for Entropy Production and Heat Dissipation in Periodically Driven Markov Chains
Asymptotic fluctuation theorems are statements of a Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry
in the rate function of either the time-averaged entropy production or heat
dissipation of a process. Such theorems have been proved for various general
classes of continuous-time deterministic and stochastic processes, but always
under the assumption that the forces driving the system are time independent,
and often relying on the existence of a limiting ergodic distribution. In this
paper we extend the asymptotic fluctuation theorem for the first time to
inhomogeneous continuous-time processes without a stationary distribution,
considering specifically a finite state Markov chain driven by periodic
transition rates. We find that for both entropy production and heat
dissipation, the usual Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry of the rate function is
generalized to an analogous relation between the rate functions of the original
process and its corresponding backward process, in which the trajectory and the
driving protocol have been time-reversed. The effect is that spontaneous
positive fluctuations in the long time average of each quantity in the forward
process are exponentially more likely than spontaneous negative fluctuations in
the backward process, and vice-versa, revealing that the distributions of
fluctuations in universes in which time moves forward and backward are related.
As an additional result, the asymptotic time-averaged entropy production is
obtained as the integral of a periodic entropy production rate that generalizes
the constant rate pertaining to homogeneous dynamics
Testing the Lorentz and CPT Symmetry with CMB polarizations and a non-relativistic Maxwell Theory
We present a model for a system involving a photon gauge field and a scalar
field at quantum criticality in the frame of a Lifthitz-type non-relativistic
Maxwell theory. We will show this model gives rise to Lorentz and CPT violation
which leads to a frequency-dependent rotation of polarization plane of
radiations, and so leaves potential signals on the cosmic microwave background
temperature and polarization anisotropies.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted on JCAP, a few references adde
Evolution of high-frequency gravitational waves in some cosmological models
We investigate Isaacson's high-frequency gravitational waves which propagate
in some relevant cosmological models, in particular the FRW spacetimes. Their
time evolution in Fourier space is explicitly obtained for various metric forms
of (anti--)de Sitter universe. Behaviour of high-frequency waves in the
anisotropic Kasner spacetime is also described.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Czech. J. Phy
NAHE-based string models with SU(4) X SU(2) X U(1) SO(10) Subgroup
The orbifold GUT doublet-triplet splitting mechanism was discussed in 1994 in
the framework of the NAHE-based free fermionic models in which the SO(10) GUT
symmetry is broken to SO(6) X SO(4), SU(3) X SU(2) X U(1)^2, or SU(3) X U(1) X
SU(2)^2. In this paper we study NAHE-based free fermionic models in which the
SO(10) symmetry is broken at the string level to SU(4) X SU(2) X U(1). In
addition to the doublet-triplet splitting this case also has the advantage of
inducing the doublet-doublet splitting already at the string level. We
demonstrate, however, that NAHE-based models with SU(4) X SU(2) X U(1) SO(10)
subgroup are not viable. We show that, similarly to the LRS models, and in
contrast to the FSU5, PS and SLM models, the SU421 case gives rise to models
without an anomalous U(1) symmetry, and discuss the different cases in terms of
their N=4 origins.Comment: 25 pages. Standard Latex. Revised version to appear in NP
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