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Criticality and Continuity of Explosive Site Percolation in Random Networks
This Letter studies the critical point as well as the discontinuity of a
class of explosive site percolation in Erd\"{o}s and R\'{e}nyi (ER) random
network. The class of the percolation is implemented by introducing a best-of-m
rule. Two major results are found: i). For any specific , the critical
percolation point scales with the average degree of the network while its
exponent associated with is bounded by -1 and . ii).
Discontinuous percolation could occur on sparse networks if and only if
approaches infinite. These results not only generalize some conclusions of
ordinary percolation but also provide new insights to the network robustness.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Realistic Gluino Axion Model Consistent with Supersymmetry Breaking at the TeV Scale
The recently proposed model of using the dynamical phase of the gluino to
solve the strong CP problem is shown to admit a specific realization in terms
of fundamental singlet superfields, such that the breaking of supersymmetry
occurs only at the TeV scale, despite the large axion scale of 10^{9} to
10^{12} GeV. Phenomenological implications are discussed.Comment: 12 pp, 2 fig
Actions for Vacuum Einstein's Equation with a Killing Symmetry
In a space-time with a Killing vector field which is either
everywhere timelike or everywhere spacelike, the collection of all trajectories
of gives a 3-dimension space . Besides the symmetry-reduced action
from that of Einstein-Hilbert, an alternative action of the fields on is
also proposed, which gives the same fields equations as those reduced from the
vacuum Einstein equation on .Comment: 8 pages, the difference between the action we proposed and the
symmetry-reduced action is clarifie
Systematic studies of binding energy dependence of neutron - proton momentum correlation function
Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) results of the neutron-proton correlation function
have been systematically investigated for a series nuclear reactions with light
projectiles with help of Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics model.
The relationship between the binding energy per nucleon of the projectiles and
the strength of the neutron-proton HBT at small relative momentum has been
obtained. Results show that neutron-proton HBT results are sensitive to the
binding energy per nucleon.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures; accepted by Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and
Particle Physic
Does abortion reduce self-esteem and life satisfaction?
PurposeThis study aims to assess the effects of obtaining an abortion versus being denied an abortion on self-esteem and life satisfaction.MethodsWe present the first 2.5 years of a 5-year longitudinal telephone-interview study that follows 956 women who sought an abortion from 30 facilities across the USA. We examine the self-esteem and life satisfaction trajectories of women who sought and received abortions just under the facility's gestational age limit, of women who sought and received abortions in their first trimester of pregnancy, and of women who sought abortions just beyond the facility gestational limit and were denied an abortion. We use adjusted mixed effects linear regression analyses to assess whether the trajectories of women who sought and obtained an abortion differ from those who were denied one.ResultsWomen denied an abortion initially reported lower self-esteem and life satisfaction than women who sought and obtained an abortion. For all study groups, except those who obtained first trimester abortions, self-esteem and life satisfaction improved over time. The initially lower levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction among women denied an abortion improved more rapidly reaching similar levels as those obtaining abortions at 6 months to one year after abortion seeking. For women obtaining first trimester abortions, initially higher levels of life satisfaction remained steady over time.ConclusionsThere is no evidence that abortion harms women's self-esteem or life satisfaction in the short term
Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance of Stable Nuclei in a Consistent Relativistic Random Phase Approximation
A fully consistent relativistic random phase approximation is applied to
study the systematic behavior of the isovector giant dipole resonance of nuclei
along the -stability line in order to test the effective Lagrangians
recently developed. The centroid energies of response functions of the
isovector giant dipole resonance for stable nuclei are compared with the
corresponding experimental data and the good agreement is obtained. It is found
that the effective Lagrangian with an appropriate nuclear symmetry energy,
which can well describe the ground state properties of nuclei, could also
reproduce the isovector giant dipole resonance of nuclei along the
-stability line.Comment: 4 pages, 1 Postscript figure, to be submitted to Chin.Phys.Let
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