47 research outputs found
Entropy function and attractors for AdS black holes
We apply Sen's entropy formalism to the study of the near horizon geometry
and the entropy of asymptotically AdS black holes in gauged supergravities. In
particular, we consider non-supersymmetric electrically charged black holes
with AdS_2 xS^{d-2} horizons in U(1)^4 and U(1)^3 gauged supergravities in d=4
and d=5 dimensions, respectively. We study several cases including
static/rotating, BPS and non-BPS black holes in Einstein as well as in
Gauss-Bonnet gravity. In all examples, the near horizon geometry and black hole
entropy are derived by extremizing the entropy function and are given entirely
in terms of the gauge coupling, the electric charges and the angular momentum
of the black hole.Comment: 27 pages, no figures, references adde
Verbal working memory and functional large-scale networks in schizophrenia
The aim of this study was to test whether bilinear and nonlinear effective connectivity (EC) measures of working memory fMRI data can differentiate between patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and healthy controls (HC). We applied bilinear and nonlinear Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) for the analysis of verbal working memory in 16 SZ and 21 HC. The connection strengths with nonlinear modulation between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra (VTA/SN) were evaluated. We used Bayesian Model Selection at the group and family levels to compare the optimal bilinear and nonlinear models. Bayesian Model Averaging was used to assess the connection strengths with nonlinear modulation. The DCM analyses revealed that SZ and HC used different bilinear networks despite comparable behavioral performance. In addition, the connection strengths with nonlinear modulation between the DLPFC and the VTA/SN area showed differences between SZ and HC. The adoption of different functional networks in SZ and HC indicated neurobiological alterations underlying working memory performance, including different connection strengths with nonlinear modulation between the DLPFC and the VTA/SN area. These novel findings may increase our understanding of connectivity in working memory in schizophrenia
Logarithmic Corrections to Rotating Extremal Black Hole Entropy in Four and Five Dimensions
We compute logarithmic corrections to the entropy of rotating extremal black
holes using quantum entropy function i.e. Euclidean quantum gravity approach.
Our analysis includes five dimensional supersymmetric BMPV black holes in type
IIB string theory on T^5 and K3 x S^1 as well as in the five dimensional CHL
models, and also non-supersymmetric extremal Kerr black hole and slowly
rotating extremal Kerr-Newmann black holes in four dimensions. For BMPV black
holes our results are in perfect agreement with the microscopic results derived
from string theory. In particular we reproduce correctly the dependence of the
logarithmic corrections on the number of U(1) gauge fields in the theory, and
on the angular momentum carried by the black hole in different scaling limits.
We also explain the shortcomings of the Cardy limit in explaining the
logarithmic corrections in the limit in which the (super)gravity description of
these black holes becomes a valid approximation. For non-supersymmetric
extremal black holes, e.g. for the extremal Kerr black hole in four dimensions,
our result provides a stringent testing ground for any microscopic explanation
of the black hole entropy, e.g. Kerr/CFT correspondence.Comment: LaTeX file, 50 pages; v2: added extensive discussion on the relation
between boundary condition and choice of ensemble, modified analysis for
slowly rotating black holes, all results remain unchanged, typos corrected;
v3: minor additions and correction
Logarithmic Corrections to N=2 Black Hole Entropy: An Infrared Window into the Microstates
Logarithmic corrections to the extremal black hole entropy can be computed
purely in terms of the low energy data -- the spectrum of massless fields and
their interaction. The demand of reproducing these corrections provides a
strong constraint on any microscopic theory of quantum gravity that attempts to
explain the black hole entropy. Using quantum entropy function formalism we
compute logarithmic corrections to the entropy of half BPS black holes in N=2
supersymmetric string theories. Our results allow us to test various proposals
for the measure in the OSV formula, and we find agreement with the measure
proposed by Denef and Moore if we assume their result to be valid at weak
topological string coupling. Our analysis also gives the logarithmic
corrections to the entropy of extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black holes in
ordinary Einstein-Maxwell theory.Comment: LaTeX file, 66 page
Contributions of Riemann invariants to the Entropy of Extremal Black Holes
We use the entropy function formalism introduced by A. Sen to obtain the
entropy of extremal and static black holes in four and
five dimensions, with higher derivative terms of a general type. Starting from
a generalized Einstein--Maxwell action with nonzero cosmological constant, we
examine all possible scalar invariants that can be formed from the complete set
of Riemann invariants (up to order 10 in derivatives). The resulting entropies
show the deviation from the well known Bekenstein--Hawking area law
for Einstein's gravity up to second order derivatives.Comment: 16 pages, revised version, comments and references added, accepted
for publication in JHE
4-D gauged supergravity analysis of Type IIB vacua on
We analyze vacua of type IIB string theory on in
presence of three-form fluxes from a four dimensional supergravity viewpoint.
The quaternionic geometry of the moduli space together with the special
geometry of the NS and R-R dilatons and of the -complex structure moduli
play a crucial role in the analysis. The introduction of fluxes corresponds to
a particular gauging of N=2, D=4 supergravity. Our results agree with a recent
work of Tripathy and Trivedi. The present formulation shows the power of
supergravity in the study of effective theories with broken supersymmetry.Comment: AMS-LaTeX, 29 page
The Influence of Short-Run Price Variability on Sydney Pork Price Spreads: A Preliminary Analysis
Another Look at Price Levelling and Price Averaging in the Sydney Meat Market
Simultaneous equation techniques are used to re-examine the behaviour of monthly wholesale and retail price spreads for beef, lamb and pork in Sydney over the period 1971-1988, so as to understand the factors determining the relationships between the prices at the different market levels. Hypotheses tested relate to price levelling and price averaging, and to marketing cost and turnover effects. Using the preferred three-stage least squares estimates, price levelling is confirmed at both wholesale and retail for all meats, however contrary to earlier results there is no evidence of price averaging in any of the meats. Costs are only important determinants for beef at wholesale and lamb at retail, and only the beef and lamb wholesale spreads and the lamb retail spread are negatively influenced by turnover. A structural change test reveals significantly different behavioural responses in the 1980s compared to the 1970s, so the model is re-estimated for just the 1980s. The results generally agree with those from the longer sample, with the only change being at the retail level where costs become significant for beef as well as lamb. However the level of explanatory power for the 1980-1988 models is substantially reduced from that of the full sample models
Another Look at Price Levelling and Price Averaging in the Sydney Meat Market
Simultaneous equation techniques are used to re-examine the behaviour of monthly wholesale and retail price spreads for beef, lamb and pork in Sydney over the period 1971-1988, so as to understand the factors determining the relationships between the prices at the different market levels. Hypotheses tested relate to price levelling and price averaging, and to marketing cost and turnover effects. Using the preferred three-stage least squares estimates, price levelling is confirmed at both wholesale and retail for all meats, however contrary to earlier results there is no evidence of price averaging in any of the meats. Costs are only important determinants for beef at wholesale and lamb at retail, and only the beef and lamb wholesale spreads and the lamb retail spread are negatively influenced by turnover. A structural change test reveals significantly different behavioural responses in the 1980s compared to the 1970s, so the model is re-estimated for just the 1980s. The results generally agree with those from the longer sample, with the only change being at the retail level where costs become significant for beef as well as lamb. However the level of explanatory power for the 1980-1988 models is substantially reduced from that of the full sample models.Demand and Price Analysis,