57 research outputs found
Coherent States of the SU(N) groups
Coherent states of the groups are constructed explicitly and
their properties are investigated. They represent a nontrivial generalization
of the spining of the group. The are parametrized by the
points of the coset space, which is, in that particular case, the projective
space and plays the role of the phase space of a corresponding
classical mechanics. The possess of a minimum uncertainty, they minimize
an invariant dispersion of the quadratic Casimir operator. The classical limit
is ivestigated in terms of symbols of operators. The role of the Planck
constant playes , where is the signature of the representation.
The classical limit of the so called star commutator generates the Poisson
bracket in the phase space. The logarithm of the modulus of the
overlapping, being interpreted as a symmetric in the space, gives the
Fubini-Study metric in . The constructed are useful for the
quasi-classical analysis of the quantum equations of the gauge
symmetric theories.Comment: 19pg, IFUSP/P-974 March/199
Fractional Generalization of Gradient Systems
We consider a fractional generalization of gradient systems. We use
differential forms and exterior derivatives of fractional orders. Examples of
fractional gradient systems are considered. We describe the stationary states
of these systems.Comment: 11 pages, LaTe
“I know what a podcast Is” : post-Serial fiction and podcast media identity
This chapter seeks to assert that podcasts are a distinct media form and that although they might exhibit a ‘radioness’, they should be treated as a medium in their own right. This distinctiveness has been achieved over time through a process in which podcasters have asserted their own media identity. The chapter maps this development process using business models and a survey of practising podcasters, concluding that a new lens of ‘podcast studies’ is required to fully appreciate the nuances of this medium
Subjectivity 2.0 : digital technologies, participatory media and communicative capitalism
Drawing on observations and focus group material from pervasive drama project, The Memory Dealer, this article explores both the dynamics and the limitations of existing models of digital subjectivity. It interrogates, in particular, constructions of the digital subject within critical internet studies, focusing on the work of Jodi Dean. This model of subjectivity argues that participatory digital media are a conduit through which the subject is ‘captured’ and shaped to suit the needs of capital. It is suggested here, however, that framing subjective engagements with technology as inevitably being relations of capture, is dangerous in foreclosing scope for resistance and inter-subjective political action. The article ultimately argues that there is a need to reconceptualise the digital subject away from models of capture and towards a more situated, material analysis of the affordances enabled by subjective entanglements with technology
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