485 research outputs found
Spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami Operator and the Phase Structure of Causal Dynamical Triangulation
We propose a new method to characterize the different phases observed in the
non-perturbative numerical approach to quantum gravity known as Causal
Dynamical Triangulation. The method is based on the analysis of the eigenvalues
and the eigenvectors of the Laplace-Beltrami operator computed on the
triangulations: it generalizes previous works based on the analysis of
diffusive processes and proves capable of providing more detailed information
on the geometric properties of the triangulations. In particular, we apply the
method to the analysis of spatial slices, showing that the different phases can
be characterized by a new order parameter related to the presence or absence of
a gap in the spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, and deriving an
effective dimensionality of the slices at the different scales. We also propose
quantities derived from the spectrum that could be used to monitor the running
to the continuum limit around a suitable critical point in the phase diagram,
if any is found.Comment: 21 pages, 26 figures, 2 table
Spectral Methods and Running Scales in Causal Dynamical Triangulations
The spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, computed on the spatial slices
of Causal Dynamical Triangulations, is a powerful probe of the geometrical
properties of the configurations sampled in the various phases of the lattice
theory. We study the behavior of the lowest eigenvalues of the spectrum and
show that this can provide information about the running of length scales as a
function of the bare parameters of the theory, hence about the critical
behavior around possible second order transition points in the CDT phase
diagram, where a continuum limit could be defined.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Epidemics of Liquidity Shortages in Interbank Markets
Financial contagion from liquidity shocks has being recently ascribed as a
prominent driver of systemic risk in interbank lending markets. Building on
standard compartment models used in epidemics, in this work we develop an EDB
(Exposed-Distressed-Bankrupted) model for the dynamics of liquidity shocks
reverberation between banks, and validate it on electronic market for interbank
deposits data. We show that the interbank network was highly susceptible to
liquidity contagion at the beginning of the 2007/2008 global financial crisis,
and that the subsequent micro-prudential and liquidity hoarding policies
adopted by banks increased the network resilience to systemic risk---yet with
the undesired side effect of drying out liquidity from the market. We finally
show that the individual riskiness of a bank is better captured by its network
centrality than by its participation to the market, along with the currently
debated concept of "too interconnected to fail"
Spectral Methods in Causal Dynamical Triangulations
We show recent results of the application of spectral analysis in the setting
of the Monte Carlo approach to Quantum Gravity known as Causal Dynamical
Triangulations (CDT), discussing the behavior of the lowest lying eigenvalues
of the Laplace-Beltrami operator computed on spatial slices. This kind of
analysis provides information about running scales of the theory and about the
critical behaviour around a possible second order transition in the CDT phase
diagram, discussing the implications for the continuum limit.Comment: Proceeding of Science for parallel talk at the 37th International
Symposium on Lattice Field Theory - Lattice2019, 16-22 June 2019, Wuhan,
Chin
Conoscere e comprendere il territorio: ricerche archeologiche e topografiche tra Reggio Calabria e Motta San Giovanni
This thesis is the result of four years of researchs and describes the area between Reggio Calabria and Motta San Giovanni from prehistory to the present day through the study of material and documentary sources. This territory is located on the Strait of Messina and covers an area of approximately 40 km2 from the coast to the Aspromonte mountains. This land plays a role of particular interest in the history of settlements, productions and trades of southern Calabria. Rich in necropolis, castles, churches, ports, quarries and mines, this area is a privileged place for the archaeological and historical study and to understand both the relationship between settlements and natural resources that the transformations of the Calabrian landscape during the centuries
Is the compact object associated with HESS J1731-347 a strange quark star?
The analysis of the central compact object within the supernova remnant HESS
J1731-347 suggests that it has a small radius and, even more interestingly, a
mass of the order or smaller than one solar mass. This raises the question of
which astrophysical process could lead to such a small mass, since the analysis
of various types of SN explosions indicate that is it not possible to produce a
neutron star with a mass smaller than about . Here we show that
masses of the order or smaller than one solar mass can be obtained in the case
of strange quark stars and that it is possible to build a coherent model
explaining not only the mass and the radius of that object, but also its slow
cooling suggested in various analyses. We also show that an astrophysical path
exists which leads to the formation of such an object, and we discuss the role
played in that scenario by strangelets assumed to constitute the dark matter.Comment: 6 pages, 2 Figures, 1 Table. New version significantly expanded. One
section and one figure adde
Merger of a Neutron Star with a Black Hole: one-family vs. two-families scenario
A kilonova signal is generally expected after a Black Hole - Neutron Star
merger. The strength of the signal is related to the equation of state of
neutron star matter and it increases with the stiffness of the latter. The
recent results obtained by NICER suggest a rather stiff equation of state and
the expected kilonova signal is therefore strong, at least if the mass of the
Black Hole does not exceed . We compare the predictions
obtained by considering equations of state of neutron star matter satisfying
the most recent observations and assuming that only one family of compact stars
exists with the results predicted in the two-families scenario. In the latter a
soft hadronic equation of state produces very compact stellar objects while a
rather stiff quark matter equation of state produces massive strange quark
stars, satisfying NICER results. The expected kilonova signal in the
two-families scenario is very weak: the Strange Quark Star - Black Hole merger
does not produce a kilonova signal because, according to simulations, the
amount of mass ejected is negligible and the Hadronic Star - Black Hole merger
produces a much weaker signal than in the one-family scenario because the
hadronic equation of state is very soft. This prediction will be easily tested
with the new generation of detectors.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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