806 research outputs found
Near Horizon Extremal Geometry Perturbations: Dynamical Field Perturbations vs. Parametric Variations
In arXiv:1310.3727 we formulated and derived the three universal laws
governing Near Horizon Extremal Geometries (NHEG). In this work we focus on the
Entropy Perturbation Law (EPL) which, similarly to the first law of black hole
thermodynamics, relates perturbations of the charges labeling perturbations
around a given NHEG to the corresponding entropy perturbation. We show that
field perturbations governed by the linearized equations of motion and symmetry
conditions which we carefully specify, satisfy the EPL. We also show that these
perturbations are limited to those coming from difference of two NHEG solutions
(i.e. variations on the NHEG solution parameter space). Our analysis and
discussions shed light on the "no-dynamics" statements of arXiv:0906.2380 and
arXiv:0906.2376.Comment: 38 page
Wiggling Throat of Extremal Black Holes
We construct the classical phase space of geometries in the near-horizon
region of vacuum extremal black holes as announced in [arXiv:1503.07861].
Motivated by the uniqueness theorems for such solutions and for perturbations
around them, we build a family of metrics depending upon a single periodic
function defined on the torus spanned by the isometry directions. We
show that this set of metrics is equipped with a consistent symplectic
structure and hence defines a phase space. The phase space forms a
representation of an infinite dimensional algebra of so-called symplectic
symmetries. The symmetry algebra is an extension of the Virasoro algebra whose
central extension is the black hole entropy. We motivate the choice of
diffeomorphisms leading to the phase space and explicitly derive the symplectic
structure, the algebra of symplectic symmetries and the corresponding conserved
charges. We also discuss a formulation of these charges with a Liouville type
stress-tensor on the torus defined by the isometries and outline
possible future directions.Comment: 56 pages, 3 figure
Testing Global Isotropy of Three-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Data: Temperature Analysis
We examine statistical isotropy of large scale anisotropies of the Internal Linear Combination (ILC) map, based on three year WMAP data. Our study reveals no significant deviation from statistical isotropy on large angular scales of 3-year ILC map. Comparing statistical isotropy of 3-year ILC map and 1-year ILC map, we find a significant improvement in 3-year ILC map which can be due to the gain model, improved ILC map processing and foreground minimization
Extremal Rotating Black Holes in the Near-Horizon Limit: Phase Space and Symmetry Algebra
We construct the NHEG phase space, the classical phase space of Near-Horizon
Extremal Geometries with fixed angular momenta and entropy, and with the
largest symmetry algebra. We focus on vacuum solutions to dimensional
Einstein gravity. Each element in the phase space is a geometry with
isometries which has vanishing and constant charges. We construct an on-shell vanishing symplectic
structure, which leads to an infinite set of symplectic symmetries. In four
spacetime dimensions, the phase space is unique and the symmetry algebra
consists of the familiar Virasoro algebra, while in dimensions the
symmetry algebra, the NHEG algebra, contains infinitely many Virasoro
subalgebras. The nontrivial central term of the algebra is proportional to the
black hole entropy. This phase space and in particular its symmetries might
serve as a basis for a semiclassical description of extremal rotating black
hole microstates.Comment: Published in PLB, 5 page
Statistical Isotropy of CMB Polarization Maps
We formulate statistical isotropy of CMB anisotropy maps in its most general
form. We also present a fast and orientation independent statistical method to
determine deviations from statistical isotropy in CMB polarization maps.
Importance of having statistical tests of departures from SI for CMB
polarization maps lies not only in interesting theoretical motivations but also
in testing cleaned CMB polarization maps for observational artifacts such as
residuals from polarized foreground emission. We propose a generalization of
the Bipolar Power Spectrum (BiPS) to polarization maps. Application to the
observed CMB polarization maps will be soon possible after the release of WMAP
three year data. As a demonstration we show that for E-polarization this test
can detect breakdown of statistical isotropy due to polarized synchrotron
foreground.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, Conclusions & results unchanged; Extension to
cutsky included (discussion & references added); Matches version accepted to
Phys. Rev. D Rapid Com
Exhaustive weakly wandering sequences
AbstractA sequence of integers {ni : i = 0, 1…} is an exhaustive weakly wandering sequence for a transformation T if for some measurable set W, X=⋃∞i=0TniW(disj. We introduce a hereditary Property (H) for a sequence of integers associated with an infinite ergodic transformation T, and show that it is a sufficient condition for the sequence to be an exhaustive weakly wandering sequence for T. We then show that every infinite ergodic transformation admits sequences that possess Property (H), and observe that Property (H) is inherited by all subsequences of a sequence that possess it. As a corollary, we obtain an application to tiling the set of integers ℤ with infinite subsets
Searching for planar signatures in WMAP
We search for planar deviations of statistical isotropy in the Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data by applying a recently introduced
angular-planar statistics both to full-sky and to masked temperature maps,
including in our analysis the effect of the residual foreground contamination
and systematics in the foreground removing process as sources of error. We
confirm earlier findings that full-sky maps exhibit anomalies at the planar
() and angular () scales and , which
seem to be due to unremoved foregrounds since this features are present in the
full-sky map but not in the masked maps. On the other hand, our test detects
slightly anomalous results at the scales and in the
masked maps but not in the full-sky one, indicating that the foreground
cleaning procedure (used to generate the full-sky map) could not only be
creating false anomalies but also hiding existing ones. We also find a
significant trace of an anomaly in the full-sky map at the scale
, which is still present when we consider galactic cuts of
18.3% and 28.4%. As regards the quadrupole (), we find a coherent
over-modulation over the whole celestial sphere, for all full-sky and cut-sky
maps. Overall, our results seem to indicate that current CMB maps derived from
WMAP data do not show significant signs of anisotropies, as measured by our
angular-planar estimator. However, we have detected a curious coherence of
planar modulations at angular scales of the order of the galaxy's plane, which
may be an indication of residual contaminations in the full- and cut-sky maps.Comment: 15 pages with pdf figure
The association of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and waist circumference in northern adults in Iran: A population based study
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) level and Waist Circumference (WC) in men and women among 25-65 years old people in the north of Iran.Material and methods: This was a cross-sectional and analytical research gender that carried out on the 1797 subjects (941 males and 856 females) between 25-65 years old using multistage cluster sampling technique. FBG was measured in the morning after a 12-hour fast and was determined by using laboratory kits (enzymatic methods) and spectrophotometry technique. Central obesity was defined based on World Health Organization criteria: waist circumference ≥102 cm and ≥88 cm in men and women, respectively. The SPSS.16 software was used for statistical analysis.Results: As whole, the mean of FBG in women (98.3 ± 40.1 mg/dl) was higher than in men (94.6 ± 32.2 mg/dl). Also, the mean of WC in men 4.5 cm was lower than in women. In men, the mean of FBG statistically differs between normal and central obese subjects both in 35-45 year-age group (P = 0.001) and in 45-55 year-age group (P = 0.042). As whole, in men, the FBG level increased up 2.82 mg/dl in each 10 cm of WC with the highest rate in 35-45 year-age group. In totally, in women, the FBG level increased up 3.48 mg/dl in each 10 cm of WC and in 25-35 year-age group and it was higher than in other age groups. In men, the regression coefficients were constant with age increasing while in women it was decreased. Constant trend in men and decreasing trend in women with age was shown between FBG and WC. The cut-off point of WC for detecting of diabetes obtained 89 cm and 107 cm in men and women, respectively.Conclusion: The positive correlation was seen between WC and FBG level and it was declined with age in women. Cut-off point for detecting of diabetes in men was less than in women. WC is useable as a predictor of type 2 diabetes mellitus risk among adults in the north of Iran. © 2014 Veghari et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd
Unveiling Hidden Patterns in CMB Anisotropy Maps
Bianchi VII_h models have been recently proposed to explain potential
anomalies in the CMB anisotropy as observed by WMAP. We investigate the
violation of statistical isotropy due to an embedded Bianchi VII_h templates in
the CMB anisotropy maps to determine whether the existence of a hidden Bianchi
template in the WMAP data is consistent with the previous null detection of the
bipolar power spectrum in the WMAP first year maps. We argue that although
correcting the WMAP maps for the Bianchi template may explain some features in
the WMAP data it may cause other anomalies such as preferred directions leading
to detectable levels of violation of statistical isotropy in the Bianchi
corrected maps. We compute the bipolar power spectrum for the low density
Bianchi VII_h models embedded in the background CMB anisotropy maps with the
power spectrum that have been shown in recent literature to best fit the first
year WMAP data. By examining statistical isotropy of these maps, we put a limit
of {\sigma/H}_0 < 2.77E-10 (99% CL) on the shear parameter in Bianchi VII_h
models.Comment: Matches version accepted to Phys Rev D. Results unchanged. Paper
shortened, sharpened, typos fixed. See earlier version for a review of CMB
anisotropy patterns in Bianchi universe model
Cosmological Imprints of Pre-Inflationary Particles
We study some of the cosmological imprints of pre-inflationary particles. We
show that each such particle provides a seed for a spherically symmetric cosmic
defect. The profile of this cosmic defect is fixed and its magnitude is linear
in a single parameter that is determined by the mass of the pre-inflationary
particle. We study the CMB and peculiar velocity imprints of this cosmic defect
and suggest that it could explain some of the large scale cosmological
anomalies.Comment: 31 pages, 7 figure
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