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The morphological discrimination of microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus from Mansonella ozzardi.
There is no published account which allows the morphological discrimination of microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus and M. ozzardi from each other. However, they occur together in parts of Brazil and Venezuela, and presumably there is always the possibility that migration could establish new sympatric populations in the future. The objective of this study was to evaluate simple morphological characters that might be used for species-diagnosis of microfilariae. The conclusions were that the location of microfilariae in the blood or skin, the body size and the nucleation of the nerve ring are expected to be useful first indications of species identity, but cannot be used for confident diagnosis. The structure of the cephalic armature (stained with alcian blue) seems to be species specific, but is of limited application because it is often difficult to see. However, the pattern of nucleation of the tail (as expressed by the ratio of the length of the terminal nucleus compared with the length of the tail space) is distinctive and is expected to be diagnostic
pQCD vs. AdS/CFT Tested by Heavy Quark Energy Loss
We predict the charm and bottom quark nuclear modification factors using
weakly coupled pQCD and strongly coupled AdS/CFT drag methods. The
log(pT/M_Q)/pT dependence of pQCD loss and the momentum independence of drag
loss lead to different momentum dependencies for the R_{AA} predictions. This
difference is enhanced by examining a new experimental observable, the double
ratio of charm to bottom nuclear modification factors,
R^{cb}=R^c_{AA}/R^b_{AA}. At LHC the weakly coupled theory predicts R^{cb} goes
to 1; whereas the strongly coupled theory predicts R^{cb} .2 independent of pT.
At RHIC the differences are less dramatic, as the production spectra are
harder, but the drag formula is applicable to higher momenta, due to the lower
temperature.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Proceedings for the International Conference on
Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2007), Levoca, Slovakia, 24-29 June 200
Surprising Connections Between General Relativity and Condensed Matter
This brief review is intended to introduce gravitational physicists to recent
developments in which general relativity is being used to describe certain
aspects of condensed matter systems, e.g., superconductivity.Comment: 14 pages; based on talk given at GR1
Gauge/Gravity Correspondence from Open/Closed String Duality
We compute the annulus diagram corresponding to the interaction of a
fractional D3 brane with a gauge field on its world-volume and a stack of N
fractional D3 branes on the orbifolds C^2 /Z_2 and C^3/Z_2 x Z_2. We show that
its logarithmic divergence can be equivalently understood as due either to
massless open string states circulating in the loop or to massless closed
string states exchanged between two boundary states. This follows from the fact
that, under open/closed string duality, massless states in the open and closed
string channels are matched into each other without mixing with massive states.
This explains why the perturbative properties of many gauge theories living on
the worldvolume of less supersymmetric and nonconformal branes have been
recently obtained from their corresponding supergravity solution.Comment: LaTeX, 28 page
A scalar field instability of rotating and charged black holes in (4+1)-dimensional Anti-de Sitter space-time
We study the stability of static as well as of rotating and charged black
holes in (4+1)-dimensional Anti-de Sitter space-time which possess spherical
horizon topology. We observe a non-linear instability related to the
condensation of a charged, tachyonic scalar field and construct "hairy" black
hole solutions of the full system of coupled Einstein, Maxwell and scalar field
equations. We observe that the limiting solution for small horizon radius is
either a hairy soliton solution or a singular solution that is not a regular
extremal solution. Within the context of the gauge/gravity duality the
condensation of the scalar field describes a holographic
conductor/superconductor phase transition on the surface of a sphere.Comment: 16 pages including 8 figures, v2: discussion on soliton solutions
extended; v3: matches version accepted for publication in JHE
Sampling the canonical phase from phase-space functions
We discuss the possibility of sampling exponential moments of the canonical
phase from the s-parametrized phase space functions. We show that the sampling
kernels exist and are well-behaved for any s>-1, whereas for s=-1 the kernels
diverge in the origin. In spite of that we show that the phase space moments
can be sampled with any predefined accuracy from the Q-function measured in the
double-homodyne scheme with perfect detectors. We discuss the effect of
imperfect detection and address sampling schemes using other measurable
phase-space functions. Finally, we discuss the problem of sampling the
canonical phase distribution itself.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, REVTe
Hysteretic characteristics of a double stripline in the critical state
Analytical investigations of the critical state are carried out for a
superconducting stripline consisting of two individual coplanar strips with an
arbitrary distance between them. Two different cases are considered: a
stripline with transport current and strips exposed to a perpendicular magnetic
field. In the second case, the obtained solutions correspond to "fieldlike"
(for unclosed strips) and "currentlike" (for a long rectangular superconducting
loop) states in an isolated strip to which both a transport current and a
magnetic field are applied with constant ratio.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures. accepted by SS
Pulsational frequencies of the eclipsing delta-Scuti star HD 172189
The eclipsing delta-Scuti star HD 172189 is a probable member of the open
cluster IC 4756 and a promising candidate target for the CoRoT mission.
The detection of pulsation modes is the first step in the asteroseismological
study of the star. Further, the calculation of the orbital parameters of the
binary system allows us to make a dynamical determination of the mass of the
star, which works as an important constraint to test and calibrate the
asteroseismological models.
From a detailed frequency analysis of 210 hours of photometric data of HD
172189 obtained from the STEPHI XIII campaign we have identified six pulsation
frequencies with a confidence level of 99% and a seventh with a 65% confidence
level in the range between 100-300 uHz. In addiction, three eclipses were
observed during the campaign, allowing us to improve the determination of the
orbital period of the system.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure
Measurement of the degree of Polarization Entanglement Through Position Interference
We produce polarization entangled states with variable degree of entanglement
for twin photons. Entanglement in polarization is coupled to entanglement in
position that produces transverse coincidence interference fringes. We show
both theoretically and experimentally that, due to this coupling, we can use
the interference pattern to measure the polarization degree of entanglement.Comment: 5 figure
A conical deficit in the AdS4/CFT3 correspondence
Inspired by the AdS/CFT correspondence we propose a new duality that allow
the study of strongly coupled field theories living in a 2+1 conical
space-time. Solving the 4-d Einstein equations in the presence of an infinite
static string and negative cosmological constant we obtain a conical AdS4
space-time whose boundary is identified with the 2+1 cone found by Deser,
Jackiw and 't Hooft. Using the AdS4/CFT3 correspondence we calculate retarded
Green's functions of scalar operators living in the cone.Comment: v3, 14 pages. We reinterpret our results for the Green's functions in
the con
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