304 research outputs found
Cosmological Constants as Messenger between Branes
We present a supersymmetry-breaking scenario in which both the breaking in
the hidden sector with no-scale type supergravity and that in the observable
sector with gauge mediation are taken into account. The breaking scales in the
hidden and observable sectors are related through the vanishing condition of
the cosmological constant with a brane-world picture in mind. Suppressing
flavor-changing neutral currents, we can naturally obtain the gravitino,
Higgs(ino), and soft masses of the electroweak scale.Comment: 7 pages, Late
Inflationary paradigm after Planck 2013
Models of cosmic inflation posit an early phase of accelerated expansion of
the universe, driven by the dynamics of one or more scalar fields in curved
spacetime. Though detailed assumptions about fields and couplings vary across
models, inflation makes specific, quantitative predictions for several
observable quantities, such as the flatness parameter ()
and the spectral tilt of primordial curvature perturbations (), among others---predictions that match the latest
observations from the {\it Planck} satellite to very good precision. In the
light of data from {\it Planck} as well as recent theoretical developments in
the study of eternal inflation and the multiverse, we address recent criticisms
of inflation by Ijjas, Steinhardt, and Loeb. We argue that their conclusions
rest on several problematic assumptions, and we conclude that cosmic inflation
is on a stronger footing than ever before.Comment: 11 pages, no figures; added references, and brief additions to
Footnote 1, Section VI, and the Acknowledgment
Simple Scheme for Gauge Mediation
We present a simple scheme for constructing models that achieve successful
gauge mediation of supersymmetry breaking. In addition to our previous work [1]
that proposed drastically simplified models using metastable vacua of
supersymmetry breaking in vector-like theories, we show there are many other
successful models using various types of supersymmetry breaking mechanisms that
rely on enhanced low-energy U(1)_R symmetries. In models where supersymmetry is
broken by elementary singlets, one needs to assume U(1)_R violating effects are
accidentally small, while in models where composite fields break supersymmetry,
emergence of approximate low-energy U(1)_R symmetries can be understood simply
on dimensional grounds. Even though the scheme still requires somewhat small
parameters to sufficiently suppress gravity mediation, we discuss their
possible origins due to dimensional transmutation. The scheme accommodates a
wide range of the gravitino mass to avoid cosmological problems.Comment: 13 page
Flux domes in superconducting films without edges
Domelike magnetic-flux-density distributions previously have been observed
experimentally and analyzed theoretically in superconducting films with edges,
such as in strips and thin plates. Such flux domes have been explained as
arising from a combination of strong geometric barriers and weak bulk pinning.
In this paper we predict that, even in films with bulk pinning, flux domes also
occur when vortices and antivortices are produced far from the film edges
underneath current-carrying wires, coils, or permanent magnets placed above the
film. Vortex-antivortex pairs penetrating through the film are generated when
the magnetic field parallel to the surface exceeds H_{c1}+K_c, where H_{c1} is
the lower critical field and K_c = j_c d is the critical sheet-current density
(the product of the bulk critical current density j_c and the film thickness
d). The vortices and antivortices move in opposite directions to locations
where they join others to create separated vortex and antivortex flux domes. We
consider a simple arrangement of a pair of current-carrying wires carrying
current I_0 in opposite directions and calculate the magnetic-field and
current-density distributions as a function of I_0 both in the
bulk-pinning-free case (K_c = 0) and in the presence of bulk pinning,
characterized by a field-independent critical sheet-current density (K_c > 0).Comment: 15 pages, 23 figure
Re/Os constraint on the time-variability of the fine-structure constant
We argue that the accuracy by which the isochron parameters of the decay
are determined by dating iron meteorites may
not directly constrain the possible time-dependence of the decay rate and hence
of the fine-structure constant . From this point of view, some of the
attempts to analyze the Oklo constraint and the results of the QSO absorption
lines are re-examined.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures; v2, revised top sentence on p.
Turbulent structures in the flow through compound meandering channels
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Softly Broken Supersymmetric Desert from Orbifold Compactification
A new viewpoint for the gauge hierarchy problem is proposed: compactification
at a large scale, 1/R, leads to a low energy effective theory with
supersymmetry softly broken at a much lower scale, \alpha/R. The hierarchy is
induced by an extremely small angle \alpha which appears in the orbifold
compactification boundary conditions. The same orbifold boundary conditions
break Peccei-Quinn symmetry, leading to a new solution to the \mu problem.
Explicit 5d theories are constructed with gauge groups SU(3) \times SU(2)
\times U(1) and SU(5), with matter in the bulk or on the brane, which lead to
the (next-to) minimal supersymmetric standard model below the compactification
scale. In all cases the soft supersymmetry-breaking and \mu parameters
originate from bulk kinetic energy terms, and are highly constrained. The
supersymmetric flavor and CP problems are solved.Comment: 18 pages, Latex, corrected values for A parameter
Geometrical edge barriers and magnetization in superconducting strips with slits
We theoretically investigate the magnetic-field and current distributions for
coplanar superconducting strips with slits in an applied magnetic field H_a. We
consider ideal strips with no bulk pinning and calculate the hysteretic
behavior of the magnetic moment m_y as a function of H_a due solely to
geometrical edge barriers. We find that the m_y-H_a curves are strongly
affected by the slits. In an ascending field, the m_y-H_a curves exhibit kink
or peak structures, because the slits prevent penetration of magnetic flux. In
a descending field, m_y becomes positive, because magnetic flux is trapped in
the slits, in contrast to the behavior of a single strip without slits, for
which m_y =0.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, revtex
Two-dimensional arrays of superconducting strips as dc magnetic metamaterials
We theoretically investigate the magnetic response of two-dimensional arrays
of superconducting strips, which are regarded as essential structures of dc
magnetic metamaterials. We analytically obtain local distributions of the
magnetic field for the ideal complete shielding state (i.e., ,
where is the strip width, is the Pearl length,
is the London penetration depth, and is the strip thickness), and
derive effective permeability by averaging the local field distributions. We
also perform numerical calculations for a realistic case, taking finite
into account. We investigate two types of strip arrays: a
rectangular array and a hexagonal array. The resulting effective permeability
has large anisotropy that depends on the dimensions and arrangement of the
superconducting strips, and the hexagonal array is found to be more
advantageous for obtaining large anisotropy than the rectangular array.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure
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