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Hidden Symmetries of the Open N=2 String
It is known for ten years that self-dual Yang-Mills theory is the effective
field theory of the open N=2 string in 2+2 dimensional spacetime. We uncover an
infinite set of abelian rigid string symmetries, corresponding to the
symmetries and integrable hierarchy of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations. The
twistor description of the latter naturally connects with the BRST approach to
string quantization, providing an interpretation of the picture phenomenon in
terms of the moduli space of string backgrounds.Comment: 24 pages, no figures; v2: typos correcte
Clusters as the competitive advantages of regional economies
Текущие экономические исследования регионального развития развиваются с учетом кластерного подхода, сущность которого раскрыта в данной статьеКамышанченко, Е.Н.Растопчина, Ю.Л
On the estimate of the sigma^(I = 1)_(KN)(0)-term value from the energy level shift of kaonic hydrogen in the ground state
Using the experimental data on the energy level shift of kaonic hydrogen in
the ground state (the DEAR Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 212302 (2005))
and the theoretical value of the energy level shift, calculated within the
phenomenological quantum field theoretic approach to the description of strong
low-energy anti-K N and anti-K NN interactions developed at Stefan Meyer
Institut fuer subatomare Physik in Vienna, we estimate the value of the
sigma^(I = 1)_(KN)(0)-term of low-energy anti-K N scattering. We get sigma^(I =
1)_(KN)(0) = (433 +/- 85) MeV. This testifies the absence of strange quarks in
the proton structure.Comment: 7 pages, no figure
Innovation as a Factor in Sustainable Development of Russia’s Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is an integral aspect of the sustainable development of a socio-economic system. In this regard, innovation is considered to be one of the leading factors ensuring the development of sustainable agricultural since it increases the efficiency and competitiveness of the industry in the domestic and foreign markets. This study presents a system of recursive equations characterizing the innovations occurring within agricultural organizations in the regions of the Russian Federation. Additionally, the study assesses the sustainability of agricultural development in Russia by calculating the integrated index of five components: economic, innovative, social, ecological, and institutional. Also, the authors built a regression model that estimates the influence of innovation on the sustainability of agricultural development in Russia
Neurohumoral markers that predict the efficiency of pharmacologic therapy of depressive disorders
We present a comprehensive clinical and biological study of 46 patients with depressive disorder (F32-F33: depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder) during pharmacotherapy. Neurohumoral factors (cortisol, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, serotonin, DHEA and its sulfated form) were determined in serum by ELISA. The severity of the current depressive episode was evaluated using the 17-point Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-17); the pharmacotherapy efficacy was evaluated using the scale of the Clinical Global Impression (CGI Scale). We showed that before prescription of pharmacotherapy peripheral blood neurohumoral markers that characterize the state of stress-realizing and stress-limiting systems of the body may be considered as biological predictors of the effective pharmacotherapy of a current depressive episode and used as additional paraclinical examination methods. At higher concentrations of cortisol and serotonin associated with a decrease in the content of neurosteroid dehydroepiandrosterone, the high efficiency of the pharmacotherapy of depressive episode is predicted
Metallicity Effect on LMXB Formation in Globular Clusters
We present comprehensive observational results of the metallicity effect on
the fraction of globular clusters (GC) that contain low-mass X-ray binaries
(LMXB), by utilizing all available data obtained with Chandra for LMXBs and HST
ACS for GCs. Our primary sample consists of old elliptical galaxies selected
from the ACS Virgo and Fornax surveys. To improve statistics at both the lowest
and highest X-ray luminosity, we also use previously reported results from
other galaxies. It is well known that the LMXB fraction is considerably higher
in red, metal-rich, than in blue, metal-poor GCs. In this paper, we test
whether this metallicity effect is X-ray luminosity-dependent, and find that
the effect holds uniformly in a wide luminosity range. This result is
statistically significant (at >= 3 sigma) in LMXBs with luminosities in the
range LX = 2 x 10^37 - 5 x 10^38 erg s-1, where the ratio of LMXB fractions in
metal-rich to metal-poor GCs is R = 3.4 +- 0.5. A similar ratio is also found
at lower (down to 10^36 erg s-1) and higher luminosities (up to the ULX
regime), but with less significance (~2 sigma confidence). Because different
types of LMXBs dominate in different luminosities, our finding requires a new
explanation for the metallicity effect in dynamically formed LMXBs. We confirm
that the metallicity effect is not affected by other factors such as stellar
age, GC mass, stellar encounter rate, and galacto-centric distance.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures, accepted in Ap
Yang-Mills instantons and dyons on homogeneous G_2-manifolds
We consider Lie G-valued Yang-Mills fields on the space R x G/H, where G/H is
a compact nearly K"ahler six-dimensional homogeneous space, and the manifold R
x G/H carries a G_2-structure. After imposing a general G-invariance condition,
Yang-Mills theory with torsion on R x G/H is reduced to Newtonian mechanics of
a particle moving in R^6, R^4 or R^2 under the influence of an inverted
double-well-type potential for the cases G/H = SU(3)/U(1)xU(1),
Sp(2)/Sp(1)xU(1) or G_2/SU(3), respectively. We analyze all critical points and
present analytical and numerical kink- and bounce-type solutions, which yield
G-invariant instanton configurations on those cosets. Periodic solutions on S^1
x G/H and dyons on iR x G/H are also given.Comment: 1+26 pages, 14 figures, 6 miniplot
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