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New Formalism for Numerical Relativity
We present a new formulation of the Einstein equations that casts them in an
explicitly first order, flux-conservative, hyperbolic form. We show that this
now can be done for a wide class of time slicing conditions, including maximal
slicing, making it potentially very useful for numerical relativity. This
development permits the application to the Einstein equations of advanced
numerical methods developed to solve the fluid dynamic equations, {\em without}
overly restricting the time slicing, for the first time. The full set of
characteristic fields and speeds is explicitly given.Comment: uucompresed PS file. 4 pages including 1 figure. Revised version adds
a figure showing a comparison between the standard ADM approach and the new
formulation. Also available at http://jean-luc.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Papers/ Appeared
in Physical Review Letters 75, 600 (1995
The large CP phase in B(s)-anti-B(s) mixing from primary scalar unparticles
In this letter we consider the case of primary scalar unparticle
contributions to B(d,s) mixing. With particular emphasis on the impact of the
recent hint of new physics in the measurement of the B(s) mixing phase, phi(s),
we determine the allowed parameter space and impose bounds on the unparticle
couplings.Comment: 8 pages, 8 jpeg figures, using pdflatex. Typo corrected, reference
adde
Semi-inclusive hadronic B decays as null tests of the Standard Model
We propose a new set of observables that can be used as experimental null
tests of the Standard Model in charged and neutral B decays. The CP asymmetries
in hadronic decays of charged B mesons into inclusive final states containing
at least one of the following mesons: K_{S,L}, eta', c\bar c bound states or
neutral K^* or D mesons, for all of which a U-spin rotation is equivalent to a
CP conjugation, are CKM suppressed and furthermore vanish in the exact U-spin
limit. We show how this reduces the theoretical error by using Soft Collinear
Effective Theory to calculate the CP asymmetries for K_{S,L} X_{s+d}, K^*
X_{s+d} and eta' X_{s+d} final states in the endpoint region. For these CP
asymmetries only the flavor and not the charge of the decaying B meson needs to
be tagged up to corrections of NLO in 1/m_b, making the measurements more
accessible experimentally.Comment: 8 pages, significantly expanded after the observation that both
neutral and charged B decays can be used, calculation for decays involving
eta' adde
Robust evolution system for Numerical Relativity
The paper combines theoretical and applied ideas which have been previously
considered separately into a single set of evolution equations for Numerical
Relativity. New numerical ingredients are presented which avoid gauge
pathologies and allow one to perform robust 3D calculations. The potential of
the resulting numerical code is demonstrated by using the Schwarzschild black
hole as a test-bed. Its evolution can be followed up to times greater than one
hundred black hole masses.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures; figure correcte
Efficient implementation of finite volume methods in Numerical Relativity
Centered finite volume methods are considered in the context of Numerical
Relativity. A specific formulation is presented, in which third-order space
accuracy is reached by using a piecewise-linear reconstruction. This
formulation can be interpreted as an 'adaptive viscosity' modification of
centered finite difference algorithms. These points are fully confirmed by 1D
black-hole simulations. In the 3D case, evidence is found that the use of a
conformal decomposition is a key ingredient for the robustness of black hole
numerical codes.Comment: Revised version, 10 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Nonleptonic two-body B-decays including axial-vector mesons in the final state
We present a systematic study of exclusive charmless nonleptonic two-body B
decays including axial-vector mesons in the final state. We calculate branching
ratios of B\to PA, VA and AA decays, where A, V and P denote an axial-vector, a
vector and a pseudoscalar meson, respectively. We assume naive factorization
hypothesis and use the improved version of the nonrelativistic ISGW quark model
for form factors in B\to A transitions. We include contributions that arise
from the effective \Delta B=1 weak Hamiltonian H_{eff}. The respective
factorized amplitude of these decays are explicitly showed and their penguin
contributions are classified. We find that decays B^-to a_1^0\pi^-,\barB^0\to
a_1^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}, B^-\to a_1^-\bar K^0, \bar B^0\to a_1^+K^-, \bar B^0\to
f_1\bar K^0, B^-\to f_1K^-, B^-\to K_1^-(1400)\etap, B^-\to b_1^-\bar K^{0},
and \bar B^0\to b_1^+\pi^-(K^-) have branching ratios of the order of 10^{-5}.
We also study the dependence of branching ratios for B \to K_1P(V,A) decays
(K_1=K_1(1270),K_1(1400)) with respect to the mixing angle between K_A and K_B.Comment: 28 pages, 2 tables and one reference added, notation changed in
appendices, some numerical results and abstract correcte
CP Asymmetries in B to f_0 K_S Decays
We consider the branching ratio and the CP asymmetries in B to f_0(980)K_S
decay to the end of determining the deviation of the time-dependent CP
asymmetry from sin(2 beta) arising from Standard Model physics. We obtain Delta
S_{f_0 K_S} within the context of the QCD factorization framework for the B to
f_0(980)K_S decay amplitudes assuming the f_0(980) is a q\bar{q} state and
employing a random scan over the theoretical parameter space to assess the
possible range in Delta S_{f_0 K_S}. Imposing the value of the experimental
branching ratio within 1 sigma and 3 sigma, respectively, of its central value
as a constraint, we find the range of Delta S_{f_0 K_S} to be [0.018, 0.033]
for a scan in which the parameters are allowed to vary within 1 sigma of their
central values and the range [-0.019, 0.064] for a scan in which the parameters
vary within 3 sigma of their central values.Comment: 27 pages, 10 figures, references adde
Strongly hyperbolic second order Einstein's evolution equations
BSSN-type evolution equations are discussed. The name refers to the
Baumgarte, Shapiro, Shibata, and Nakamura version of the Einstein evolution
equations, without introducing the conformal-traceless decomposition but
keeping the three connection functions and including a densitized lapse. It is
proved that a pseudo-differential first order reduction of these equations is
strongly hyperbolic. In the same way, densitized Arnowitt-Deser-Misner
evolution equations are found to be weakly hyperbolic. In both cases, the
positive densitized lapse function and the spacelike shift vector are arbitrary
given fields. This first order pseudodifferential reduction adds no extra
equations to the system and so no extra constraints.Comment: LaTeX, 16 pages, uses revtex4. Referee corections and new appendix
added. English grammar improved; typos correcte
Not all visual symmetry is equal: partially distinct neural bases for vertical and horizontal symmetry
Visual mirror symmetry plays an important role in visual perception in both human and animal vision; its importance is reflected in the fact that it can be extracted automatically during early stages of visual processing. However, how this extraction is implemented at the cortical level remains an open question. Given the importance of symmetry in visual perception, one possibility is that there is a network which extracts all types of symmetry irrespective of axis of orientation; alternatively, symmetry along different axes might be encoded by different brain regions, implying that that there is no single neural mechanism for symmetry processing. Here we used fMRI-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to compare the neural basis of the two main types of symmetry found in the natural world, vertical and horizontal symmetry. TMS was applied over either right Lateral Occipital Cortex (LO), right Occipital Face Area (OFA) or Vertex while participants were asked to detect symmetry in low-level dot configurations. Whereas detection of vertical symmetry was impaired by TMS over both LO and OFA, detection of horizontal symmetry was delayed by stimulation of LO only. Thus, different types of visual symmetry rely on partially distinct cortical networks
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