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Attempts to enhance the contrast of presumed growth marks on Sagittal Otoliths from Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico and Bimini, Bahamas
Energy Quantisation in Bulk Bouncing Tachyon
We argue that the closed string energy in the bulk bouncing tachyon
background is to be quantised in a simple manner as if strings were trapped in
a finite time interval. We discuss it from three different viewpoints; (1) the
timelike continuation of the sinh-Gordon model, (2) the dual matrix model
description of the (1+1)-dimensional string theory with the bulk bouncing
tachyon condensate, (3) the c_L=1 limit of the timelike Liouville theory with
the dual Liouville potential turned on. There appears to be a parallel between
the bulk bouncing tachyon and the full S-brane of D-brane decay. We find the
critical value \lambda_c of the bulk bouncing tachyon coupling which is
analogous to \lambda_o=1/2 of the full S-brane coupling, at which the system is
thought to be at the bottom of the tachyon potential.Comment: 25 pages, minor changes, one reference adde
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An isotope dilution model for partitioning of phenylalanine and tyrosine uptake by the liver of lactating dairy cows
An isotope dilution model to describe the partitioning of phenylalanine (PHE) and tyrosine (TYR) in the bovine liver was developed. The model comprises four intracellular and six extracellular pools and various flows connecting these pools and external blood. Conservation of mass principles were applied to generate the fundamental equations describing the behaviour of the system in the steady state. The model was applied to datasets from multi-catheterised dairy cattle during a constant infusion of [1-13C] phenylalanine and [2,3,5,6-2H] tyrosine tracers. Model solutions described the extraction of PHE and TYR from the liver via the portal vein and hepatic artery. In addition, the exchange of free PHE and TYR between extracellular and intracellular pools was explained and the hydroxylation of PHE to TYR was estimated. The model was effective in providing information about the fates of PHE and TYR in the liver and could be used as part of a more complex system describing amino acid metabolism in the whole animal
Aspects of syringeal mechanics in avian phonation
The vocal organ of birds, the syrinx, is formed by modified cartilages of the trachea and bronchi. Recently, the use of thin, flexible endoscopes has made direct observation of the syrinx possible in situ. The effects of direct muscle stimulation on the syringeal aperture identified adductor and abductor muscles, confirming results from electromyographic studies. Endoscopic observations also revealed the dynamics of syringeal reconfiguration during phonation. In songbirds, phonation is initiated by rostrad movement and stretching of the syrinx together with simultaneous movement of the medial and lateral labia into the bronchial lumen where they form a narrow slot. The medial tympaniform membranes play a minor role in vocalization as their removal causes only small changes to song. In the tracheal syrinx of the pigeon, sound production is initiated by almost full adduction of the lateral tympaniform membranes into the tracheal lumen, where they bulge rostrally during phonation. Endoscopic observation combined with vibration detection by laser light suggests that the avian sound generating mechanism is a pulse-tone mechanism similar to that in the human larynx, with the labia (or lateral tympaniform membranes) forming a pneumatic valve. A numerical, two-dimensional model of the pigeon syrinx is propose
Detecting metal-rich intermediate-age globular clusters in NGC4570 using K-band photometry
“The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com”. Copyright Springer. DOI: 10.1007/s10509-009-0093-8Globular cluster systems (GCSs) of most early-type galaxies feature two peaks in their optical colour distributions. Blue-peak globular clusters (GCs) are believed to be old and metal-poor, whereas the ages, metallicities, and the origin of the red-peak GCs are still being debated. We obtained deep K-band photometry and combined it with Hubble Space Telescope observations in g and z to yield a full spectral energy distribution from the optical to the near-infrared. This now allows us to break the age–metallicity degeneracy. We used our evolutionary synthesis models galev for star clusters to compute a large grid of models with different metallicities and a wide range of ages. Comparing these models to our observations revealed a large population of intermediate-age (1–3 Gyr) and metal-rich (≈solar-metallicity) GCs, that will give us further insights into the formation history of this galaxy.Peer reviewe
Winding effects on brane/anti-brane pairs
We study a brane/anti-brane configuration which is separated along a compact
direction by constructing a tachyon effective action which takes into account
transverse scalars. Such an action is relevant in the study of HQCD model of
Sakai and Sugimoto of chiral symmetry breaking, where the size of the compact
circle sets the confinement scale. Our approach is motivated by string theory
orbifold constructions and gives a route to model inhomogeneous tachyon decay.
We illustrate the techniques involved with a relatively simple example of a
harmonic oscillator on a circle. We will then repeat the analysis for the
Sakai-Sugimoto model and show that by integrating out the winding modes will
provide us with a renormalized action with a lower energy than that of
truncating to zero winding sector.Comment: 21 pages, 3 figures. v3: discussion and references added, published
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Remarks on the rolling tachyon BCFT
It is shown how the boundary correlators of the Euclidean theory
corresponding to the rolling tachyon solution can be calculated directly from
Sen's boundary state. The resulting formulae reproduce precisely the expected
perturbative open string answer. We also determine the open string spectrum and
comment on the implications of our results for the timelike theory.Comment: 20 pages, harvmac(b), no figure
Matrix Model and Time-like Linear Dilaton Matter
We consider a matrix model description of the 2d string theory whose matter
part is given by a time-like linear dilaton CFT. This is equivalent to the c=1
matrix model with a deformed, but very simple fermi surface. Indeed, after a
Lorentz transformation, the corresponding 2d spacetime is a conventional linear
dilaton background with a time-dependent tachyon field. We show that the tree
level scattering amplitudes in the matrix model perfectly agree with those
computed in the world-sheet theory. The classical trajectories of fermions
correspond to the decaying D-branes in the time-like linear dilaton CFT. We
also discuss the ground ring structure. Furthermore, we study the properties of
the time-like Liouville theory by applying this matrix model description. We
find that its ground ring structure is very similar to that of the minimal
string.Comment: 30 pages, harvmac, typos corrected, acknowledgements and comments
added(v2), published version (v3
Boundary Liouville theory at c=1
The c=1 Liouville theory has received some attention recently as the
Euclidean version of an exact rolling tachyon background. In an earlier paper
it was shown that the bulk theory can be identified with the interacting c=1
limit of unitary minimal models. Here we extend the analysis of the c=1-limit
to the boundary problem. Most importantly, we show that the FZZT branes of
Liouville theory give rise to a new 1-parameter family of boundary theories at
c=1. These models share many features with the boundary Sine-Gordon theory, in
particular they possess an open string spectrum with band-gaps of finite width.
We propose explicit formulas for the boundary 2-point function and for the
bulk-boundary operator product expansion in the c=1 boundary Liouville model.
As a by-product of our analysis we also provide a nice geometric interpretation
for ZZ branes and their relation with FZZT branes in the c=1 theory.Comment: 37 pages, 1 figure. Minor error corrected, slight change in result
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