555 research outputs found
Ultraviolet Complete Electroweak Model Without a Higgs Particle
An electroweak model with running coupling constants described by an energy
dependent entire function is utraviolet complete and avoids unitarity
violations for energies above 1 TeV. The action contains no physical scalar
fields and no Higgs particle and the physical electroweak model fields are
local and satisfy microcausality. The and masses are compatible with a
symmetry breaking , which
retains a massless photon. The vertex couplings possess an energy scale
TeV predicting scattering amplitudes that can be tested at the
LHC.Comment: 19 pages, no figures, LaTex file. Equation and text corrected.
Reference added. Results remain the same. Final version published in European
Physics Journal Plus, 126 (2011
2d Stringy Black Holes and Varying Constants
Motivated by the recent interest on models with varying constants and whether
black hole physics can constrain such theories, two-dimensional charged stringy
black holes are considered. We exploit the role of two-dimensional stringy
black holes as toy models for exploring paradoxes which may lead to constrains
on a theory. A two-dimensional charged stringy black hole is investigated in
two different settings. Firstly, the two-dimensional black hole is treated as
an isolated object and secondly, it is contained in a thermal environment. In
both cases, it is shown that the temperature and the entropy of the
two-dimensional charged stringy black hole are decreased when its electric
charge is increased in time. By piecing together our results and previous ones,
we conclude that in the context of black hole thermodynamics one cannot derive
any model independent constraints for the varying constants. Therefore, it
seems that there aren't any varying constant theories that are out of favor
with black hole thermodynamics.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX, to appear in JHE
Generalized BF Theory in Superspace as Underlying Theory of 11D Supergravity
We construct a generalized BF theory in superspace that can embed
eleven-dimensional supergravity theory. Our topological BF theory can
accommodate all the necessary Bianchi identities for teleparallel superspace
supergravity in eleven-dimensions, as the simplest but nontrivial solutions to
superfield equations for our superspace action. This indicates that our theory
may have solutions other than eleven-dimensional supergravity, accommodating
generalized theories of eleven-dimensional supergravity. Therefore our
topological theory can be a good candidate for the low energy limit of
M-theory, as an underlying fundamental theory providing a `missing link'
between eleven-dimensional supergravity and M-theory.Comment: 16 pages, latex, two new paragraphs in section 4 and in Concluding
Remarks with two new reference
Dark mammoth trunks in the merging galaxy NGC 1316 and a mechanism of cosmic double helices
NGC 1316 is a giant, elliptical galaxy containing a complex network of dark,
dust features. The morphology of these features has been examined in some
detail using a Hubble Space Telescope, Advanced Camera for Surveys image. It is
found that most of the features are constituted of long filaments. There also
exist a great number of dark structures protruding inwards from the filaments.
Many of these structures are strikingly similar to elephant trunks in H II
regions in the Milky Way Galaxy, although much larger. The structures, termed
mammoth trunks, generally are filamentary and often have shapes resembling the
letters V or Y. In some of the mammoth trunks the stem of the Y can be resolved
into two or more filaments, many of which showing signs of being intertwined. A
model of the mammoth trunks, related to a recent theory of elephant trunks, is
proposed. Based on magnetized filaments, the model is capable of giving an
account of the various shapes of the mammoth trunks observed, including the
twined structures.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Scienc
Misaligned spin and orbital axes cause the anomalous precession of DI Herculis
The orbits of binary stars precess as a result of general relativistic
effects, forces arising from the asphericity of the stars, and forces from
additional stars or planets in the system. For most binaries, the theoretical
and observed precession rates are in agreement. One system, however -- DI
Herculis -- has resisted explanation for 30 years. The observed precession rate
is a factor of four slower than the theoretical rate, a disagreement that once
was interpreted as evidence for a failure of general relativity. Among the
contemporary explanations are the existence of a circumbinary planet and a
large tilt of the stellar spin axes with respect to the orbit. Here we report
that both stars of DI Herculis rotate with their spin axes nearly perpendicular
to the orbital axis (contrary to the usual assumption for close binary stars).
The rotationally induced stellar oblateness causes precession in the direction
opposite to that of relativistic precession, thereby reconciling the
theoretical and observed rates.Comment: Nature, in press [11 pg
The Hawking-Page crossover in noncommutative anti-deSitter space
We study the problem of a Schwarzschild-anti-deSitter black hole in a
noncommutative geometry framework, thought to be an effective description of
quantum-gravitational spacetime. As a first step we derive the noncommutative
geometry inspired Schwarzschild-anti-deSitter solution. After studying the
horizon structure, we find that the curvature singularity is smeared out by the
noncommutative fluctuations. On the thermodynamics side, we show that the black
hole temperature, instead of a divergent behavior at small scales, admits a
maximum value. This fact implies an extension of the Hawking-Page transition
into a van der Waals-like phase diagram, with a critical point at a critical
cosmological constant size in Plank units and a smooth crossover thereafter. We
speculate that, in the gauge-string dictionary, this corresponds to the
confinement "critical point" in number of colors at finite number of flavors, a
highly non-trivial parameter that can be determined through lattice
simulations.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figure, 1 table, version matching that published on JHE
Quaternion-Octonion Analyticity for Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Theories of Dyons
Einstein- Schroedinger (ES) non-symmetric theory has been extended to
accommodate the Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories of dyons in terms of the
quaternion-octonion metric realization. Corresponding covariant derivatives for
complex, quaternion and octonion spaces in internal gauge groups are shown to
describe the consistent field equations and generalized Dirac equation of
dyons. It is also shown that quaternion and octonion representations extend the
so-called unified theory of gravitation and electromagnetism to the Yang-Mill's
fields leading to two SU(2) gauge theories of internal spaces due to the
presence of electric and magnetic charges on dyons
Salerno's model of DNA reanalysed: could solitons have biological significance?
We investigate the sequence-dependent behaviour of localised excitations in a
toy, nonlinear model of DNA base-pair opening originally proposed by Salerno.
Specifically we ask whether ``breather'' solitons could play a role in the
facilitated location of promoters by RNA polymerase. In an effective potential
formalism, we find excellent correlation between potential minima and {\em
Escherichia coli} promoter recognition sites in the T7 bacteriophage genome.
Evidence for a similar relationship between phage promoters and downstream
coding regions is found and alternative reasons for links between AT richness
and transcriptionally-significant sites are discussed. Consideration of the
soliton energy of translocation provides a novel dynamical picture of sliding:
steep potential gradients correspond to deterministic motion, while ``flat''
regions, corresponding to homogeneous AT or GC content, are governed by random,
thermal motion. Finally we demonstrate an interesting equivalence between
planar, breather solitons and the helical motion of a sliding protein
``particle'' about a bent DNA axis.Comment: Latex file 20 pages, 5 figures. Manuscript of paper to appear in J.
Biol. Phys., accepted 02/09/0
Deficit of wide binaries in the eta Chamaeleontis young cluster
We have carried out a sensitive high-resolution imaging survey of stars in
the young (6-8 Myr), nearby (97 pc) compact cluster around eta Chamaeleontis to
search for stellar and sub-stellar companions. Given its youth and proximity,
any sub-stellar companions are expected to be luminous, especially in the near
infrared, and thus easier to detect next to their parent stars. Here, we
present VLT/NACO adaptive optics imaging with companion detection limits for 17
eta Cha cluster members, and follow-up VLT/ISAAC near-infrared spectroscopy for
companion candidates. The widest binary detected is ~0.2", corresponding to the
projected separation 20 AU, despite our survey being sensitive down to
sub-stellar companions outside 0.3", and planetary mass objects outside 0.5".
This implies that the stellar companion probability outside 0.3" and the brown
dwarf companion probability outside 0.5" are less than 0.16 with 95%
confidence. We compare the wide binary frequency of eta Cha to that of the
similarly aged TW Hydrae association, and estimate the statistical likelihood
that the wide binary probability is equal in both groups to be < 2e-4. Even
though the eta Cha cluster is relatively dense, stellar encounters in its
present configuration cannot account for the relative deficit of wide binaries.
We thus conclude that the difference in wide binary probability in these two
groups provides strong evidence for multiplicity properties being dependent on
environment. In two appendices we derive the projected separation probability
distribution for binaries, used to constrain physical separations from observed
projected separations, and summarize statistical tools useful for multiplicity
studies.Comment: Accepted by ApJ. 13 pages, 10 figure
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