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Hydrogen Clouds before Reionization: a Lognormal Model Approach
We study the baryonic gas clouds (the IGM) in the universe before the
reionization with the lognormal model which is shown to be dynamcially
legitimate in describing the fluctuation evolution in quasilinear as well as
nonlinear regimes in recent years. The probability distribution function of the
mass field in the LN model is long tailed and so plays an important role in
rare events, such as the formation of the first generation of baryonic objects.
We calculate density and velocity distributions of the IGM at very high spatial
resolutions, and simulate the distributions at resolution of 0.15 kpc from z=7
to 15 in the LCDM cosmological model. We performed a statistics of the hydrogen
clouds including column densities, clumping factors, sizes, masses, and spatial
number density etc. One of our goals is to identify which hydrogen clouds are
going to collapse. By inspecting the mass density profile and the velocity
profile of clouds, we found that the velocity outflow significantly postpones
the collapsing process in less massive clouds, in spite of their masses are
larger than the Jeans mass. Consequently, only massive (> 10^5 M_sun) clouds
can form objects at higher redshift, and less massive (10^4-10^5) collapsed
objects are formed later. For example, although the mass fraction in clouds
with sizes larger than the Jeans length is already larger than 1 at z=15, there
is only a tiny fraction of mass (10^{-8}) in the clouds which are collapsed at
that time. If all the ionizing photons, and the 10^{-2} metallicity observed at
low redshift are produced by the first 1% mass of collapsed baryonic clouds,
the majority of those first generation objects would not happen until z=10.Comment: Paper in AAStex, 12 figure
Quantum entropy of the Kerr black hole arising from gravitational perturbation
The quantum entropy of the Kerr black hole arising from gravitational
perturbation is investigated by using Null tetrad and \'t Hooft\'s brick-wall
model. It is shown that effect of the graviton\'s spins on the subleading
correction is dependent of the square of the spins and the angular momentum per
unit mass of the black hole, and contribution of the logarithmic term to the
entropy will be positive, zero, and negative for different value of .Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, Latex. to appear in Phys. Rev.
Weak Lensing Effects on the Galaxy Three-Point Correlation Function
We study the corrections to the galaxy three-point correlation function
(3PCF) induced by weak lensing magnification due to the matter distribution
along the line of sight. We consistently derive all the correction terms
arising up to second order in perturbation theory and provide analytic
expressions as well as order of magnitude estimates for their relative
importance. The magnification contributions depend on the geometry of the
projected triangle on the sky plane, and scale with different powers of the
number count slope and redshift of the galaxy sample considered. We evaluate
all terms numerically and show that, depending on the triangle configuration as
well as the galaxy sample considered, weak lensing can in general significantly
contribute to and alter the three-point correlation function observed through
galaxy and quasar catalogs.Comment: 24 pages, 11 figures; version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
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Phase Diagram of Rydberg atoms in a nonequilibrium optical lattice
We study the quantum nonequilibrium dynamics of ultracold three-level atoms
trapped in an optical lattice, which are excited to their Rydberg states via a
two-photon excitation with nonnegligible spontaneous emission. Rich quantum
phases including uniform phase, antiferromagnetic phase and oscillatory phase
are identified. We map out the phase diagram and find these phases can be
controlled by adjusting the ratio of intensity of the pump light to the control
light, and that of two-photon detuning to the Rydberg interaction strength.
When the two-photon detuning is blue-shifted and the latter ratio is less than
1, bistability exists among the phases. Actually, this ratio controls the
Rydberg-blockade and antiblockade effect, thus the phase transition in this
system can be considered as a possible approach to study both effects.Comment: 5 pages,5 figure
Full one-loop electroweak corrections to associated productions at linear colliders
We study the complete one-loop electroweak(EW) corrections to the processes
of single charged Higgs boson production associated with a neutral Higgs
boson and a gauge boson in the framework of the minimal
supersymmetric standard model(MSSM). Numerical results at the
benchmark point as proposed in the SPA project, are presented for
demonstration. We find that for the process the EW
relative correction can be either positive or negative and in the range of
in our chosen parameter space. While for the processes
the corrections generally reduce the Born cross
sections and the EW relative corrections are typically of order .Comment: 22 pages, 20 figures, LaTex, to be appeared in PR
Environmental Effect on the Associations of Background Quasars with Foreground Objects: II. Numerical Simulations
Using numerical simulations of cluster formation in the standard CDM model
(SCDM) and in a low-density, flat CDM model with a cosmological constant
(LCDM), we investigate the gravitational lensing explanation for the reported
associations between background quasars and foreground clusters. Under the
thin-lens approximation and the unaffected background hypothesis , we show that
the recently detected quasar overdensity around clusters of galaxies on scales
of arcminutes cannot be interpreted as a result of the gravitational
lensing by cluster matter and/or by their environmental and projected matter
along the line of sight, which is consistent with the analytical result based
on the observed cluster and galaxy correlations (Wu, et al. 1996). It appears
very unlikely that uncertainties in the modeling of the gravitational lensing
can account for the disagreement between the theoretical predictions and the
observations. We conclude that either the detected signal of the quasar-cluster
associations is a statistical fluke or the associations are are generated by
mechanisms other than the magnification bias.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Non-Markovian Quantum Trajectories of Many-Body Quantum Open Systems
A long-standing open problem in non-Markovian quantum state diffusion (QSD)
approach to open quantum systems is to establish the non-Markovian QSD
equations for multiple qubit systems. In this paper, we settle this important
question by explicitly constructing a set of exact time-local QSD equations for
-qubit systems. Our exact time-local (convolutionless) QSD equations have
paved the way towards simulating quantum dynamics of many-body open systems
interacting with a common bosonic environment. The applicability of this
multiple-qubit stochastic equation is exemplified by numerically solving
several quantum open many-body systems concerning quantum coherence dynamics
and dynamical control.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures. manuscript revised and reference update
Cosmological SPH simulations with four million particles: statistical properties of X-ray clusters in a low-density universe
We present results from a series of cosmological SPH (smoothed particle
hydrodynamics) simulations coupled with the P3M
(Particle-Particle-Particle-Mesh) solver for the gravitational force. The
simulations are designed to predict the statistical properties of X-ray
clusters of galaxies as well as to study the formation of galaxies. We have
seven simulation runs with different assumptions on the thermal state of the
intracluster gas. Following the recent work by Pearce et al., we modify our SPH
algorithm so as to phenomenologically incorporate the galaxy formation by
decoupling the cooled gas particles from the hot gas particles. All the
simulations employ 128^3 particles both for dark matter and for gas components,
and thus constitute the largest systematic catalogues of simulated clusters in
the SPH method performed so far. These enable us to compare the analytical
predictions on statistical properties of X-ray clusters against our direct
simulation results in an unbiased manner. We find that the luminosities of the
simulated clusters are quite sensitive to the thermal history and also to the
numerical resolution of the simulations, and thus are not reliable. On the
other hand, the mass-temperature relation for the simulated clusters is fairly
insensitive to the assumptions of the thermal state of the intracluster gas,
robust against the numerical resolution, and in fact agrees well with the
analytic prediction. Therefore the prediction for the X-ray temperature
function of clusters on the basis of the Press-Schechter mass function and the
virial equilibrium is fairly reliable.Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. 18 pages with
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Entropies of Rotating Charged Black Holes from Conformal Field Theory at Killing Horizons
The covariant phase technique is used to compute the constraint algebra of
the stationary axisymmetric charged black hole. A standard Virasoro subalgebra
with corresponding central charge is constructed at a Killing horizon with
Carlip's boundary conditions. For the Kerr-Newman black hole and the
Kerr-Newman-AdS black hole, the density of states determined by conformal
fields theory methods yields the statistical entropy which agrees with the
Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.Comment: 12 pages, no figure, RevTe
Acute toxicity of second generation HIV protease-inhibitors in combination with radiotherapy: a retrospective case series
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is little data on the safety of combining radiation therapy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors to treat cancers in HIV-positive patients. We describe acute toxicities observed in a series of HIV-positive patients receiving modern radiation treatments, and compare patients receiving HIV protease inhibitors (PI) with patients not receiving HIV PIs.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>By reviewing the clinical records beginning January 1, 2009 from the radiation oncology department, we identified 29 HIV-positive patients who received radiation therapy to 34 body sites. Baseline information, treatment regimen, and toxicities were documented by review of medical records: patient age, histology and source of the primary tumor, HIV medication regimen, pre-radiation CD4 count, systemic chemotherapy, radiation therapy dose and fractionation, irradiated body region, toxicities, and duration of follow-up. Patients were grouped according to whether they received concurrent HIV PIs and compared using Pearson's chi-square test.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>At baseline, the patients in the two groups were similar with the exception of HIV medication regimens, CD4 count and presence of AIDS-defining malignancy. Patients taking concurrent PIs were more likely to be taking other HIV medications (p = 0.001) and have CD4 count >500 (p = 0.006). Patients taking PIs were borderline less likely to have an AIDS-defining malignancy (p = 0.06). After radiation treatment, 100 acute toxicities were observed and were equally common in both groups (64 [median 3 per patient, IQR 1-7] with PIs; 36 [median 3 per patient, IQR 2-3] without PIs). The observed toxicities were also equally severe in the two groups (Grades I, II, III respectively: 30, 30, 4 with PIs; 23, 13, 0 without PIs: p = 0.38). There were two cases that were stopped early, one in each group; these were not attributable to toxicity.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>In this study of recent radiotherapy in HIV-positive patients taking second generation PIs, no difference in toxicities was observed in patients taking PIs compared to patients not taking PIs during radiation therapy. This suggests that it is safe to use unmodified doses of PIs and radiation therapy in HIV cancer patients, and that it is feasible to use PIs as a radiosensitizer in cancer therapy, as has been suggested by pre-clinical results.</p
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