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Vacuum structure of gauge theory on lattice with two parallel plaquette action
We perform Monte Carlo simulations of a lattice gauge system with an action
which contains two parallel plaquettes. The action is defined as a product of
gauge group variables over two parallel plaquettes belonging to a given
three-dimensional cube. The peculiar property of this system is that it has
strong degeneracy of the vacuum state inherited from corresponding gonihedric
gauge spin system. These vacuua are well separated and can not be
connected by a gauge transformation. We measure different observables in these
vacuua and compare their properties.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, Late
Two and Three-Dimensional Spin Systems with Gonihedric Action
We perform numerical simulations of the two and three-dimensional spin
systems with competing interaction. They describe the model of random surfaces
with linear-gonihedric action.The degeneracy of the vacuum state of this spin
system is equal to for the lattice of the size .
We observe the second order phase transition of the three-dimensional system,
at temperature which almost coincides with
of the 2D Ising model. This confirms the earlier analytical result
for the case when self-interaction coupling constant is equal to zero. We
suggest the full set of order parameters which characterize the structure of
the vacuum states and of the phase transition.Comment: 10 pages,Latex,The figures are availabl
Interaction Hierarchy. Gonihedric String and Quantum Gravity
We have found that the Regge gravity \cite{regge,sorkin}, can be represented
as a of less complicated theory of random surfaces with
as an action. This extends to Regge gravity our previous
result \cite{savvidy}, which allows to represent the gonihedric string
\cite{savvidy1} as a superposition of less complicated theory of random paths
with action. We propose also an alternative linear action
for the four and high dimensional quantum gravity. From these
representations it follows that the corresponding partition functions are equal
to the product of Feynman path integrals evaluated on time slices with
curvature and length action for the gonihedric string and with Euler character
and gonihedric action for the Regge gravity. In both cases the interaction is
proportional to the overlapping sizes of the paths or surfaces on the
neighboring time slices. On the lattice we constructed spin system with local
interaction, which have the same partition function as the quantum gravity. The
scaling limit is discussed.Comment: 11 pages,Late
Phase structure of four-dimensional gonihedric spin system
We perform Monte Carlo simulations of a gauge invariant spin system which
describes random surfaces with gonihedric action in four dimensions. The
Hamiltonian is a mixture of one-plaquette and additional two- and
three-plaquette interaction terms with specially adjusted coupling constants.
For the system with the large self-intersection coupling constant we
observe the second-order phase transition at temperature . The string tension is generated by quantum fluctuations as it was
expected theoretically. This result suggests the existence of a noncritical
string in four dimensions. For smaller values of the system undergoes the
first order phase transition and for close to zero exhibits a smooth
crossover.Comment: 14 pages, Latex, 10 figure
Gonihedric String Equation
We discuss the basic properties of the gonihedric string and the problem of
its formulation in continuum. We propose a generalization of the Dirac equation
and of the corresponding gamma matrices in order to describe the gonihedric
string. The wave function and the Dirac matrices are infinite-dimensional. The
spectrum of the theory consists of particles and antiparticles of increasing
half-integer spin lying on quasilinear trajectories of different slope.
Explicit formulas for the mass spectrum allow to compute the string tension and
thus demonstrate the string character of the theory.Comment: 40 pages, Latex, 9 figure
Neutrino-nucleus reactions and their role for supernova dynamics and nucleosynthesis
The description of nuclear reactions induced by supernova neutrinos has
witnessed significant progress during the recent years. At the energies and
momentum transfers relevant for supernova neutrinos neutrino-nucleus cross
sections are dominated by allowed transitions, however, often with
non-negligible contributions from (first) forbidden transitions. For several
nuclei allowed Gamow-Teller strength distributions could be derived from
charge-exchange reactions and from inelastic electron scattering data.
Importantly the diagonalization shell model has been proven to accurately
describe these data and hence became the appropriate tool to calculate the
allowed contributions to neutrino-nucleus cross sections for supernova
neutrinos. Higher multipole contributions are usually calculated within the
framework of the Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation, which describes the
total strength and the position of the giant resonances quite well.
This manuscript reviews the recent progress achieved in calculating
supernova-relevant neutrino-nucleus cross sections and discusses its
verification by data. Moreover, the review summarizes also the impact which
neutrino-nucleus reactions have on the dynamics of supernovae and on the
associated nucleosynthesis. These include the absorption of neutrinos by nuclei
(the inverse of nuclear electron capture which is the dominating
weak-interaction process during collapse), inelastic neutrino-nucleus
scattering and nuclear de-excitation by neutrino-pair emission. We also discuss
the role of neutrino-induced reactions for the recently discovered
process, for the r-process and for the neutrino process, for which
neutrino-nucleus reactions have the largest impact. Finally, we briefly review
neutrino-nucleus reactions important for the observation of supernova neutrinos
by earthbound detectors. (Abridged)Comment: 77 pages, 29 figures, 4 tables, submitted to Progress in Particle and
Nuclear Physic
Six Peaks Visible in the Redshift Distribution of 46,400 SDSS Quasars Agree with the Preferred Redshifts Predicted by the Decreasing Intrinsic Redshift Model
The redshift distribution of all 46,400 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog III, Third Data Release, is examined. Six Peaks
that fall within the redshift window below z = 4, are visible. Their positions
agree with the preferred redshift values predicted by the decreasing intrinsic
redshift (DIR) model, even though this model was derived using completely
independent evidence. A power spectrum analysis of the full dataset confirms
the presence of a single, significant power peak at the expected redshift
period. Power peaks with the predicted period are also obtained when the upper
and lower halves of the redshift distribution are examined separately. The
periodicity detected is in linear z, as opposed to log(1+z). Because the peaks
in the SDSS quasar redshift distribution agree well with the preferred
redshifts predicted by the intrinsic redshift relation, we conclude that this
relation, and the peaks in the redshift distribution, likely both have the same
origin, and this may be intrinsic redshifts, or a common selection effect.
However, because of the way the intrinsic redshift relation was determined it
seems unlikely that one selection effect could have been responsible for both.Comment: 12 pages, 12 figure, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journa
T violation in radiative decay and electric dipole moments
In radiative decay, violation can be studied through a
spin-independent -odd correlation. We consider contributions to this
correlation by beyond the standard model (BSM) sources of -violation,
arising above the electroweak scale. At the same time such sources,
parametrized by dimension-6 operators, can induce electric dipole moments
(EDMs). As a consequence, the manifestations of the -odd BSM physics in
radiative decay and EDMs are not independent. Here we exploit this
connection to show that current EDM bounds already strongly constrain the
spin-independent -odd correlation in radiative decay.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
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