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Integrating out Holographic QCD back to Hidden Local Symmetry
We develop a previously proposed gauge-invariant method to integrate out
infinite towers of vector and axialvector mesons arising as Kaluza-Klein (KK)
modes in a class of holographic models of QCD (HQCD). We demonstrate that HQCD
can be reduced to the chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) with the hidden local
symmetry (HLS) (so-called HLS-ChPT) having only the lowest KK mode identified
as the HLS gauge boson, and the Nambu-Goldstone bosons. The
terms in the HLS-ChPT are completely determined by integrating out infinite
towers of vector/axialvector mesons in HQCD: Effects of higher KK modes are
fully included in the coefficients. As an example, we apply our method to the
Sakai-Sugimoto model.Comment: To appear in proceedings of SCGT09, Nagoya, Japan, 8 page
Quantum Zeno effect with a superconducting qubit
Detailed schemes are investigated for experimental verification of Quantum
Zeno effect with a superconducting qubit. A superconducting qubit is affected
by a dephasing noise whose spectrum is 1/f, and so the decay process of a
superconducting qubit shows a naturally non-exponential behavior due to an
infinite correlation time of 1/f noise. Since projective measurements can
easily influence the decay dynamics having such non-exponential feature, a
superconducting qubit is a promising system to observe Quantum Zeno effect. We
have studied how a sequence of projective measurements can change the dephasing
process and also we have suggested experimental ways to observe Quantum Zeno
effect with a superconducting qubit. It would be possible to demonstrate our
prediction in the current technology
A protective role of gamma/delta T cells in primary infection with Listeria monocytogenes in mice.
We have previously reported that T cells bearing T cell receptors (TCRs) of gamma/delta type appear at a relatively early stage of primary infection with Listeria monocytogenes in mice. To characterize the early-appearing gamma/delta T cells during listeriosis, we analyzed the specificity and cytokine production of the gamma/delta T cells in the peritoneal cavity in mice inoculated intraperitoneally with a sublethal dose of L. monocytogenes. The early-appearing gamma/delta T cells, most of which were of CD4-CD8- phenotype, proliferated and secreted IFN-gamma and macrophage chemotactic factor in response to purified protein derivative from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or recombinant 65-kD heat-shock protein derived from M. bovis but not to heat-killed Listeria. To further elucidate the potential role of the gamma/delta T cells in the host-defense mechanism against primary infection with Listeria, we examined the effects of in vivo administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against TCR-gamma/delta or TCR-alpha/beta on the bacterial eradication in mice infected with Listeria. Most of alpha/beta T cells or gamma/delta T cells were depleted in the peripheral lymphoid organs at least for 12 d after an intraperitoneal injection of 200 micrograms TCR-alpha/beta mAb or 200 micrograms TCR-gamma/delta mAb, respectively. An exaggerated bacterial multiplication was evident at the early stage of listerial infection in the gamma/delta T cells-depleted mice, whereas the alpha/beta T cell-depleted mice exhibited much the same resistance level as the control mice at this stage although the resistance was severely impaired at the late stage after listerial infection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS
Structure of Strange Dwarfs with Color Superconducting Core
We study effects of two-flavor color superconductivity on the structure of
strange dwarfs, which are stellar objects with similar masses and radii with
ordinary white dwarfs but stabilized by the strange quark matter core. We find
that unpaired quark matter is a good approximation to the core of strange
dwarfs.Comment: 8 pages 5 figures, J. Phys. G, accepte
Phase Transition in a One-Dimensional Extended Peierls-Hubbard Model with a Pulse of Oscillating Electric Field: II. Linear Behavior in Neutral-to-Ionic Transition
Dynamics of charge density and lattice displacements after the neutral phase
is photoexcited is studied by solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation
for a one-dimensional extended Peierls-Hubbard model with alternating
potentials. In contrast to the ionic-to-neutral transition studied previously,
the neutral-to-ionic transition proceeds in an uncooperative manner as far as
the one-dimensional system is concerned. The final ionicity is a linear
function of the increment of the total energy. After the electric field is
turned off, the electronic state does not significantly change, roughly keeping
the ionicity, even if the transition is not completed, because the ionic
domains never proliferate. As a consequence, an electric field with frequency
just at the linear absorption peak causes the neutral-to-ionic transition the
most efficiently. These findings are consistent with the recent experiments on
the mixed-stack organic charge-transfer complex, TTF-CA. We artificially modify
or remove the electron-lattice coupling to discuss the origin of such
differences between the two transitions.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figure
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