Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in SO(5)xU(1) Gauge-Higgs Unification with Top and Bottom Quarks

An SO(5)xU(1) gauge-Higgs unification model in the Randall-Sundrum warped space with top and bottom quarks is constructed. Additional fermions on the Planck brane make exotic particles heavy by effectively changing boundary conditions of bulk fermions from those determined by orbifold conditions. Gauge couplings of a top quark multiplet trigger electroweak symmetry breaking by the Hosotani mechanism, simultaneously giving a top quark the observed mass. The bottom quark mass is generated by combination of brane interactions and the Hosotani mechanism, where only one ratio of brane masses is relevant when the scale of brane masses is much larger than the Kaluza-Klein scale (\sim 1.5 TeV). The Higgs mass is predicted to be 49.9 (53.5) GeV for the warp factor 10^{15} (10^{17}). The Wilson line phase turns out \pi/2 and the Higgs couplings to W and Z vanish so that the LEP2 bound for the Higgs mass is evaded. In the flat spacetime limit the electroweak symmetry is unbroken.Comment: 35 pages, 2 figures. A few corrections are mad

A function space model approach to the rational evaluation subgroups

The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.ArticleMATHEMATISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT. 258(3): 521-555 (2008)journal articl

Chiral charge-density-waves

We discovered the chirality of charge density waves (CDW) in 1T-TiSe$_2$ by using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and optical ellipsometry. We found that the CDW intensity becomes $I{a_1}:I{a_2}:I{a_3} = 1:0.7 \pm 0.1:0.5 \pm 0.1$, where $Ia_i$ (i =1, 2, 3) is the amplitude of the tunnelling current contributed by the CDWs. There were two states, in which the three intensity peaks of the CDW decrease \textit{clockwise} and \textit{anticlockwise} when we index each nesting vector in order of intensity in the Fourier transformation of the STM images. The chirality in CDW results in the three-fold symmetry breaking. Macroscopically, two-fold symmetry was indeed observed in optical measurement. We propose the new generalized CDW chirality H_{CDW} \equiv {\boldmath q_1} \cdot ({\boldmath q_2}\times {\boldmath q_3}), where {\boldmath q_i} are the nesting vectors, which is independent of the symmetry of components. The nonzero $H_{CDW}$ - the triple-{\boldmath q} vectors do not exist in an identical plane in the reciprocal space - should induce a real-space chirality in CDW system.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure

Versatile implementation in angle-resolved optical microscopy: its application to local spectrometry of microcavities with PIC-J-aggregates

Versatile novel implementations in microspectroscopy are developed, which can provide angle-resolved optical spectroscopy at local sample areas almost in diffraction limit. By selecting focus position of light flux incident within the back focal plane of the objective lens radially from the position of the optical axis of the microscope with employing off-centered pinhole, we can obtain parallel beam with oblique incidence and its angle tuning at the sample surface. In this paper, we describe our specific optical setup and its practical working principle in detail. We report, as a demonstration of its performance, our latest studies on optical properties of cavity polariton states in the so-called quantum microcavity structures, which contain molecular J-aggregates of pseudoisocyanine (PIC) dye as active working materials. By using the microscope technique, we obtain a fair amount of improvement in the linewidth observation of cavity polariton spectra

Fabrication, characterization and its local reflection properties of a metal-mirror microcavity with high concentrated PIC J-aggregates

We have investigated reflection properties of light-matter strong coupling in a planar metal-mirror microcavity with highly concentrated PIC J-aggregates. Large vacuum Rabi-splitting ranging from 100 to 250 meV is obtained depending on the concentration of the J-aggregates. The factors for providing these large Rabi-splitting will be discussed based on its concentration dependence. We also present our recent study focused on microscopic reflection properties of the microcavity. We have improved microscope optics which enables us to measure local reflection spectra within 0.3-m-diameter area. Observation of incident-light-angle dependence becomes possible. We found existence of micrometer-scale inhomogeneity in the Rabi-splitting (e.g. ±10% in a region), which will be interpreted mainly by the spatial distribution of J’s in the active layer

Charge-noise-free Lateral Quantum Dot Devices with Undoped Si/SiGe Wafer

We develop quantum dots in a single layered MOS structure using an undoped Si/SiGe wafer. By applying a positive bias on the surface gates, electrons are accumulated in the Si channel. Clear Coulomb diamond and double dot charge stability diagrams are measured. The temporal fluctuation of the current is traced, to which we apply the Fourier transform analysis. The power spectrum of the noise signal is inversely proportional to the frequency, and is different from the inversely quadratic behavior known for quantum dots made in doped wafers. Our results indicate that the source of charge noise for the doped wafers is related to the 2DEG dopant.Comment: Proceedings of the 12th Asia Pacific Physics Conferenc

Inhibition of neutrophil migration by a selective inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase: analysis by intravital microscopy

Observation of the microcirculation of the hamster cheek pouch by intravital microscopy revealed five steps of neutrophil migration from the venules after topical application of leukotriene B4 to the microvasculature: rolling along the venular wall (Step 1), adhesion to it (Step 2), disappearance from the vascular lumen (Step 3), presence between the endothelial cells and the subendothelial basement membrane (Step 4) and passage through the basement membrane (Step 5). The present study was performed to examine whether a metalloproteinase inhibitor inhibits neutrophil migration at any of the above five steps. Chymostatin and leupeptin did not inhibit any of these five steps. In contrast, FN-439, a selective inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase, reduced the number of neutrophils in the perivascular space without affecting Steps 1 to 3. It was concluded that neutrophils may use metalloproteinase (collagenase/gelatinase) to penetrate the subendothelial basement membrane