Two-Matrix model with ABAB interaction

Using recently developed methods of character expansions we solve exactly in the large N limit a new two-matrix model of hermitean matrices A and B with the action S={1\over 2}(\tr A^2+\tr B^2)-{\alpha\over 4}(\tr A^4+\tr B^4) -{\beta\over 2} \tr(AB)^2. This model can be mapped onto a special case of the 8-vertex model on dynamical planar graphs. The solution is parametrized in terms of elliptic functions. A phase transition is found: the critical point is a conformal field theory with central charge c=1 coupled to 2D quantum gravity.Comment: harvmac, 24 pages, 5 figures (1 color figure

Analytical treatment of 2D steady flames anchored in high-velocity streams

The problem of burning of high-velocity gas streams in channels is revisited. Previous treatments of this issue are found to be incomplete. It is shown that despite relative smallness of the transversal gas velocity, it plays crucial role in determining flame structure. In particular, it is necessary in formulating boundary conditions near the flame anchor, and for the proper account of the flame propagation law. Using the on-shell description of steady anchored flames, a consistent solution of the problem is given. Equations for the flame front position and gas-velocity at the front are obtained. It is demonstrated that they reduce to a second-order differential equation for the front position. Numerical solutions of the derived equations are found.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figure

Carter-Saito theorem for virtual knots

In the article we construct new non-trivial state-sum invariants of virtual knots and links using a generalization of the Carter-Saito theorem for classical knots

Beyond The Standard Model

The present lectures contain an introduction to possible new physics beyond the Standard Model. Having in mind first of all accelerator experiments of the nearest future we concentrate on supersymmetry, a new symmetry that relates bosons and fermions, as the first target of experimental search. Since supersymmetry is widely covered in the literature, we mostly consider novel developments and applications to hadron colliders. We describe then the so-called extra dimensional models in less detail and discuss their possible manifestations.Comment: 52 pages, 51 eps figures, Lectures given at the European School on High Energy Physics, May-June 2004, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spai

Correspondence principle in quantum gravity

The problem of consistent formulation of the correspondence principle in quantum gravity is considered. The usual approach based on the use of the two-particle scattering amplitudes is shown to be in disagreement with the classical result of General Relativity given by the Schwarzschild solution. It is shown also that this approach fails to describe whatever non-Newtonian interactions of macroscopic bodies. An alternative interpretation of the correspondence principle is given directly in terms of the effective action. Gauge independence of the \hbar^0 part of the one-loop radiative corrections to the gravitational form factors of the scalar particle is proved, justifying the interpretation proposed. Application to the black holes is discussed.Comment: Talk presented at the international meeting "Quantum Gravity and Spectral Geometry", Naples, July 2001. 4 pages, 1 figur