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Scanning the Topological Sectors of the QCD Vacuum with Hybrid Monte Carlo
We address a long standing issue and determine the decorrelation efficiency
of the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm (HMC), for full QCD with Wilson fermions,
with respect to vacuum topology. On the basis of five state-of-the art QCD
vacuum field ensembles (with 3000 to 5000 trajectories each and
m_pi/m_rho-ratios in the regime >0.56, for two sea quark flavours) we are able
to establish, for the first time, that HMC provides sufficient tunneling
between the different topological sectors of QCD. This will have an important
bearing on the prospect to determine, by lattice techniques, the topological
susceptibility of the vacuum, and topology sensitive quantities like the spin
content of the proton, or the eta' mass.Comment: 5 pages, 4 eps-figure
Multipole Expansion of Bremsstrahlung in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions
Using a multipole expansion of the radiated field generated by a classical
electric current, we present a way to interprete the bremsstrahlung spectra of
low energy heavy ion collisions. We perform the calculation explicitely for the
system ^{12}C+ ^{12}C at 84AMeV and compare the result with the experimental
data of E. Grosse et al. Using simple model assumptions for the electromagnetic
source current we are able to describe the measured data in terms of coherent
photon emission. In this context, the information contained in the measured
data is discussed.Comment: LaTex, 4 Figure
Electromagnetic corrections to light hadron masses
At the precision reached in current lattice QCD calculations, electromagnetic
effects are becoming numerically relevant. We will present preliminary results
for electromagnetic corrections to light hadron masses, based on simulations in
which a degree of freedom is superimposed on QCD
configurations from the BMW collaboration.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice
Field Theory, June 14-19,2010, Villasimius, Sardinia Ital
A progressive refinement approach for the visualisation of implicit surfaces
Visualising implicit surfaces with the ray casting method is a slow procedure. The design cycle of a new implicit surface is, therefore, fraught with long latency times as a user must wait for the surface to be rendered before being able to decide what changes should be introduced in the next iteration. In this paper, we present an attempt at reducing the design cycle of an implicit surface modeler by introducing a progressive refinement rendering approach to the visualisation of implicit surfaces. This progressive refinement renderer provides a quick previewing facility. It first displays a low quality estimate of what the final rendering is going to be and, as the computation progresses, increases the quality of this estimate at a steady rate. The progressive refinement algorithm is based on the adaptive subdivision of the viewing frustrum into smaller cells. An estimate for the variation of the implicit function inside each cell is obtained with an affine arithmetic range estimation technique. Overall, we show that our progressive refinement approach not only provides the user with visual feedback as the rendering advances but is also capable of completing the image faster than a conventional implicit surface rendering algorithm based on ray casting
AdS Strings with Torsion: Non-complex Heterotic Compactifications
Combining the effects of fluxes and gaugino condensation in heterotic
supergravity, we use a ten-dimensional approach to find a new class of
four-dimensional supersymmetric AdS compactifications on almost-Hermitian
manifolds of SU(3) structure. Computation of the torsion allows a
classification of the internal geometry, which for a particular combination of
fluxes and condensate, is nearly Kahler. We argue that all moduli are fixed,
and we show that the Kahler potential and superpotential proposed in the
literature yield the correct AdS radius. In the nearly Kahler case, we are able
to solve the H Bianchi using a nonstandard embedding. Finally, we point out
subtleties in deriving the effective superpotential and understanding the
heterotic supergravity in the presence of a gaugino condensate.Comment: 42 pages; v2. added refs, revised discussion of Bianchi for N
Caries lesion remineralization with fluoride toothpastes and chlorhexidine - effects of application timing and toothpaste surfactant
INTRODUCTION:
Habitual toothbrushing with fluoridated toothpaste followed by rinsing with antibacterial mouthwashes is a method to maintain good oral hygiene and to diminish the occurrence and severity of dental caries and periodontal disease. However, our understanding of how antimicrobial agents in mouthwashes affect fluoride-mediated caries lesion remineralization is still poor.
OBJECTIVE:
The objectives of this in vitro study were a) to determine the effects of the waiting period of chlorhexidine (CHX) rinsing after fluoride toothpaste use and b) to further determine the effect of the type of toothpaste surfactant [sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB)] on caries lesion remineralization associated with CHX rinsing.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
Caries lesions were formed in bovine enamel specimens and assigned to 10 treatment groups (n=18) based on Vickers surface microhardness (VHN). Lesions were then pH-cycled for 10 days with daily regimen comprised of twice daily toothpaste slurry treatments (1150 ppm fluoride, with SDS or CAPB), followed by CHX solution treatments [0, 15, 30 or 60 minutes following slurry treatment or no CHX treatment (negative control)]. VHN was measured again and the extent of lesion remineralization calculated (âVHN).
RESULTS:
âVHN with SDS-toothpaste was significantly lower than with CAPB-toothpaste, indicating more remineralization for the CAPB-toothpaste. âVHN with 0-minute waiting time was significantly lower than with 30-minute waiting time and with negative control.
CONCLUSIONS:
The absence of CHX as an adjunct to fluoride toothpastes led to greater remineralization of enamel lesions compared with the immediate use of CHX treatment for both SDS- and CAPB-toothpastes. CAPB-toothpastes indicated significantly greater remineralization than SDS-toothpastes, and can be suggested for patients at high risk of caries. A 30-minute waiting time for CHX treatment is recommended after brushing
Precursors, black holes, and a locality bound
We revisit the problem of precursors in the AdS/CFT correspondence.
Identification of the precursors is expected to improve our understanding of
the tension between holography and bulk locality and of the resolution of the
black hole information paradox. Previous arguments that the precursors are
large, undecorated Wilson loops are found to be flawed. We argue that the role
of precursors should become evident when one saturates a certain locality
bound. The spacetime uncertainty principle is a direct consequence of this
bound.Comment: 26 pages, 8 figs; reference added, minor clarification in sec. 2;
incorrect draft mistakenly used in version
Caries lesion remineralization with fluoride toothpastes and chlorhexidine - effects of application timing and toothpaste surfactant
Habitual toothbrushing with fluoridated toothpaste followed by rinsing with antibacterial mouthwashes is a method to maintain good oral hygiene and to diminish the occurrence and severity of dental caries and periodontal disease. However, our understanding of how antimicrobial agents in mouthwashes affect fluoride-mediated caries lesion remineralization is still poor. Objective: The objectives of this in vitro study were a) to determine the effects of the waiting period of chlorhexidine (CHX) rinsing after fluoride toothpaste use and b) to further determine the effect of the type of toothpaste surfactant [sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB)] on caries lesion remineralization associated with CHX rinsing. Material and Methods: Caries lesions were formed in bovine enamel specimens and assigned to 10 treatment groups (n=18) based on Vickers surface microhardness (VHN). Lesions were then pH-cycled for 10 days with daily regimen comprised of twice daily toothpaste slurry treatments (1150 ppm fluoride, with SDS or CAPB), followed by CHX solution treatments [0, 15, 30 or 60 minutes following slurry treatment or no CHX treatment (negative control)]. VHN was measured again and the extent of lesion remineralization calculated (âVHN). Results: âVHN with SDS-toothpaste was significantly lower than with CAPB-toothpaste, indicating more remineralization for the CAPB-toothpaste. âVHN with 0-minute waiting time was significantly lower than with 30-minute waiting time and with negative control. Conclusions: The absence of CHX as an adjunct to fluoride toothpastes led to greater remineralization of enamel lesions compared with the immediate use of CHX treatment for both SDS- and CAPB-toothpastes. CAPB-toothpastes indicated significantly greater remineralization than SDS-toothpastes, and can be suggested for patients at high risk of caries. A 30-minute waiting time for CHX treatment is recommended after brushing
Light Quark Physics with Dynamical Wilson Fermions
We present results for spectroscopy, quark masses and decay constants
obtained from SESAM's and TkL's large statistics simulations of QCD with two
dynamical Wilson fermions.Comment: 3 pages; to appear in the proceedings of Lat.'9
Coherent photon bremsstrahlung and dynamics of heavy-ion collisions: comparison of different models
Differential spectra of coherent photon bremsstrahlung in relativistic heavy
ion collisions are calculated within various schematic models of the
projectile-target stopping. Two versions of the degradation length model, based
on a phenomenological deceleration law, are considered. The simple shock wave
model is studied analytically. The predictions of these models agree in the
soft photon limit, where the spectrum is determined only by the final velocity
distribution of charged particles. The results of these models in the case of
central Au+Au collisions at various bombarding energies are compared with the
predictions of the microscopic transport model UrQMD. It is shown that at the
AGS energy the coherent photon bremsstrahlung exceeds the photon yield from
-decays at photon energies \omega\loo 50 MeV.Comment: 23 pages RevTeX, 9 eps Figure
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