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C-metrics in Gauged STU Supergravity and Beyond
We construct charged generalizations of the dilaton C-metric in various
four-dimensional theories, including STU gauged supergravity as well as a
one-parameter family of Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theories whose scalar
potential can be expressed in terms of a superpotential. In addition, we
present time-dependent generalizations of the dilaton C-metric and dilaton
Ernst solutions, for which the time evolution is driven by the dilaton. These
C-metric solutions provide holographic descriptions of a strongly-coupled
three-dimensional field theory on the background of a black hole, a
gravitational soliton, and a black hole undergoing time evolution.Comment: 26 pages, comments and references adde
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Current status of hepatocellular carcinoma detection: screening strategies and novel biomarkers.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Delayed diagnosis is a major factor responsible for the poor prognosis of HCC. Several advances have been made in the field of liver imaging with the use of novel imaging contrasts, improving current imaging techniques with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), introduction of new technologies such as contrast liver ultrasound, and development of novel biomarkers with the goal of early detection of HCC and improving outcomes of patients with HCC. This review focuses on current surveillance strategies and development of biomarkers with the goal of early detection of HCC
Operator Product Expansion in the Production and Decay of the X(3872)
The X(3872) seems to be a weakly-bound hadronic molecule whose constituents
are two charm mesons. Its binding energy is much smaller than all the other
energy scales in QCD. This separation of scales can be exploited through
factorization formulas for production and decay rates of the X. In a low-energy
effective field theory for the constituents of the X, the factorization
formulas can be derived using the operator product expansion. The derivations
are carried out explicitly for the simplest effective theory in which the
constituents interact through a contact interaction that produces a large
scattering length. The long-distance factors in the operator product expansions
for various observables are calculated nonperturbatively in the interaction
strength of the contact interaction. After renormalization of the coupling
constant, all remaining ultraviolet divergences can be absorbed into the
short-distance factors in the operator product expansions.Comment: 30 pages, 5 figure
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