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Evolution of the CKM Matrix in the Universal Extra Dimension Model
The evolution of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix and the quark Yukawa
couplings is performed for the one-loop renormalization group equations in the
universal extra dimension model. It is found that the evolution of mixing
angles and the CP violation measure J may rapidly vary in the presence of the
Kaluza-Klein modes, and this variation becomes dramatic as the energy
approaches the unification scale.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Delocalized, non-SUSY -branes, tachyon condensation and tachyon matter
We construct non-supersymmetric -brane solutions of type II supergravities
in arbitrary dimensions () delocalized in one of the spatial transverse
directions. By a Wick rotation we convert these solutions into Euclidean
-branes delocalized in the transverse time-like direction. The former
solutions in nicely interpolate between the -dimensional non-BPS
D-branes and the -dimensional BPS D-branes very similar to the picture of
tachyon condensation for the tachyonic kink solution on the non-BPS D-branes.
On the other hand the latter solutions interpolate between the
-dimensional non-BPS D-branes and the tachyon matter supergravity
configuration very similar to the picture of rolling tachyon on the non-BPS
D-branes.Comment: 15 pages, typos correcte
Gaussian Effective Potential and the Coleman's normal-ordering Prescription : the Functional Integral Formalism
For a class of system, the potential of whose Bosonic Hamiltonian has a
Fourier representation in the sense of tempered distributions, we calculate the
Gaussian effective potential within the framework of functional integral
formalism. We show that the Coleman's normal-ordering prescription can be
formally generalized to the functional integral formalism.Comment: 6 pages, revtex; With derivation details and an example added. To
appear in J. Phys.
Black Holes in Higher-Derivative Gravity
Extensions of Einstein gravity with higher-order derivative terms arise in
string theory and other effective theories, as well as being of interest in
their own right. In this paper we study static black-hole solutions in the
example of Einstein gravity with additional quadratic curvature terms. A
Lichnerowicz-type theorem simplifies the analysis by establishing that they
must have vanishing Ricci scalar curvature. By numerical methods we then
demonstrate the existence of further black-hole solutions over and above the
Schwarzschild solution. We discuss some of their thermodynamic properties, and
show that they obey the first law of thermodynamics.Comment: Typos corrected, discussion added, figure changed. 4 pages, 6 figure
Lichnerowicz Modes and Black Hole Families in Ricci Quadratic Gravity
A new branch of black hole solutions occurs along with the standard
Schwarzschild branch in -dimensional extensions of general relativity
including terms quadratic in the Ricci tensor. The standard and new branches
cross at a point determined by a static negative-eigenvalue eigenfunction of
the Lichnerowicz operator, analogous to the Gross-Perry-Yaffe eigenfunction for
the Schwarzschild solution in standard dimensional general relativity.
This static eigenfunction has two r\^oles: both as a perturbation away from
Schwarzschild along the new black-hole branch and also as a threshold unstable
mode lying at the edge of a domain of Gregory-Laflamme-type instability of the
Schwarzschild solution for small-radius black holes. A thermodynamic analogy
with the Gubser and Mitra conjecture on the relation between quantum
thermodynamic and classical dynamical instabilities leads to a suggestion that
there may be a switch of stability properties between the old and new
black-hole branches for small black holes with radii below the branch crossing
point.Comment: 33 pages, 8 figure
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