126 research outputs found
On the Picard-Fuchs Equations of N=2 Supersymmetric E_6 Yang-Mills Theory
We obtain the Picard-Fuchs equations of N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
with the exceptional gauge group E_6. Such equations are based on E_6 spectral
curve.Comment: Latex, 5 pages, few misprints are corrected, conclusion is adde
Growth, survival and stress resistance of tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona) larvae fed on linseed oil-enriched Artemia franciscana nauplii
Effect of feeding on linseed oil (LO)-enriched Artemia was investigated on growth, survival and stress resistance of tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona) larvae. Larvae were fed by LO-enriched (2.5, 5 and 7.5%) as well as non-enriched Artemia nauplii for 14 d, followed by 14 d feeding on non-enriched Artemia. Fish fed on enriched nauplii showed significant increase in growth performance at both 14th and 28th d. Also, fish fed on enriched Artemia, especially those fed on 7.5% LO, showed greater resistance in response to osmotic and hypoxia stress at 28th d. The results suggest that LO enriched Artemia nauplii are capable to promote growth and stress response in tiger barb larvae
Music in advertising and consumer identity: The search for Heideggerian authenticity
This study discusses netnographic findings involving 472 YouTube postings categorized to identify themes regarding consumers’ experience of music in advertisements. Key themes relate to musical taste, musical indexicality, musical repetition and musical authenticity. Postings reveal how music conveys individual taste and is linked to personal memories and Heidegger’s coincidental time where moments of authenticity may be triggered in a melee of emotions, memories and projections. Identity protection is enabled as consumers frequently resist advertisers’ attempts to use musical repetition to impose normative identity. Critiques of repetition in the music produce Heideggerian anxiety leading to critically reflective resistance. Similarly, where advertising devalues the authenticity of iconic pieces of music, consumers often resist such authenticity transgressions as a threat to their own identity. The Heideggerian search for meaning in life emphasizes the significance of philosophically driven ideological authenticity in consumers’ responses to music in advertisements
Issues on Generating Primordial Anisotropies at the End of Inflation
We revisit the idea of generating primordial anisotropies at the end of
inflation in models of inflation with gauge fields. To be specific we consider
the charged hybrid inflation model where the waterfall field is charged under a
U(1) gauge field so the surface of end of inflation is controlled both by
inflaton and the gauge fields. Using delta N formalism properly we find that
the anisotropies generated at the end of inflation from the gauge field
fluctuations are exponentially suppressed on cosmological scales. This is
because the gauge field evolves exponentially during inflation while in order
to generate appreciable anisotropies at the end of inflation the spectator
gauge field has to be frozen and scale invariant. We argue that this is a
generic feature, that is, one can not generate observable anisotropies at the
end of inflation within an FRW background.Comment: V3: new references added, JCAP published versio
N=1 G_2 SYM theory and Compactification to Three Dimensions
We study four dimensional N=2 G_2 supersymmetric gauge theory on R^3\times
S^1 deformed by a tree level superpotential. We will show that the exact
superpotential can be obtained by making use of the Lax matrix of the
corresponding integrable model which is the periodic Toda lattice based on the
dual of the affine G_2 Lie algebra. At extrema of the superpotential the
Seiberg-Witten curve typically factorizes, and we study the algebraic equations
underlying this factorization. For U(N) theories the factorization was closely
related to the geometrical engineering of such gauge theories and to matrix
model descriptions, but here we will find that the geometrical interpretation
is more mysterious. Along the way we give a method to compute the gauge theory
resolvent and a suitable set of one-forms on the Seiberg-Witten curve. We will
also find evidence that the low-energy dynamics of G_2 gauge theories can
effectively be described in terms of an auxiliary hyperelliptic curve.Comment: 27 pages, late
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