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Moduli stabilization with open and closed string fluxes
We study the stabilization of all closed string moduli in the T^6/Z_2
orientifold, using constant internal magnetic fields and 3-form fluxes that
preserve N=1 supersymmetry in four dimensions. We first analyze the
stabilization of Kahler class and complex structure moduli by turning on
magnetic fluxes on different sets of D9 branes that wrap the internal space
T^6/Z_2. We present explicit consistent string constructions, satisfying in
particular tadpole cancellation, where the radii can take arbitrarily large
values by tuning the winding numbers appropriately. We then show that the
dilaton-axion modulus can also be fixed by turning on closed string constant
3-form fluxes, consistently with the supersymmetry preserved by the magnetic
fields, providing at the same time perturbative values for the string coupling.
Finally, several models are presented combining open string magnetic fields
that fix part of Kahler class and complex structure moduli, with closed string
3-form fluxes that stabilize the remaining ones together with the dilaton.Comment: 49 pages, a new model added, as well as improvements and reference
Magnetic fluxes and moduli stabilization
Stabilization of closed string moduli in toroidal orientifold
compactifications of type IIB string theory are studied using constant internal
magnetic fields on D-branes and 3-form fluxes that preserve N=1 supersymmetry
in four dimensions. Our analysis corrects and extends previous work by us, and
indicates that charged scalar VEV's need to be turned on, in addition to the
fluxes, in order to construct a consistent supersymmetric model. As an explicit
example, we first show the stabilization of all Kahler class and complex
structure moduli by turning on magnetic fluxes on different sets of D9-branes
that wrap the internal space T^6 in a compactified type I string theory, when a
charged scalar on one of these branes acquires a non-zero VEV. The latter can
also be determined by adding extra magnetized branes, as we demonstrate in a
subsequent example. In a different model with magnetized D7-branes, in a IIB
orientifold on T^6/Z_2, we show the stabilization of all the closed string
moduli, including the axion-dilaton at weak string coupling g_s, by turning on
appropriate closed string 3-form fluxes.Comment: v2: minor changes, added discussio
Representation Theory of Twisted Group Double
This text collects useful results concerning the quasi-Hopf algebra \D . We
give a review of issues related to its use in conformal theories and physical
mathematics. Existence of such algebras based on 3-cocycles with values in which mimic for finite groups Chern-Simons terms of gauge theories,
open wide perspectives in the so called "classification program". The
modularisation theorem proved for quasi-Hopf algebras by two authors some years
ago makes the computation of topological invariants possible. An updated,
although partial, bibliography of recent developments is provided.Comment: 15 pages, no figur
Role of Nlrp6 and Nlrp12 in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/102624/1/eji2871.pd
High Speed Blanking: An Experimental Method to Measure Induced Cutting Forces
Lien vers la version éditeur: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11340-013-9738-1A new blanking process that involves punch speed up to 10 ms −1 has obvious advantages in increased productivity. However, the inherent dynamics of such a process makes it difficult to develop a practical high speed punch press. The fracture phenomenon governing the blanking process has to be well understood to correctly design the machine support and the tooling. To observe this phenomenon at various controlled blanking speeds a specific experimental device has been developed. The goal is to measure accurately the shear blanking forces imposed on the specimen during blanking. In this paper a new method allowing the blanking forces to be measured and taking into account the proposed test configuration is explained. This technique has been used to determine the blanking forces experienced when forming C40 steel and quantifies the effect of process parameters such as punch die clearance, punch speed, and sheet metal thickness on the blanking force evolution
Canonical decomposition of linear differential operators with selected differential Galois groups
We revisit an order-six linear differential operator having a solution which
is a diagonal of a rational function of three variables. Its exterior square
has a rational solution, indicating that it has a selected differential Galois
group, and is actually homomorphic to its adjoint. We obtain the two
corresponding intertwiners giving this homomorphism to the adjoint. We show
that these intertwiners are also homomorphic to their adjoint and have a simple
decomposition, already underlined in a previous paper, in terms of order-two
self-adjoint operators. From these results, we deduce a new form of
decomposition of operators for this selected order-six linear differential
operator in terms of three order-two self-adjoint operators. We then generalize
the previous decomposition to decompositions in terms of an arbitrary number of
self-adjoint operators of the same parity order. This yields an infinite family
of linear differential operators homomorphic to their adjoint, and, thus, with
a selected differential Galois group. We show that the equivalence of such
operators is compatible with these canonical decompositions. The rational
solutions of the symmetric, or exterior, squares of these selected operators
are, noticeably, seen to depend only on the rightmost self-adjoint operator in
the decomposition. These results, and tools, are applied on operators of large
orders. For instance, it is seen that a large set of (quite massive) operators,
associated with reflexive 4-polytopes defining Calabi-Yau 3-folds, obtained
recently by P. Lairez, correspond to a particular form of the decomposition
detailed in this paper.Comment: 40 page
Ising n-fold integrals as diagonals of rational functions and integrality of series expansions: integrality versus modularity
We show that the n-fold integrals of the magnetic susceptibility
of the Ising model, as well as various other n-fold integrals of the "Ising
class", or n-fold integrals from enumerative combinatorics, like lattice Green
functions, are actually diagonals of rational functions. As a consequence, the
power series expansions of these solutions of linear differential equations
"Derived From Geometry" are globally bounded, which means that, after just one
rescaling of the expansion variable, they can be cast into series expansions
with integer coefficients. Besides, in a more enumerative combinatorics
context, we show that generating functions whose coefficients are expressed in
terms of nested sums of products of binomial terms can also be shown to be
diagonals of rational functions. We give a large set of results illustrating
the fact that the unique analytical solution of Calabi-Yau ODEs, and more
generally of MUM ODEs, is, almost always, diagonal of rational functions. We
revisit Christol's conjecture that globally bounded series of G-operators are
necessarily diagonals of rational functions. We provide a large set of examples
of globally bounded series, or series with integer coefficients, associated
with modular forms, or Hadamard product of modular forms, or associated with
Calabi-Yau ODEs, underlying the concept of modularity. We finally address the
question of the relations between the notion of integrality (series with
integer coefficients, or, more generally, globally bounded series) and the
modularity (in particular integrality of the Taylor coefficients of mirror
map), introducing new representations of Yukawa couplings.Comment: 100 page
Ising n-fold integrals as diagonals of rational functions and integrality of series expansions
We show that the n-fold integrals of the magnetic susceptibility
of the Ising model, as well as various other n-fold integrals of the "Ising
class", or n-fold integrals from enumerative combinatorics, like lattice Green
functions, correspond to a distinguished class of function generalising
algebraic functions: they are actually diagonals of rational functions. As a
consequence, the power series expansions of the, analytic at x=0, solutions of
these linear differential equations "Derived From Geometry" are globally
bounded, which means that, after just one rescaling of the expansion variable,
they can be cast into series expansions with integer coefficients. We also give
several results showing that the unique analytical solution of Calabi-Yau ODEs,
and, more generally, Picard-Fuchs linear ODEs, with solutions of maximal
weights, are always diagonal of rational functions. Besides, in a more
enumerative combinatorics context, generating functions whose coefficients are
expressed in terms of nested sums of products of binomial terms can also be
shown to be diagonals of rational functions. We finally address the question of
the relations between the notion of integrality (series with integer
coefficients, or, more generally, globally bounded series) and the modularity
of ODEs.Comment: This paper is the short version of the larger (100 pages) version,
available as arXiv:1211.6031 , where all the detailed proofs are given and
where a much larger set of examples is displaye
Globally nilpotent differential operators and the square Ising model
We recall various multiple integrals related to the isotropic square Ising
model, and corresponding, respectively, to the n-particle contributions of the
magnetic susceptibility, to the (lattice) form factors, to the two-point
correlation functions and to their lambda-extensions. These integrals are
holonomic and even G-functions: they satisfy Fuchsian linear differential
equations with polynomial coefficients and have some arithmetic properties. We
recall the explicit forms, found in previous work, of these Fuchsian equations.
These differential operators are very selected Fuchsian linear differential
operators, and their remarkable properties have a deep geometrical origin: they
are all globally nilpotent, or, sometimes, even have zero p-curvature. Focusing
on the factorised parts of all these operators, we find out that the global
nilpotence of the factors corresponds to a set of selected structures of
algebraic geometry: elliptic curves, modular curves, and even a remarkable
weight-1 modular form emerging in the three-particle contribution
of the magnetic susceptibility of the square Ising model. In the case where we
do not have G-functions, but Hamburger functions (one irregular singularity at
0 or ) that correspond to the confluence of singularities in the
scaling limit, the p-curvature is also found to verify new structures
associated with simple deformations of the nilpotent property.Comment: 55 page
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