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AdS/CFT correspondence via R-current correlation functions revisited
Motivated by realizing open/closed string duality in the work by Gopakumar
[Phys. Rev. D70:025009,2004], we study two and three-point correlation
functions of R-current vector fields in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. These
correlation functions in free field limit can be derived from the worldline
formalism and written as heat kernel integrals in the position space. We show
that reparametrizing these integrals converts them to the expected AdS
supergravity results which are known in terms of bulk to boundary propagator.
We expect that this reparametrization corresponds to transforming open string
moduli parameterization to the closed string ones.Comment: 23 pages, v2: calculations clarified, references added, v3: sections
re-arranged with more explanations, 4 figures and an appendix adde
Energy States of Colored Particle in a Chromomagnetic Field
The unitary transformation, which diagonalizes squared Dirac equation in a
constant chromomagnetic field is found. Applying this transformation, we find
the eigenfunctions of diagonalized Hamiltonian, that describe the states with
definite value of energy and call them energy states. It is pointed out that,
the energy states are determined by the color interaction term of the particle
with the background chromofield and this term is responsible for the splitting
of the energy spectrum.
We construct supercharge operators for the diagonal Hamiltonian, that ensure
the superpartner property of the energy states.Comment: 25 pages, some calculation details have been removed, typos correcte
Unoccupied Topological States on Bismuth Chalcogenides
The unoccupied part of the band structure of topological insulators
BiTeSe () is studied by angle-resolved two-photon
photoemission and density functional theory. For all surfaces
linearly-dispersing surface states are found at the center of the surface
Brillouin zone at energies around 1.3 eV above the Fermi level. Theoretical
analysis shows that this feature appears in a spin-orbit-interaction induced
and inverted local energy gap. This inversion is insensitive to variation of
electronic and structural parameters in BiSe and BiTeSe. In
BiTe small structural variations can change the character of the local
energy gap depending on which an unoccupied Dirac state does or does not exist.
Circular dichroism measurements confirm the expected spin texture. From these
findings we assign the observed state to an unoccupied topological surface
state
Weak Boson Production Amplitude Zeros; Equalities of the Helicity Amplitudes
We investigate the radiation amplitude zeros exhibited by many Standard Model
amplitudes for triple weak gauge boson production processes. We show that
production amplitudes have especially rich structure in terms of
zeros, these amplitudes have zeros originating from several different sources.
It is also shown that TYPE I current null zone is the special case of the
equality of the specific helicity amplitudes.Comment: 27 pages, 12 figures, 2 table
Femtosecond primary charge separation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 photosystem I
AbstractThe ultrafast (<100fs) conversion of delocalized exciton into charge-separated state between the primary donor P700 (bleaching at 705nm) and the primary acceptor A0 (bleaching at 690nm) in photosystem I (PS I) complexes from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was observed. The data were obtained by application of pump–probe technique with 20-fs low-energy pump pulses centered at 720nm. The earliest absorbance changes (close to zero delay) with a bleaching at 690nm are similar to the product of the absorption spectrum of PS I complex and the laser pulse spectrum, which represents the efficiency spectrum of the light absorption by PS I upon femtosecond excitation centered at 720nm. During the first ∼60fs the energy transfer from the chlorophyll (Chl) species bleaching at 690nm to the Chl bleaching at 705nm occurs, resulting in almost equal bleaching of the two forms with the formation of delocalized exciton between 690-nm and 705-nm Chls. Within the next ∼40fs the formation of a new broad band centered at ∼660nm (attributed to the appearance of Chl anion radical) is observed. This band decays with time constant simultaneously with an electron transfer to A1 (phylloquinone). The subtraction of kinetic difference absorption spectra of the closed (state P700+A0A1) PS I reaction center (RC) from that of the open (state P700A0A1) RC reveals the pure spectrum of the P700+A0− ion–radical pair. The experimental data were analyzed using a simple kinetic scheme: An* →k1 [(PA0)*A1→<100fs P+A0−A1] →k2P+A0A1−, and a global fitting procedure based on the singular value decomposition analysis. The calculated kinetics of transitions between intermediate states and their spectra were similar to the kinetics recorded at 694 and 705nm and the experimental spectra obtained by subtraction of the spectra of closed RCs from the spectra of open RCs. As a result, we found that the main events in RCs of PS I under our experimental conditions include very fast (<100fs) charge separation with the formation of the P700+A0−A1 state in approximately one half of the RCs, the ∼5-ps energy transfer from antenna Chl* to P700A0A1 in the remaining RCs, and ∼25-ps formation of the secondary radical pair P700+A0A1−
Spin and energy transfer in nanocrystals without transport of charge
We describe a mechanism of spin transfer between individual quantum dots that
does not require tunneling. Incident circularly-polarized photons create
inter-band excitons with non-zero electron spin in the first quantum dot. When
the quantum-dot pair is properly designed, this excitation can be transferred
to the neighboring dot via the Coulomb interaction with either {\it
conservation} or {\it flipping} of the electron spin. The second dot can
radiate circularly-polarized photons at lower energy. Selection rules for spin
transfer are determined by the resonant conditions and by the strong spin-orbit
interaction in the valence band of nanocrystals. Coulomb-induced energy and
spin transfer in pairs and chains of dots can become very efficient under
resonant conditions. The electron can preserve its spin orientation even in
randomly-oriented nanocrystals.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure
The Period Changes of the Cepheid RT Aurigae
Observations of the light curve for the 3.7-day Cepheid RT Aur both before
and since 1980 indicate that the variable is undergoing an overall period
increase, amounting to +0.082 +-0.012 s/yr, rather than a period decrease, as
implied by all observations prior to 1980. Superposed on the star's O-C
variations is a sinusoidal trend that cannot be attributed to random
fluctuations in pulsation period. Rather, it appears to arise from light travel
time effects in a binary system. The derived orbital period for the system is P
= 26,429 +-89 days (72.36 +-0.24 years). The inferred orbital parameters from
the O-C residuals differ from those indicated by existing radial velocity data.
The latter imply the most reasonable results, namely a1 sin i = 9.09 (+-1.81) x
10^8 km and a minimum secondary mass of M2 = 1.15 +-0.25 Msun. Continued
monitoring of the brightness and radial velocity changes in the Cepheid are
necessary to confirm the long-term trend and to provide data for a proper
spectroscopic solution to the orbit.Comment: Accepted for publication in PASP (November 2007
The Thermally Reversing Window in Ternary GexPxS1-2x glasses
GexPxS1-2x glasses in the compositional range 0.05 < x < 0.19 have been
synthesized and examined in temperature modulated differential scanning
calorimetry (MDSC) and Raman scattering experiments. Trends in the
non-reversing enthalpy DHnr(x) near Tg show the term to almost vanish in the
0.090(5) < x < 0.135(5) range, and to increase by an order of magnitude at x <
0.09, and at x > 0.135. In analogy to previous results on chalcogenide glasses,
we identify compositions at x < 0.09 to be elastically floppy, those in the
0.090 0.135
to be stressed rigid. MDSC results also show the DHnr term ages in the
stressed-rigid and floppy phases but not in the intermediate phase. The
intermediate phase is viewed to be a self-organized phase of a disordered
network. It consists of at least four isostatically rigid local structures;
corner-sharing GeS4, edge-sharing GeS2, pyramidal P(S1/2)3 and
quasi-tetrahedral S=P(S1/2)3 units for which evidence comes from Raman
scattering. The latter method also shows existence of P4S7 and P4S10 molecules
in the glasses segregated from the backbone. These aspects of structure
contribute to an intermediate phase that is significantly narrower in width
than in corresponding selenide glasses.Comment: 1 PDF file has text, 9 figures and 3 table
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