488 research outputs found
Hirota's Solitons in the Affine and the Conformal Affine Toda Models
We use Hirota's method formulated as a recursive scheme to construct complete
set of soliton solutions for the affine Toda field theory based on an arbitrary
Lie algebra. Our solutions include a new class of solitons connected with two
different type of degeneracies encountered in the Hirota's perturbation
approach. We also derive an universal mass formula for all Hirota's solutions
to the Affine Toda model valid for all underlying Lie groups. Embedding of the
Affine Toda model in the Conformal Affine Toda model plays a crucial role in
this analysis.Comment: 36 pages, LaTe
On the Early History of Current Algebra
The history of Current Algebra is reviewed up to the appearance of the
Adler-Weisberger sum rule. Particular emphasis is given to the role current
algebra played for the historical struggle in strong interaction physics of
elementary particles between the S-matrix approach based on dispersion
relations and field theory. The question whether there are fundamental
particles or all hadrons are bound or resonant states of one another played an
important role in this struggle and is thus also regarded.Comment: 17 page
A [SU(6)] FLAVOR MODEL WITHOUT MIRROR FERMIONS
We introduce a three family extension of the Pati-Salam model which is
anomaly-free and contains in a single irreducible representation the known
quarks and leptons without mirror fermions. Assuming that the breaking of the
symmetry admits the implementation of the survival hypothesis, we calculate the
mass scales using the renormalization group equation. Finally we show that the
proton remains perturbatively stable.Comment: Z PHYS. C63, 339 (1994
Stationary phase corrections in the process of bosonization of multi-quark interactions
The functional integration over the auxiliary bosonic variables of cubic
order related with the effective action of the Nambu -- Jona-Lasinio model with
't Hooft term has recently been obtained in the form of a loop expansion. Even
numbers of loops contribute to the action, while odd numbers of loops are
assigned to the measure. We consider the two-loop corrections and analyse their
effect on the low-lying pseudoscalar and scalar mass spectra, quark condensates
and weak decay constants. The results are compared to the leading order
calculations and other approaches.Comment: 22 pages, LaTeX, to appear in European Physics Journal
Many worlds in one
A generic prediction of inflation is that the thermalized region we inhabit
is spatially infinite. Thus, it contains an infinite number of regions of the
same size as our observable universe, which we shall denote as \O-regions. We
argue that the number of possible histories which may take place inside of an
\O-region, from the time of recombination up to the present time, is finite.
Hence, there are an infinite number of \O-regions with identical histories up
to the present, but which need not be identical in the future. Moreover, all
histories which are not forbidden by conservation laws will occur in a finite
fraction of all \O-regions. The ensemble of \O-regions is reminiscent of
the ensemble of universes in the many-world picture of quantum mechanics. An
important difference, however, is that other \O-regions are unquestionably
real.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, comments and references adde
QCD Sum Rules and the Pi(1300) Resonance
Global fits to the shape of the first QCD Laplace sum rule exhibiting
sensitivity to pion-resonance [] parameters are performed, leading
to predictions for the pion-resonance mass and decay constant. Two scenarios
are considered which differ only in their treatment of the dimension-six quark
condensate
from other sum-rule applications which is assumed to be independent of the
physical value of the quark mass, while the second scenario requires
self-consistency between the value of and the current algebra
constraint . Predictions of the pion-resonance
mass and decay constant are obtained in these two scenarios. A
byproduct of this analysis is a prediction of the renormalization-group
invariant quark mass .Comment: latex, 8 pages, 5 figure
Hawking Temperature in Taub-NUT (A)dS spaces via the Generalized Uncertainty Principle
Using the extended forms of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle from string
theory and the quantum gravity theory, we drived Hawking temperature of a
Taub-Nut-(A)dS black hole. In spite of their distinctive natures such as
asymptotically locally flat and breakdown of the area theorem of the horizon
for the black holes, we show that the corrections to Hawking temperature by the
generalized versions of the the Heisenberg uncertainty principle increases like
the Schwarzschild-(A)dS black hole and give the reason why the Taub-Nut-(A)dS
metric may have AdS/CFT dual picture.Comment: version published in General Relativity and Gravitatio
Topological Charged Black Holes in High Dimensional Spacetimes and Their Formation from Gravitational Collapse of a Type II Fluid
Topological charged black holes coupled with a cosmological constant in
spacetimes are studied, where is an Einstein
space of the form . The global structure for
the four-dimensional spacetimes with is investigated systematically.
The most general solutions that represent a Type fluid in such a high
dimensional spacetime are found, and showed that topological charged black
holes can be formed from the gravitational collapse of such a fluid. When the
spacetime is (asymptotically) self-similar, the collapse always forms black
holes for , in contrast to the case , where it can form
either balck holes or naked singularities.Comment: 14 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Religion as a Cross-cultural Determinant of Depression in Elderly Europeans: Results from the EURODEP Collaboration
Background. The protective effects of religion against late life depression may depend on the broader sociocultural environment. This paper examines whether the prevailing religious climate is related to cross-cultural differences of depression in elderly Europeans.
Methods. Two approaches were employed, using data from the EURODEP collaboration. First, associations were studied between church-attendance, religious denomination and depression at the syndrome level for six EURODEP study centres (five countries, N = 8398). Secondly, ecological associations were computed by multi-level analysis between national estimates of religious climate, derived from the European Value Survey and depressive symptoms, for the pooled dataset of 13 EURODEP study centres (11 countries, N = 17739).
Results. In the first study, depression rates were lower among regular church-attenders, most prominently among Roman Catholics. In the second study, fewer depressive symptoms were found among the female elderly in countries, generally Roman Catholic, with high rates of regular church-attendance. Higher levels of depressive symptoms were found among the male elderly in Protestant countries.
Conclusions. Religious practice is associated with less depression in elderly Europeans, both on the individual and the national level. Religious practice, especially when it is embedded within a traditional value-orientation, may facilitate coping with adversity in later life
- …