12 research outputs found
Three-Prong Distribution of Massive Narrow QCD Jets
We study the planar-flow distributions of narrow, highly boosted, massive QCD
jets. Using the factorization properties of QCD in the collinear limit, we
compute the planar-flow jet function from the one-to-three splitting function
at tree-level. We derive the leading-log behavior of the jet function
analytically. We also compare our semi-analytic jet function with parton-shower
predictions using various generators.Comment: 59 pages, 9 figure
The effective string spectrum in the orthogonal gauge
The low-energy effective action on long string-like objects in quantum field
theory, such as confining strings, includes the Nambu-Goto action and then
higher-derivative corrections. This action is diffeomorphism-invariant, and can
be analyzed in various gauges. Polchinski and Strominger suggested a specific
way to analyze this effective action in the orthogonal gauge, in which the
induced metric on the worldsheet is conformally equivalent to a flat metric.
Their suggestion leads to a specific term at the next order beyond the
Nambu-Goto action. We compute the leading correction to the Nambu-Goto spectrum
using the action that includes this term, and we show that it agrees with the
leading correction previously computed in the static gauge. This gives a
consistency check for the framework of Polchinski and Strominger, and helps to
understand its relation to the theory in the static gauge.Comment: 21 page
Are Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Initially Attuned to Object Function Rather Than Shape for Word Learning?
Are Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Initially Attuned to Object Function Rather Than Shape for Word Learning?
We investigate the function bias-generalising words to objects with the same function-in typically developing (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with other developmental disorders. Across four trials, a novel object was named and its function was described and demonstrated. Children then selected the other referent from a shape match (same shape, different function) and function match (same function, different shape) object. TD children and children with ASD were 'function biased', although further investigation established that having a higher VMA facilitated function bias understanding in TD children, but having a lower VMA facilitated function bias understanding in children with ASD. This suggests that children with ASD are initially attuned to object function, not shape