725 research outputs found
The topology of spaces of polygons
Let denote the space of all closed -gons in (where
) with sides of length , viewed up to translations.
The spaces are parameterized by their length vectors
encoding the length parameters.
Generically, is a closed smooth manifold of dimension
supporting an obvious action of the orthogonal group .
However, the quotient space (the moduli space of shapes of
-gons) has singularities for a generic , assuming that ; this
quotient is well understood in the low dimensional cases and . Our
main result in this paper states that for fixed and , the
diffeomorphism types of the manifolds for varying generic vectors
are in one-to-one correspondence with some combinatorial objects --
connected components of the complement of a finite collection of hyperplanes.
This result is in the spirit of a conjecture of K. Walker who raised a similar
problem in the planar case
Nuclear physics from strong coupling QCD
The strong coupling limit (beta_gauge = 0) of QCD offers a number of
remarkable research possibilities, of course at the price of large lattice
artifacts. Here, we determine the complete phase diagram as a function of
temperature T and baryon chemical potential mu_B, for one flavor of staggered
fermions in the chiral limit, with emphasis on the determination of a
tricritical point and on the T ~ 0 transition to nuclear matter. The latter is
known to happen for mu_B substantially below the baryon mass, indicating strong
nuclear interactions in QCD at infinite gauge coupling. This leads us to
studying the properties of nuclear matter from first principles. We determine
the nucleon-nucleon potential in the strong coupling limit, as well as masses
m_A of nuclei as a function of their atomic number A. Finally, we clarify the
origin of nuclear interactions at strong coupling, which turns out to be a
steric effect.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures. Presented at the XXVII International Symposium on
Lattice Field Theory, July 26-31, 2009, Peking University, Beijing, Chin
Strong coupling effective theory with heavy fermions
We extend the recently developed strong coupling, dimensionally reduced
Polyakov-loop effective theory from finite-temperature pure Yang-Mills to
include heavy fermions and nonzero chemical potential by means of a hopping
parameter expansion. Numerical simulation is employed to investigate the
weakening of the deconfinement transition as a function of the quark mass. The
tractability of the sign problem in this model is exploited to locate the
critical surface in the (M/T, mu/T, T) space over the whole range of chemical
potentials from zero up to infinity.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures. Proceeding for the XXIX International Symposium
on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2011), Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California,
July 10-16, 201
The QCD deconfinement transition for heavy quarks and all baryon chemical potentials
Using combined strong coupling and hopping parameter expansions, we derive an
effective three-dimensional theory from thermal lattice QCD with heavy Wilson
quarks. The theory depends on traced Polyakov loops only and correctly reflects
the centre symmetry of the pure gauge sector as well as its breaking by finite
mass quarks. It is valid up to certain orders in the lattice gauge coupling and
hopping parameter, which can be systematically improved. To its current order
it is controlled for lattices up to N_\tau\sim 6 at finite temperature. For
nonzero quark chemical potentials, the effective theory has a fermionic sign
problem which is mild enough to carry out simulations up to large chemical
potentials. Moreover, by going to a flux representation of the partition
function, the sign problem can be solved. As an application, we determine the
deconfinement transition and its critical end point as a function of quark mass
and all chemical potentials.Comment: 24 pages, 17 figure
Effective theory for QCD at finite temperature and density from strong coupling expansion
QCD at finite temperature and denisty remains intractable by Monte Carlo simulations for quark
chemical potentials m >∼T. It has been a long standing problem to derive effective theories from
QCD which describe the phase structure of the former with controlled errors. We propose a
solution to this problem by a combination of analytical and numerical methods. Starting from
lattice QCD with in Wilson’s formulation, we derive an effective action in terms of Polyakov
loops by means of combined strong coupling and hopping expansions. The theory correctly
reflects the centre-symmetry in the pure gauge limit and its breaking through quarks. It is valid
for heavy quarks and lattices up to Nt ∼ 6. Its sign problem can be solved and we are able to
calculate the deconfinement transition of QCD with heavy quarks for all chemical potentials
Tilivalline- and Tilimycin-Independent Effects of Klebsiella oxytoca on Tight Junction-Mediated Intestinal Barrier Impairment
Klebsiella oxytoca causes antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis and diarrhea. This was attributed largely to its secreted cytotoxins tilivalline and tilimycin, inductors of epithelial apoptosis. To study whether Klebsiella oxytoca exerts further barrier effects, T84 monolayers were challenged with bacterial supernatants derived from tilivalline/tilimycin-producing AHC6 or its isogeneic tilivalline/tilimycin-deficient strain Mut-89. Both preparations decreased transepithelial resistance, enhanced fluorescein and FITC-dextran-4kDa permeabilities, and reduced expression of barrier-forming tight junction proteins claudin-5 and -8. Laser scanning microscopy indicated redistribution of both claudins off the tight junction region in T84 monolayers as well as in colon crypts of mice infected with AHC6 or Mut-89, indicating that these effects are tilivalline/tilimycin-independent. Furthermore, claudin-1 was affected, but only in a tilivalline/tilimycin-dependent manner. In conclusion, Klebsiella oxytoca induced intestinal barrier impairment by two mechanisms: the tilivalline/tilimycin-dependent one, acting by increasing cellular apoptosis and a tilivalline/tilimycin-independent one, acting by weakening the paracellular pathway through the tight junction proteins claudin-5 and -8
ATX1/AtCOMPASS and the H3K4me3 Marks: How Do They Activate \u3ci\u3eArabidopsis\u3c/i\u3e Genes?
Despite the proven correlation between gene transcriptional activity and the levels of tri-methyl marks on histone 3 lysine4 (H3K4me3) of their nucleosomes, whether H3K4me3 contributes to, or “registers,” activated transcription is still controversial. Other questions of broad relevance are whether histone-modifying proteins are involved in the recruitment of Pol II and the general transcription machinery and whether they have roles other than their enzyme activities. We address these questions as well as the roles of the ARABIDOPSIS HOMOLOG OF TRITHORAX1 (ATX1), of the COMPASS-related (AtCOMPASS) protein complex, and of their product, H3K4me3, at ATX1-dependent genes. We suggest that the ambiguity about the role of H3K4me3 as an activating mark is because of the unknown duality of the ATX1/AtCOMPASS to facilitate PIC assembly and to generate H3K4me3, which is essential for activating transcriptional elongation
ATX1/AtCOMPASS and the H3K4me3 Marks: How Do They Activate \u3ci\u3eArabidopsis\u3c/i\u3e Genes?
Despite the proven correlation between gene transcriptional activity and the levels of tri-methyl marks on histone 3 lysine4 (H3K4me3) of their nucleosomes, whether H3K4me3 contributes to, or “registers,” activated transcription is still controversial. Other questions of broad relevance are whether histone-modifying proteins are involved in the recruitment of Pol II and the general transcription machinery and whether they have roles other than their enzyme activities. We address these questions as well as the roles of the ARABIDOPSIS HOMOLOG OF TRITHORAX1 (ATX1), of the COMPASS-related (AtCOMPASS) protein complex, and of their product, H3K4me3, at ATX1-dependent genes. We suggest that the ambiguity about the role of H3K4me3 as an activating mark is because of the unknown duality of the ATX1/AtCOMPASS to facilitate PIC assembly and to generate H3K4me3, which is essential for activating transcriptional elongation
Towards corrections to the strong coupling limit of staggered lattice QCD
We report on the first steps of an ongoing project to add gauge observables
and gauge corrections to the well-studied strong coupling limit of staggered
lattice QCD, which has been shown earlier to be amenable to numerical
simulations by the worm algorithm in the chiral limit and at finite density.
Here we show how to evaluate the expectation value of the Polyakov loop in the
framework of the strong coupling limit at finite temperature, allowing to study
confinement properties along with those of chiral symmetry breaking. We find
the Polyakov loop to rise smoothly, thus signalling deconfinement. The
non-analytic nature of the chiral phase transition is reflected in the
derivative of the Polyakov loop. We also discuss how to construct an effective
theory for non-zero lattice coupling, which is valid to .Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, Talk presented at the XXIX International
Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Lattice2011, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe,
California, July 201
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