294 research outputs found
UV dimensional reduction to two from group valued momenta
We describe a new model of deformed relativistic kinematics based on the
group manifold as a four-momentum space. We discuss the
action of the Lorentz group on such space and and illustrate the deformed
composition law for the group-valued momenta. Due to the geometric structure of
the group, the deformed kinematics is governed by {\it two} energy scales
and . A relevant feature of the model is that it exhibits a
running spectral dimension with the characteristic short distance
reduction to found in most quantum gravity scenarios.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figur
Brighter Branes, enhancement of photon production by strong magnetic fields in the gauge/gravity correspondence
We use the gauge/gravity correspondence to calculate the rate of photon
production in a strongly coupled N=4 plasma in the presence of an intense
magnetic field. We start by constructing a family of back reacted geometries
that include the black D3-brane solution, as a smooth limiting case for B=0,
and extends to backgrounds with an arbitrarily large constant magnetic field.
This family provides the gravitational dual of a field theory in the presence
of a very strong magnetic field which intensity can be fixed as desired and
allows us to study its effect on the photon production of a quark-gluon plasma.
The inclusion of perturbations in the electromagnetic field on these
backgrounds is consistent only if the metric is perturbed as well, so we use
methods developed to treat operator mixing to manage these general
perturbations. Our results show a clear enhancement of photon production with a
significant anisotropy, which, in qualitative agreement with the experiments of
heavy ion collisions, is particularly noticeable for low P.Comment: This paper was replaced including metric perturbations for
consistency of the calculation, and reports important qualitative changes. 43
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Rainbows without unicorns: Metric structures in theories with Modified Dispersion Relations
Rainbow metrics are a widely used approach to metric formalism for theories
with Modified Dispersion Relations. They have had a huge success in the Quantum
Gravity Phenomenology literature, since they allow to introduce
momentum-dependent spacetime metrics into the description of systems with
Modified Dispersion Relation. In this paper, we introduce the reader to some
realizations of this general idea: the original Rainbow metrics proposal, the
momentum-space-inspired metric, the standard Finsler geometry approach and our
alternative definition of a four-velocity-dependent metric with a massless
limit. This paper aims to highlight some of their properties and how to
properly describe their relativistic realizations.Comment: 10 pages. Discussion on the role of connections was added. Matches
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Conformal Gauge Transformations in Thermodynamics
In this work we consider conformal gauge transformations of the geometric
structure of thermodynamic fluctuation theory. In particular, we show that the
Thermodynamic Phase Space is naturally endowed with a non-integrable
connection, defined by all those processes that annihilate the Gibbs 1-form,
i.e. reversible processes. Therefore the geometry of reversible processes is
invariant under re-scalings, that is, it has a conformal gauge freedom.
Interestingly, as a consequence of the non-integrability of the connection, its
curvature is not invariant under conformal gauge transformations and,
therefore, neither is the associated pseudo-Riemannian geometry. We argue that
this is not surprising, since these two objects are associated with
irreversible processes. Moreover, we provide the explicit form in which all the
elements of the geometric structure of the Thermodynamic Phase Space change
under a conformal gauge transformation. As an example, we revisit the change of
the thermodynamic representation and consider the resulting change between the
two metrics on the Thermodynamic Phase Space which induce Weinhold's energy
metric and Ruppeiner's entropy metric. As a by-product we obtain a proof of the
well-known conformal relation between Weinhold's and Ruppeiner's metrics along
the equilibrium directions. Finally, we find interesting properties of the
almost para-contact structure and of its eigenvectors which may be of physical
interest
Arguing for Principles in Different Legal Cultures
In all legal systems lawyers and judges appeal to general principles. These principles supposed to be taken from the very grounds of Justice. Accordingly they are presented as setting forth such an argument that it should defeat the opponent’s. In this paper I will be interested in the principle of legal certainty and in how it is is understood in Anglo-Saxon and a Continental legal cultures
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