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Generating Black Strings in Higher Dimensions
Starting with a Zipoy-Voorhees line element we construct and study the three
parameter family of solutions describing a deformed black string with arbitrary
tension.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in J. Mod. Phys. Lett.
Eviction of a 125 GeV "heavy"-Higgs from the MSSM
We prove that the present experimental constraints are already enough to rule
out the possibility of the ~125 GeV Higgs found at LHC being the second
lightest Higgs in a general MSSM context, even with explicit CP violation in
the Higgs potential. Contrary to previous studies, we are able to eliminate
this possibility analytically, using simple expressions for a relatively small
number of observables. We show that the present LHC constraints on the diphoton
signal strength, tau-tau production through Higgs and BR(B -> X_s gamma) are
enough to preclude the possibility of H_2 being the observed Higgs with m_H~125
GeV within an MSSM context, without leaving room for finely tuned
cancellations. As a by-product, we also comment on the difficulties of an MSSM
interpretation of the excess in the gamma-gamma production cross section
recently found at CMS that could correspond to a second Higgs resonance at
m_H~136 GeV.Comment: 38 pages, 9 figures. Final version accepted at JHEP. Sections 2, 3
and appendices simplified. Experimental results updated, several references
added. Small typos corrected and a new comparison of approximate formulas
with full expressions include
Entanglement of formation for a class of -dimensional systems
Currently the entanglement of formation can be calculated analytically for
mixed states in a -dimensional Hilbert space. For states in higher
dimensional Hilbert space a closed formula for quantifying entanglement does
not exist. In this regard only entanglement bounds has been found for
estimating it. In this work, we find an analytical expression for evaluating
the entanglement of formation for bipartite ()-dimensional mixed
states.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted for publicatio
Toward Supergravity Spectral Action
A spectral action of Euclidean supergravity is proposed. We calculate up to
, the Seeley-Dewitt coefficients in the expansion of the spectral action
associated to the supergravity Dirac operator. This is possible because in
simple supergravity, as in pure gravity, a well defined and mathematically
consistent Dirac operator can be constructed.Comment: 10pages, no figures, matches published versio
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. The different assembly history of passive and star-forming L_B >= L*_B galaxies in the group environment at z < 1
We use the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey to study the close environment of galaxies
in groups at 0.2 = L*_B galaxies (Me_B =
M_B + 1.1z <= -20) are identified with Me_B <= -18.25 and within a relative
distance 5h^-1 kpc <= rp <= 100h^-1 kpc and relative velocity Delta v <= 500
km/s . The richness N of a group is defined as the number of Me_B <= -18.25
galaxies belonging to that group. We split our principal sample into red,
passive galaxies with NUV - r >= 4.25 and blue, star-forming galaxies with NUV
- r < 4.25. We find that blue galaxies with a close companion are primarily
located in poor groups, while the red ones are in rich groups. The number of
close neighbours per red galaxy increases with N, with n_red being proportional
to 0.11N, while that of blue galaxies does not depend on N and is roughly
constant. In addition, these trends are found to be independent of redshift,
and only the average n_blue evolves, decreasing with cosmic time. Our results
support the following assembly history of L_B >= L*_B galaxies in the group
environment: red, massive galaxies were formed in or accreted by the dark
matter halo of the group at early times (z >= 1), therefore their number of
neighbours provides a fossil record of the stellar mass assembly of groups,
traced by their richness N. On the other hand, blue, less massive galaxies have
recently been accreted by the group potential and are still in their parent
dark matter halo, having the same number of neighbours irrespective of N. As
time goes by, these blue galaxies settle in the group potential and turn red
and/or fainter, thus becoming satellite galaxies in the group. With a toy
quenching model, we estimate an infall rate of field galaxies into the group
environment of R_infall = 0.9 - 1.5 x 10^-4 Mpc^-3 Gyr^-1 at z ~ 0.7.Comment: Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press. 11 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables.
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Josephson current in strongly correlated double quantum dots
We study the transport properties of a serial double quantum dot (DQD)
coupled to two superconducting leads, focusing on the Josephson current through
the DQD and the associated 0- transitions which result from the subtle
interplay between the superconductivity, the Kondo physics, and the inter-dot
superexchange interaction. We examine the competition between the
superconductivity and the Kondo physics by tuning the relative strength
of the superconducting gap and the Kondo temperature
, for different strengths of the superexchange coupling determined by the
interdot tunneling relative to the dot level broadening . We find
strong renormalization of , a significant role of the superexchange coupling
, and a rich phase diagram of the 0 and -junction regimes. In
particular, when both the superconductivity and the exchange interaction are in
close competion with the Kondo physics (), there appears
an island of -phase at large values of the superconducting phase
difference.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Magnetic Surfaces in Stationary Axisymmetric General Relativity
In this paper a new method is derived for constructing electromagnetic
surface sources for stationary axisymmetric electrovac spacetimes endowed with
non-smooth or even discontinuous
Ernst potentials. This can be viewed as a generalization of some classical
potential theory results, since lack of continuity of the potential is related
to dipole density and lack of smoothness, to monopole density. In particular
this approach is useful for constructing the dipole source for the magnetic
field. This formalism involves solving a linear elliptic differential equation
with boundary conditions at infinity. As an example, two different models of
surface densities for the Kerr-Newman electrovac spacetime are derived.Comment: 15 page
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