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Generic Relations of Flavor Mixings between Leptons and Quarks in SU(5)
We have studied implications of the generic lopsided mass matrix of the
charged leptons by taking the SU(5) GUT relation in the nearest-neighbor
interaction (NNI) basis. We have found four interesting relations among the
lepton mixings and the quark ones, which are independent of details of the
model. These relations are discussed by using the experimental data. We have
also discussed the relation between U_{e2} and U_{e3} incuding the contribution
from the neutrino mass matrix. We have presented the probable value U_{e3}=0.05
\sim 0.16, which is independent of the solar neutrino solutions. The CP
violating quantity J_{CP} is also discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, Some discussions are modified, but results are
not change
Characteristic length of an AdS/CFT superconductor
We investigate in more detail the holographic model of a superconductor
recently found by Hartnoll, Herzog, and Horowitz [Phys. Rev. Lett. 101,
031601], which is constructed from a condensate of a charged scalar field in
AdS_4-Schwarzschild background. By analytically studying the perturbation of
the gravitational system near the critical temperature T_c, we obtain the
superconducting coherence length proportional to 1/\sqrt{1-T/T_c} via AdS/CFT
correspondence. By adding a small external homogeneous magnetic field to the
system, we find that a stationary diamagnetic current proportional to the
square of the order parameter is induced by the magnetic field. These results
agree with Ginzburg-Landau theory and strongly support the idea that a
superconductor can be described by a charged scalar field on a black hole via
AdS/CFT duality.Comment: 9 pages, no figure; v2: typos corrected; v3: version to appear in
PRD, an early discussion based on convensional superconductor with dynamical
photon removed and an argument about the type of the holographic
superconductor adde
Energy-Scale Dependence of the Lepton-Flavor-Mixing Matrix
We study an energy-scale dependence of the lepton-flavor-mixing matrix in the
minimal supersymmetric standard model with the effective dimension-five
operators which give the masses of neutrinos. We analyze the renormalization
group equations of kappa_{ij}s which are coefficients of these effective
operators under the approximation to neglect the corrections of O(\kappa^2). As
a consequence, we find that all phases in do not depend on the
energy-scale, and that only n_g-1 (n_g: generation number) real independent
parameters in the lepton-flavor-mixing matrix depend on the energy-scale.Comment: 6 pages, no figur
The effect of Majorana phase in degenerate neutrinos
There are physical Majorana phases in the lepton flavor mixing matrix when
neutrinos are Majorana fermions. In the case of two degenerate neutrinos, the
physical Majorana phase plays the crucial role for the stability of the maximal
flavor mixing between the second and the third generations against quantum
corrections. The physical Majorana phase of guarantees the maximal mixing
to be stable against quantum corrections, while the Majorana phase of zero lets
the maximal mixing be spoiled by quantum corrections when neutrino masses are
of O(eV). The continuous change of the Majorana phase from to 0 makes the
maximal mixing be spoiled by quantum corrections with O(eV) degenerate neutrino
masses. On the other hand, when there is the large mass hierarchy between
neutrinos, the maximal flavor mixing is not spoiled by quantum corrections
independently of the Majorana phase.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figures, LaTe
Holdable Haptic Device for 4-DOF Motion Guidance
Hand-held haptic devices can allow for greater freedom of motion and larger
workspaces than traditional grounded haptic devices. They can also provide more
compelling haptic sensations to the users' fingertips than many wearable haptic
devices because reaction forces can be distributed over a larger area of skin
far away from the stimulation site. This paper presents a hand-held kinesthetic
gripper that provides guidance cues in four degrees of freedom (DOF). 2-DOF
tangential forces on the thumb and index finger combine to create cues to
translate or rotate the hand. We demonstrate the device's capabilities in a
three-part user study. First, users moved their hands in response to haptic
cues before receiving instruction or training. Then, they trained on cues in
eight directions in a forced-choice task. Finally, they repeated the first
part, now knowing what each cue intended to convey. Users were able to
discriminate each cue over 90% of the time. Users moved correctly in response
to the guidance cues both before and after the training and indicated that the
cues were easy to follow. The results show promise for holdable kinesthetic
devices in haptic feedback and guidance for applications such as virtual
reality, medical training, and teleoperation.Comment: Submitted to IEEE World Haptics Conference 201
Renormalization-group and numerical analysis of a noisy Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation in 1+1 dimensions
The long-wavelength properties of a noisy Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation
in 1+1 dimensions are investigated by use of the dynamic renormalization group
(RG) and direct numerical simulations. It is shown that the noisy KS equation
is in the same universality class as the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation in
the sense that they have scale invariant solutions with the same scaling
exponents in the long-wavelength limit. The RG analysis reveals that the RG
flow for the parameters of the noisy KS equation rapidly approach the KPZ fixed
point with increasing the strength of the noise. This is supplemented by the
numerical simulations of the KS equation with a stochastic noise, in which the
scaling behavior of the KPZ equation can be easily observed even in the
moderate system size and time.Comment: 12pages, 7figure
Number Density of Bright Lyman-Break Galaxies at z~6 in the Subaru Deep Field
We report on the bright Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) selected in a 767
arcmin^2 area of the Subaru Deep Field. The selection is made in the i-zR vs
zB-zR plane, where zB and zR are new bandpasses with a central wavelength of
8842A and 9841A, respectively. This set of bandpasses enables us to separate
well z~6 LBGs from foreground galaxies and Galactic cool stars. We detect 12
LBG candidates down to zR=25.4, and calculate the normalization of the
rest-frame far-ultraviolet (FUV: 1400A) luminosity function at MFUV = -21.6 to
be \phi(-21.6) = (2.6+/-0.7) x 10^{-5} mag^{-1} Mpc^{-3}. This must be the most
reliable measurement ever obtained of the number density of bright z~6 LBGs,
because it is more robust against both contamination and cosmic variance than
previous values. The FUV luminosity density contributed from LBGs brighter than
MFUV = -21.3 is (2.8+/-0.8) x 10^{24} ergs/s/Hz/Mpc^3, which is equivalent to a
star formation rate density of (3.5+/-1.0) x 10^{-4} Msun/yr/Mpc^3. Combining
our measurement with those at z<6 in the literature, we find that the FUV
luminosity density of bright galaxies increases by an order of magnitude from
z~6 to z~3 and then drops by 10^3 from z~3 to the present epoch, while the
evolution of the total luminosity density is much milder. The evolutionary
behavior of bright LBGs resembles that of luminous dusty star-forming galaxies
and bright QSOs. The redshift of z~3 appears to be a remarkable era in the
cosmic history when massive galaxies were being intensively formed.Comment: 12 pages, accepted for PASJ, a high resolution version is available
at http://hikari.astron.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~shima/z6LBGs
Pressure Tuning of an Ionic Insulator into a Heavy Electron Metal: An Infrared Study of YbS
Optical conductivity [] of YbS has been measured under
pressure up to 20 GPa. Below 8 GPa, is low since YbS is an
insulator with an energy gap between fully occupied 4 state and unoccupied
conduction () band. Above 8 GPa, however, increases
dramatically, developing a Drude component due to heavy carriers and
characteristic infrared peaks. It is shown that increasing pressure has caused
an energy overlap and hybridization between the band and 4 state, thus
driving the initially ionic and insulating YbS into a correlated metal with
heavy carriers
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