221 research outputs found
Thermodynamics and evaporation of the noncommutative black hole
We investigate the thermodynamics of the noncommutative black hole whose
static picture is similar to that of the nonsingular black hole known as the de
Sitter-Schwarzschild black hole. It turns out that the final remnant of
extremal black hole is a thermodynamically stable object. We describe the
evaporation process of this black hole by using the noncommutativity-corrected
Vaidya metric. It is found that there exists a close relationship between
thermodynamic approach and evaporation process.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures, added references, to appear in JHE
Regular black hole in three dimensions
We find a new black hole in three dimensional anti-de Sitter space by
introducing an anisotropic perfect fluid inspired by the noncommutative black
hole. This is a regular black hole with two horizons. We compare thermodynamics
of this black hole with that of non-rotating BTZ black hole. The first-law of
thermodynamics is not compatible with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.Comment: 15 pages, 16 figures, 3D noncommutative black hole included as Sec 4,
a version to appear in EPJ
Applicability of Bio-wipes for the collection of human faecal specimens for detection and characterisation of enteric viruses
OBJECTIVE : To determine whether gastroenteritis viruses and other enteric viruses could be detected in faecal specimens
collected with Bio-wipes.
METHODS : Faecal specimens, self-collected with Bio-wipes, from 190 individuals (94 diarrhoeal, 93 non-diarrhoeal, 3
unknown) were screened for eight human enteric viruses (enterovirus, hepatitis A virus, adenovirus, astrovirus, norovirus
GI and GII, sapovirus and rotavirus) by real-time (reverse transcription)-polymerase chain reaction. Rotaviruses and
noroviruses from positive specimens were genotyped. results At least one enteric virus could be detected in 82.6%
(157/190) of faecal specimens. Mixed infections of up to four different viruses could be detected in both diarrhoeal and
non-diarrhoeal specimens. Enteroviruses were detected most frequently (63.7%), followed by adenoviruses (48.4%) and
noroviruses (32.2%). Genotyping was successful for 78.6% of rotaviruses and 44.8% of noroviruses.
CONCLUSIONS : Bio-wipes provide a user friendly, easier method for stool collection that facilitates enteric virus
detection and genetic characterisation.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3156hb201
Quantum Radiation from a 5-Dimensional Rotating Black Hole
We study a massless scalar field propagating in the background of a
five-dimensional rotating black hole. We showed that in the Myers-Perry metric
describing such a black hole the massless field equation allows the separation
of variables. The obtained angular equation is a generalization of the equation
for spheroidal functions. The radial equation is similar to the radial
Teukolsky equation for the 4-dimensional Kerr metric. We use these results to
quantize the massless scalar field in the space-time of the 5-dimensional
rotating black hole and to derive expressions for energy and angular momentum
fluxes from such a black hole.Comment: references added, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Cosmological evolution of interacting dark energy in Lorentz violation
The cosmological evolution of an interacting scalar field model in which the
scalar field interacts with dark matter, radiation, and baryon via Lorentz
violation is investigated. We propose a model of interaction through the
effective coupling . Using dynamical system analysis, we study the
linear dynamics of an interacting model and show that the dynamics of critical
points are completely controlled by two parameters. Some results can be
mentioned as follows. Firstly, the sequence of radiation, the dark matter, and
the scalar field dark energy exist and baryons are sub dominant. Secondly, the
model also allows the possibility of having a universe in the phantom phase
with constant potential. Thirdly, the effective gravitational constant varies
with respect to time through . In particular, we consider a simple
case where has a quadratic form and has a good agreement with the
modified CDM and quintessence models. Finally, we also calculate the
first post--Newtonian parameters for our model.Comment: 14 pages, published versio
Black Hole Chromosphere at the LHC
If the scale of quantum gravity is near a TeV, black holes will be copiously
produced at the LHC. In this work we study the main properties of the light
descendants of these black holes. We show that the emitted partons are closely
spaced outside the horizon, and hence they do not fragment into hadrons in
vacuum but more likely into a kind of quark-gluon plasma. Consequently, the
thermal emission occurs far from the horizon, at a temperature characteristic
of the QCD scale. We analyze the energy spectrum of the particles emerging from
the "chromosphere", and find that the hard hadronic jets are almost entirely
suppressed. They are replaced by an isotropic distribution of soft photons and
hadrons, with hundreds of particles in the GeV range. This provides a new
distinctive signature for black hole events at LHC.Comment: Incorporates changes made for the version to be published in Phys.
Rev. D. Additional details provided on the effect of the chromosphere in
cosmic ray shower
Single Spin Asymmetry in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at GeV
We report a high precision measurement of the transverse single spin
asymmetry at the center of mass energy GeV in elastic
proton-proton scattering by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The was measured
in the four-momentum transfer squared range \GeVcSq, the region of a significant interference between the
electromagnetic and hadronic scattering amplitudes. The measured values of
and its -dependence are consistent with a vanishing hadronic spin-flip
amplitude, thus providing strong constraints on the ratio of the single
spin-flip to the non-flip amplitudes. Since the hadronic amplitude is dominated
by the Pomeron amplitude at this , we conclude that this measurement
addresses the question about the presence of a hadronic spin flip due to the
Pomeron exchange in polarized proton-proton elastic scattering.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive neutral pion production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV
We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A_LL and
the differential cross section for inclusive Pi0 production at midrapidity in
polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV. The cross section was
measured over a transverse momentum range of 1 < p_T < 17 GeV/c and found to be
in good agreement with a next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculation.
The longitudinal double-spin asymmetry was measured in the range of 3.7 < p_T <
11 GeV/c and excludes a maximal positive gluon polarization in the proton. The
mean transverse momentum fraction of Pi0's in their parent jets was found to be
around 0.7 for electromagnetically triggered events.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (RC
High non-photonic electron production in + collisions at = 200 GeV
We present the measurement of non-photonic electron production at high
transverse momentum ( 2.5 GeV/) in + collisions at
= 200 GeV using data recorded during 2005 and 2008 by the STAR
experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The measured
cross-sections from the two runs are consistent with each other despite a large
difference in photonic background levels due to different detector
configurations. We compare the measured non-photonic electron cross-sections
with previously published RHIC data and pQCD calculations. Using the relative
contributions of B and D mesons to non-photonic electrons, we determine the
integrated cross sections of electrons () at 3 GeV/10 GeV/ from bottom and charm meson decays to be = 4.0({\rm
stat.})({\rm syst.}) nb and =
6.2({\rm stat.})({\rm syst.}) nb, respectively.Comment: 17 pages, 17 figure
Evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function with centrality in Au+Au collisions at GeV
We present first measurements of the evolution of the differential transverse
momentum correlation function, {\it C}, with collision centrality in Au+Au
interactions at GeV. {\it C} exhibits a strong dependence
on collision centrality that is qualitatively similar to that of number
correlations previously reported. We use the observed longitudinal broadening
of the near-side peak of {\it C} with increasing centrality to estimate the
ratio of the shear viscosity to entropy density, , of the matter formed
in central Au+Au interactions. We obtain an upper limit estimate of
that suggests that the produced medium has a small viscosity per unit entropy.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, STAR paper published in Phys. Lett.
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