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Dynamical Evolution of a Cylindrical Shell with Rotational Pressure
We prepare a general framework for analyzing the dynamics of a cylindrical
shell in the spacetime with cylindrical symmetry. Based on the framework, we
investigate a particular model of a cylindrical shell-collapse with rotational
pressure, accompanying the radiation of gravitational waves and massless
particles. The model has been introduced previously but has been awaiting for
proper analysis. Here the analysis is put forward: It is proved that, as far as
the weak energy condition is satisfied outside the shell, the collapsing shell
bounces back at some point irrespective of the initial conditions, and escapes
from the singularity formation.
The behavior after the bounce depends on the sign of the shell pressure in
the z-direction. When the pressure is non-negative, the shell continues to
expand without re-contraction. On the other hand, when the pressure is negative
(i.e. it has a tension), the behavior after the bounce can be more complicated
depending on the details of the model. However, even in this case, the shell
never reaches the zero-radius configuration.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev.
Orbital multicriticality in spin gapped quasi-1D antiferromagnets
Motivated by the quasi-1D antiferromagnet CaVO, we explore
spin-orbital systems in which the spin modes are gapped but orbitals are near a
macroscopically degenerate classical transition. Within a simplified model we
show that gapless orbital liquid phases possessing power-law correlations may
occur without the strict condition of a continuous orbital symmetry. For the
model proposed for CaVO, we find that an orbital phase with coexisting
order parameters emerges from a multicritical point. The effective orbital
model consists of zigzag-coupled transverse field Ising chains. The
corresponding global phase diagram is constructed using field theory methods
and analyzed near the multicritical point with the aid of an exact solution of
a zigzag XXZ model.Comment: 9 page
A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems
Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance food and nutrition security. However, research suggests that the benefits and value of indigenous foods within the South African and the African context have not been fully understood and synthesized. Their potential value to the African food system could be enhanced if their benefits were explored more comprehensively. This synthesis presents a literature review relating to underutilized indigenous crop species and foods in Africa. It organizes the findings into four main contributions, nutritional, environmental, economic, and social-cultural, in line with key themes of a sustainable food system framework. It also goes on to unpack the benefits and challenges associated with ITFCs under these themes. A major obstacle is that people are not valuing indigenous foods and the potential benefit that can be derived from using them is thus neglected. Furthermore, knowledge is being lost from one generation to the next, with potentially dire implications for long-term sustainable food security. The results show the need to recognize and enable indigenous foods as a key resource in ensuring healthy food systems in the African continent
Bringing Together Gravity and the Quanta
Due to its underlying gauge structure, teleparallel gravity achieves a
separation between inertial and gravitational effects. It can, in consequence,
describe the isolated gravitational interaction without resorting to the
equivalence principle, and is able to provide a tensorial definition for the
energy-momentum density of the gravitational field. Considering the conceptual
conflict between the local equivalence principle and the nonlocal uncertainty
principle, the replacement of general relativity by its teleparallel equivalent
can be considered an important step towards a prospective reconciliation
between gravitation and quantum mechanics.Comment: 9 pages. Contribution to the proceedings of the Albert Einstein
Century International Conference, Paris, 18-22 July, 200
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