294 research outputs found
SU(2) Glueballs, diquarks and mesons in dense matter
We present preliminary results from a high statistics study of 2-color QCD at
low temperature and non-zero baryon density. The simulations are carried out on
a 6^3*12 lattice and use a standard hybrid molecular dynamics algorithm for
staggered fermions for two values of quark mass. Observables include glueball
correlators evaluated via a multi-step smearing procedure as well as scalar and
vector mesons and diquarks.Comment: Poster presented at Lattice 2003 (Non zero temperature and density),
3 pages, 4 figure
Glueballs and mesons in the superfluid phase of two-color QCD
QCD with two colors undergoes a transition to a superfluid phase with diquark
condensate when the quark chemical potential equals half the pion mass. We
investigate the gluonic aspects of the transition by inspecting the behavior of
the glueball correlators evaluated via a multi-step smearing procedure for
several values of chemical potential ranging between zero and the saturation
threshold. The results are based on an analysis of 0++ glueball correlators, on
a sample of 40000 independent configurations on each parameter set. The
amplitudes of the correlators peak for \mu = m_\pi/2,indicating that the
superfluid phase transition affects the gluonic sector as well. The mass of the
fundamental state decreases in the superfluid phase, and the amplitude of the
propagators drops, suggesting a reduction of the gluon condensate, in agreement
with model calculations. The analysis of the smearing dependence of the results
helps disentangling the role of long and short distance phenomena at the
superfluid transition.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, talk presented at the XXV International Symposium
on Lattice Field Theory, July 30 - August 4, 2007, Regensburg,German
On the Definition of Gauge Field Operators in Lattice Gauge-Fixed Theories
We address the problem of defining the gauge four-potential on the lattice,
in terms of the natural link variables. Different regularized definitions are
shown, through non perturbative numerical computation, to converge towards the
same continuum renormalized limit.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX2e/LaTeX209, 3 eps figure
Lattice Gauge Fixing for Parameter Dependent Covariant Gauges
We propose a non-perturbative procedure to fix generic covariant gauges on
the lattice. Varying the gauge parameter, this gauge fixing provides a concrete
method to check numerically the gauge dependence of correlators measured on the
lattice. The new algorithm turns out to converge with a good efficiency. As a
preliminary physical result, we find a sensitive dependence of the gluon
propagator on the gauge parameter.Comment: 10 pages (LaTeX2e), 5 eps figure
Type II muscle fibers atrophy associated with silent corticotroph adenoma in a dog.
The Silent Corticotroph Adenoma (SCA) is a pituitary adenoma variant characterized by the immunoreactivity for adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and related peptides, without the clinical signs of Cushing's disease. SCA has been postulated to either secrete structurally abnormal ACTH that is inactive but detectable by immunohistochemistry or radioimmunoassay, or to secrete ACTH intermittently or at low levels continuously. Excess of ACTH has been associated to type II muscle atrophy. We describe a case of type II muscle fibers atrophy associated with silent corticotroph adenoma in a dog. The dog showed moderate to severe proximal muscle wasting and weakness with normal levels of muscle-associated enzymes. In the limb muscle biopsies, type II fibers were uniformly smaller than type I fibers. In temporalis muscles, there were few atrophic fibers, and several irregular areas of loss of enzymatic activity observed in NADH, SDH and COX stains. The tumour showed a trabecular growth pattern and immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated the presence of cytoplasmic immunoreactivity for ACTH. The muscle atrophy was considered to be related to an excess of inactive ACTH. Studying spontaneous occurring rare diseases in animals could help to understand the mechanism of similar diseases in human has well
Youth as Actors of Change? The Cases of Morocco and Tunisia
In the last decades, ‘youth’ has increasingly become a fashionable category in academic and development literature and a key development (or security) priority. However, beyond its biological attributes, youth is a socially constructed category and also one that tends to be featured in times of drastic social change. As the history of the category shows in both Morocco and Tunisia, youth can represent the wished-for model of future citizenry and a symbol of renovation, or its ‘not-yet-adult’ status which still requires guidance and protection can be used as a justification for increased social control and repression of broader social mobilisation. Furthermore, when used as a homogeneous and undifferentiated category, the reference to youth can divert attention away from other social divides such as class in highly unequal societies
Crashworthiness of a composite bladder fuel tank for a tilt rotor aircraft
The fulfilment of the crash is a demanding requirement for a Tiltrotor. Indeed, such a kind of aircraft, being a hybrid between an airplane and a helicopter, inherits the requirements mainly from helicopters (EASA CS 29) due to its hovering ability. In particular, the fuel storage system must be designed in such a manner that it is crash resistant, under prescribed airworthiness requirements, in order to avoid the fuel leakage during such an event, preventing fire and, thus, increasing the survival chances of the crew and the passengers. The present work deals with the evaluation of crashworthiness of the fuel storage system of a Tiltrotor (bladder tank), and, in particular, it aims at describing the adopted numerical approach and some specific results. Crash resistance requirements are considered from the earliest design stages, and for this reason they are mainly addressed from a numerical point of view and by simulations that treat both single components and small/medium size assemblies. The developed numerical models include all the main parts needed for simulating the structural behavior of the investigated wing section: the tank, the structural components of the wing, the fuel sub-systems (fuel lines, probes, etc.) and the fuel itself. During the crash event there are several parts inside the tanks that can come into contact with the tank structure; therefore, it is necessary to evaluate which of these parts can be a damage source for the tank itself and could generate fuel loss. The SPH approach has been adopted to discretise fuel and to estimate the interaction forces with respect to the tank structure. Experimental data were used to calibrate the fuel tank and foam material models and to define the acceleration time-history to be applied. Thanks to the optimized foam’s configuration, the amount of dissipated impact energy is remarkable, and the evaluation of tanks/fuel system stress distribution allows estimating any undesired failure due to a survivable crash event
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