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Transverse momentum broadening of heavy quark and gluon energy loss in Sakai-Sugimoto model
In this paper, we calculate the transverse momentum diffusion coefficient
kappa_T of heavy quark and gluon penetration length in the deconfinement phase
of Sakai-Sugimoto model, which is known as a holographic dual of large N_c QCD.
We find that for the heavy quark moving through the thermal plasma with a
constant velocity v<1, the transverse momentum diffusion coefficient kappa_T is
proportional to lamda*gamma^{{1/3}}*T^4/T_d, and the gluon penetration length
delta x is proportional to E^{{2/5}}. These results are different from those
calculated in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, where kappa_T is proportional to
lambda*gamma^{{1/2}}*T^3 and delta x is proportional to E^{{1/3}},
respectively. In the high energy limit, the difference between the two pairs of
results should be evident, so we expect that the future LHC experiments can
tell us which model is more closely related to the realistic strongly coupled
QCD at finite temperature.Comment: 26 pages, 6 figures, contents and references adde
Pantry: A Macro Library for Python
Python lacks a simple way to create custom syntax and constructs that goes outside of its own syntax rules. A paradigm that allows for these possibilities to exist within languages is macros. Macros allow for a shorter set of syntax to expand into a longer set of instructions at compile-time. This gives the capability to evolve the language to fit personal needs.
Pantry, implements a hygienic text-substitution macro system for Python. Pantry achieves this through the introduction of an additional preparsing step that utilizes parsing and lexing of the source code. Pantry proposes a way to simply declare a pattern to be recognized, articulate instructions that replace the pattern, and replace the pattern in the source code. This form of meta-programming allows its users to be able to more concisely write their Python code and present the language in a more natural and intuitive manner.
We validate Pantryâs utility through use cases inspired by Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) and go through five of them. These are requests from the Python community for features to be implemented into Python. Pantry fulfills these desires through the composition of macros that that performs the new feature
Oral History Interview with Pang Yang Hoong: Conceptualising SMU
This is an abridged version of the original interview. Please contact the Library at [email protected] for access to the full version of the transcript and/or audio recording.</p
Favoritism: Ethical Dilemmas Viewed Through Multiple Paradigms
Favoritism is a controversial issue in many cultural settings. Related terms include nepotism and cronyism; all three are identified with misconduct in the merit-based business world. The flip side is ethics â the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group (Merriam-Webster, 2012). According to John Dewey (1902), âEthics is the science that deals with conduct insofar as this is considered to be right or wrong, good or bad.â Since favoritism is perceived as being linked to workplace misconduct, it is necessary to use ethics in examining this issue. The current study applied four lenses of ethics identified by Shapiro and Stefkovich (2011) to help people deal with ethical challenges: justice, critique, care, and the profession. Findings have implications for criteria used to handle ethical challenges in the workplace
The Singer of Tibet: Shabkar (1781-1851), the âInescapable Nation,â and Buddhist Universalism
This paper examines the concept of âTibet (Tib. bod)â in the spiritual autobiography of the celebrated Tibetan Buddhist author, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdröl (1781â1851). I use both literal and literary modes of analysis in conjunction with Steven Grosbyâs and Lama Jabbâs definitions of ânationâ to demonstrate how Shabkar initially builds a vivid personaâ the âSinger of Tibetââthat is rooted in the Tibetan landscape, but then shifts to a different personaâ âShabkarââthat transcends Tibet altogether and embraces a sense of Buddhist universalism. Throughout the process, Shabkar evokes deities and historical figures that are fundamental to Tibetan historical, cultural, and religious memory and alludes to customs and tropes central to Tibetan culture, such as orality, song, and the bardic tradition. In addition to demonstrating the efficacy and potency of literary tropes in creating the sense of an imagined nation, this essay makes a contribution to the âWhere is Tibet?â debate by exploring how Tibetan identity is articulated in one of the great masterpieces of classical Tibetan Buddhist literature
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