New coherent states and modified heat equations

We clarify the relations between certain new coherent states for loop quantum gravity and the analytically continued heat kernel coherent states, highlighting the underlying general construction, the presence of a modified heat equation as well as the way in which the properties of the heat kernels are automatically inherited by these new states.Comment: 7 page

New transverse piezoresistance and pinch effect electromechanical transducers - A concept

Device, under longitudinal bias, responds to pressure input with a transverse voltage proportional to the pressure signal. In the absence of a signal, the transverse voltage is zero even with bias, and, regardless of temperature, if the transverse contacts are appropriately positioned along a zero-pressure equipotential

Secret Symmetries of Type IIB Superstring Theory on AdS3 x S3 x M4

We establish features of so-called Yangian secret symmetries for AdS3 type IIB superstring backgrounds thus verifying the persistence of such symmetries to this new instance of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Specifically, we find two a priori different classes of secret symmetry generators. One class of generators, anticipated from the previous literature, is more naturally embedded in the algebra governing the integrable scattering problem. The other class of generators is more elusive, and somewhat closer in its form to its higher-dimensional AdS5 counterpart. All of these symmetries respect left-right crossing. In addition, by considering the interplay between left and right representations, we gain a new perspective on the AdS5 case. We also study the RTT-realisation of the Yangian in AdS3 backgrounds thus establishing a new incarnation of the Beisert-de Leeuw construction.Comment: v2: 21 pages, clarifications added, typos fixed, published versio

Mental Health and the Relationship Between Parental Divorce and Children’s Higher Degree Acquisition

Studies between parental divorce and children’s educational attainment have been extensively observed in family research. However, few studies have attempted to examine the negative relationship of those associations with graduate level attainment. This study suggests that parental divorce is associated with diminished overall mental health (i.e., depressive symptoms) in children, and that this decrease may help explain the connection between parental divorce and lower graduate level academic attainment. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), a nationally representative sample of nearly 9,000 individuals interviewed, this study outlines hypotheses that link parental divorce, mental health, and graduate level academic success among children. The results suggest children of divorce are less likely to attain a graduate degree and are slightly more likely to have depressive symptoms than children from continuously married parents. There were no significant mediating effects regarding parental divorce and children’s higher degree acquisition. The findings imply that the negative effects of divorce may persist past the college years, but that mental health/emotional resources do not seem to help us understand the relationship between divorce and the highest levels of educational attainment

A miniature electromechanical tunnel diode transducer

Miniature electromechanical tunnel diode transduce