313 research outputs found
A General Relativistic Rotating Evolutionary Universe
We show that when we work with coordinate cosmic time, which is not proper
time, Robertson-Walker's metric, includes a possible rotational state of the
Universe. An exact formula for the angular speed and the temporal metric
coefficient, is found.Comment: 5 pages including front cover. Publishe
The Pioneer Anomaly and a Machian Universe
We discuss astronomical and astrophysical evidence, which we relate to the
principle of zero-total energy of the Universe, that imply several relations
among the mass M, the radius R and the angular momentum L of a "large" sphere
representing a Machian Universe. By calculating the angular speed, we find a
peculiar centripetal acceleration for the Universe. This is an ubiquituous
property that relates one observer to any observable. It turns out that this is
exactly the anomalous acceleration observed on the Pioneers spaceships. We have
thus, shown that this anomaly is to be considered a property of the Machian
Universe. We discuss several possible arguments against our proposal.Comment: 6 pages including front page. Publishe
The openness conjecture and complex Brunn-Minkowski inequalities
We discuss recent versions of the Brunn-Minkowski inequality in the complex
setting, and use it to prove the openness conjecture of Demailly and Koll\'ar.Comment: This is an account of the results in arXiv:1305.5781 together with
some background material. It is based on a lecture given at the Abel
symposium in Trondheim, June 2013. 13 page
Wavelets techniques for pointwise anti-Holderian irregularity
In this paper, we introduce a notion of weak pointwise Holder regularity,
starting from the de nition of the pointwise anti-Holder irregularity. Using
this concept, a weak spectrum of singularities can be de ned as for the usual
pointwise Holder regularity. We build a class of wavelet series satisfying the
multifractal formalism and thus show the optimality of the upper bound. We also
show that the weak spectrum of singularities is disconnected from the casual
one (denoted here strong spectrum of singularities) by exhibiting a
multifractal function made of Davenport series whose weak spectrum di ers from
the strong one
Mid-crustal deformation of the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal: An atypical example of channel flow during the Himalayan orogeny
The channel-flow model for the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) of the Himalayan orogen involves a partially molten, rheologically weak, mid-crustal layer “flowing” southward relative to the upper and lower crust during late Oligocene–Miocene. Flow was driven by topographic overburden, underthrusting, and focused erosion. We present new structural and thermobarometric analyses from the GHS in the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal; these data suggest that during exhumation, the GHS cooled, strengthened, and transformed from a weak “active channel” to a strong “channel plug” at greater depths than elsewhere in the Himalaya. After strengthening, continued convergence resulted in localized top-southwest (top-SW) shortening on the South Tibetan detachment system (STDS). The GHS in the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya displays several geological features that distinguish it from other Himalayan regions. These include reduced volumes of leucogranite and migmatite, no evidence for partial melting within the sillimanite stability field, reduced structural thickness, and late-stage top-southwest shortening in the STDS. New and previously published structural and thermobarometric constraints suggest that the channel-flow model can be applied to mid-Eocene–early Miocene mid-crustal evolution of the GHS in the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya. However, pressure-temperature-time (PTt) constraints indicate that following peak conditions, the GHS in this region did not undergo rapid isothermal exhumation and widespread sillimanite-grade decompression melting, as commonly recorded elsewhere in the Himalaya. Instead, lower-than-typical structural thickness and melt volumes suggest that the upper part of the GHS (Upper Greater Himalayan Sequence [UGHS]—the proposed channel) had a greater viscosity than in other Himalayan regions. We suggest that viscosity-limited, subdued channel flow prevented exhumation on an isothermal trajectory and forced the UGHS to exhume slowly. These findings are distinct from other regions in the Himalaya. As such, we describe the mid-crustal evolution of the GHS in the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya as an atypical example of channel flow during the Himalayan orogeny
Atom focusing by far-detuned and resonant standing wave fields: Thin lens regime
The focusing of atoms interacting with both far-detuned and resonant standing
wave fields in the thin lens regime is considered. The thin lens approximation
is discussed quantitatively from a quantum perspective. Exact quantum
expressions for the Fourier components of the density (that include all
spherical aberration) are used to study the focusing numerically. The following
lens parameters and density profiles are calculated as functions of the pulsed
field area : the position of the focal plane, peak atomic density,
atomic density pattern at the focus, focal spot size, depth of focus, and
background density. The lens parameters are compared to asymptotic, analytical
results derived from a scalar diffraction theory for which spherical aberration
is small but non-negligible (). Within the diffraction theory
analytical expressions show that the focused atoms in the far detuned case have
an approximately constant background density
while the peak density behaves as , the focal distance or
time as , the focal spot size as
, and the depth of focus as .
Focusing by the resonant standing wave field leads to a new effect, a Rabi-
like oscillation of the atom density. For the far-detuned lens, chromatic
aberration is studied with the exact Fourier results. Similarly, the
degradation of the focus that results from angular divergence in beams or
thermal velocity distributions in traps is studied quantitatively with the
exact Fourier method and understood analytically using the asymptotic results.
Overall, we show that strong thin lens focusing is possible with modest laser
powers and with currently achievable atomic beam characteristics.Comment: 21 pages, 11 figure
Equidistribution of zeros of holomorphic sections in the non compact setting
We consider N-tensor powers of a positive Hermitian line bundle L over a
non-compact complex manifold X. In the compact case, B. Shiffman and S.
Zelditch proved that the zeros of random sections become asymptotically
uniformly distributed with respect to the natural measure coming from the
curvature of L, as N tends to infinity. Under certain boundedness assumptions
on the curvature of the canonical line bundle of X and on the Chern form of L
we prove a non-compact version of this result. We give various applications,
including the limiting distribution of zeros of cusp forms with respect to the
principal congruence subgroups of SL2(Z) and to the hyperbolic measure, the
higher dimensional case of arithmetic quotients and the case of orthogonal
polynomials with weights at infinity. We also give estimates for the speed of
convergence of the currents of integration on the zero-divisors.Comment: 25 pages; v.2 is a final update to agree with the published pape
Phonon thermal conductivity in doped : Relevant scattering mechanisms
Results of in-plane and out-of-plane thermal conductivity measurements on
() single crystals are
presented. The most characteristic features of the temperature dependence are a
pronounced phonon peak at low temperatures and a steplike anomaly at ,
i.e., at the transition to the low temperature tetragonal phase (LTT-phase),
which gradually decrease with increasing Sr-content. Comparison of these
findings with the thermal conductivity of and clearly reveals that in the most effective
mechanism for phonon scattering is impurity-scattering (dopants), as well as
scattering by soft phonons that are associated with the lattice instability in
the low temperature orthorhombic phase (LTO-phase). There is no evidence that
stripe correlations play a major role in suppressing the phonon peak in the
thermal conductivity of .Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Observation of exclusive DVCS in polarized electron beam asymmetry measurements
We report the first results of the beam spin asymmetry measured in the
reaction e + p -> e + p + gamma at a beam energy of 4.25 GeV. A large asymmetry
with a sin(phi) modulation is observed, as predicted for the interference term
of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and the Bethe-Heitler process. The
amplitude of this modulation is alpha = 0.202 +/- 0.028. In leading-order and
leading-twist pQCD, the alpha is directly proportional to the imaginary part of
the DVCS amplitude.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
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