803 research outputs found
Determination of the high-twist contribution to the structure function
We extract the high-twist contribution to the neutrino-nucleon structure
function from the analysis of the data collected by
the IHEP-JINR Neutrino Detector in the runs with the focused neutrino beams at
the IHEP 70 GeV proton synchrotron. The analysis is performed within the
infrared renormalon (IRR) model of high twists in order to extract the
normalization parameter of the model. From the NLO QCD fit to our data we
obtained the value of the IRR model normalization parameter
. We
also obtained from a similar fit to the CCFR data. The average of both results is
.Comment: preprint IHEP-01-18, 7 pages, LATEX, 1 figure (EPS
A Note on Conserved Charges of Asymptotically Flat and Anti-de Sitter Spaces in Arbitrary Dimensions
The calculation of conserved charges of black holes is a rich problem, for
which many methods are known. Until recently, there was some controversy on the
proper definition of conserved charges in asymptotically anti-de Sitter (AdS)
spaces in arbitrary dimensions. This paper provides a systematic and explicit
Hamiltonian derivation of the energy and the angular momenta of both
asymptotically flat and asymptotically AdS spacetimes in any dimension D bigger
or equal to 4. This requires as a first step a precise determination of the
asymptotic conditions of the metric and of its conjugate momentum. These
conditions happen to be achieved in ellipsoidal coordinates adapted to the
rotating solutions.The asymptotic symmetry algebra is found to be isomorphic
either to the Poincare algebra or to the so(D-1, 2) algebra, as expected. In
the asymptotically flat case, the boundary conditions involve a generalization
of the parity conditions, introduced by Regge and Teitelboim, which are
necessary to make the angular momenta finite. The charges are explicitly
computed for Kerr and Kerr-AdS black holes for arbitrary D and they are shown
to be in agreement with thermodynamical arguments.Comment: 27 pages; v2 : references added, minor corrections; v3 : replaced to
match published version forthcoming in General Relativity and Gravitatio
A dual-target herbicidal inhibitor of lysine biosynthesis
Herbicides with novel modes of action are urgently needed to safeguard global agricultural industries against the damaging effects of herbicide-resistant weeds. We recently developed the first herbicidal inhibitors of lysine biosynthesis, which provided proof-of- concept for a promising novel herbicide target. In this study, we expanded upon our understanding of the mode of action of herbicidal lysine biosynthesis inhibitors. We previously postulated that these inhibitors may act as proherbicides. Here, we show this is not the case. We report an additional mode of action of these inhibitors, through their inhibition of a second lysine biosynthesis enzyme, and investigate the molecular determinants of inhibition. Furthermore, we extend our herbicidal activity analyses to include a weed species of global significance.Emily RR Mackie, Andrew S Barrow, Rebecca M Christoff, Belinda M Abbott, Anthony R Gendall, Tatiana P Soares da Cost
Double parton scatterings in b-quark pairs production at the LHC
A sizable rate of events where two pairs of b-quarks are produced
contemporarily is foreseen at the CERN LHC, as a consequence of the large
parton luminosity. At very high energies both single and the double parton
scatterings contribute to the process, the latter mechanisms, although power
suppressed, giving the dominant contribution to the integrated cross section.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figure
Gauss-Bonnet Black Holes in dS Spaces
We study the thermodynamic properties associated with black hole horizon and
cosmological horizon for the Gauss-Bonnet solution in de Sitter space. When the
Gauss-Bonnet coefficient is positive, a locally stable small black hole appears
in the case of spacetime dimension , the stable small black hole
disappears and the Gauss-Bonnet black hole is always unstable quantum
mechanically when . On the other hand, the cosmological horizon is
found always locally stable independent of the spacetime dimension. But the
solution is not globally preferred, instead the pure de Sitter space is
globally preferred. When the Gauss-Bonnet coefficient is negative, there is a
constraint on the value of the coefficient, beyond which the gravity theory is
not well defined. As a result, there is not only an upper bound on the size of
black hole horizon radius at which the black hole horizon and cosmological
horizon coincide with each other, but also a lower bound depending on the
Gauss-Bonnet coefficient and spacetime dimension. Within the physical phase
space, the black hole horizon is always thermodynamically unstable and the
cosmological horizon is always stable, further, as the case of the positive
coefficient, the pure de Sitter space is still globally preferred. This result
is consistent with the argument that the pure de Sitter space corresponds to an
UV fixed point of dual field theory.Comment: Rextex, 17 pages including 8 eps figures, v2: minor changes, to
appear in PRD, v3: references adde
Inflation with a constant ratio of scalar and tensor perturbation amplitudes
The single scalar field inflationary models that lead to scalar and tensor
perturbation spectra with amplitudes varying in direct proportion to one
another are reconstructed by solving the Stewart-Lyth inverse problem to
next-to-leading order in the slow-roll approximation.
The potentials asymptote at high energies to an exponential form,
corresponding to power law inflation, but diverge from this model at low
energies, indicating that power law inflation is a repellor in this case. This
feature implies that a fine-tuning of initial conditions is required if such
models are to reproduce the observations. The required initial conditions might
be set through the eternal inflation mechanism.
If this is the case, it will imply that the spectral indices must be nearly
constant, making the underlying model observationally indistinguishable from
power law inflation.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures. Major changes to the Introduction following
referee's comments. One figure added. Some other minor changes. No conclusion
was modifie
Multimodal multi-center analysis of electroconvulsive therapy effects in depression: Brainwide gray matter increase without functional changes
Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for severe depression and induces gray matter (GM) increases in the brain. Small-scale studies suggest that ECT also leads to changes in brain functioning, but findings are inconsistent. In this study, we investigated the influence of ECT on changes in both brain structure and function and their relation to clinical improvement using multicenter neuroimaging data from the Global ECT-MRI Research Collaboration (GEMRIC).
Methods: We analyzed T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional resting-state MRI data of 88 individuals (49 male) with depressive episodes before and within one week after ECT. We performed voxel-based morphometry on the structural data and calculated fractional amplitudes of low-frequency fluctuations, regional homogeneity, degree centrality, functional connectomics, and hippocampus connectivity for the functional data in both unimodal and multimodal analyses. Longitudinal effects in the ECT group were compared to repeated measures of healthy controls (n = 27).
Results: Wide-spread increases in GM volume were found in patients following ECT. In contrast, no changes in any of the functional measures were observed, and there were no significant differences in structural or functional changes between ECT responders and non-responders. Multimodal analysis revealed that volume increases in the striatum, supplementary motor area and fusiform gyrus were associated with local changes in brain function.
Conclusion: These results confirm wide-spread increases in GM volume, but suggest that this is not accompanied by functional changes or associated with clinical response. Instead, focal changes in brain function appear related to individual differences in brain volume increases.publishedVersio
Surface Terms as Counterterms in the AdS/CFT Correspondence
We examine the recently proposed technique of adding boundary counterterms to
the gravitational action for spacetimes which are locally asymptotic to anti-de
Sitter. In particular, we explicitly identify higher order counterterms, which
allow us to consider spacetimes of dimensions d<=7. As the counterterms
eliminate the need of ``background subtraction'' in calculating the action, we
apply this technique to study examples where the appropriate background was
ambiguous or unknown: topological black holes, Taub-NUT-AdS and Taub-Bolt-AdS.
We also identify certain cases where the covariant counterterms fail to render
the action finite, and we comment on the dual field theory interpretation of
this result. In some examples, the case of vanishing cosmological constant may
be recovered in a limit, which allows us to check results and resolve
ambiguities in certain asymptotically flat spacetime computations in the
literature.Comment: Revtex, 18 pages. References updated and few typo's fixed. Final
versio
Charged AdS Black Holes and Catastrophic Holography
We compute the properties of a class of charged black holes in anti-de Sitter
space-time, in diverse dimensions. These black holes are solutions of
consistent Einstein-Maxwell truncations of gauged supergravities, which are
shown to arise from the inclusion of rotation in the transverse space. We
uncover rich thermodynamic phase structures for these systems, which display
classic critical phenomena, including structures isomorphic to the van der
Waals-Maxwell liquid-gas system. In that case, the phases are controlled by the
universal `cusp' and `swallowtail' shapes familiar from catastrophe theory. All
of the thermodynamics is consistent with field theory interpretations via
holography, where the dual field theories can sometimes be found on the world
volumes of coincident rotating branes.Comment: 19 pages, revtex, psfig, 6 multicomponent figures, typos, references
and a few remarks have been repaired, and adde
Black Holes from Cosmic Rays: Probes of Extra Dimensions and New Limits on TeV-Scale Gravity
If extra spacetime dimensions and low-scale gravity exist, black holes will
be produced in observable collisions of elementary particles. For the next
several years, ultra-high energy cosmic rays provide the most promising window
on this phenomenon. In particular, cosmic neutrinos can produce black holes
deep in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to quasi-horizontal giant air showers.
We determine the sensitivity of cosmic ray detectors to black hole production
and compare the results to other probes of extra dimensions. With n \ge 4 extra
dimensions, current bounds on deeply penetrating showers from AGASA already
provide the most stringent bound on low-scale gravity, requiring a fundamental
Planck scale M_D > 1.3 - 1.8 TeV. The Auger Observatory will probe M_D as large
as 4 TeV and may observe on the order of a hundred black holes in 5 years. We
also consider the implications of angular momentum and possible exponentially
suppressed parton cross sections; including these effects, large black hole
rates are still possible. Finally, we demonstrate that even if only a few black
hole events are observed, a standard model interpretation may be excluded by
comparison with Earth-skimming neutrino rates.Comment: 30 pages, 18 figures; v2: discussion of gravitational infall, AGASA
and Fly's Eye comparison added; v3: Earth-skimming results modified and
strengthened, published versio
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