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Gravitational Lorentz Violation and Superluminality via AdS/CFT Duality
A weak quantum mechanical coupling is constructed permitting superluminal
communication within a preferred region of a gravitating AdS_5 spacetime. This
is achieved by adding a spatially non-local perturbation of a special kind to
the Hamiltonian of a four-dimensional conformal field theory with a
weakly-coupled AdS dual, such as maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. In
particular, two issues are given careful treatment: (1) the UV-completeness of
our deformed CFT, guaranteeing the existence of a ``deformed string theory''
AdS dual, and (2) the demonstration that superluminal effects can take place in
AdS, both on its boundary as well as in the bulk. Exotic Lorentz-violating
properties such as these may have implications for tests of General Relativity,
addressing the cosmological constant problem, or probing "behind'' horizons.
Our construction may give insight into the interpretation of wormhole solutions
in Euclidean AdS gravity.Comment: 23 pages LaTex. Typo in Eq. (37) corrected. References adde
The role of communication apprehension and self stigma of academic help-seeking in native and non-native English speakers: evidence from UK university students
Although communication apprehension (CA) has long been reported to hinder communication skills and academic attainment, its cumulative impact on self-stigma of academic help-seeking in a global education market has nevertheless been overlooked. The present study examined the relationship between CA and self-stigma of academic help-seeking among British university students who acquired English at different stages in their lives and its impact on achievement. Data were collected from 150 students who completed the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) and the self-stigma of academic help-seeking scale together with a demographic questionnaire. Overall, the findings showed a significant relationship between CA and self-stigma of academic help-seeking while age of English acquisition, residency status and level of study were also found to have a significant effect on the level of CA. The implications of the results are discussed within the higher education provision, pedagogy and psychological frameworks
Continuous vortex pumping into a spinor condensate with magnetic fields
We study the mechanisms and the limits of pumping vorticity into a spinor
condensate through manipulations of magnetic (B-) fields. We discover a
fundamental connection between the geometrical properties of the magnetic
fields and the quantized circulation of magnetically trapped atoms, a result
which generalizes several recent experimental and theoretical studies. The
optimal procedures are devised that are capable of continuously increasing or
decreasing a condensate's vorticity by repeating certain two step B-field
manipulation protocols. We carry out detailed numerical simulations that
support the claim that our protocols are highly efficient, stable, and robust
against small imperfections of all types. Our protocols can be implemented
experimentally within current technologies.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Quantum and Classical Dynamics of a BEC in a Large-Period Optical Lattice
We experimentally investigate diffraction of a Rb-87 Bose-Einstein condensate
from a 1D optical lattice. We use a range of lattice periods and timescales,
including those beyond the Raman-Nath limit. We compare the results to quantum
mechanical and classical simulations, with quantitative and qualitative
agreement, respectively. The classical simulation predicts that the envelope of
the time-evolving diffraction pattern is shaped by caustics: singularities in
the phase space density of classical trajectories. This behavior becomes
increasingly clear as the lattice period grows.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
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