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Symplectic Reduction and Symmetry Algebra in Boundary Chern-Simons theory
We derive the Kac-Moody algebra and Virasoro algebra in Chern-Simons theory
with boundary by using the symplectic reduction method and the Noether
procedures.Comment: References are adde
Role of Exclusive Breastfeeding and S-iga Antibodies Antirotavirus Breast Milk Towards Risk of Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea in Infants Age of 1-6 Months: Do They Corelate to Breastfeeding "Daily Dose" and Antibody Titers?
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces the incidence of diarrhea, especially in children who live in densely populated neighborhood. This study aims to determine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and breast milk contains antirotavirus s-IgA antibodies towards risk of acute rotavirus diarrhea in infants aged of 1-6 months. Case-control study design is applied to determine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and breast milk contains s-IgA antibodies antirotavirus with risk of acute rotavirus diarrhea. Cases in this study were patients with acute rotavirus diarrhea and controls were patients without acute rotavirus diarrhea. Cases and controls were matched based on age. There were 23 cases and 69 controls. The proportion who received exclusive breastfeeding was 34.8% in cases and 34.4% in controls, with OR of 1.21 (95% CI: 0.45 to 3.28) and p = 0.28. Breast milk contains sIgA antibodies antirotavirus for case was 17.39% and controls was 23.2%, OR was 1.12 (95% CI: 0.29 to 4.29), p = 0.203. In conclusion, exclusive breastfeeding and breast milk contains sIgA antibodies antirotavirus were not associated with risk of acute rotavirus diarrhea in infants 1-6 months. This may be caused by differences in population and demographic studies as well as low of milk sIgA antibody antirotavirus titters. Further research of breastfeeding regardless of antirotavirus containing high antibody titters sIgA is needed
Fundamental Limits to Coherent Photon Generation with Solid-State Atomlike Transitions
Coherent generation of indistinguishable single photons is crucial for many
quantum communication and processing protocols. Solid-state realizations of
two-level atomic transitions or three-level spin- systems offer
significant advantages over their atomic counterparts for this purpose, albeit
decoherence can arise due to environmental couplings. One popular approach to
mitigate dephasing is to operate in the weak excitation limit, where excited
state population is minimal and coherently scattered photons dominate over
incoherent emission. Here we probe the coherence of photons produced using
two-level and spin- solid-state systems. We observe that the coupling
of the atomic-like transitions to the vibronic transitions of the crystal
lattice is independent of driving strength and detuning. We apply a polaron
master equation to capture the non-Markovian dynamics of the ground state
vibrational manifolds. These results provide insight into the fundamental
limitations for photon coherence from solid-state quantum emitters, with the
consequence that deterministic single-shot quantum protocols are impossible and
inherently probabilistic approaches must be embraced.Comment: 16 pages [with supplementary information], 8 figure
Observation of Competing Order in a High- Superconductor with Femtosecond Optical Pulses
We present studies of the photoexcited quasiparticle dynamics in
TlBaCaCuO (Tl-2223) using femtosecond optical
techniques. Deep into the superconducting state (below 40 K), a dramatic change
occurs in the temporal dynamics associated with photoexcited quasiparticles
rejoining the condensate. This is suggestive of entry into a coexistence phase
which, as our analysis reveals, opens a gap in the density of states (in
addition to the superconducting gap), and furthermore, competes with
superconductivity resulting in a depression of the superconducting gap.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Evidence for 1122 Hz X-Ray Burst Oscillations from the Neutron-Star X-Ray Transient XTE J1739-285
We report on millisecond variability from the X-ray transient XTE J1739-285.
We detected six X-ray type I bursts and found evidence for oscillations at 1122
+/- 0.3 Hz in the brightest X-ray burst. Taking into consideration the power in
the oscillations and the number of trials in the search, the detection is
significant at the 99.96% confidence level. If the oscillations are confirmed,
the oscillation frequency would suggest that XTE J1739-285 contains the fastest
rotating neutron star yet found. We also found millisecond quasiperiodic
oscillations in the persistent emission with frequencies ranging from 757 Hz to
862 Hz. Using the brightest burst, we derive an upper limit on the source
distance of about 10.6 kpc.Comment: To appear in ApJL, 4 page
Jet trails and Mach cones: The interaction of microquasars with the ISM
A sub-set of microquasars exhibit high peculiar velocity with respect to the
local standard of rest due to the kicks they receive when being born in
supernovae. The interaction between the radio plasma released by microquasar
jets from such high-velocity binaries with the ISM must lead to the production
of trails and bow shocks similar to what is observed in narrow-angle tailed
radio galaxies and pulsar wind nebulae. We present a set of numerical
simulations of this interaction that illuminate the long term dynamical
evolution and the observational properties of these microquasar bow shock
nebulae and trails. We find that this interaction always produces a structure
that consists of a bow shock, a trailing neck, and an expanding bubble. Using
our simulations to model emission, we predict that the shock surrounding the
bubble and the neck should be visible in H{\alpha} emission, the interior of
the bubble should be visible in synchrotron radio emission, and only the bow
shock is likely to be detectable in X-ray emission. We construct an analytic
model for the evolution of the neck and bubble shape and compare this model
with observations of X-ray binary SAX J1712.6-3739.Comment: 33 pages, 13 figures, 1 table; Accepted to Ap
BTZ Black Hole with Gravitational Chern-Simons: Thermodynamics and Statistical Entropy
Recently, the BTZ black hole in the presence of the gravitational
Chern-Simons (GCS) term has been studied and it has been found that the usual
thermodynamical quantities, like as the black hole mass, angular momentum, and
black hole entropy, are modified. But, for large values of the GCS coupling,
where the modification terms dominate the original terms, some exotic behaviors
occur, like as the roles of the mass and angular momentum are interchanged and
the black hole entropy depends more on the -horizon area than the outer
one. A basic physical problem of this system is that the form of entropy does
not guarantee the second law of thermodynamics, in contrast to the
Bekenstein-Hawking (BH) entropy. Moreover, this entropy does agree with
the statistical entropy, in contrast to a good agreement for small values of
the GCS coupling. Here I find that there is another entropy formula where the
usual BH form dominates the inner-horizon term again, as in the small GCS
coupling, such as the second law of thermodynamics can be guaranteed. I compare
the result of the holographic approach with the classical-
symmetry-algebra-based approach and I find exact agreements even with the
higher-derivative term of GCS. This provides a non-trivial check of the
AdS/CFT-correspondence in the presence of higher-derivative terms in the
gravity action.Comment: Accepted in Phys. Rev. D; Shortened version, Raised a new question of
the validity of the first law (No. 5 in Sec.5), Clarified the relation with
the Euclidean action approach for factor (below (3.2)
Existence of maximal hypersurfaces in some spherically symmetric spacetimes
We prove that the maximal development of any spherically symmetric spacetime
with collisionless matter (obeying the Vlasov equation) or a massless scalar
field (obeying the massless wave equation) and possessing a constant mean
curvature Cauchy surface also contains a maximal Cauchy
surface. Combining this with previous results establishes that the spacetime
can be foliated by constant mean curvature Cauchy surfaces with the mean
curvature taking on all real values, thereby showing that these spacetimes
satisfy the closed-universe recollapse conjecture. A key element of the proof,
of interest in itself, is a bound for the volume of any Cauchy surface
in any spacetime satisfying the timelike convergence condition in terms of the
volume and mean curvature of a fixed Cauchy surface and the maximal
distance between and . In particular, this shows that any
globally hyperbolic spacetime having a finite lifetime and obeying the
timelike-convergence condition cannot attain an arbitrarily large spatial
volume.Comment: 8 pages, REVTeX 3.
Cold ideal equation of state for strongly magnetized neutron-star matter: effects on muon production and pion condensationn
Neutron stars with very strong surface magnetic fields have been suggested as
the site for the origin of observed soft gamma repeaters (SGRs). In this paper
we investigate the influence of such strong magnetic fields on the properties
and internal structure of these magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). We study
properties of a degenerate equilibrium ideal neutron-proton-electron (npe) gas
with and without the effects of the anomalous nucleon magnetic moments in a
magnetic field. The presence of a sufficiently strong magnetic field changes
the ratio of protons to neutrons as well as the neutron drip density. We also
study the appearance of muons as well as pion condensation in strong magnetic
fields. We discuss the possibility that boson condensation in the interior of
magnetars might be a source of SGRs.Comment: 10 pages included 9 figures, ApJ in pres
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