437 research outputs found
Optical properties of Born-Infeld-dilaton-Lifshitz holographic superconductors
In this paper, we first study the Lifshitz-dilaton holographic
superconductors with nonlinear Born-Infeld (BI) gauge field and obtain the
critical temperature of the system for different values of Lifshitz dynamical
exponent, , and nonlinear parameter . We find that for fixed value of
, the critical temperature decreases with increasing . This indicates
that the increase of anisotropy between space and time prevents the phase
transition. Also, for fixed value of , the critical temperature decrease
with increasing . Then, we investigate the optical properties of () and
()-dimensional BI-Lifshitz holographic superconductors in the the presence
of dilaton field. We explore the refractive index of the system. For and
-dimensional holographic superconductor, we observe negative real part
for permittivity as frequency decreases.
Thus, in low frequency region our superconductor exhibit metamaterial property.
This behaviour is independent of the nonlinear parameter and can be seen for
either linear () and nonlinear () electrodynamics. Interestingly,
for ()-dimensional Lifshitz-dilaton holographic superconductors, we
observe metamaterial behavior neither in the presence of linear nor nonlinear
electrodynamics.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures (including subfigures), some references added in
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The Effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy with Radachlorin and Toluidine Blue on Streptococcus Mutans: An in Vitro Study
Objectives: Dental caries and periodontal diseases are caused by infection of teeth and supporting tissues due to complex aggregate of bacteria known as biofilm, firstly colonized by streptococci. The main purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the antimicrobialeffects of toluidine blue O (TBO) and Radachlorin® in combination with a diode laser on the viability of Streptococcus mutans.Materials and Methods: Bacterial suspensions of Streptococcus mutans were exposed to either 0.1% TBO associated with (20 mW, 633 nm diode laser, continuous mode, 150 s) or 0.1% Radachlorin® and laser irradiation (100 mW, 662 nm diode laser, continuous mode,120 s). Those in control groups were subjected to laser irradiation alone or TBO/Radachlorin® alone or received neither TBO/Radachlorin® nor laser exposure. The suspensions were then spread over specific agar plates and incubated aerobically at 37°C. Finally, the bactericidal effects were evaluated based on colony formation.Results: Potential bacterial cell killing was only observed following photosensitization with TBO and 3 j/cm2 laser exposure (p<0.05), whereas Radachlorin® showed significant reduction in dark condition compared to laser exposure (p<0.05).Conclusion: TBO-mediated photodynamic therapy seems to be more efficient than Radachlorin ® in significantly reducing the viability of Streptococcus mutans in vitro
Dynamic wormhole geometries in hybrid metric-Palatini gravity
In this work, we analyse the evolution of time-dependent traversable wormhole
geometries in a Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker background in the
context of the scalar-tensor representation of hybrid metric-Palatini gravity.
We deduce the energy-momentum profile of the matter threading the wormhole
spacetime in terms of the background quantities, the scalar field, the scale
factor and the shape function, and find specific wormhole solutions by
considering a barotropic equation of state for the background matter. We find
that particular cases satisfy the null and weak energy conditions for all
times. In addition to the barotropic equation of state, we also explore a
specific evolving wormhole spacetime, by imposing a traceless energy-momentum
tensor for the matter threading the wormhole and find that this geometry also
satisfies the null and weak energy conditions at all times.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures. V2: Discussion and references added; now 11
pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in Eur.Phys.J.
Charged scalar quasi-normal modes for higher-dimensional Born-Infeld dilatonic black holes with Lifshitz scaling
We study quasi-normal modes for a higher dimensional black hole with Lifshitz
scaling, as these quasi-normal modes can be used to test Lifshitz models with
large extra dimensions. Furthermore, as the effective Planck scale is brought
down in many models with large extra dimensions, we study these quasi-normal
modes for a UV completion action. Thus, we analyze quasi-normal modes for
higher dimensional dilaton-Lifshitz black hole solutions coupled to a
non-linear Born-Infeld action. We will analyze the charged perturbations for
such a black hole solution. We will first analyze the general conditions for
stability analytically, for a positive potential. Then, we analyze this system
for a charged perturbation as well as negative potential, using the asymptotic
iteration method for quasi-normal modes. Thus, we analyze the behavior of these
modes numerically.Comment: 9 pages (two columns), 4 figures (including subfigures
Observational optical constraints of the Simpson-Visser black-bounce geometry
In this work, we consider a recent novel regular black hole solution, which
we denote the Simpson-Visser black-bounce model and investigate circular null
geodesics to find the connection between the photon sphere, the event horizon
and the black hole shadow radii. We also study the energy emission rate for
this geometry and discuss how the parameters of the model affect the emission
of particles around the black hole. Furthermore, we compare the resulting
shadow of this regular black hole with observational data of the Event Horizon
Telescope and find the allowed regions of the model parameters for which the
obtained shadow is consistent with the data. Finally, we employ the
correspondence between the quasinormal modes in the eikonal limit and shadow
radius to study the scalar field perturbations in this background.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
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