11 research outputs found
Hot String Soup
Above the Hagedorn energy density closed fundamental strings form a long
string phase. The dynamics of weakly interacting long strings is described by a
simple Boltzmann equation which can be solved explicitly for equilibrium
distributions. The average total number of long strings grows logarithmically
with total energy in the microcanonical ensemble. This is consistent with
calculations of the free single string density of states provided the
thermodynamic limit is carefully defined. If the theory contains open strings
the long string phase is suppressed.Comment: 13 pages, no figures, uses LaTex, some errors in equations have been
corrected, NSF-ITP-94-83, UCSBTH-94-3
Thermal history of the string universe
Thermal history of the string universe based on the Brandenberger and Vafa's
scenario is examined. The analysis thereby provides a theoretical foundation of
the string universe scenario. Especially the picture of the initial oscillating
phase is shown to be natural from the thermodynamical point of view. A new tool
is employed to evaluate the multi state density of the string gas. This
analysis points out that the well-known functional form of the multi state
density is not applicable for the important region , and derives a
correct form of it.Comment: 39 pages, no figures, use revtex.sty, aps.sty, aps10.sty &
preprint.st
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Supersonic Oxygen Jet Behavior at Steelmaking Temperature
Interpreting cancer genomes using systematic host network perturbations by tumour virus proteins
Molecular basis of virus replication, viral pathogenesis and antiviral strategie
Nuclear structure “southeast” of : Isomeric states in and
The nuclear structure of neutron-rich N>126 nuclei has been investigated following their production via relativistic projectile fragmentation of a E/A=1 GeV U-238 beam. Metastable states in the N=128 isotones Hg-208 and Tl-209 have been identified. Delayed gamma-ray transitions are interpreted as arising from the decay of I-pi=(8(+)) and (17/2(+)) isomers, respectively. The data allow for the so far most comprehensive verification of the shell-model approach in the region determined by magic numbers Z 126