412 research outputs found
Conformal Symmetries of the Self-Dual Yang-Mills Equations
We describe an infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody-Virasoro algebra of new hidden
symmetries for the self-dual Yang-Mills equations related to conformal
transformations of the 4-dimensional base space.Comment: 12 pages, Late
Criticality and Bifurcation in the Gravitational Collapse of a Self-Coupled Scalar Field
We examine the gravitational collapse of a non-linear sigma model in
spherical symmetry. There exists a family of continuously self-similar
solutions parameterized by the coupling constant of the theory. These solutions
are calculated together with the critical exponents for black hole formation of
these collapse models. We also find that the sequence of solutions exhibits a
Hopf-type bifurcation as the continuously self-similar solutions become
unstable to perturbations away from self-similarity.Comment: 18 pages; one figure, uuencoded postscript; figure is also available
at http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/eric_hirschman
Exactly solvable model of superstring in Ramond-Ramond plane wave background
We describe in detail the solution of type IIB superstring theory in the
maximally supersymmetric plane-wave background with constant null Ramond-Ramond
5-form field strength. The corresponding light-cone Green-Schwarz action found
in hep-th/0112044 is quadratic in both bosonic and fermionic coordinates. We
find the spectrum of the light-cone Hamiltonian and the string representation
of the supersymmetry algebra. The superstring Hamiltonian has a
``harmonic-oscillator'' form in both the string-oscillator and the zero-mode
parts and thus has discrete spectrum in all 8 transverse directions. We analyze
the structure of the zero-mode sector of the theory, establishing the precise
correspondence between the lowest-lying ``massless'' string states and the type
IIB supergravity fluctuation modes in the plane-wave background. The zero-mode
spectrum has certain similarity to the supergravity spectrum in AdS_5 x S^5 of
which the plane-wave background is a special limit. We also compare the
plane-wave string spectrum with expected form of the light-cone gauge spectrum
of superstring in AdS_5 x S^5.Comment: 33 pages, latex. v4: minor sign corrections in (1.5) and (3.62), to
appear in PR
Low thrust propulsion in a coplanar circular restricted four body problem
This paper formulates a circular restricted four body problem (CRFBP), where the three primaries are set in the stable Lagrangian equilateral triangle configuration and the fourth body is massless. The analysis of this autonomous coplanar CRFBP is undertaken, which identies eight natural equilibria; four of which are close to the smaller body, two stable and two unstable, when considering the primaries to be the Sun and two smaller bodies of the solar system. Following this, the model incorporates `near term' low-thrust propulsion capabilities to generate surfaces of articial equilibrium points close to the smaller primary, both in and out of the plane containing the celestial bodies. A stability analysis of these points is carried out and a stable subset of them is identied. Throughout the analysis the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid-Spacecraft system is used, for conceivable masses of a hypothetical asteroid set at the libration point L4. It is shown that eight bounded orbits exist, which can be maintained with a constant thrust less than 1:5 10􀀀4N for a 1000kg spacecraft. This illustrates that, by exploiting low-thrust technologies, it would be possible to maintain an observation point more than 66% closer to the asteroid than that of a stable natural equilibrium point. The analysis then focusses on a major Jupiter Trojan: the 624-Hektor asteroid. The thrust required to enable close asteroid observation is determined in the simplied CRFBP model. Finally, a numerical simulation of the real Sun-Jupiter-624 Hektor-Spacecraft is undertaken, which tests the validity of the stability analysis of the simplied model
Ab-initio simulations on growth and interface properties of epitaxial oxides on silicon
The replacement of SiO2 by so-called high-k oxides is one of the major
challenges for the semiconductor industry to date. Based on electronic
structure calculations and ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations, we are
able to provide a consistent picture of the growth process of a class of
epitaxial oxides around SrO and SrTiO3. The detailed understanding of the
interfacial binding principles has also allowed us to propose a way to engineer
the band-offsets between the oxide and the silicon substrate.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, proceeding for the INFOS2005 conference
(http://www.imec.be/infos/
Properties of the Fixed Point Lattice Dirac Operator in the Schwinger Model
We present a numerical study of the properties of the Fixed Point lattice
Dirac operator in the Schwinger model. We verify the theoretical bounds on the
spectrum, the existence of exact zero modes with definite chirality, and the
Index Theorem. We show by explicit computation that it is possible to find an
accurate approximation to the Fixed Point Dirac operator containing only very
local couplings.Comment: 38 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures, uses style [epsfig], a few comments and
relevant references adde
Baryogenesis in Cosmological Model with Superstring-Inspired E_6 Unification
We have developed a concept of parallel existence of the ordinary (O) and
hidden (H) worlds with a superstring-inspired E_6 unification, broken at the
early stage of the Universe into SO(10) X U(1) - in the O-world, and SU(6)' X
SU(2)' - in the H-world. As a result, we have obtained in the hidden world the
low energy symmetry group G'_SM X SU(2)'_\theta, instead of the Standard Model
group G_SM. The additional non-Abelian SU(2)'_\theta group with massless gauge
fields, "thetons", is responsible for the dark energy. We present a
baryogenesis mechanism with the B-L asymmetry produced by the conversion of
ordinary leptons into particles of the hidden sector.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
WSe2 Light-Emitting Tunneling Transistors with Enhanced Brightness at Room Temperature
Monolayers of molybdenum and tungsten dichalcogenides are direct bandgap semiconductors, which makes them promising for optoelectronic applications. In particular, van der Waals heterostructures consisting of monolayers of MoS2 sandwiched between atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and graphene electrodes allows one to obtain light emitting quantum wells (LEQWs) with low-temperature external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 1%. However, the EQE of MoS2- and MoSe2-based LEQWs shows behavior common for many other materials: it decreases fast from cryogenic conditions to room temperature, undermining their practical applications. Here we compare MoSe2 and WSe2 LEQWs. We show that the EQE of WSe2 devices grows with temperature, with room temperature EQE reaching 5%, which is 250× more than the previous best performance of MoS2 and MoSe2 quantum wells in ambient conditions. We attribute such different temperature dependences to the inverted sign of spin–orbit splitting of conduction band states in tungsten and molybdenum dichalcogenides, which makes the lowest-energy exciton in WSe2 dark
Hypergravity effects on glide arc plasma
The behaviour of a special type of electric discharge – the gliding arc plasma – has been investigated in hypergravity (1g –18g) using the Large Diameter Centrifuge (LDC) at ESA/ESTEC. The discharge voltage and current together with the videosignal from a fast camera have been recorded during the experiment. The gliding of the arc is governed by hot gas buoyancy and by consequence, gravity. Increasing the centrifugal acceleration makes the glide arc movement substantially faster. Whereas at 1g the discharge was stationary, at 6g it glided with 7 Hz frequency and at 18g the gliding frequency was 11 Hz. We describe a simple model for the glide arc movement assuming low gas flow velocities, which is compared to our experimental results
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