820 research outputs found
The SU(N) Matrix Model at Two Loops
Multi-loop calculations of the effective action for the matrix model are
important for carrying out tests of the conjectured relationship of the matrix
model to the low energy description of M-theory. In particular, comparison with
N-graviton scattering amplitudes in eleven-dimensional supergravity requires
the calculation of the effective action for the matrix model with gauge group
SU(N). A framework for carrying out such calculations at two loops is
established in this paper. The two-loop effective action is explicitly computed
for a background corresponding to the scattering of a single D0-brane from a
stack of N-1 D0-branes, and the results are shown to agree with known results
in the case N=2.Comment: 30 pages, 1 figure; v2 - typos corrected, references update
Phase transitions in a network with range dependent connection probability
We consider a one-dimensional network in which the nodes at Euclidean
distance can have long range connections with a probabilty in addition to nearest neighbour connections. This system has been
shown to exhibit small world behaviour for above which its
behaviour is like a regular lattice. From the study of the clustering
coefficients, we show that there is a transition to a random network at . The finite size scaling analysis of the clustering coefficients obtained
from numerical simulations indicate that a continuous phase transition occurs
at this point. Using these results, we find that the two transitions occurring
in this network can be detected in any dimension by the behaviour of a single
quantity, the average bond length. The phase transitions in all dimensions are
non-trivial in nature.Comment: 4 pages, revtex4, submitted to Physical Review
Logarithmic Corrections to N=2 Black Hole Entropy: An Infrared Window into the Microstates
Logarithmic corrections to the extremal black hole entropy can be computed
purely in terms of the low energy data -- the spectrum of massless fields and
their interaction. The demand of reproducing these corrections provides a
strong constraint on any microscopic theory of quantum gravity that attempts to
explain the black hole entropy. Using quantum entropy function formalism we
compute logarithmic corrections to the entropy of half BPS black holes in N=2
supersymmetric string theories. Our results allow us to test various proposals
for the measure in the OSV formula, and we find agreement with the measure
proposed by Denef and Moore if we assume their result to be valid at weak
topological string coupling. Our analysis also gives the logarithmic
corrections to the entropy of extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black holes in
ordinary Einstein-Maxwell theory.Comment: LaTeX file, 66 page
Evaluation of Chemical Protective Clothing: A Comparative Study of Breakthrough Times with Sulphur Mustard and a Simulant, 1,3-Dichloropropane
Carbon-coated non-woven fabrics were evaluated against vesicant sulphur mustard and l,3-dichloropropane (DCP). Breakthrough times of these chemicals were compared andfitted in a linear equation. A correlation, better than 95 per cent was obtained. It is recommended that DCP be used in the valuation and quality control of fabric in the chemical protective clothing manufacturing industries to reduce the exposure and risks of handling lethal chemicals. However,-the clothing may be challenged with actual CW agents to determine their protective potentials, in the laboratory. Diffusion coefficients for DCP were also computed from the breakthrough data for carbon-coated fabric of different grades
Domain walls between gauge theories
Noncommutative U(N) gauge theories at different N may be often thought of as
different sectors of a single theory: the U(1) theory possesses a sequence of
vacua labeled by an integer parameter N, and the theory in the vicinity of the
N-th vacuum coincides with the U(N) noncommutative gauge theory. We construct
noncommutative domain walls on fuzzy cylinder, separating vacua with different
gauge theories. These domain walls are solutions of BPS equations in gauge
theory with an extra term stabilizing the radius of the cylinder. We study
properties of the domain walls using adjoint scalar and fundamental fermion
fields as probes. We show that the regions on different sides of the wall are
not disjoint even in the low energy regime -- there are modes penetrating from
one region to the other. We find that the wall supports a chiral fermion zero
mode. Also, we study non-BPS solution representing a wall and an antiwall, and
show that this solution is unstable. We suggest that the domain walls emerge as
solutions of matrix model in large class of pp-wave backgrounds with
inhomogeneous field strength. In the M-theory language, the domain walls have
an interpretation of a stack of branes of fingerstall shape inserted into a
stack of cylindrical branes.Comment: Final version; minor corrections; to appear in Nucl.Phys.
Logarithmic Corrections to Rotating Extremal Black Hole Entropy in Four and Five Dimensions
We compute logarithmic corrections to the entropy of rotating extremal black
holes using quantum entropy function i.e. Euclidean quantum gravity approach.
Our analysis includes five dimensional supersymmetric BMPV black holes in type
IIB string theory on T^5 and K3 x S^1 as well as in the five dimensional CHL
models, and also non-supersymmetric extremal Kerr black hole and slowly
rotating extremal Kerr-Newmann black holes in four dimensions. For BMPV black
holes our results are in perfect agreement with the microscopic results derived
from string theory. In particular we reproduce correctly the dependence of the
logarithmic corrections on the number of U(1) gauge fields in the theory, and
on the angular momentum carried by the black hole in different scaling limits.
We also explain the shortcomings of the Cardy limit in explaining the
logarithmic corrections in the limit in which the (super)gravity description of
these black holes becomes a valid approximation. For non-supersymmetric
extremal black holes, e.g. for the extremal Kerr black hole in four dimensions,
our result provides a stringent testing ground for any microscopic explanation
of the black hole entropy, e.g. Kerr/CFT correspondence.Comment: LaTeX file, 50 pages; v2: added extensive discussion on the relation
between boundary condition and choice of ensemble, modified analysis for
slowly rotating black holes, all results remain unchanged, typos corrected;
v3: minor additions and correction
Sliding Singlet Mechanism Revisited
We show that the unification of the doublet Higgs in the standard model (SM)
and the Higgs to break the grand unified theory (GUT) group stabilizes the
sliding singlet mechanism which can solve the doublet-triplet (DT) splitting
problem. And we generalize this attractive mechanism to apply it to many
unified scenarios. In this paper, we try to build various concrete E_6 unified
models by using the generalized sliding singlet mechanism.Comment: 13 page
Revisiting Cardassian Model and Cosmic Constraint
In this paper, we revisit the Cardassian model in which the radiation energy
component is included. It is important for early epoch when the radiation
cannot be neglected because the equation of state (EoS) of the effective dark
energy becomes time variable. Therefore, it is not equivalent to the
quintessence model with a constant EoS anymore. This situation was almost
overlooked in the literature. By using the recent released Union2 557 of type
Ia supernovae (SN Ia), the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) from Sloan Digital
Sky Survey and the WiggleZ data points, the full information of cosmic
microwave background (CMB) measurement given by the seven-year Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe observation, we constrain the Cardassian model via
the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method. A tight constraint is obtained: in regions. The
deviation of Cardassian model from quintessence model is shown in CMB
anisotropic power spectra at high l's parts due to the evolution of EoS. But it
is about the order of 0.1% which cannot be discriminated by current data sets.
The Cardassian model is consistent with current cosmic observational data sets.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, match the published versio
Generalized Chaplygin Gas, Accelerated Expansion and Dark Energy-Matter Unification
We consider the scenario emerging from the dynamics of a generalized
-brane in a spacetime. The equation of state describing this
system is given in terms of the energy density, , and pressure, , by
the relationship , where is a positive constant and
. We discuss the conditions under which homogeneity arises
and show that this equation of state describes the evolution of a universe
evolving from a phase dominated by non-relativistic matter to a phase dominated
by a cosmological constant via an intermediate period where the effective
equation of state is given by .Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, revte
Boundary dynamics and multiple reflection expansion for Robin boundary conditions
In the presence of a boundary interaction, Neumann boundary conditions should
be modified to contain a function S of the boundary fields: (\nabla_N +S)\phi
=0. Information on quantum boundary dynamics is then encoded in the
-dependent part of the effective action. In the present paper we extend the
multiple reflection expansion method to the Robin boundary conditions mentioned
above, and calculate the heat kernel and the effective action (i) for constant
S, (ii) to the order S^2 with an arbitrary number of tangential derivatives.
Some applications to symmetry breaking effects, tachyon condensation and brane
world are briefly discussed.Comment: latex, 22 pages, no figure
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