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Melting at the Limit of Superheating
Theories on superheating-melting mostly involve vibrational and mechanical instabilities, catastrophes of entropy, volume and rigidity, and nucleation-based kinetic models. The maximum achievable superheating is dictated by nucleation process of melt in crystals, which in turn depends on material properties and heating rates. We have established the systematics for maximum superheating by incorporating a dimensionless nucleation barrier parameter and heating rate, with which systematic molecular dynamics simulations and dynamic experiments are consistent. Detailed microscopic investigation with large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of the superheating-melting process, and structure-resolved ultrafast dynamic experiments are necessary to establish the connection between the kinetic limit of superheating and vibrational and mechanical instabilities, and catastrophe theories
Soft Gluon Resummation Effects in Single Graviton Production at the CERN Large Hadron Collider in the Randall-Sundrum Model
We study QCD effects in single graviton production at the CERN Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) in the Randall-Sundrum (RS) Model. We present in detail the
complete next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the inclusive total
cross sections. The NLO QCD corrections enhance significantly the total cross
sections and decrease efficiently the dependence of the total cross sections on
the factorization and renormalization scales. We also examine the uncertainty
of the total cross sections due to the parton distribution function (PDF)
uncertainties. For the differential cross sections on the transverse momentum
() of the graviton, within the CSS resummation formalism, we resum the
logarithmically-enhanced terms at small to all orders up to NLO
logatithmic accuracy. Combined with the fixed order calculations, we give
consistent predictions for both small and large .Comment: 26 pages, 13 figures; minor changes and misprints corrected; version
to appear in PR
Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for graviton and photon associated production in the Large Extra Dimensions model at the LHC
We present the calculations of the complete next-to-leading order(NLO) QCD
corrections to the inclusive total cross sections for the Kaluza-Klein(KK)
graviton and photon associated production process in
the large extra dimensions(LED) model at the LHC. We show that the NLO QCD
corrections in general enhance the total cross sections and reduce the
dependence of the total cross sections on the factorization and renormalization
scales. When jet veto is considered, the NLO corrections reduce the total cross
sections. We also calculate some important differential cross sections for this
process at NLO: the missing transverse momentum distribution, the transverse
momentum distribution and the pseudorapidity distribution of photon.Comment: 28 pages, 14 figures; minor changes, version published in Phys.Rev.
Neutrino masses and mixings
We propose a novel theoretical understanding of neutrino masses and mixings,
which is attributed to the intrinsic vector-like feature of the regularized
Standard Model at short distances. We try to explain the smallness of Dirac
neutrino masses and the decoupling of the right-handed neutrino as a free
particle. Neutrino masses and mixing angles are completely related to each
other in the Schwinger-Dyson equations for their self-energy functions. The
solutions to these equations and a possible pattern of masses and mixings are
discussed.Comment: LaTex 11 page
Phase diagram of the frustrated, spatially anisotropic S=1 antiferromagnet on a square lattice
We study the S=1 square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet with spatially
anisotropic nearest neighbor couplings , frustrated by a
next-nearest neighbor coupling numerically using the density-matrix
renormalization group (DMRG) method and analytically employing the
Schwinger-Boson mean-field theory (SBMFT). Up to relatively strong values of
the anisotropy, within both methods we find quantum fluctuations to stabilize
the N\'{e}el ordered state above the classically stable region. Whereas SBMFT
suggests a fluctuation-induced first order transition between the N\'{e}el
state and a stripe antiferromagnet for and an
intermediate paramagnetic region opening only for very strong anisotropy, the
DMRG results clearly demonstrate that the two magnetically ordered phases are
separated by a quantum disordered region for all values of the anisotropy with
the remarkable implication that the quantum paramagnetic phase of the spatially
isotropic - model is continuously connected to the limit of
decoupled Haldane spin chains. Our findings indicate that for S=1 quantum
fluctuations in strongly frustrated antiferromagnets are crucial and not
correctly treated on the semiclassical level.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Scaling Properties of Weak Chaos in Nonlinear Disordered Lattices
The Discrete Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation with a random potential in one
dimension is studied as a dynamical system. It is characterized by the length,
the strength of the random potential and by the field density that determines
the effect of nonlinearity. The probability of the system to be regular is
established numerically and found to be a scaling function. This property is
used to calculate the asymptotic properties of the system in regimes beyond our
computational power.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Leibniz 2-algebras and twisted Courant algebroids
In this paper, we give the categorification of Leibniz algebras, which is
equivalent to 2-term sh Leibniz algebras. They reveal the algebraic structure
of omni-Lie 2-algebras introduced in \cite{omniLie2} as well as twisted Courant
algebroids by closed 4-forms introduced in \cite{4form}.
We also prove that Dirac structures of twisted Courant algebroids give rise
to 2-term -algebras and geometric structures behind them are exactly
-twisted Lie algebroids introduced in \cite{Grutzmann}.Comment: 22 pages, to appear in Comm. Algebr
Resistance and resilience of social–ecological systems to recurrent typhoon disturbance on a subtropical island: Taiwan
Tropical cyclones (TCs) have major effects on ecological and social systems. However, studies integrating the effects of TCs on both social and ecological systems are rare, especially in the northwest Pacific, where the frequency of TCs (locally named typhoons) is the highest in the world. We synthesized studies of effects of recurrent typhoons on social and ecological systems in Taiwan over the last several decades. Many responses to TCs are comparable between social and ecological systems. High forest ecosystem resistance, evident from tree mortality below 2% even following multiple strong typhoons, is comparable with resistance of social systems, including the only 4% destruction of river embankments following a typhoon that brought nearly 3000 mm rainfall in three days. High resilience as reflected by quick returns of leaf area index, mostly in one year, and streamwater chemistry, one to several weeks to pre‐typhoon levels of ecosystems, are comparable to quick repair of the power grid within one to several days and returns of vegetable price within several weeks to pre‐typhoon levels of the social systems. Landslides associated with intense typhoons have buried mountain villages and transported large quantities of woody debris to the coast, affecting the coastal plains and reefs, illustrating a ridge‐to‐reef link between ecological and societal systems. Metrics of both social and ecological function showed large fluctuations in response to typhoons but quickly returned to pre‐disturbance levels, except when multiple intense typhoons occurred within a single season. Our synthesis illustrates that the social–ecological systems in Taiwan are highly dynamic and responsive to frequent typhoon disturbance, with extraordinarily high resistance and resilience. For ecosystems, the efficient responsiveness results from the selective force of TCs on ecosystem structure and processes. For social systems, it is the result of the effects of TCs on planning and decision making by individuals (e.g., farmers), management sectors, and ultimately the government. In regions with frequent TCs, the social–ecological systems are inevitably highly dynamic and rapid responses are fundamental to system resistance and resilience which in turn is key to maintaining structure and function of the social–ecological systems
QCD Effects in High Energy Processes
In this talk, some important QCD effects in Higgs physics, supersymmetry and
top physics, as well as the factorization and resummation techniques in QCD are
reviewed.Comment: LaTeX, 13 pages, uses ws-ijmpa.cls. Based on an invited talk at the
International Conference on QCD and Hadronic Physics, Beijing, China, June
16--20, 2005. Minor change
Absence of correlation between built-in electric dipole moment and quantum Stark effect in InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
We report significant deviations from the usual quadratic dependence of the
ground state interband transition energy on applied electric fields in
InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots. In particular, we show that conventional
second-order perturbation theory fails to correctly describe the Stark shift
for electric field below kV/cm in high dots. Eight-band calculations demonstrate this effect is predominantly due to
the three-dimensional strain field distribution which for various dot shapes
and stoichiometric compositions drastically affects the hole ground state. Our
conclusions are supported by two independent experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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