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Higher Fock sectors in Wick-Cutkosky model
In the Wick-Cutkosky model we analyze nonperturbatively, in light-front
dynamics, the contributions of two-body and higher Fock sectors to the total
norm and electromagnetic form factor. It turns out that two- and three-body
sectors always dominate. For maximal value of coupling constant ,
corresponding to zero bound state mass M=0, they contribute 90% to the norm.
With decrease of the two-body contribution increases up to 100%. The
form factor asymptotic is always determined by two-body sector.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Light Cone 2004,
Amsterdam, August 16-20, 200
Adjoint operator approach to shape design for internal incompressible flows
The problem of determining the profile of a channel or duct that provides the maximum static pressure rise is solved. Incompressible, laminar flow governed by the steady state Navier-Stokes equations is assumed. Recent advances in computational resources and algorithms have made it possible to solve the direct problem of determining such a flow through a body of known geometry. It is possible to obtain a set of adjoint equations, the solution to which permits the calculation of the direction and relative magnitude of change in the diffuser profile that leads to a higher pressure rise. The solution to the adjoint problem can be shown to represent an artificially constructed flow. This interpretation provides a means to construct numerical solutions to the adjoint equations that do not compromise the fully viscous nature of the problem. The algorithmic and computational aspects of solving the adjoint equations are addressed. The form of these set of equations is similar but not identical to the Navier-Stokes equations. In particular some issues related to boundary conditions and stability are discussed
The Impact of the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program on the Effectiveness of Crop Insurance
This paper analyzes the effect of the ACRE program adopted in the final version of the 2007 Farm Bill on the risk-reducing effectiveness of insurance products. To the best of our knowledge this is a first attempt to analyze the effect of the ACRE program on the risk management decisions of crop producers. In particular, we compare the risk-reducing effectiveness of the two most common insurance contracts — APH and CRC — under the provisions of the 2002 Farm Bill and under ACRE program for representative cotton producer in Texas and corn producer in Illinois. These particular crop/region combinations are selected so as to represent situations of low and high price-yield correlations, respectively.Crop insurance, Farm Bill, ACRE, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Crop Production/Industries, Risk and Uncertainty,
Coarsening Dynamics of an Antiferromagnetic XY model on the Kagome Lattice: Breakdown of the Critical Dynamic Scaling
We find a breakdown of the critical dynamic scaling in the coarsening
dynamics of an antiferromagnetic {\em XY} model on the kagome lattice when the
system is quenched from disordered states into the Kosterlitz-Thouless ({\em
KT}) phases at low temperatures. There exist multiple growing length scales:
the length scales of the average separation between fractional vortices are
found to be {\em not} proportional to the length scales of the quasi-ordered
domains. They are instead related through a nontrivial power-law relation. The
length scale of the quasi-ordered domains (as determined from optimal collapse
of the correlation functions for the order parameter )
does not follow a simple power law growth but exhibits an anomalous growth with
time-dependent effective growth exponent. The breakdown of the critical dynamic
scaling is accompanied by unusual relaxation dynamics in the decay of
fractional () vortices, where the decay of the vortex numbers is
characterized by an exponential function of logarithmic powers in time.Comment: 13 pages, 26 figure
A Supersymmetric U(1)' Model with Multiple Dark Matters
We consider a scenario where a supersymmetric model has multiple dark matter
particles. Adding a U(1)' gauge symmetry is a well-motivated extension of the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). It can cure the problems of the
MSSM such as the mu-problem or the proton decay problem with high-dimensional
lepton number and baryon number violating operators which R-parity allows. An
extra parity (U-parity) may arise as a residual discrete symmetry after U(1)'
gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken. The Lightest U-parity Particle (LUP) is
stable under the new parity becoming a new dark matter candidate. Up to three
massive particles can be stable in the presence of the R-parity and the
U-parity. We numerically illustrate that multiple stable particles in our model
can satisfy both constraints from the relic density and the direct detection,
thus providing a specific scenario where a supersymmetric model has
well-motivated multiple dark matters consistent with experimental constraints.
The scenario provides new possibilities in the present and upcoming dark matter
searches in the direct detection and collider experiments.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figure
A Non-Fermi Liquid from a Charged Black Hole; A Critical Fermi Ball
Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we calculate a fermionic spectral function
in a 2+1 dimensional non-relativistic quantum field theory which is dual to a
gravitational theory in the background with a charged black hole. The
spectral function shows no quasiparticle peak but the Fermi surface is still
well defined. Interestingly, all momentum points inside the Fermi surface are
critical and the gapless modes are defined in a {\it critical Fermi ball} in
the momentum space.Comment: v3) discussion on the singular nature of the zero energy peak added;
to appear in Phys. Rev.
Parallel fabrication and single-electron charging of devices based on ordered, two-dimensional phases of organically functionalized metal nanocrystals
A parallel technique for fabricating single-electron, solid-state capacitance devices from ordered, two-dimensional closest-packed phases of organically functionalized metal nanocrystals is presented. The nanocrystal phases were prepared as Langmuir monolayers and subsequently transferred onto Al-electrode patterned glass substrates for device construction. Alternating current impedance measurements were carried out to probe the single-electron charging characteristics of the devices under both ambient and 77 K conditions. Evidence of a Coulomb blockade and step structure reminiscent of a Coulomb staircase is presented
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