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Minimal flux Minkowski classification
We classify Minkowski solutions in type IIA supergravity, with N=2
supersymmetry and an SU(2) R-symmetry of a certain type. Many subcases can be
reduced to relatively simple PDEs, among which we recover various intersecting
brane systems, and AdS solutions, , and in particular the recently
found general massive AdS solutions. Imposing compactness of the internal
six-manifold we obtain promising solutions with localized D-branes and
O-planes.Comment: v2: Result slightly strengthened, typos corrected. v3: Published
Versio
A Supersymmetric Solution in M-theory with Purely Magnetic Flux
We find a new solution in M-theory supported by
purely magnetic flux via a sequence of abelian and non-abelian T-dualities.
This provides the second known example in this class besides the uplift of the
Pernici and Sezgin solution to 7d gauged supergravity constructed in the
eighties. We compute the free energy of the solution, and show that it scales
as . It is intriguing that even though the natural holographic
interpretation is in terms of M5-branes wrapped on a special Lagrangian
3-cycle, this solution does not exhibit the expected behavior.Comment: 19 pages plus appendices. v2 metadata amended, reference adde
Wages, racial composition, and quality sorting in labor markets
This paper examines the relationship between wage rates and the racial composition of jobs, using large cross-sectional and longitudinal samples constructed from monthly Current Population Surveys for 1983-92. Support is found for a "quality sorting" model that posits an equilibrium in which the racial composition of jobs serves as a skill index of unmeasured labor quality. Estimation of standard wage-level equations shows that wages of both black and white workers are substantially lower in occupations with a high density of blacks. Consistent with the quality sorting hypothesis, the magnitude of the relationship is reduced sharply after accounting for occupational skill measures. Longitudinal wage-change estimates controlling for person-specific quality indicate little if any causal effect of racial composition on wages. Estimates of racial discrimination are reduced only moderately after accounting for racial composition; unexplained differentials occur within occupations or reflect inter-occupational differences uncorrelated with racial composition and occupational skill measures.
The rent's too high: Self-archive for fair online publication costs
The main contributors of scientific knowledge, researchers, generally aim to
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largely kept these findings behind a paywall. With digital publication
technology markedly reducing cost, this enduring wall seems disproportionate
and unjustified; moreover, it has sparked a topical exchange concerning how to
modernize academic publishing. This discussion, however, seems to focus on how
to compensate major publishers for providing open access through a "pay to
publish" model, in turn transferring financial burdens from libraries to
authors and their funders. Large publishing companies, including Elsevier,
Springer Nature, Wiley, PLoS, and Frontiers, continue to earn exorbitant
revenues each year, hundreds of millions of dollars of which now come from
processing charges for open-access articles. A less expensive and equally
accessible alternative exists: widespread self-archiving of peer-reviewed
articles. All we need is awareness of this alternative and the will to employ
itComment: 8 pages, 1 figure, 19 reference
Supersymmetry and non-Abelian T-duality in type II supergravity
We study the effect of T-duality on supersymmetry in the context of type II
supergravity. For both U(1) Abelian and SU(2) non-Abelian T-duality, we
demonstrate that the supersymmetry variations after T-duality are related to
the variations before T-duality through the Kosmann spinorial Lie derivative,
which vanishes when the Killing spinors are independent of the T-duality
directions. As a byproduct of our analysis, we present closed expressions for
SU(2) T-duality in a class of spacetimes with diagonal Bianchi IX symmetry and
comment on specific examples of T-dual geometries, including a novel AdS3
geometry with large N = (0,4) superconformal symmetry.Comment: 34 pages, v2, wording improved, references updated, v3 references
added, matches published version; v4 signs in section 6 changed to make
consistent with earlier sections, erroneous statement about supersymmetry of
AdS3 S3 S3 S1 non-Abelian T-dual corrected, reference adde
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