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Simplicial Chiral Models
Principal chiral models on a d-1 dimensional simplex are introduced and
studied analytically in the large limit. The and
models are explicitly solved. Relationship with standard lattice models and
with few-matrix systems in the double scaling limit are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, PHYZZ
Halting indigenous biodiversity decline: ambiguity, equity, and outcomes in RMA assessment of significance
In New Zealand, assessment of ‘significance’ is undertaken to give effect to a legal requirement for local authorities to provide for protection of significant sites under the Resource Management Act (1991). The ambiguity of the statute enables different interests to define significance according to their goals: vested interests (developers), local authorities, and non-vested interests in pursuit of protection of environmental public goods may advance different definitions. We examine two sets of criteria used for assessment of significance for biological diversity under the Act. Criteria adapted from the 1980s Protected Natural Areas Programme are inadequate to achieve the maintenance of biological diversity if ranking is used to identify only highest priority sites. Norton and Roper-Lindsay (2004) propose a narrow definition of significance and criteria that identify only a few high-quality sites as significant. Both sets are likely to serve the interests of developers and local authorities, but place the penalty of uncertainty on non-vested interests seeking to maintain biological diversity, and are likely to exacerbate the decline of biological diversity and the loss of landscape-scale processes required for its persistence. When adopting criteria for assessment of significance, we suggest local authorities should consider whose interests are served by different criteria sets, and who will bear the penalty of uncertainty regarding biological diversity outcomes. They should also ask whether significance criteria are adequate, and sufficiently robust to the uncertainty inherent in the assessment of natural values, to halt the decline of indigenous biological diversity
Diffractive Higgs Production by AdS Pomeron Fusion
The double diffractive Higgs production at central rapidity is formulated in
terms of the fusion of two AdS gravitons/Pomerons first introduced by Brower,
Polchinski, Strassler and Tan in elastic scattering. Here we propose a simple
self-consistent holographic framework capable of providing phenomenologically
compelling estimates of diffractive cross sections at the LHC. As in the
traditional weak coupling approach, we anticipate that several phenomenological
parameters must be tested and calibrated through factorization for a
self-consistent description of other diffractive process such as total cross
sections, deep inelastic scattering and heavy quark production in the central
region.Comment: 53 pages, 8 figure
The Dynamics of a Meandering River
We present a statistical model of a meandering river on an alluvial plane
which is motivated by the physical non-linear dynamics of the river channel
migration and by describing heterogeneity of the terrain by noise. We study the
dynamics analytically and numerically. The motion of the river channel is
unstable and we show that by inclusion of the formation of ox-bow lakes, the
system may be stabilised. We then calculate the steady state and show that it
is in agreement with simulations and measurements of field data.Comment: Revtex, 12 pages, 2 postscript figure
Solution of gauge theories induced by fundamental representation scalars
Gauge theories induced by scalars in the fundamental representation of the
group are investigated in the large
and limit. A master field is defined from bilinears of the scalar
field following an Eguchi-Kawai type reduction of spacetime. The density
function for the master field satisfies an integral equation that can be solved
exactly in two dimensions (D=2) and in a convergent series of approximations at
. While at D=2 the system is in the same phase at all ,
it undergoes a phase transition at a critical value, , for
.Comment: 12 pages, LaTe
Linear Sigma EFT for Nearly Conformal Gauge Theories
We construct a generalized linear sigma model as an effective field theory
(EFT) to describe nearly conformal gauge theories at low energies. The work is
motivated by recent lattice studies of gauge theories near the conformal
window, which have shown that the lightest flavor-singlet scalar state in the
spectrum () can be much lighter than the vector state () and
nearly degenerate with the PNGBs () over a large range of quark masses.
The EFT incorporates this feature. We highlight the crucial role played by the
terms in the potential that explicitly break chiral symmetry. The explicit
breaking can be large enough so that a limited set of additional terms in the
potential can no longer be neglected, with the EFT still weakly coupled in this
new range. The additional terms contribute importantly to the scalar and pion
masses. In particular, they relax the inequality , allowing for consistency with current lattice data.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, published versio
Histopathological Determinants of Survival in Resected Cases of Pancreas Cancer
We have examined the histopathological factors affecting the degree of local spread, regional lymph
node (RLN) metastases, and overall survival (O.S.) in a group of 39 cases of resected carcinoma of the
exocrine pancreas. Although the mean O.S. for the group was 14.3 months, resected patients without
RLN involvement had a mean survival of 24 months. In contrast the mean O.S. rate was 8 months for
patients with RLNs involved. Size, tumor location, and histological grade were compared to RLN
involvement and O.S. The mean size of primary tumor did not differ significantly between patients with
or without RLN's (r.1 versus 4.6cms). However, 7 or 8 T1 tumors were <4cm and 35% of tumors <4cm
were T1 lesions. In contrast, only of 17 tumors (6%) >4cm was T1. Histological grade was correlated with nodal status and O.S. There was a significant difference between histological grade and the
presence of metastatic lymph nodes (G1, 37% positive, G2-4.50% positive). Patients with well
differentiated tumors had a mean survival of 21 months compared to a mean survival of 10 months for
less differentiated tumors (p<0.05). This difference was even more significant when stratified for nodal
status. The patients with well differentiated tumors and no RLN involvement had a mean survival of
32.5 months compared to 8.6 months for well differentiated tumors with RLN involvement. In
summary, we have shown that size, histological grade, and local spread predict for nodal status.
However, specific patient subsets (G1, node negative) may exhibit an excellent survival when curative
pancreas resection is successful
Lattice study of ChPT beyond QCD
We describe initial results by the Lattice Strong Dynamics (LSD)
collaboration of a study into the variation of chiral properties of chiral
properties of SU(3) Yang-Mills gauge theory as the number of massless flavors
changes from to , with a focus on the use of chiral
perturbation theory.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Presented at the 6th International Workshop on
Chiral Dynamics, University of Bern, Switzerland, July 6-10 200
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