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Chiral symmetry restoration in (2+1)-dimensional with a Maxwell-Chern-Simons term at finite temperature
We study the role played by a Chern-Simons contribution to the action in the
formulation of a two-dimensional Heisenberg model of quantum spin
systems with a strictly fixed site occupation at finite temperature. We show
how this contribution affects the screening of the potential which acts between
spinons and contributes to the restoration of chiral symmetry in the spinon
sector. The constant which characterizes the Chern-Simons term can be related
to the critical temperature above which the dynamical mass goes to zero.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Numerical study on Schramm-Loewner Evolution in nonminimal conformal field theories
The Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) is a powerful tool to describe fractal
interfaces in 2D critical statistical systems. Yet the application of SLE is
well established for statistical systems described by quantum field theories
satisfying only conformal invariance, the so called minimal conformal field
theories (CFTs). We consider interfaces in Z(N) spin models at their self-dual
critical point for N=4 and N=5. These lattice models are described in the
continuum limit by non-minimal CFTs where the role of a Z_N symmetry, in
addition to the conformal one, should be taken into account. We provide
numerical results on the fractal dimension of the interfaces which are SLE
candidates for non-minimal CFTs. Our results are in excellent agreement with
some recent theoretical predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, v2: typos corrected, published versio
Site occupation constraints in mean-field approaches of quantum spin systems at finite temperature
We study the effect of site occupation on the description of quantum spin
systems at finite temperature and mean-field level. We impose each lattice site
to be occupied by a single electron. This is realized by means of a specific
prescription. The outcome of the prescription is compared to the result
obtained by means of a projection procedure which fixes the site occupation to
one particle per site on an average. The comparison is performed for different
representations of the Hamiltonian in Fock space leading to different types of
mean-field solutions. The behaviour of order parameters is analyzed for each
choice of the mean-field and constraint which fixes the occupation rate at each
site. Sizable quantitative differences between the outcomes obtained with the
two different constraints are observed.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figure
Chiral magnetic effect in the PNJL model
We study the two-flavor Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with the Polyakov loop
(PNJL model) in the presence of a strong magnetic field and a chiral chemical
potential which mimics the effect of imbalanced chirality due to QCD
instanton and/or sphaleron transitions. Firstly we focus on the properties of
chiral symmetry breaking and deconfinement crossover under the strong magnetic
field. Then we discuss the role of on the phase structure. Finally the
chirality charge, electric current, and their susceptibility, which are
relevant to the Chiral Magnetic Effect, are computed in the model.Comment: Some reference added. Minor revisions. One figure added. To appear on
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Chiral magnetic effect in the PNJL model
We study the two-flavor Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with the Polyakov loop
(PNJL model) in the presence of a strong magnetic field and a chiral chemical
potential which mimics the effect of imbalanced chirality due to QCD
instanton and/or sphaleron transitions. Firstly we focus on the properties of
chiral symmetry breaking and deconfinement crossover under the strong magnetic
field. Then we discuss the role of on the phase structure. Finally the
chirality charge, electric current, and their susceptibility, which are
relevant to the Chiral Magnetic Effect, are computed in the model.Comment: Some reference added. Minor revisions. One figure added. To appear on
Phys. Rev.
social media s impact on the consumer mindset when to use which sentiment extraction tool
Abstract User-generated content provides many opportunities for managers and researchers, but insights are hindered by a lack of consensus on how to extract brand-relevant valence and volume. Marketing studies use different sentiment extraction tools (SETs) based on social media volume, top-down language dictionaries and bottom-up machine learning approaches. This paper compares the explanatory and forecasting power of these methods over several years for daily customer mindset metrics obtained from survey data. For 48 brands in diverse industries, vector autoregressive models show that volume metrics explain the most for brand awareness and purchase intent, while bottom-up SETs excel at explaining brand impression, satisfaction and recommendation. Systematic differences yield contingent advice: the most nuanced version of bottom-up SETs (SVM with Neutral) performs best for the search goods for all consumer mind-set metrics but Purchase Intent for which Volume metrics work best. For experienced goods, Volume outperforms SVM with neutral. As processing time and costs increase when moving from volume to top-down to bottom-up sentiment extraction tools, these conditional findings can help managers decide when more detailed analytics are worth the investment
Place and power in tourism development: tracing the complex articulations of community and locality
This paper outlines the case for the analysis of tourism, power and place in the development
process from a critical sociological perspective. It draws on recent trends in the sociology of development
to develop existing theoretical models in a manner which transcends the more rigid dualisms between
structure and agency on the one hand, and, the concerns of power and identity on the other. As in
recent works from noted scholars such as Picard and Wood (1997), the relationship between tourism and
processes of development and social transformation are more nuanced and varied than previous ‘theoretical’
models in tourism have recognised. Hence, this paper examines the issue by considering four
major thematic areas of relevance to the study of tourism and its diverse relationships to processes of
social change: the relations of community, consumption, production and place.Este artículo esboza el caso del análisis del turismo, el poder y el espacio en los procesos de
desarrollo desde la perspectiva de la sociología crítica. Se sirve de las recientes tendencias en la sociología
del desarrollo por extender los modelos teóricos existentes de manera que trascienda el rígido dualismo
entre estructura y organismo de un lado, y acerca del poder y la identidad, por otro. Tal como han
admitido en recientes trabajos destacados investigadores como Picard y Wood (1997), la relación entre
turismo y procesos de desarrollo y transformación social están más matizados y variados que los modelos
‘teóricos’ previos. Desde este punto de vista, este artículo examina el tema considerando cuatro áreas
temáticas de especial relevancia para el estudio del turismo y sus diversas relaciones con los procesos de
cambio social: la relaciones de comunidad, consumo, producción y espacio
Cosmological tachyon condensation
We consider the prospects for dark matter/energy unification in k-essence
type theories. General mappings are established between the k-essence scalar
field, the hydrodynamic and braneworld descriptions. We develop an extension of
the general relativistic dust model that incorporates the effects of both
pressure and the associated acoustic horizon. Applying this to a tachyon model,
we show that this inhomogeneous "variable Chaplygin gas" does evolve into a
mixed system containing cold dark matter like gravitational condensate in
significant quantities. Our methods can be applied to any dark energy model as
well as to mixtures of dark energy and traditional dark matter.Comment: 22 pages, 3 figures, title changed, typos corrected, accepted in
Phys. Rev.
Contested discourses in social tourism:A relational political economy perspective
Social tourism initiatives often have economic as well as objectives, particularly national schemes such as the Spanish IMSERSO programme, designed to stimulate off-season tourism in mass coastal tourism destinations. Yet, there is little evidence of how such schemes responded to crises or that explores the effects on the tourism industry actors responsible for programme delivery. This article applies a relational political economy approach to assess the contested discourses surrounding the governance of the scheme. We examine the evolution of the IMSERSO programme longitudinally following the global financial crisis and up until the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the relational dynamics at play social tourism governance on destination stakeholders, outlining implications for social tourism policies internationally
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