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Systematic characterization of thermodynamic and dynamical phase behavior in systems with short-ranged attraction
In this paper we demonstrate the feasibility and utility of an augmented
version of the Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo method for computing the phase
behavior of systems with strong, extremely short-ranged attractions. For
generic potential shapes, this approach allows for the investigation of
narrower attractive widths than those previously reported. Direct comparison to
previous self-consistent Ornstein-Zernike approximation calculations are made.
A preliminary investigation of out-of-equilibrium behavior is also performed.
Our results suggest that the recent observations of stable cluster phases in
systems without long-ranged repulsions are intimately related to gas-crystal
and metastable gas-liquid phase separation.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure
Geometry of Empty Space is the Key to Near-Arrest Dynamics
We study several examples of kinetically constrained lattice models using
dynamically accessible volume as an order parameter. Thereby we identify two
distinct regimes exhibiting dynamical slowing, with a sharp threshold between
them. These regimes are identified both by a new response function in
dynamically available volume, as well as directly in the dynamics. Results for
the selfdiffusion constant in terms of the connected hole density are
presented, and some evidence is given for scaling in the limit of dynamical
arrest.Comment: 11 page
Resummation Effects in Vector-Boson and Higgs Associated Production
Fixed-order QCD radiative corrections to the vector-boson and Higgs
associated production channels, pp -> VH (V=W, Z), at hadron colliders are well
understood. We combine higher order perturbative QCD calculations with
soft-gluon resummation of both threshold logarithms and logarithms which are
important at low transverse momentum of the VH pair. We study the effects of
both types of logarithms on the scale dependence of the total cross section and
on various kinematic distributions. The next-to-next-to-next-to-leading
logarithmic (NNNLL) resummed total cross sections at the LHC are almost
identical to the fixed-order perturbative next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO)
rates, indicating the excellent convergence of the perturbative QCD series.
Resummation of the VH transverse momentum (p_T) spectrum provides reliable
results for small values of p_T and suggests that implementing a jet-veto will
significantly decrease the cross sections.Comment: 25 pages, references update
Sensitivity of arrest in mode-coupling glasses to low-q structure
We quantify, within mode coupling theory, how changes in the liquid structure
affect that of the glass. Apart from the known sensitivity to the structure
factor at wavevectors around the first sharp diffraction peak , we
find a strong (and inverted) response to structure at wavevectors \emph{below}
this peak: an increase in {\em lowers} the degree of arrest over a
wide -range. This strong sensitivity to `caged cage' packing effects, on
length scales of order 2d, is much weaker in attractive glasses where
short-range bonding dominates the steric caging effect.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. v2: 3 figures replaced; text rewritte
Estimates of production rates of SUSY particles in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions
We estimate the production rates of supersymmetric particles in central
heavy-ion collisions at LHC. The parton cascade model is used to seek for
possible collective phenomena which enlarge the production probability of very
heavy particles. Even if there is some indication of such cooperative effects,
higher energy and higher luminosity of proton beams at LHC disfavor heavy-ion
reactions in the search for supersymmetric particles.Comment: 19 pages including 10 EPS figure
The effect of phenytoin, phenobarbitone, dexamethasone and flurbiprofen on misonidazole neurotoxicity in mice.
Using a quantitative cytochemical technique for measuring beta-glucuronidase activity in the peripheral nerves of mice, we have investigated the effectiveness of four potential adjuncts for reducing the dose limiting neurotoxicity of misonidazole (MISO) in the clinic. Under the conditions used, the most effective adjunct was the steroid anti-inflammatory agent dexamethasone. When given over the week previous to MISO treatment, this agent almost completely eliminated the MISO neurotoxicity as determined at week 4 after commencement of MISO dosing. The second most effective adjunct was phenytoin, the third flurbiprofen and the last adjunct, phenobarbitone, was ineffective. Dexamethasone, phenytoin and phenobarbitone all reduced the clearance half-life of MISO and hence the drug exposure dose calculated as the area under the curve of MISO tissue concentration against time. However, no correlation was evident with these parameters and MISO neurotoxicity in the mouse. Dexamethasone, whilst affording protection against MISO toxicity, did not alter the radiosensitivity of the anaplastic MT tumour
RQF Publication Quality Measures: Methodological Issues
The Research Quality Framework uses Thomson-ISI citation benchmarks as its main set of objective measures of research quality. The Thomson-ISI measures rely on identifying a core set of journals in which the major publications for a discipline are to be found. The core for a discipline is determined by applying a nontransparent process that is partly based on Bradford’s Law (1934). Yet Bradford was not seeking measures about quality of publications or journals. How valid then is it to base measures of publication quality on Bradford’s Law? We explore this by returning to Bradford’s Law and subsequent related research asking ‘what is Bradford’s Law really about?’ We go further, and ask ‘does Bradford’s Law apply in Information Systems?’ We use data from John Lamp’s internationally respected Index of Information Systems Journals to explore the latter question. We have found that Information Systems may have a core of journals only a subset of which is also in the list of Thomson-ISI journals. There remain many unanswered questions about the RQF metrics based on Thomson-ISI and their applicability to information systems
Star polymers: A study of the structural arrest in presence of attractive interactions
Simulations and Mode-Coupling Theory calculations, for a large range of the
arm number and packing fraction have shown that the structural
arrest and the dynamics of star polymers in a good solvent are extremely rich:
the systems show a reentrant melting of the disordered glass nested between two
stable fluid phases that strongly resemble the equilibrium phase diagram.
Starting from a simple model potential we investigate the effect of the
interplay between attractive interactions of different range and ultrasoft core
repulsion, on the dynamics and on the occurrence of the ideal glass transition
line. In the two cases considered so far, we observed some significant
differences with respect to the purely repulsive pair interaction. We also
discuss the interplay between equilibrium and non equilibrium phase behavior.
The accuracy of the theoretical tools we utilized in our investigation has been
checked by comparing the results with molecular dynamics simulations.Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
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