Non-local 2D Generalized Yang-Mills theories on arbitrary surfaces with boundary

The non-local generalized two dimensional Yang Mills theories on an arbitrary orientable and non-orientable surfaces with boundaries is studied. We obtain the effective action of these theories for the case which the gauge group is near the identity, $U\simeq I$. Furthermore, by obtaining the effective action at the large-N limit, it is shown that the phase structure of these theories is the same as that obtain for these theories on orientable and non-orientable surface without boundaries. It is seen that the $\phi^2$ model of these theories on an arbitrary orientable and non-orientable surfaces with boundaries have third order phase transition only on $g=0$ and $r=1$ surfaces, with modified area $\tilde{A}+{\cal A}/2$ for orientable and $\bar{A}+\mathcal{A}$ for non-orientable surfaces respectivly.Comment: 10 pages, no figures, late

Conformal Motions and the Duistermaat-Heckman Integration Formula

We derive a geometric integration formula for the partition function of a classical dynamical system and use it to show that corrections to the WKB approximation vanish for any Hamiltonian which generates conformal motions of some Riemannian geometry on the phase space. This generalizes previous cases where the Hamiltonian was taken as an isometry generator. We show that this conformal symmetry is similar to the usual formulations of the Duistermaat-Heckman integration formula in terms of a supersymmetric Ward identity for the dynamical system. We present an explicit example of a localizable Hamiltonian system in this context and use it to demonstrate how the dynamics of such systems differ from previous examples of the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem.Comment: 13 pages LaTeX, run twice. Uses epsf.tex, 2 postscript files read directly into LaTeX file from director

N=(4,4) Type IIA String Theory on PP-Wave Background

We construct IIA GS superstring action on the ten-dimensional pp-wave background, which arises as the compactification of eleven-dimensional pp-wave geometry along the isometry direction. The background geometry has 24 Killing spinors and among them, 16 components correspond to the non-linearly realized kinematical supersymmetry in the string action. The remaining eight components are linearly realized and shown to be independent of x^+ coordinate, which is identified with the world-sheet time coordinate of the string action in the light-cone gauge. The resultant dynamical N=(4,4) supersymmetry is investigated, which is shown to be consistent with the field contents of the action containing two free massive supermultiplets.Comment: latex, 15 pages; v2: typos corrected, polished, references adde

Chemical vapour deposition grown carbon nanotubes for interconnect technology

Multiwall carbon nanotubes have been grown by catalytic chemical vapour deposition using iron catalyst particles drop cast onto etched silicon wafers. The catalyst used was poly(styrene-vinylferrocene) in toluene solution which has an iron content of 2.1%. The etched silicon wafers have trench regions of varying widths ranging from 0.32 to 1 μm. For trench widths below 0.5 μm the number of “interconnecting” tubes growing from one side of the trench to the other increases sharply. A significant proportion of these “interconnects” are found to be Y-junction and multiple junction MWNTs. A systematic study of the effects of each of the growth conditions (temperature, run time, gas flow, catalyst concentration and trench width) versus interconnect yield was carried out. Densities of ~ 1.6 interconnects per micron of trench are obtained, with junction structures accounting for 38% of these interconnects. Densities can be controlled through modification of chemical vapour deposition conditions

All spacetimes with vanishing curvature invariants

All Lorentzian spacetimes with vanishing invariants constructed from the Riemann tensor and its covariant derivatives are determined. A subclass of the Kundt spacetimes results and we display the corresponding metrics in local coordinates. Some potential applications of these spacetimes are discussed.Comment: 24 page

Geometry of Schroedinger Space-Times II: Particle and Field Probes of the Causal Structure

We continue our study of the global properties of the z=2 Schroedinger space-time. In particular, we provide a codimension 2 isometric embedding which naturally gives rise to the previously introduced global coordinates. Furthermore, we study the causal structure by probing the space-time with point particles as well as with scalar fields. We show that, even though there is no global time function in the technical sense (Schroedinger space-time being non-distinguishing), the time coordinate of the global Schroedinger coordinate system is, in a precise way, the closest one can get to having such a time function. In spite of this and the corresponding strongly Galilean and almost pathological causal structure of this space-time, it is nevertheless possible to define a Hilbert space of normalisable scalar modes with a well-defined time-evolution. We also discuss how the Galilean causal structure is reflected and encoded in the scalar Wightman functions and the bulk-to-bulk propagator.Comment: 32 page

pp-waves in 11-dimensions with extra supersymmetry

The Killing spinor equations for pp-wave solutions of eleven dimensional supergravity are analysed and it is shown that there are solutions that preserve 18,20,22 and 24 supersymmetries, in addition to the generic solution preserving 16 supersymmetries and the Kowalski-Glikman solution preserving 32 supersymmetries.Comment: 13 pages. Reference added, typos corrected, new examples of 7-parameter case presente

Penrose Limits of Orbifolds and Orientifolds

We study the Penrose limit of various AdS_p X S^q orbifolds. The limiting spaces are waves with parallel rays and singular wave fronts. In particular, we consider the orbifolds AdS_3 X S^3/\Gamma, AdS_5 X S^5/\Gamma and AdS_{4,7} X S^{7,4}/\Gamma where \Gamma acts on the sphere and/or the AdS factor. In the pp-wave limit, the wave fronts are the orbifolds C^2/\Gamma, C^4/\Gamma and R XC^4/\Gamma, respectively. When desingularization is possible, we get asymptotically locally pp-wave backgrounds (ALpp). The Penrose limit of orientifolds are also discussed. In the AdS_5 X RP^5 case, the limiting singularity can be resolved by an Eguchi-Hanson gravitational instanton. The pp-wave limit of D3-branes near singularities in F-theory is also presented. Finally, we give the embedding of D-dimensional pp-waves in flat M^{2,D} space.Comment: 20 pages, references adde

An Analytic Model with Critical Behavior in Black Hole Formation

A simple analytic model is presented which exhibits a critical behavior in black hole formation, namely, collapse of a thin shell coupled with outgoing null fluid. It is seen that the critical behavior is caused by the gravitational nonlinearity near the event horizon. We calculate the value of the critical exponent analytically and find that it is very dependent on the coupling constants of the system.Comment: 21pp., ReVTeX, 7 figures (postscript, compressed and uuencoded), TIT/HEP-266/COSMO-4

Kaigorodov spaces and their Penrose limits

Kaigorodov spaces arise, after spherical compactification, as near horizon limits of M2, M5, and D3-branes with a particular pp-wave propagating in a world volume direction. We show that the uncompactified near horizon configurations K\times S are solutions of D=11 or D=10 IIB supergravity which correspond to perturbed versions of their AdS \times S analogues. We derive the Penrose-Gueven limits of the Kaigorodov space and the total spaces and analyse their symmetries. An Inonu-Wigner contraction of the Lie algebra is shown to occur, although there is a symmetry enhancement. We compare the results to the maximally supersymmetric CW spaces found as limits of AdS\times S spacetimes: the initial gravitational perturbation on the brane and its near horizon geometry remains after taking non-trivial Penrose limits, but seems to decouple. One particuliar limit yields a time-dependent homogeneous plane-wave background whose string theory is solvable, while in the other cases we find inhomogeneous backgrounds.Comment: latex2e, 24 page