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Gravitating tensor monopole in a Lorentz-violating field theory
We present a solution of the coupled Einstein and rank-two antisymmetric
tensor field equations where Lorentz symmetry is spontaneously broken, and we
discuss its observational signatures. Especially, the deflection angles have
important qualitative differences between tensor and scalar monopoles. If a
monopole were to be detected, it would be discriminated whether or not to
correspond to a tensor one. This phenomenon might open up new direction in the
search of Lorentz violation with future astrophysical observations.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Alternative mechanism of avoiding the big rip or little rip for a scalar phantom field
Depending on the choice of its potential, the scalar phantom field
(the equation of state parameter ) leads to various catastrophic fates of
the universe including big rip, little rip and other future singularity. For
example, big rip results from the evolution of the phantom field with an
exponential potential and little rip stems from a quadratic potential in
general relativity (GR). By choosing the same potential as in GR, we suggest a
new mechanism to avoid these unexpected fates (big and little rip) in the
inverse-\textit{R} gravity. As a pedagogical illustration, we give an exact
solution where phantom field leads to a power-law evolution of the scale factor
in an exponential type potential. We also find the sufficient condition for a
universe in which the equation of state parameter crosses divide. The
phantom field with different potentials, including quadratic, cubic, quantic,
exponential and logarithmic potentials are studied via numerical calculation in
the inverse-\textit{R} gravity with correction. The singularity is
avoidable under all these potentials. Hence, we conclude that the avoidance of
big or little rip is hardly dependent on special potential.Comment: 9 pages,6 figure
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Catalytic Property of A Zn(II) Complex with 5-Bromosalicylaldehyde Ligand
The study on catalytic activity of complex materials has been one of the hot spots in coordination chemistry. In order to extensively study the catalytic activity of complexes, a new six-coordination Zn(II) complex material, [ZnL2(H2O)2] (C1) (HL = 5-bromosalicylaldehyde), has been prepared with 5-bromosalicylaldehyde, NaOH, and Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O as raw materials. The structure of C1 was determined by elemental analysis, IR spectra, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The Zn(II) complex shows a moderate catalytic activity for A3 coupling reaction of benzaldehyde, piperidine, and phenylacetylene with the benzaldehyde conversion reached 54.6 %. Furthermore, the Zn(II) complex catalyst exhibited 54.8 %, 53.8 %, and 54.4 % conversions of benzaldehyde in the second, third, and fourth cycles, respectively. In addition, the Zn(II) complex features a selectivity of 100 % to the    product of propargylamine for the A3 coupling reaction.
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