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Toward a more realistic holographic QCD model
By matching the system in type II superstring theory with the Regge
trajectories of vector and axial-vector meson spectra, a possible 5-dimension
metric of a soft-wall model has been determined. The dependence of the
metric parameters on Regge trajectory parameters has been demonstrated. It is
shown that the models defined in brane background for or 4 can be
consistent with experimental data.Comment: 8 pages, proceedings for the YITP International Symposium
"Fundamental Problems in Hot and/or Dense QCD", March 3-6, 2008, Kyoto, Japa
Aggregated Needs and the Location Choice of Households in Taipei
This paper examines the impact of aggregated needs of household members on the choice of housing location in Taipei, Taiwan, using a sample of 11,191 households and information collected from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing. Our results indicate that the choice of housing location is significantly affected impacted by the age, family origin, past housing location, education and occupation status, and the location of the workplaces of both spouses. We also find that this decision is more significantly influenced by the attributes of the male spouse than the female. However, among the households with a female household head, the female spouse characteristics are more likely to be significant. Our results also offer a snapshot of todayâs Taiwanese culture and shows that it is dramatically different from the commonly believed male-dominated traditional Chinese culture.Aggregated Needs, Location Choice, Probit Model
The Influenza M2 Cytoplasmic Tail Changes the Proton-Exchange Equilibria and the Backbone Conformation of the Transmembrane Histidine Residue to Facilitate Proton Conduction
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (GM088204
Confronting strange stars with compact-star observations and new physics
Strange stars ought to exist in the universe according to the strange quark
matter hypothesis, which states that matter made of roughly equal numbers of
up, down, and strange quarks could be the true ground state of baryonic matter
rather than ordinary atomic nuclei. Theoretical models of strange quark matter,
such as the standard MIT bag model, the density-dependent quark mass model, or
the quasi-particle model, however, appear to be unable to reproduce some of the
properties (masses, radii and tidal deformabilities) of recently observed
compact stars. This is different if alternative gravity theory (e.g.,
non-Newtonian gravity) or dark matter (e.g., mirror dark matter) are
considered, which resolve these issues. The possible existence of strange stars
could thus provide a clue to new physics, as discussed in this review.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figures. Review paper accepted for publication in
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Distribution of Spectral Lags in Gamma Ray Bursts
Using the data acquired in the Time To Spill (TTS) mode for long gamma-ray
bursts (GRBs) collected by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment on board
the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (BATSE/CGRO), we have carefully measured
spectral lags in time between the low (25-55 keV) and high (110-320 keV) energy
bands of individual pulses contained in 64 multi-peak GRBs. We find that the
temporal lead by higher-energy gamma-ray photons (i.e., positive lags) is the
norm in this selected sample set of long GRBs. While relatively few in number,
some pulses of several long GRBs do show negative lags. This distribution of
spectral lags in long GRBs is in contrast to that in short GRBs. This apparent
difference poses challenges and constraints on the physical mechanism(s) of
producing long and short GRBs. The relation between the pulse peak count rates
and the spectral lags is also examined. Observationally, there seems to be no
clear evidence for systematic spectral lag-luminosity connection for pulses
within a given long GRB.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figure
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