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Generalized hidden symmetries and the Kerr-Sen black hole
We elaborate on basic properties of generalized Killing-Yano tensors which
naturally extend Killing-Yano symmetry in the presence of skew-symmetric
torsion. In particular, we discuss their relationship to Killing tensors and
the separability of various field equations. We further demonstrate that the
Kerr-Sen black hole spacetime of heterotic string theory, as well as its
generalization to all dimensions, possesses a generalized closed conformal
Killing-Yano 2-form with respect to a torsion identified with the 3-form
occuring naturally in the theory. Such a 2-form is responsible for complete
integrability of geodesic motion as well as for separability of the scalar and
Dirac equations in these spacetimes.Comment: 33 pages, no figure
Effects of quark matter and color superconductivity in compact stars
The equation of state for quark matter is derived for a nonlocal, chiral
quark model within the mean field approximation. We investigate the effects of
a variation of the form factors of the interaction on the phase diagram of
quark matter under the condition of beta-equilibrium and charge neutrality.
Special emphasis is on the occurrence of a diquark condensate which signals a
phase transition to color superconductivity and its effects on the equation of
state. We calculate the quark star configurations by solving the Tolman-
Oppenheimer- Volkoff equations and obtain for the transition from a hot, normal
quark matter core of a protoneutron star to a cool diquark condensed one a
release of binding energy of the order of Delta M c^2 ~ 10^{53} erg. We study
the consequences of antineutrino trapping in hot quark matter for quark star
configurations with possible diquark condensation and discuss the claim that
this energy could serve as an engine for explosive phenomena. A "phase diagram"
for rotating compact stars (angular velocity-baryon mass plane) is suggested as
a heuristic tool for obtaining constraints on the equation of state of QCD at
high densities. It has a critical line dividing hadronic from quark core stars
which is correlated with a local maximum of the moment of inertia and can thus
be subject to experimental verification by observation of the rotational
behavior of accreting compact stars.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, Talk given at 2nd International Workshop on
Hadron Physics: Effective Theories of Low-Energy QCD, Coimbra, Portugal,
25-29 Sep 200
Using Monte Carlo Search With Data Aggregation to Improve Robot Soccer Policies
RoboCup soccer competitions are considered among the most challenging
multi-robot adversarial environments, due to their high dynamism and the
partial observability of the environment. In this paper we introduce a method
based on a combination of Monte Carlo search and data aggregation (MCSDA) to
adapt discrete-action soccer policies for a defender robot to the strategy of
the opponent team. By exploiting a simple representation of the domain, a
supervised learning algorithm is trained over an initial collection of data
consisting of several simulations of human expert policies. Monte Carlo policy
rollouts are then generated and aggregated to previous data to improve the
learned policy over multiple epochs and games. The proposed approach has been
extensively tested both on a soccer-dedicated simulator and on real robots.
Using this method, our learning robot soccer team achieves an improvement in
ball interceptions, as well as a reduction in the number of opponents' goals.
Together with a better performance, an overall more efficient positioning of
the whole team within the field is achieved
Static magnetic moments revealed by muon spin relaxation and thermodynamic measurements in quantum spin ice YbTiO
We present muon spin relaxation (SR) and specific-heat versus
temperature measurements on polycrystalline and single-crystal samples
of the pyrochlore magnet YbTiO. exhibits a sharp peak at a
of 0.21 and 0.26~K for the single-crystal and polycrystalline
samples respectively. For both samples, the magnetic entropy released between
50~mK and 30~K amounts to per Yb. At temperatures below
we observe a steep drop in the asymmetry of the zero-field SR time spectra
at short time scales, as well as a decoupling of the muon spins from the
internal field in longitudinal magnetic fields of ~T for both the
polycrystalline and single-crystal samples. These muon data are indicative of
static magnetic moments. Our results are consistent with the onset of
long-range magnetic order in both forms of YbTiO.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted to PR
Applications of the Ashtekar gravity to four dimensional hyperk\"ahler geometry and Yang-Mills Instantons
The Ashtekar-Mason-Newman equations are used to construct the hyperk\"ahler
metrics on four dimensional manifolds. These equations are closely related to
anti self-dual Yang-Mills equations of the infinite dimensional gauge Lie
algebras of all volume preserving vector fields. Several examples of
hyperk\"ahler metrics are presented through the reductions of anti self-dual
connections. For any gauge group anti self-dual connections on hyperk\"ahler
manifolds are constructed using the solutions of both Nahm and Laplace
equations.Comment: 9pages, Figures are not include
Exotic mesons with double charm and bottom flavor
We study exotic mesons with double charm and bottom flavor, whose quark
configuration is \bar{Q}\bar{Q}qq. This quark configuration has no annihilation
process of quark and antiquark, and hence is a genuinely exotic states. We take
a hadronic picture by considering the molecular states composed of a pair of
heavy mesons, such as DD, DD* and D*D* for charm flavor, and BB, BB* and B*B*
for bottom flavor. The interactions between heavy mesons are derived from the
heavy quark effective theory. All molecular states are classified by I(J^P)
quantum numbers, and are systematically studied up to the total angular
momentum J \leq 2. By solving the coupled channel Schrodinger equations, due to
the strong tensor force of one pion exchanging, we find bound and/or resonant
states of various quantum numbers.Comment: 24 pages, 3 figure
Thermal conductivity of quantum magnetic monopoles in the frustrated pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7
We report low-temperature thermal conductivity of pyrochlore
YbTiO, which contains frustrated spin-ice correlations with
significant quantum fluctuations. In the disordered spin-liquid regime,
exhibits a nonmonotonic magnetic field dependence, which is well
explained by the strong spin-phonon scattering and quantum monopole
excitations. We show that the excitation energy of quantum monopoles is
strongly suppressed from that of dispersionless classical monopoles. Moreover,
in stark contrast to the diffusive classical monopoles, the quantum monopoles
have a very long mean free path. We infer that the quantum monopole is a novel
heavy particle, presumably boson, which is highly mobile in a three-dimensional
spin liquid.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Closed conformal Killing-Yano tensor and geodesic integrability
Assuming the existence of a single rank-2 closed conformal Killing-Yano
tensor with a certain symmetry we show that there exist mutually commuting
rank-2 Killing tensors and Killing vectors. We also discuss the condition of
separation of variables for the geodesic Hamilton-Jacobi equations.Comment: 17 pages, no figure, LaTe
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