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N=1 superfield description of vector-tensor couplings in six dimensions
We express supersymmetric couplings among the vector and the tensor
multiplets in six dimensions (6D) in terms of N=1 superfields. The superfield
description is derived from the invariant action in the projective superspace.
The obtained expression is consistent with the known superfield actions of 6D
supersymmetric gauge theory and 5D Chern-Simons theory after the dimensional
reduction. Our result provides a crutial clue to the N=1 superfield description
of 6D supergravity.Comment: 28 pages, v2:a reference adde
Automatic generation of SPIN model checking code from UML activity diagram and its application to Web application design
Date of Conference: 16-18 Aug. 2011ArticleDigital Content, Multimedia Technology and its Applications (IDCTA), 2011 7th International Conference on. 139-144 (2011)conference pape
Mechanical Properties of an Inorganic Oil Absorbent Hardener for Asphalt Pavement of Heavy Traffic Roads
The Stellar Abundances for Galactic Archeology (SAGA) Database - Compilation of the Characteristics of Known Extremely Metal-Poor Stars
We describe the construction of a database of extremely metal-poor (EMP)
stars in the Galactic halo whose elemental abundances have been determined. Our
database contains detailed elemental abundances, reported equivalent widths,
atmospheric parameters, photometry, and binarity status, compiled from papers
in the recent literature that report studies of EMP halo stars with [Fe/H] <
-2.5. The compilation procedures for this database have been designed to
assemble the data effectively from electronic tables available from online
journals. We have also developed a data retrieval system that enables data
searches by various criteria, and permits the user to explore relationships
between the stored variables graphically. Currently, our sample includes 1212
unique stars (many of which are studied by more than one group) with more than
15000 individual reported elemental abundances, covering all of the relevant
papers published by December 2007. We discuss the global characteristics of the
present database, as revealed by the EMP stars observed to date. For stars with
[Fe/H] < -2.5, the number of giants with reported abundances is larger than
that of dwarfs by a factor of two. The fraction of carbon-rich stars (among the
sample for which the carbon abundance is reported) amount to ~30 % for [Fe/H] <
-2.5. We find that known binaries exhibit different distributions of orbital
period, according to whether they are giants or dwarfs, and also as a function
of metallicity, although the total sample of such stars is still quite small.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figures, accepted by PASJ, final version. The SAGA
database is available at http://saga.sci.hokudai.ac.j
Droplet motion on a wrinkled PDMS surface with a gradient structural length scale shorter than the droplet diameter
Droplet transportation using a wettability gradient surface has attracted much attention owing to applications such as in microfluidic devices. A surface with a spatial structural gradient was prepared through a simple and cost-effective process even though understanding of droplet behavior on the structure was still limited. Here, we report impinging droplet motion on a gradient wrinkled surface. Surfaces were prepared through hard film deposition on soft pre-strained polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with a mask installed with a slit to control the amount of deposition, which is related to the wavelength of the wrinkles. Droplets were impinged with varying position with respect to the structure, and the droplet motion was observed in the direction away from the region under the slit. We found an asymmetric contact angle and alternate motion on both sides of the three-phase contact line during the motion according to the gradient of the wrinkle wavelength. These results may help not only to understand the behavior of droplet impingement on a gradient structural surface but also to further develop applications using directional droplet transfer
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