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Vertex operator algebras and operads
Vertex operator algebras are mathematically rigorous objects corresponding to
chiral algebras in conformal field theory. Operads are mathematical devices to
describe operations, that is, -ary operations for all greater than or
equal to , not just binary products. In this paper, a reformulation of the
notion of vertex operator algebra in terms of operads is presented. This
reformulation shows that the rich geometric structure revealed in the study of
conformal field theory and the rich algebraic structure of the theory of vertex
operator algebras share a precise common foundation in basic operations
associated with a certain kind of (two-dimensional) ``complex'' geometric
object, in the sense in which classical algebraic structures (groups, algebras,
Lie algebras and the like) are always implicitly based on (one-dimensional)
``real'' geometric objects. In effect, the standard analogy between
point-particle theory and string theory is being shown to manifest itself at a
more fundamental mathematical level.Comment: 16 pages. Only the definitions of "partial operad" and of "rescaling
group" have been improve
Operadic formulation of topological vertex algebras and Gerstenhaber or Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras
We give the operadic formulation of (weak, strong) topological vertex
algebras, which are variants of topological vertex operator algebras studied
recently by Lian and Zuckerman. As an application, we obtain a conceptual and
geometric construction of the Batalin-Vilkovisky algebraic structure (or the
Gerstenhaber algebra structure) on the cohomology of a topological vertex
algebra (or of a weak topological vertex algebra) by combining this operadic
formulation with a theorem of Getzler (or of Cohen) which formulates
Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras (or Gerstenhaber algebras) in terms of the homology
of the framed little disk operad (or of the little disk operad).Comment: 42 page
The tensor structure on the representation category of the triplet algebra
We study the braided monoidal structure that the fusion product induces on
the abelian category -mod, the category of representations of
the triplet -algebra . The -algebras are a
family of vertex operator algebras that form the simplest known examples of
symmetry algebras of logarithmic conformal field theories. We formalise the
methods for computing fusion products, developed by Nahm, Gaberdiel and Kausch,
that are widely used in the physics literature and illustrate a systematic
approach to calculating fusion products in non-semi-simple representation
categories. We apply these methods to the braided monoidal structure of
-mod, previously constructed by Huang, Lepowsky and Zhang, to
prove that this braided monoidal structure is rigid. The rigidity of
-mod allows us to prove explicit formulae for the fusion product
on the set of all simple and all projective -modules, which were
first conjectured by Fuchs, Hwang, Semikhatov and Tipunin; and Gaberdiel and
Runkel.Comment: 58 pages; edit: added references and revisions according to referee
reports. Version to appear on J. Phys.
Phase behavior of the Lattice Restricted Primitive Model with nearest-neighbor exclusion
The global phase behavior of the lattice restricted primitive model with
nearest neighbor exclusion has been studied by grand canonical Monte Carlo
simulations. The phase diagram is dominated by a fluid (or charge-disordered
solid) to charge-ordered solid transition that terminates at the maximum
density, and reduced temperature . At
that point, there is a first-order phase transition between two phases of the
same density, one charge-ordered and the other charge-disordered. The
liquid-vapor transition for the model is metastable, lying entirely within the
fluid-solid phase envelope.Comment: 6 pages, color. submitted to J. Chem. Phy
Progress in Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory
The classic density-functional theory (DFT) formalism introduced by
Hohenberg, Kohn, and Sham in the mid-1960s, is based upon the idea that the
complicated N-electron wavefunction can be replaced with the mathematically
simpler 1-electron charge density in electronic struc- ture calculations of the
ground stationary state. As such, ordinary DFT is neither able to treat
time-dependent (TD) problems nor describe excited electronic states. In 1984,
Runge and Gross proved a theorem making TD-DFT formally exact. Information
about electronic excited states may be obtained from this theory through the
linear response (LR) theory formalism. Begin- ning in the mid-1990s, LR-TD-DFT
became increasingly popular for calculating absorption and other spectra of
medium- and large-sized molecules. Its ease of use and relatively good accuracy
has now brought LR-TD-DFT to the forefront for this type of application. As the
number and the diversity of applications of TD-DFT has grown, so too has grown
our understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the approximate
functionals commonly used for TD-DFT. The objective of this article is to
continue where a previous review of TD-DFT in this series [Annu. Rev. Phys.
Chem. 55: 427 (2004)] left off and highlight some of the problems and solutions
from the point of view of applied physical chemistry. Since doubly-excited
states have a particularly important role to play in bond dissociation and
formation in both thermal and photochemistry, particular emphasis will be
placed upon the problem of going beyond or around the TD-DFT adiabatic
approximation which limits TD-DFT calculations to nominally singly-excited
states. Posted with permission from the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry,
Volume 63 \c{opyright} 2012 by Annual Reviews, http://www.annualreviews.org
Meromorphic open-string vertex algebras
A notion of meromorphic open-string vertex algebra is introduced. A
meromorphic open-string vertex algebra is an open-string vertex algebra in the
sense of Kong and the author satisfying additional rationality (or
meromorphicity) conditions for vertex operators. The vertex operator map for a
meromorphic open-string vertex algebra satisfies rationality and associativity
but in general does not satisfy the Jacobi identity, commutativity, the
commutator formula, the skew-symmetry or even the associator formula. Given a
vector space \mathfrak{h}, we construct a meromorphic open-string vertex
algebra structure on the tensor algebra of the negative part of the
affinization of \mathfrak{h} such that the vertex algebra struture on the
symmetric algebra of the negative part of the Heisenberg algebra associated to
\mathfrak{h} is a quotient of this meromorphic open-string vertex algebra. We
also introduce the notion of left module for a meromorphic open-string vertex
algebra and construct left modules for the meromorphic open-string vertex
algebra above.Comment: 43 pape
Singular vectors of the algebra
The null vectors of an arbitrary highest weight representation of the
algebra are constructed. Using an extension of the enveloping algebra by
allowing complex powers of one of the generators, analysed by Kent for the
Virasoro theory, we generate all the singular vectors indicated by the Kac
determinant. We prove that the singular vectors with given weights are unique
up to normalisation and consider the case when is not diagonalisable
among the singular vectors.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX with 3 figures in LaTe
Phase diagrams in the lattice RPM model: from order-disorder to gas-liquid phase transition
The phase behavior of the lattice restricted primitive model (RPM) for ionic
systems with additional short-range nearest neighbor (nn) repulsive
interactions has been studied by grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations. We
obtain a rich phase behavior as the nn strength is varied. In particular, the
phase diagram is very similar to the continuum RPM model for high nn strength.
Specifically, we have found both gas-liquid phase separation, with associated
Ising critical point, and first-order liquid-solid transition. We discuss how
the line of continuous order-disorder transitions present for the low nn
strength changes into the continuum-space behavior as one increases the nn
strength and compare our findings with recent theoretical results by Ciach and
Stell [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 91}, 060601 (2003)].Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
Difference L operators and a Casorati determinant solution to the T-system for twisted quantum affine algebras
We propose factorized difference operators L(u) associated with the twisted
quantum affine algebras U_{q}(A^{(2)}_{2n}),U_{q}(A^{(2)}_{2n-1}),
U_{q}(D^{(2)}_{n+1}),U_{q}(D^{(3)}_{4}). These operators are shown to be
annihilated by a screening operator. Based on a basis of the solutions of the
difference equation L(u)w(u)=0, we also construct a Casorati determinant
solution to the T-system for U_{q}(A^{(2)}_{2n}),U_{q}(A^{(2)}_{2n-1}).Comment: 15 page
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© 2019 American Chemical Society. We introduce a coarse-grained numerical model that represents a generic DNA hydrogel consisting of Y-shaped building blocks. Each building block comprises three double-stranded DNA arms with single-stranded DNA sticky ends, mimicked by chains of beads and patchy particles, respectively, to allow for an accurate representation of both the basic geometry of the building blocks and the interactions between complementary units. We demonstrate that our coarse-grained model reproduces the correct melting behavior between the complementary ends of the Y-shapes, and their self-assembly into a percolating network. Structural analysis of this network reveals three-dimensional features consistent with a uniform distribution of inter-building-block dihedral angles. When applying an oscillatory shear strain to the percolating system, we show that the system exhibits a linear elastic response when fully connected. We finally discuss to what extent the system's elastic modulus may be controlled by simple changes to the building block complementarity. Our model offers a computationally tractable approach to predicting the structural and mechanical properties of DNA hydrogels made of different types of building blocks
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