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Normalization of the chiral condensate in the massive Schwinger model
Within mass perturbation theory, already the first order contribution to the
chiral condensate of the massive Schwinger model is UV divergent. We discuss
the problem of choosing a proper normalization and, by making use of some
bosonization results, we are able to choose a normalization so that the
resulting chiral condensate may be compared, e.g., with lattice data.Comment: Latex file, 8 pages, 1 figure, needed macro: psbox.te
Quantum correlations and thermodynamic performances of two-qubit engines with local and collective baths
We investigate heat engines whose working substance is made of two coupled
qubits performing a generalised Otto cycle by varying their applied magnetic
field or their interaction strength during the compression and expansion
strokes. During the heating and cooling strokes, the two qubits are coupled to
local and common environments that are not necessarily at equilibrium. We find
instances of quantum engines coupled to non equilibrium common environments
exhibiting non-trivial connections to quantum correlations as witnessed by a
monotonic dependence of the work produced on quantum discord and entanglement.Comment: Close to published versio
What Regulates Galaxy Evolution? Open Questions in Our Understanding of Galaxy Formation and Evolution
In April 2013, a workshop entitled "What Regulates Galaxy Evolution" was held
at the Lorentz Center. The aim of the workshop was to bring together the
observational and theoretical community working on galaxy evolution, and to
discuss in depth of the current problems in the subject, as well as to review
the most recent observational constraints. A total of 42 astrophysicists
attended the workshop. A significant fraction of the time was devoted to
identifying the most interesting "open questions" in the field, and to discuss
how progress can be made. This review discusses the four questions (one for
each day of the workshop) that, in our opinion, were the focus of the most
intense debate. We present each question in its context, and close with a
discussion of what future directions should be pursued in order to make
progress on these problems.Comment: 36 pages, 6 Figures, submitted to New Astronomy Review
Bisector energy and few distinct distances
We introduce the bisector energy of an -point set in ,
defined as the number of quadruples from such that and
determine the same perpendicular bisector as and . If no line or circle
contains points of , then we prove that the bisector energy is
. We also prove the
lower bound , which matches our upper bound when is
large. We use our upper bound on the bisector energy to obtain two rather
different results:
(i) If determines distinct distances, then for any
, either there exists a line or circle that contains
points of , or there exist
distinct lines that contain points of . This result
provides new information on a conjecture of Erd\H{o}s regarding the structure
of point sets with few distinct distances.
(ii) If no line or circle contains points of , then the number of
distinct perpendicular bisectors determined by is
. This appears to
be the first higher-dimensional example in a framework for studying the
expansion properties of polynomials and rational functions over ,
initiated by Elekes and R\'onyai.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figure
Asymmetric Monetary Transmission in EMU: The Robustness of VAR Conclusions and Cecchettiâs Legal Family Theory
We review studies on monetary transmission in the EU countries using the VAR approach and analyse why they often lead to divergent outcomes. Firstly, we estimate 43 VAR models across ten EU countries and compare the robustness of the ranking of the magnitudes of the price and output responses. The main specification differences between the VAR models are the use of two different sample periods; the inclusion of additional variables; and the use of recursive, long run, and structural identification schemes. Secondly, we calculate rank correlations between the output and price responses of a recursive VAR and a structural VAR to the financial structure indicators used by Cecchetti (1999), who argued that legal systems cause financial structure, which in turn causes asymmetric transmission. In contrast to Cecchetti, we find that there is little correlation.monetary transmission, VAR models, EMU
Barriers to Transport and Mixing in Volume-Preserving Maps with Nonzero Flux
In this paper we identify the geometric structures that restrict transport
and mixing in perturbations of integrable volume-preserving systems with
nonzero net flux. Unlike KAM tori, these objects cannot be continued to the
tori present in the integrable system but are generated by resonance and have a
contractible direction. We introduce a remarkably simple algorithm to analyze
the behavior of these maps and obtain quantitative properties of the tori. In
particular, we present assertions regarding the distribution of the escape
times of the unbounded orbits, the abundance of tori, and the size of the
resonant regions
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