Periodic solutions of a many-rotator problem in the plane. II. Analysis of various motions

Various solutions are displayed and analyzed (both analytically and numerically) of arecently-introduced many-body problem in the plane which includes both integrable and nonintegrable cases (depending on the values of the coupling constants); in particular the origin of certain periodic behaviors is explained. The light thereby shone on the connection among \textit{integrability} and \textit{analyticity} in (complex) time, as well as on the emergence of a \textit{chaotic} behavior (in the guise of a sensitive dependance on the initial data) not associated with any local exponential divergence of trajectories in phase space, might illuminate interesting phenomena of more general validity than for the particular model considered herein.Comment: Published by JNMP at http://www.sm.luth.se/math/JNMP

Massive conformal gravity

In this article we construct a massive theory of gravity that is invariant under conformal transformations. The massive action of the theory depend on the metric tensor and a scalar field, which are considered as the only field variables. We find the vacuum field equations of the theory and the solution of its Newtonian limit.Comment: v2: 6 pages, some missing terms were added in the field equation (7). v3: 9 pages, several improvements to match the published versio

Fermion Systems in Discrete Space-Time

Fermion systems in discrete space-time are introduced as a model for physics on the Planck scale. We set up a variational principle which describes a non-local interaction of all fermions. This variational principle is symmetric under permutations of the discrete space-time points. We explain how for minimizers of the variational principle, the fermions spontaneously break this permutation symmetry and induce on space-time a discrete causal structure.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, few typos corrected (published version

Black branes in asymptotically Lifshitz spacetime and viscosity/entropy ratios in Horndeski gravity

We investigate black brane solutions in asymptotically Lifshitz spacetime in 3+1-dimensional Horndeski gravity, which admit a critical exponent fixed at $z=1/2$. The cosmological constant depends on $z$ as $\Lambda=-(1+2z)/L^{2}$. We compute the shear viscosity in the 2+1-dimensional dual boundary field theory via holographic correspondence. We investigate the violation of the bound for viscosity to entropy density ratio of $\eta/s\geq1/(4\pi)$ at $z=1/2$.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, 1 table. Version published in EP