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Closed timelike curves and geodesics of Godel-type metrics
It is shown explicitly that when the characteristic vector field that defines
a Godel-type metric is also a Killing vector, there always exist closed
timelike or null curves in spacetimes described by such a metric. For these
geometries, the geodesic curves are also shown to be characterized by a lower
dimensional Lorentz force equation for a charged point particle in the relevant
Riemannian background. Moreover, two explicit examples are given for which
timelike and null geodesics can never be closed.Comment: REVTeX 4, 12 pages, no figures; the Introduction has been rewritten,
some minor mistakes corrected, many references adde
Chain of refined perception in self-optimizing assembly of micro-optical systems
Today, the assembly of laser systems requires a large share of manual
operations due to its complexity regarding the optimal alignment of optics.
Although the feasibility of automated alignment of laser optics has been
shown in research labs, the development effort for the automation of
assembly does not meet economic requirements – especially for low-volume
laser production. This paper presents a model-based and sensor-integrated
assembly execution approach for flexible assembly cells consisting of a
macro-positioner covering a large workspace and a compact micromanipulator
with camera attached to the positioner. In order to make full use of
available models from computer-aided design (CAD) and optical simulation, sensor systems at different
levels of accuracy are used for matching perceived information with model
data. This approach is named "chain of refined perception", and it allows for
automated planning of complex assembly tasks along all major phases of
assembly such as collision-free path planning, part feeding, and active and
passive alignment. The focus of the paper is put on the in-process
image-based metrology and information extraction used for identifying and
calibrating local coordinate systems as well as the exploitation of that
information for a part feeding process for micro-optics. Results will be
presented regarding the processes of automated calibration of the robot
camera as well as the local coordinate systems of part feeding area and
robot base
Electrified Fuzzy Spheres and Funnels in Curved Backgrounds
We use the non-Abelian DBI action to study the dynamics of coincident
-branes in an arbitrary curved background, with the presence of a
homogenous world-volume electric field. The solutions are natural extensions of
those without electric fields, and imply that the spheres will collapse toward
zero size. We then go on to consider the intersection in a curved
background and find various dualities and automorphisms of the general
equations of motion. It is possible to map the dynamical equation of motion to
the static one via Wick rotation, however the additional spatial dependence of
the metric prevents this mapping from being invertible. Instead we find that a
double Wick rotation leaves the static equation invariant. This is very
different from the behaviour in Minkowski space. We go on to construct the most
general static fuzzy funnel solutions for an arbitrary metric either by solving
the static equations of motion, or by finding configurations which minimise the
energy. As a consistency check we construct the Abelian -brane world-volume
theory in the same generic background and find solutions consistent with energy
minimisation. In the 5-brane background we find time dependent solutions to
the equations of motion, representing a time dependent fuzzy funnel. These
solutions match those obtained from the -string picture to leading order
suggesting that the action in the large limit does not need corrections. We
conclude by generalising our solutions to higher dimensional fuzzy funnels.Comment: 38 pages, Latex; references adde
A pp-Wave With 26 Supercharges
A pp-wave solution to 11-dimensional supergravity is given with precisely 26
supercharges. Its uniqueness and the absence of 11-dimensional pp-waves which
preserve (precisely) 28 or 30 supercharges is discussed. Compactification on a
spacelike circle gives a IIA configuration with all 26 of the supercharges. For
this compactification, D0 brane charge does not appear in the supersymmetry
algebra. Indeed, the 26 supercharge IIA background does not admit any
supersymmetric D-branes. In an appendix, a 28 supercharge IIB pp-wave is
presented along with its supersymmetry algebra.Comment: 18 pages REVTeX 4 and AMSLaTeX. v3: Equations (III.17) and (III.18)
corrected. Reference added. v4: more typos corrected and references adde
Black holes in Goedel-type universes with a cosmological constant
We discuss supersymmetric black holes embedded in a Goedel-type universe with
cosmological constant in five dimensions. The spacetime is a fibration over a
four-dimensional Kaehler base manifold, and generically has closed timelike
curves. Asymptotically the space approaches a deformation of AdS_5, which
suggests that the appearance of closed timelike curves should have an
interpretation in some deformation of D=4, N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory.
Finally, a Goedel-de Sitter universe is also presented and its causal structure
is discussed.Comment: 25 pages, Latex, no figures, references updated, physical discussion
of the solutions considerably expanded, holographic stress tensor and
conserved charges of Goedel-AdS(5) solution compute
Non-Abelian Giant Gravitons
We argue that the giant graviton configurations known from the literature
have a complementary, microscopical description in terms of multiple
gravitational waves undergoing a dielectric (or magnetic moment) effect. We
present a non-Abelian effective action for these gravitational waves with
dielectric couplings and show that stable dielectric solutions exist. These
solutions agree in the large limit with the giant graviton configurations
in the literature.Comment: 8 pages. Contribution to the proceedings of the RTN workshop in
Leuven, Belgium, September 200
Classical glueballs in non-Abelian Born-Infeld theory
It is shown that the Born-Infeld-type modification of the quadratic
Yang-Mills action suggested by the superstring theory gives rise to classical
particle-like solutions prohibited in the standard Yang-Mills theory. This
becomes possible due to the scale invariance breaking by the Born-Infeld
non-linearity. New classical glueballs are sphaleronic in nature and exhibit a
striking similarity with the Bartnik-McKinnon solutions of the Yang-Mills
theory coupled to gravity.Comment: Revtex, 4 pages, 2 eps figure
Homogeneous Plane-wave Spacetimes and their Stability
We consider the stability of spatially homogeneous plane-wave spacetimes. We
carry out a full analysis for plane-wave spacetimes in (4+1) dimensions, and
find there are two cases to consider; what we call non-exceptional and
exceptional. In the non-exceptional case the plane waves are stable to
(spatially homogeneous) vacuum perturbations as well as a restricted set of
matter perturbations. In the exceptional case we always find an instability.
Also we consider the Milne universe in arbitrary dimensions and find it is also
stable provided the strong energy condition is satisfied. This implies that
there exists an open set of stable plane-wave solutions in arbitrary
dimensions.Comment: 15 pages, no figures; minor changes, new references, to appear in CQ
String theory and the Classical Stability of Plane Waves
The presence of fields with negative mass-squared typically leads to some
form of instability in standard field theories. The observation that, at least
in the light-cone gauge, strings propagating in plane wave spacetimes can have
worldsheet scalars with such tachyon-like masses suggests that the supergravity
background may itself be unstable. To address this issue, we perform a
perturbative analysis around the type IIB vacuum plane wave, the solution which
most obviously generates worldsheet scalars with negative mass-squared. We
argue that this background is perturbatively stable.Comment: 23 pages, no figures; v2: very minor changes, references added,
version accepted by PR
Supersymmetric Godel-type Universe in four Dimensions
We generalize the classification of all supersymmetric solutions of pure N=2,
D=4 gauged supergravity to the case when external sources are included. It is
shown that the source must be an electrically charged dust. We give a
particular solution to the resulting equations, that describes a Goedel-type
universe preserving one quarter of the supersymmetries.Comment: 6 pages, Latex. v2: references and footnote added. v3: introduction
expanded, minor corrections, references added. Final versio
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