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Scaling limit for a drainage network model
We consider the two dimensional version of a drainage network model
introduced by Gangopadhyay, Roy and Sarkar, and show that the appropriately
rescaled family of its paths converges in distribution to the Brownian web. We
do so by verifying the convergence criteria proposed by Fontes, Isopi, Newman
and Ravishankar.Comment: 15 page
Particle production azimuthal asymmetries in a clustering of color sources model
The collective interactions of many partons in the first stage of the
collisions is the usual accepted explanation of the sizable elliptical flow.
The clustering of color sources provides a framework of partonic interactions.
In this scheme, we show a reasonable agreement with RHIC data for pT<1.5 GeV/c
in both the dependence of v2 transverse momentum and in the shape of the
nuclear modified factor on the azimuthal angle for different centralities. We
show the predictions at LHC energies for Pb-Pb. In the case of proton-proton
collisions a sizable v2 is obtained at this energy.Comment: To appear in Journal of Physics
Phase diagram of the antiferromagnetic XY model in two dimensions in a magnetic field
The phase diagram of the quasi-two-dimensional easy-plane antiferromagnetic
model, with a magnetic field applied in the easy plane, is studied using the
self-consistent harmonic approximation. We found a linear dependence of the
transition temperature as a function of the field for large values of the
field. Our results are in agreement with experimental data for the spin-1
honeycomb compound BaNi_2V_2O_3Comment: 3 page
On the Nonlinear Stability of Asymptotically Anti-de Sitter Solutions
Despite the recent evidence that anti-de Sitter spacetime is nonlinearly
unstable, we argue that many asymptotically anti-de Sitter solutions are
nonlinearly stable. This includes geons, boson stars, and black holes. As part
of our argument, we calculate the frequencies of long-lived gravitational
quasinormal modes of AdS black holes in various dimensions. We also discuss a
new class of asymptotically anti-de Sitter solutions describing noncoalescing
black hole binaries.Comment: 26 pages. 5 figure
Gravitational radiation in d>4 from effective field theory
Some years ago, a new powerful technique, known as the Classical Effective
Field Theory, was proposed to describe classical phenomena in gravitational
systems. Here we show how this approach can be useful to investigate
theoretically important issues, such as gravitational radiation in any
spacetime dimension. In particular, we derive for the first time the
Einstein-Infeld-Hoffman Lagrangian and we compute Einstein's quadrupole formula
for any number of flat spacetime dimensions.Comment: 32 pages, 10 figures. v2: Factor in eq. (3.11) fixed. References
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Rotating Dilaton Solutions in 2+1 Dimensions
We report a three parameter family of solutions for dilaton gravity in 2+1
dimensions with finite mass and finite angular momentum. These solutions are
obtained by a compactification of vacuum solutions in 3+1 dimensions with
cylindrical symmetry. One class of solutions corresponds to conical
singularities and the other leads to curvature singularities.Comment: Accepted to be published in Gen. Rel. Grav., added reference
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