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Holography at string field theory level: Conformal three point functions of BMN operators
A general framework for applying the pp-wave approximation to holographic
calculations in the AdS/CFT correspondence is proposed. By assuming the
existence and some properties of string field theory (SFT) on background, we extend the holographic ansatz proposed by Gubser, Klebanov,
Polyakov and Witten to SFT level. We extract relevant information of assumed
SFT on from its approximation, pp-wave SFT. As an explicit
example, we perform string theoretic calculations of the conformal three point
functions of the BMN operators. The results agree with the previous
calculations in gauge theory. We identify a broad class of field redefinitions,
including known ambiguities of the interaction Hamiltonian, which does not
affect the results.Comment: 1+12 page
A Numerical Study of Gluon Scattering Amplitudes in N=4 Super Yang-Mills Theory at Strong Coupling
We study gluon scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at strong
coupling via the AdS/CFT correspondence. We solve numerically the discretized
Euler-Lagrange equations on the square worldsheet for the minimal surface with
light-like boundaries in AdS spacetime. We evaluate the area of the surface for
the 4, 6 and 8-point amplitudes using worldsheet and radial cut-off
regularizations. Their infrared singularities in the cut-off regularization are
found to agree with the analytical results near the cusp less than 5% at
520x520 lattice points.Comment: Latex, 23 pages, 19 figure
Impurity Non-Preserving 3-Point Correlators of BMN Operators from PP-Wave Holography II : Fermionic Excitations
The holographic principle in the pp-wave limit proposed in our previous works
is further confirmed by studying impurity non-preserving processes which
contain a fermionic BMN operator with one scalar and one fermion impurities. We
show that the previously proposed duality relation between the matrix elements
of the three point interaction Hamiltonian in the holographic string field
theory and the OPE coefficients in super Yang-Mills theory holds to the leading
order in the large limit. Operator mixing is required to obtain the BMN
operator of definite conformal dimension which corresponds to the string state
with one scalar and one fermion excitations. The mixing term plays a crucial
role for our duality relation to be valid. Our results, combined with those in
the previous papers, provide a positive support that our duality relation holds
for the general process regardless of the kind of impurities and of whether
impurities conserve or not.Comment: 44 pages, 6 figure
Dark gas in the solar neighnorhood from extinction data
When modeling infrared or gamma-ray data as a linear combination of observed
gas tracers, excess emission has been detected compared to expectations from
known neutral and atomic gas as traced by HI and CO measurements, respectively.
This excess might correspond to an additional gas component. This so-called
"dark gas" (DG) has been observed in our Galaxy, as well as the Magellanic
Clouds. For the first time, we investigate the correlation between visible
extinction (Av) data and gas tracers on large scales in the solar neighborhood.
Our work focuses on both the solar neighborhood (|b|>10\degr), and the inner
and outer Galaxy, as well as on four individual regions: Taurus, Orion,
Cepheus-Polaris and Aquila-Ophiuchus. Thanks to the recent production of an
all-sky Av map, we first perform the correlation between Av and both HI and CO
emission over the most diffuse regions, to derive the optimal (Av/NH)^(ref)
ratio. We then iterate the analysis over the entire regions to estimate the
CO-to-H2 conversion factor as well as the DG mass fraction. The average
extinction to gas column-density ratio in the solar neighborhood is found to be
(Av/NH)^(ref)=6.53 10^(-22) mag. cm^2, with significant differences between the
inner and outer Galaxy. We derive an average XCO value of 1.67 10^(20) H2
cm^(-2)/(K km s^(-1)). In the solar neighborhood, the gas mass in the dark
component is found to be 19% relative to that in the atomic component and
164 relative to the one traced by CO. These results are compatible with the
recent analysis using Planck data within the uncertainties of our measurements.
We estimate the ratio of dark gas to total molecular gas to be 0.62 in the
solar neighborhood. The HI-to-H2 and H2-to-CO transitions appear for Av
0.2 mag and Av mag, respectively, in agreement with
theoretical models of dark-H2 gas.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in A&A (in
press
The Invisible Monster Has Two Faces: Observations of Є Aurigae with the Herschel Space Observatory
We present Herschel Space Observatory photometric observations of the unique, long-period eclipsing binary star Є Aurigae. Its extended spectral energy distribution is consistent with our previously published cool (550 K) dust disk model. We also present an archival infrared spectral energy distribution of the side of the disk facing the bright F-type star in the binary, which is consistent with a warmer (1150 K) disk model. The lack of strong molecular emission features in the Herschel bands suggests that the disk has a low gas-to-dust ratio. The spectral energy distribution and Herschel images imply that the 250 GHz radio detection reported by Altenhoff et al. is likely contaminated by infrared-bright, extended background emission associated with a nearby nebular region and should be considered an upper limit to the true flux density of Є Aur
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