95 research outputs found
Adaptive query-based sampling of distributed collections
As part of a Distributed Information Retrieval system a de-scription of each remote information resource, archive or repository is usually stored centrally in order to facilitate resource selection. The ac-quisition ofprecise resourcedescriptionsistherefore animportantphase in Distributed Information Retrieval, as the quality of such represen-tations will impact on selection accuracy, and ultimately retrieval per-formance. While Query-Based Sampling is currently used for content discovery of uncooperative resources, the application of this technique is dependent upon heuristic guidelines to determine when a sufficiently accurate representation of each remote resource has been obtained. In this paper we address this shortcoming by using the Predictive Likelihood to provide both an indication of thequality of an acquired resource description estimate, and when a sufficiently good representation of a resource hasbeen obtained during Query-Based Sampling
Born-Infeld strings between D-branes
We examine the solutions of world-volume action for a D3-brane being put near
other D3-brane which is replaced by the background configuration of bulk space.
It is shown that the BPS solutions are not affected by the D3-brane background,
and they are interpreted as dyonic strings connecting two branes. On the
contrary, the non-BPS configurations are largely influenced by the background
D-brane, and we find that the solutions with pure electric charge cannot
connect two branes. These solutions are corresponding to the bound state of
brane and anti-brane which has been found by Callan and MaldacenaComment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Numerical simulation of flow over a rough bed
This paper presents results of a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flow over the rough bed of an open channel. We consider a hexagonal arrangement of spheres on the channel bed. The depth of flow has been taken as four times the diameter of the spheres and the Reynolds number has been chosen so that the roughness Reynolds number is greater than 70, thus ensuring a fully rough flow. A parallel code based on finite difference, domain decomposition, and multigrid methods has been used for the DNS. Computed results are compared with available experimental data. We report the first- and second-order statistics, variation of lift/drag and exchange coefficients. Good agreement with experimental results is seen for the mean velocity, turbulence intensities, and Reynolds stress. Further, the DNS results provide accurate quantitative statistics for rough bed flow. Detailed analysis of the DNS data confirms the streaky nature of the flow near the effective bed and the existence of a hierarchy of vortices aligned with the streamwise direction, and supports the wall similarity hypothesis. The computed exchange coefficients indicate a large degree of mixing between the fluid trapped below the midplane of the roughness elements and that above it
A grid-based infrastructure for distributed retrieval
In large-scale distributed retrieval, challenges of latency, heterogeneity, and dynamicity emphasise the importance of infrastructural support in reducing the development costs of state-of-the-art solutions. We present a service-based infrastructure for distributed retrieval which blends middleware facilities and a design framework to ‘lift’ the resource sharing approach and the computational services of a European Grid platform into the domain of e-Science applications. In this paper, we give an overview of the DILIGENT Search Framework and illustrate its exploitation in the field of Earth Science
Properties of Intersecting p-branes in Various Dimensions
General properties of intersecting extremal p-brane solutions of gravity
coupled with dilatons and several different d-form fields in arbitrary
space-time dimensions are considered. It is show that heuristically expected
properties of the intersecting p-branes follow from the explicit formulae for
solutions. In particular, harmonic superposition and S-duality hold for all
p-brane solutions. Generalized T-duality takes place under additional
restrictions on the initial theory parameters .Comment: 14 pages, RevTeX, misprints are corrected and more Comments are
added, information about one of the authors (M.G.I.) available at
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/419
Distribution of the area enclosed by a 2D random walk in a disordered medium
The asymptotic probability distribution for a Brownian particle wandering in
a 2D plane with random traps to enclose the algebraic area A by time t is
calculated using the instanton technique.Comment: 4 pages, ReVTeX. Phys. Rev. E (March 1999), to be publishe
Non-BPS Dyons and Branes in the Dirac-Born-Infeld Theory
Non-BPS dyon solutions to D3-brane actions are constructed when one or more
scalar fields describing transverse fluctuations of the brane, are considered.
The picture emerging from such non-BPS configurations is analysed, in
particular the response of the D-brane-string system to small perturbations.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, Revtex fil
D-brane Solitons in Supersymmetric Sigma-Models
Massive D=4 N=2 supersymmetric sigma models typically admit domain wall
(Q-kink) solutions and string (Q-lump) solutions, both preserving 1/2
supersymmetry. We exhibit a new static 1/4 supersymmetric `kink-lump' solution
in which a string ends on a wall, and show that it has an effective realization
as a BIon of the D=4 super DBI-action. It is also shown to have a
time-dependent Q-kink-lump generalization which reduces to the Q-lump in a
limit corresponding to infinite BI magnetic field. All these 1/4 supersymmetric
sigma-model solitons are shown to be realized in M-theory as calibrated, or
`Q-calibrated', M5-branes in an M-monopole background.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, Late
Superconducting p-branes and Extremal Black Holes
In Einstein-Maxwell theory, magnetic flux lines are `expelled' from a black
hole as extremality is approached, in the sense that the component of the field
strength normal to the horizon goes to zero. Thus, extremal black holes are
found to exhibit the sort of `Meissner effect' which is characteristic of
superconducting media. We review some of the evidence for this effect, and do
present new evidence for it using recently found black hole solutions in string
theory and Kaluza-Klein theory. We also present some new solutions, which arise
naturally in string theory, which are non-superconducting extremal black holes.
We present a nice geometrical interpretation of these effects derived by
looking carefully at the higher dimensional configurations from which the lower
dimensional black hole solutions are obtained. We show that other extremal
solitonic objects in string theory (such as p-branes) can also display
superconducting properties. In particular, we argue that the relativistic
London equation will hold on the worldvolume of `light' superconducting
p-branes (which are embedded in flat space), and that minimally coupled zero
modes will propagate in the adS factor of the near-horizon geometries of
`heavy', or gravitating, superconducting p-branes.Comment: 22 pages, 2 figure
Decoherence, Re-coherence, and the Black Hole Information Paradox
We analyze a system consisting of an oscillator coupled to a field. With the
field traced out as an environment, the oscillator loses coherence on a very
short {\it decoherence timescale}; but, on a much longer {\it relaxation
timescale}, predictably evolves into a unique, pure (ground) state. This
example of {\it re-coherence} has interesting implications both for the
interpretation of quantum theory and for the loss of information during black
hole evaporation. We examine these implications by investigating the
intermediate and final states of the quantum field, treated as an open system
coupled to an unobserved oscillator.Comment: 23 pages, 2 figures included, figures 3.1 - 3.3 available at
http://qso.lanl.gov/papers/Papers.htm
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