214 research outputs found
Quasinormal modes and Stability Analysis for 4-dimensional Lifshitz Black Hole
We study the Lifshitz black hole in 4-dimensions with dynamical exponent z=2
and we calculate analytically the quasinormal modes of scalar perturbations.
These quasinormal modes allows to study the stability of the Lifshitz black
hole and we have obtained that Lifshitz black hole is stable.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1205.058
Solitons in Five Dimensional Minimal Supergravity: Local Charge, Exotic Ergoregions, and Violations of the BPS Bound
We describe a number of striking features of a class of smooth solitons in
gauged and ungauged minimal supergravity in five dimensions. The solitons are
globally asymptotically flat or asymptotically AdS without any Kaluza-Klein
directions but contain a minimal sphere formed when a cycle pinches off in the
interior of the spacetime. The solutions carry a local magnetic charge and many
have rather unusual ergosurfaces. Perhaps most strikingly, many of the solitons
have more electric charge or, in the asymptotically AdS case, more electric
charge and angular momentum than is allowed by the usual BPS bound. We comment
on, but do not resolve, the new puzzle this raises for AdS/CFT.Comment: 60 pages, 12 figures, 3 table
Charged Randall-Sundrum black holes and N=4 super Yang-Mills in AdS(2)xS(2)
We obtain some exact results for black holes in the Randall-Sundrum model
with a single brane. We consider an extreme black hole charged with respect to
a Maxwell field on the brane. The near-horizon geometry is determined. The
induced metric on the brane and the black hole entropy are compared with the
predictions of 4d General Relativity. There is good agreement for large black
holes, with calculable subleading corrections. As a separate application, the
bulk solution provides a gravitational dual for (strongly coupled, large N) N=4
SYM in AdS(2)xS(2) for arbitrary relative size of AdS(2) and S(2).Comment: 13 page
Diversity, urban space and the right to the provincial city
Using three vignettes of the same physical space this article contributes to understanding of how the right to the city is contested in provincial England in the early twenty-first century. Oral history and ethnographic material gathered in Peterborough between 2010 and 2012 are drawn on to shed new light on the politics of diversity and urban space. This highlights the multiple place attachments and trans-spatial practices of all residents, including the white ethnic majority, as well as contrasting forms of active intervention in space with their different temporalities and affective intensities. The article carries its own diversity politics, seeking to reduce the harm done by racism through challenging the normalisation of the idea of a local, indigenous population, left out by multiculturalism. It simultaneously raises critical questions about capitalist regeneration strategies in terms of their impact both on class inequality and on the environment
Scalability of quantum computation with addressable optical lattices
We make a detailed analysis of error mechanisms, gate fidelity, and
scalability of proposals for quantum computation with neutral atoms in
addressable (large lattice constant) optical lattices. We have identified
possible limits to the size of quantum computations, arising in 3D optical
lattices from current limitations on the ability to perform single qubit gates
in parallel and in 2D lattices from constraints on laser power. Our results
suggest that 3D arrays as large as 100 x 100 x 100 sites (i.e.,
qubits) may be achievable, provided two-qubit gates can be performed with
sufficiently high precision and degree of parallelizability. Parallelizability
of long range interaction-based two-qubit gates is qualitatively compared to
that of collisional gates. Different methods of performing single qubit gates
are compared, and a lower bound of is determined on the
error rate for the error mechanisms affecting Cs in a blue-detuned
lattice with Raman transition-based single qubit gates, given reasonable limits
on experimental parameters.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review
States of Negative Energy and
We develop a careful definition of energy for nonsupersymmetric warped
product asymptotically solutions which include a nonzero
p-form. In the case of an electric p-form extending along all the AdS
directions, and in particular in the case of self-dual fields like those used
in the Freund-Rubin construction, the Hamiltonian is well defined only if a
particular asymptotic gauge for the p-form is used. Rather surprisingly,
asymptotically this gauge is time dependent, despite the fact the field and
metric are not. We then consider a freely orbifolded and
demonstrate that the standard boundary conditions allow states of arbitrarily
negative energy. The states consist of time symmetric initial data describing
bubbles that are regular up to singularities due to smeared D3-branes. We
discuss the evolution of this data and point out that if the usual boundary
conditions are enforced such bubbles may never reach infinity.Comment: 33 pages, 1 figure, v2: minor corrections, added referenc
Large N Field Theory and AdS Tachyons
In non-supersymmetric orbifolds of N =4 super Yang-Mills, conformal
invariance is broken by the logarithmic running of double-trace operators -- a
leading effect at large N. A tachyonic instability in AdS_5 has been proposed
as the bulk dual of double-trace running. In this paper we make this
correspondence more precise. By standard field theory methods, we show that the
double-trace beta function is quadratic in the coupling, to all orders in
planar perturbation theory. Tuning the double-trace coupling to its (complex)
fixed point, we find conformal dimensions of the form 2 + i b, as formally
expected for operators dual to bulk scalars that violate the stability bound.
We also show that conformal invariance is broken in perturbation theory if and
only if dynamical symmetry breaking occurs. Our analysis is applicable to a
general large N field theory with vanishing single-trace beta functions.Comment: 26 pages, 6 figures. v3: small changes, version published on JHEP
Problems persist in reporting of methods and results for the WOMAC measure in hip and knee osteoarthritis trials
Purpose
The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is a commonly used outcome measure for osteoarthritis. There are different versions of the WOMAC (Likert, visual analogue or numeric scales). A previous review of trials published before 2010 found poor reporting and inconsistency in how the WOMAC was used. This review explores whether these problems persist.
Methods
This systematic review included randomised trials of hip and/or knee osteoarthritis published in 2016 that used the WOMAC. Data were extracted on the version used, score range, analysis and results of the WOMAC, and whether these details were clearly reported.
Results
This review included 62 trials and 41 reported the WOMAC total score. The version used and item range for the WOMAC total score were unclear in 44% (nâ=â18/41) and 24% (nâ=â10/41) of trials, respectively. The smallest total score range was 0â10 (calculated by averaging 24 items scored 0â10); the largest was 0â2400 (calculated by summing 24 items scored 0â100). All trials reported the statistical analysis methods but only 29% reported the between-group mean difference and 95% confidence interval.
Conclusion
Details on the use and scoring of the WOMAC were often not reported. We recommend that trials report the version of the WOMAC and the score range used. The between-group treatment effect and corresponding confidence interval should be reported. If all the items of the WOMAC are collected, the total score and individual subscale scores should be presented. Better reporting would facilitate the interpretation, comparison and synthesis of the WOMAC score in trials
Sequences of dipole black rings and Kaluza-Klein bubbles
We construct new exact solutions to 5D Einstein-Maxwell equations describing
sequences of Kaluza-Klein bubbles and dipole black rings. The solutions are
generated by 2-soliton transformations from vacuum black ring - bubble
sequences. The properties of the solutions are investigated. We also derive the
Smarr-like relations and the mass and tension first laws in the general case
for such configurations of Kaluza-Klein bubbles and dipole black rings. The
novel moment is the appearance of the magnetic flux in the Smarr-like relations
and the first laws.Comment: 26 pages, 1 figur
New stable phase of non uniform black strings in
We consider the non uniform black string equations in arbitrary number
of dimension in a perturbative approach up to order 2 and in a non
perturbative. We restrict the study in the perturbative approach to the
backreacting modes, since they provide the first relevant corrections on the
thermodynamical quantities of the solutions. We also present some preliminary
results in the construction of non-perturbative solutions, in particular, we
present a first part of the non uniform - uniform black string phase diagram.
Our results suggests the existence of a new stable phase for non uniform
black strings, namely long non uniform black string, with the extra direction
length of the order of the curvature.Comment: Results extended. 14 pages, 5 figure
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