Contractions of sigma models and integration of massive modes

We show how the integration of massive modes after a spontaneous symmetry breaking in a sigma model can often be interpreted as a contraction, induced by a group contraction, of the target space of the sigma model.Comment: 9 pages. Prepared for the porceedings of the 4-th International Symposium Quantum Theory and Symmetries. Varna, Bulgaria, 15-21 August 200

Theoretical Analysis of the No-Slip Boundary Condition Enforcement in SPH Methods

The aim of the present work is to provide an in-depth analysis of the most representative mirroring techniques used in SPH to enforce boundary conditions (BC) along solid profiles. We specifically refer to dummy particles, ghost particles, and Takeda et al. [Prog. Theor. Phys. 92 (1994), 939] boundary integrals. The analysis has been carried out by studying the convergence of the first- and second-order differential operators as the smoothing length (that is, the characteristic length on which relies the SPH interpolation) decreases. These differential operators are of fundamental importance for the computation of the viscous drag and the viscous/diffusive terms in the momentum and energy equations. It has been proved that close to the boundaries some of the mirroring techniques leads to intrinsic inaccuracies in the convergence of the differential operators. A consistent formulation has been derived starting from Takeda et al. boundary integrals (see the above reference). This original formulation allows implementing no-slip boundary conditions consistently in many practical applications as viscous flows and diffusion problems

Special geometry for arbitrary signatures

In this paper we generalize special geometry to arbitrary signatures in target space. We formulate the definitions in a precise mathematical setting and give a translation to the coordinate formalism used in physics. For the projective case, we first discuss in detail projective Kaehler manifolds, appearing in N=1 supergravity. We develop a new point of view based on the intrinsic construction of the line bundle. The topological properties are then derived and the Levi-Civita connection in the projective manifold is obtained as a particular projection of a Levi-Civita connection in a `mother' manifold with one extra complex dimension. The origin of this approach is in the superconformal formalism of physics, which is also explained in detail. Finally, we specialize these results to projective special Kaehler manifolds and provide explicit examples with different choices of signature.Comment: LaTeX, 83 pages; v2: typos corrected, version to be published in Handbook of pseudo-Riemannian Geometry and Supersymmetry, IRMA Lectures in Mathematics and Theoretical Physic

Hidden dimers and the matrix maps: Fibonacci chains re-visited

The existence of cycles of the matrix maps in Fibonacci class of lattices is well established. We show that such cycles are intimately connected with the presence of interesting positional correlations among the constituent `atoms' in a one dimensional quasiperiodic lattice. We particularly address the transfer model of the classic golden mean Fibonacci chain where a six cycle of the full matrix map exists at the centre of the spectrum [Kohmoto et al, Phys. Rev. B 35, 1020 (1987)], and for which no simple physical picture has so far been provided, to the best of our knowledge. In addition, we show that our prescription leads to a determination of other energy values for a mixed model of the Fibonacci chain, for which the full matrix map may have similar cyclic behaviour. Apart from the standard transfer-model of a golden mean Fibonacci chain, we address a variant of it and the silver mean lattice, where the existence of four cycles of the matrix map is already known to exist. The underlying positional correlations for all such cases are discussed in details.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Physical Review

Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated sulfones

An efficient method is reported for the highly enantioselective copper-catalyzed conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to α,β-unsaturated sulfones using a monodentate phosphoramidite ligand.

FIBONACCI SUPERLATTICES OF NARROW-GAP III-V SEMICONDUCTORS

We report theoretical electronic structure of Fibonacci superlattices of narrow-gap III-V semiconductors. Electron dynamics is accurately described within the envelope-function approximation in a two-band model. Quasiperiodicity is introduced by considering two different III-V semiconductor layers and arranging them according to the Fibonacci series along the growth direction. The resulting energy spectrum is then found by solving exactly the corresponding effective-mass (Dirac-like) wave equation using tranfer-matrix techniques. We find that a self-similar electronic spectrum can be seen in the band structure. Electronic transport properties of samples are also studied and related to the degree of spatial localization of electronic envelope-functions via Landauer resistance and Lyapunov coefficient. As a working example, we consider type II InAs/GaSb superlattices and discuss in detail our results in this system.Comment: REVTeX 3.0, 16 pages, 8 figures available upon request. To appear in Semiconductor Science and Technolog

SISTEMA NACIONAL DE SALUD ESPAÑOL. CARACTERÍSTICAS Y ANÁLISIS.

The Health General Law 14/1986 of April 25 made possible the step from the old Social Security model to the current Health National System model. Since then it has taken place deep changes of the system which culminate in 2002 in the total decentralization of the Comunidades Autonomas health competitions. The result of the current legislative frame is the competitions decentralization and budgets management whith a possible variability of the CCAA management models, which shows us the need to monitor a follow-up that make possible to evaluate the System competitions decentralization in the next ten years.La Ley General de Sanidad 14/1986 de 25 de Abril posibilitó el tránsito del antiguo modelo de Seguridad Social al actual modelo de Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS).Desde entonces se han producido profundos cambios en el sistema que culminaron en el año 2002 con la descentralización total de competencias en materia de salud en las Comunidades Autónomas, resultando del actual marco legislativo la descentralización de competencias y gestión de los presupuestos con una posible variabilidad en los modelos de gestión de cada CCAA, que plantea la necesidad de monitorizar un seguimiento que permita evaluar en los próximos diez años el impacto de la descentralización de competencias del Sistema.

Role of phason-defects on the conductance of a 1-d quasicrystal

We have studied the influence of a particular kind of phason-defect on the Landauer resistance of a Fibonacci chain. Depending on parameters, we sometimes find the resistance to decrease upon introduction of defect or temperature, a behavior that also appears in real quasicrystalline materials. We demonstrate essential differences between a standard tight-binding model and a full continuous model. In the continuous case, we study the conductance in relation to the underlying chaotic map and its invariant. Close to conducting points, where the invariant vanishes, and in the majority of cases studied, the resistance is found to decrease upon introduction of a defect. Subtle interference effects between a sudden phason-change in the structure and the phase of the wavefunction are also found, and these give rise to resistive behaviors that produce exceedingly simple and regular patterns.Comment: 12 pages, special macros jnl.tex,reforder.tex, eqnorder.tex. arXiv admin note: original tex thoroughly broken, figures missing. Modified so that tex compiles, original renamed .tex.orig in source