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The Spectral Dimension of 2D Quantum Gravity
We show that the spectral dimension d_s of two-dimensional quantum gravity
coupled to Gaussian fields is two for all values of the central charge c <= 1.
The same arguments provide a simple proof of the known result d_s= 4/3 for
branched polymers.Comment: 7 pages, Late
Woven Graph Codes: Asymptotic Performances and Examples
Constructions of woven graph codes based on constituent block and
convolutional codes are studied. It is shown that within the random ensemble of
such codes based on -partite, -uniform hypergraphs, where depends
only on the code rate, there exist codes satisfying the Varshamov-Gilbert (VG)
and the Costello lower bound on the minimum distance and the free distance,
respectively. A connection between regular bipartite graphs and tailbiting
codes is shown. Some examples of woven graph codes are presented. Among them an
example of a rate woven graph code with
based on Heawood's bipartite graph and containing constituent rate
convolutional codes with overall constraint lengths is
given. An encoding procedure for woven graph codes with complexity proportional
to the number of constituent codes and their overall constraint length
is presented.Comment: Submitted to IEEE Trans. Inform. Theor
Momentum dependence of the electron-phonon coupling and self-energy effects in YBa_2Cu_3O_7 within the local density approximation
Using the local density approximation (LDA) and a realistic phonon spectrum
we determine the momentum and frequency dependence of in YBaCuO for the bonding, antibonding, and chain band.
The resulting self-energy is rather small near the Fermi surface. For
instance, for the antibonding band the maximum of as a function of
frequency is about 7 meV at the nodal point in the normal state and the ratio
of bare and renormalized Fermi velocities 1.18. These values are a factor 3-5
too small compared to the experiment showing that only a small part of
can be attributed to phonons. Furthermore, the frequency dependence of the
renormalization factor is smooth and has no anomalies at
the observed kink frequencies which means that phonons cannot produce
well-pronounced kinks in stoichiometric YBaCuO, at least, within
the LDA.Comment: Figure 1 slightly revised, text shortened, accepted as a PR
The influence of galaxy surface brightness on the mass-metallicity relation
We study the effect of surface brightness on the mass-metallicity relation
using nearby galaxies whose gas content and metallicity profiles are available.
Previous studies using fiber spectra indicated that lower surface brightness
galaxies have systematically lower metallicity for their stellar mass, but the
results were uncertain because of aperture effect. With stellar masses and
surface brightnesses measured at WISE W1 and W2 bands, we re-investigate the
surface brightness dependence with spatially-resolved metallicity profiles and
find the similar result. We further demonstrate that the systematical
difference cannot be explained by the gas content of galaxies. For two galaxies
with similar stellar and gas masses, the one with lower surface brightness
tends to have lower metallicity. Using chemical evolution models, we
investigate the inflow and outflow properties of galaxies of different masses
and surface brightnesses. We find that, on average, high mass galaxies have
lower inflow and outflow rates relative to star formation rate. On the other
hand, lower surface brightness galaxies experience stronger inflow than higher
surface brightness galaxies of similar mass. The surface brightness effect is
more significant for low mass galaxies. We discuss implications on the
different inflow properties between low and high surface brightness galaxies,
including star formation efficiency, environment and mass assembly history
Advanced Information Systems: Impact on Organizational Reality
Today, with the proliferation of increasingly advanced information technologies in organizations, a significant challenge can be made to the traditional assumptions regarding the non-rationality of organizational behavior. It is the purpose of this paper to consider the effects of advanced information technologies on the spatial, structural, social, and informational processes of the organization and to suggest how this could, in fact, signal a return to the “rational” organization. This paper will consider the issue of organizational rationality in a normative manner with several propositions offered
Some comments on the divergence of perturbation series in Quantum Eletrodynamics
It has been argued by Dyson that the perturbation series in coupling constant
in QED can not be convergent. We find that similiar albeit slightly different
arguments lead to the divergence of the series of expansion in QED.Comment: Final Version, To appear in Modern Physics Letters
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