988 research outputs found
Boundary States for Supertubes in Flat Spacetime and Godel Universe
We construct boundary states for supertubes in the flat spacetime. The T-dual
objects of supertubes are moving spiral D1-branes (D-helices). Since we can
obtain these D-helices from the usual D1-branes via null deformation, we can
construct the boundary states for these moving D-helices in the covariant
formalism. Using these boundary states, we calculate the vacuum amplitude
between two supertubes in the closed string channel and read the open string
spectrum via the open closed duality. We find there are critical values of the
energy for on-shell open strings on the supertubes due to the non-trivial
stringy correction. We also consider supertubes in the type IIA Godel universe
in order to use them as probes of closed timelike curves. This universe is the
T-dual of the maximally supersymmetric type IIB PP-wave background. Since the
null deformations of D-branes are also allowed in this PP-wave, we can
construct the boundary states for supertubes in the type IIA Godel universe in
the same way. We obtain the open string spectrum on the supertube from the
vacuum amplitude between supertubes. As a consequence, we find that the
tachyonic instability of open strings on the supertube, which is the signal of
closed time like curves, disappears due to the stringy correction.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figures, v2: explanations added, references added, v3:
explanations adde
Chain of refined perception in self-optimizing assembly of micro-optical systems
Today, the assembly of laser systems requires a large share of manual
operations due to its complexity regarding the optimal alignment of optics.
Although the feasibility of automated alignment of laser optics has been
shown in research labs, the development effort for the automation of
assembly does not meet economic requirements – especially for low-volume
laser production. This paper presents a model-based and sensor-integrated
assembly execution approach for flexible assembly cells consisting of a
macro-positioner covering a large workspace and a compact micromanipulator
with camera attached to the positioner. In order to make full use of
available models from computer-aided design (CAD) and optical simulation, sensor systems at different
levels of accuracy are used for matching perceived information with model
data. This approach is named "chain of refined perception", and it allows for
automated planning of complex assembly tasks along all major phases of
assembly such as collision-free path planning, part feeding, and active and
passive alignment. The focus of the paper is put on the in-process
image-based metrology and information extraction used for identifying and
calibrating local coordinate systems as well as the exploitation of that
information for a part feeding process for micro-optics. Results will be
presented regarding the processes of automated calibration of the robot
camera as well as the local coordinate systems of part feeding area and
robot base
Three Charge Supertubes in Type IIB Plane Wave Backgrounds
We deform the supersymmetric black ring of five dimensional supergravity
coupled to N-1 vector multiplets to obtain an asymptotically Goedel
supersymmetric black ring. For the U(1)^3 model we lift this solution to obtain
a three charge D1-D5-P supertube which asymptotes to a 1/2 supersymmetric plane
wave of Type IIB supergravity. Further, we also show how one may deform the
asymptotically flat three charge supertube of type IIB, in the special case of
vanishing KK dipole charge, to a three charge supertube which asymptotes to the
maximally supersymmetric plane wave.Comment: 1+14 pages, JHEP
Employment Gains from Minimum-Wage Hikes under Perfect Competition: A Simple General-Equilibrium Analysis
Contrary to conventional wisdom, higher minimum wages may lead to greater levels of
employment under perfect competition. We demonstrate this possibility in a simple generalequilibrium
model with two goods produced by two factors and consumed by two representative
households. Within our model, hiking a minimum wage redistributes income between
heterogeneous consumers. This redistribution may create an excess demand for the laborintensive
good, and hence increase employment to restore equilibrium, despite the fact that every
firm becomes less labor intensive
Unemployment and Income-Distribution Effects of Economic Growth: A Minimum-Wage Analysis with Optimal Saving
Theoretically and numerically, we analyze the unemployment and income-distribution effects of economic growth, in a model with optimal saving (investment) and a minimum wage for unskilled labor. Within this three-factor model (including skilled labor), an exogenous rise in the growth rate increases unemployment if capital and unskilled labor are complements (versus substitutes), implying a trade-off between (faster) growth and (lower) unemployment. We also show how the growth rate affects the skill premium and factor shares of national income, providing little support for Piketty’s (2014) controversial thesis that capital’s share is higher when growth is slower
A Minimum-Wage Model of Unemployment and Growth: The Case of a Backward-Bending Demand Curve for Labor
We add a minimum wage and hence involuntary unemployment to a conventional two-sector
model of a perfectly competitive economy with optimal saving and endogenous growth. Our
resulting model highlights the possible case of a backward-bending demand curve for labor,
along which a hike in the minimum wage might increase total employment. This possibility
provides theoretical support for some controversial empirical studies, which challenge the
textbook prediction of an inverse relationship between employment and the minimum wage. Our
model also implies that a minimum-wage hike has negative implications for both the growth rate
and lifetime utilit
Yang-Mills Instantons Sitting on a Ricci-flat Worldspace of Double D4-brane
Thus far, there seem to be no complete criteria that can settle the issue as
to what the correct generalization of the Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) action,
describing the low-energy dynamics of the D-branes, to the non-abelian case
would be. According to recent suggestions, one might pass the issue of
worldvolume solitons from abelian to non-abelian setting by considering the
stack of multiple, coincident D-branes and use it as a guideline to construct
or censor the relevant non-abelian version of the DBI action. In this spirit,
here we are interested in the explicit construction of SU(2) Yang-Mills (YM)
instanton solutions in the background geometry of two coincident probe D4-brane
worldspaces particularly when the metric of target spacetime in which the probe
branes are embedded is given by the Ricci-flat, magnetic extremal 4-brane
solution in type IIA supergravity theory with its worldspace metric being given
by that of Taub-NUT and Eguchi-Hanson solutions, the two best-known
gravitational instantons. And then we demonstrate that with this YM instanton-
gravitational instanton configuration on the probe D4-brane worldvolume, the
energy of the probe branes attains its minimum value and hence enjoys stable
state provided one employs the Tseytlin's non-abelian DBI action for the
description of multiple probe D-branes. In this way, we support the arguments
in the literature in favor of Tseytlin's proposal for the non-abelian DBI
action.Comment: 39 pages, Revtex, some more comments adde
Registering imagery to ICESat data for measuring elevation changes on Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024328.We present a new approach to derive control information from ICESat data that enables rigorous registration of aerial and satellite imagery. The technique, based on matching terrain features identified from ICESat measurements and aerial imagery, opens the door to transform results of previous studies to a global reference frame. We demonstrate the proposed methodology with historical aerial photographs to determine surface changes between 1979 and 2004 over Byrd Glacier. This is important because there is no satellite radar altimetry coverage south of 81.5° S, which limits mass balance knowledge of outlet glaciers draining the East Antarctic ice sheet through the southern Transantarctic Mountains. Our study indicates that the grounded part of Byrd Glacier is close to being in balance. However, we observe large thinning on the floating part of the glacier, probably induced by increased basal melting
Dyons in Nonabelian Born-Infeld Theory
We analyze a nonabelian extension of Born--Infeld action for the SU(2) group.
In the class of spherically symmetric solutions we find that, besides the
Gal'tsov--Kerner glueballs, only the analytic dyons have finite energy. The
presented analytic and numerical investigation excludes the existence of pure
magnetic monopoles of 't Hooft--Polyakov type.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Gravitating dyons and dyonic black holes in Einstein-Born-Infeld-Higgs model
We find static spherically symmetric dyons in Einstein-Born-Infeld-Higgs
model in 3+1 dimensions. The solutions share many features with the gravitating
monopoles in the same model. In particular, they exist only up to some critical
value of a parameter \a related to the strength of the gravitational
interaction. We also study dyonic non-Abelian black holes. We analyse these
solutions numerically.Comment: Minor modifications, few more references added. To appear in Phys.
Lett.
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