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Effects of Anisotropy in QED3 from Dyson-Schwinger equations in a box
We investigate the effect of anisotropies in the fermion velocities of 2+1
dimensional QED on the critical number N_f^c of fermions for dynamical mass
generation. Our framework are the Dyson-Schwinger equations for the gauge boson
and fermion propagators formulated in a finite volume. In contrast to previous
Dyson-Schwinger studies we do not rely on an expansion in small anisotropies
but keep the full velocity dependence of fermion equations intact. As result we
find sizable variations of N_f^c away from the isotropic point in agreement
with other approaches. We discuss the relevance of our findings for models of
high-T_c superconductors.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, v2: minor changes, typos corrected, version
accepted by PR
Cooling for instantons and the Wrath of Nahm
The dynamics of instantons and anti-instantons in lattice QCD can be studied
by analysing the action and topological charge of configurations as they
approach a self-dual or anti-self-dual state, i.e. a state in which S/S_0=|Q|.
We use cooling to reveal the semi-classical structure of the configurations we
study. Improved actions which eliminate discretization errors up to and
including O(a^4) are used to stabilise instantons as we cool for several
thousand sweeps. An analogously improved lattice version of the continuum
field-strength tensor is used to construct a topological charge free from
O(a^4) discretization errors. Values of the action and topological charge
obtained with these improved operators approach mutually-consistent integer
values to within a few parts in 10^4 after several hundred cooling sweeps.
Analysis of configurations with |Q| \approx 1 and |Q| \approx 2 supports the
hypothesis that a self-dual |Q|=1 configuration cannot exist on the 4-torus.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, talk presented at the workshop on Lattice Hadron
Physics, Cairns Australia, July 200
The method of Gaussian weighted trajectories. V. On the 1GB procedure for polyatomic processes
In recent years, many chemical reactions have been studied by means of the
quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) method within the Gaussian binning (GB)
procedure. The latter consists in "quantizing" the final vibrational actions in
Bohr spirit by putting strong emphasis on the trajectories reaching the
products with vibrational actions close to integer values. A major drawback of
this procedure is that if N is the number of product vibrational modes, the
amount of trajectories necessary to converge the calculations is ~ 10^N larger
than with the standard QCT method. Applying it to polyatomic processes is thus
problematic. In a recent paper, however, Czako and Bowman propose to quantize
the total vibrational energy instead of the vibrational actions [G. Czako and
J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys., 131, 244302 (2009)], a procedure called 1GB here.
The calculations are then only ~ 10 times more time-consuming than with the
standard QCT method, allowing thereby for considerable numerical saving. In
this paper, we propose some theoretical arguments supporting the 1GB procedure
and check its validity on model test cases as well as the prototype four-atom
reaction OH+D_2 -> HOD+D
Infrared Exponents and the Running Coupling of Landau gauge QCD and their Relation to Confinement
The infrared behaviour of the gluon and ghost propagators in Landau gauge QCD
is reviewed. The Kugo-Ojima confinement criterion and the Gribov-Zwanziger
horizon condition result from quite general properties of the ghost
Dyson-Schwinger equation. The numerical solutions for the gluon and ghost
propagators obtained from a truncated set of Dyson-Schwinger equations provide
an explicit example for the anticipated infrared behaviour. The results are in
good agreement with corresponding lattice data obtained recently. The resulting
running coupling approaches a fix point in the infrared, . Two different fits for the scale dependence of the running coupling
are given and discussed.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures; talk given by R.A. at the conference Quark
Nuclear Physics 200
Kinetic energy spectra for fragments and break-up density in multifragmentation
We investigate the possibility, in nuclear fragmentation, to extract
information on nuclear density at break-up from fragment kinetic energy spectra
using a simultaneous scenario for fragment emission. The conclusions we derive
are different from the recently published results of Viola et al. [Phys. Rev.
Lett. 93, (2004), 132701] assuming a sequential fragment emission and claiming
that the experimentally observed decrease of peak centroids for kinetic energy
spectra of fragments with increasing bombarding energy is due to a monotonic
decrease of the break-up density.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Short report: molecular markers associated with Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the first line antimalarial treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using polymerase chain reaction, we assessed the prevalence of mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) (codons 108, 51, 59) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) (codons 437, 540) genes of Plasmodium falciparum, which have been associated with resistance to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine, respectively. Four hundred seventy-four patients were sampled in Kilwa (N = 138), Kisangani (N = 112), Boende (N = 106), and Basankusu (N = 118). The proportion of triple mutations dhfr varied between sites but was always > 50%. The proportion of dhps double mutations was < 20%, with some sites as low as 0.9%. A quintuple mutation was present in 12.8% (16/125) samples in Kilwa; 11.9% (13/109) in Kisangani, 2.9% (3/102) in Boende, and 0.9% (1/112) in Basankusu. These results suggest high resistance to pyrimethamine alone or combined with sulfadoxine. Adding artesunate to SP does not seem a valid alternative to the current monotherapy
A molecular method for the identification of resting eggs of acartiid copepods in the Thau lagoon, France
Acartia and Paracartia species, often known to
co-occur, can exhibit complex life cycles, including the
production of resting eggs. Studying and understanding
their population dynamics is hindered by the inability
to identify eggs and early developmental stages using
morphological techniques. We have developed a simple
molecular technique to distinguish between the three species
of the Acartiidae family (Acartia clausi, A. discaudata
and Paracartia grani) that co-occur in the Thau lagoon
(43�250N; 03�400E) in southern France. Direct amplification
of a partial region of the mitochondrial cytochrome
oxidase I gene by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent
restriction fragment length polymorphism results
in a unique restriction profile for each species. The technique
is capable of determining the identity of individual
eggs, including resting eggs retrieved from sediment
samples, illustrating its application in facilitating population
dynamic studies of this ubiquitous and important
member of the zooplankton community
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