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Scalar-Tensor Gravity in Two 3-brane System
We derive the low-energy effective action of four-dimensional gravity in the
Randall-Sundrum scenario in which two 3-branes of opposite tension reside in a
five-dimensional spacetime. The dimensional reduction with the Ansatz for the
radion field by Charmousis et al., which solves five-dimensional linearized
field equations, results in a class of scalar-tensor gravity theories. In the
limit of vanishing radion fluctuations, the effective action reduces to the
Brans-Dicke gravity in accord with the results of Garriga and Tanaka:
Brans-Dicke gravity with the corresponding Brans-Dicke parameter (for positive tension brane) and (for negative
tension brane). In general the gravity induced a brane belongs to a class of
scalar-tensor gravity with the Brans-Dicke parameter which is a function of the
interval and the radion. In particular, gravity on a positive tension brane
contains an attractor mechanism toward the Einstein gravity.Comment: 8 pages, discussion expanded, references adde
Amino Acid and Energy Interrelationships in Pigs Weighing from 20 to 50 Kilograms: Rate and Efficiency of Protein and Fat Deposition
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the relationships between amino acids and DE for pigs weighing 20 to 50 kg. In Exp. 1, there were three dietary lysine levels that were either adjusted (1.50, 2.35 and 3.20 g/Mcal DE) for five DE levels (3.00 to 4.00 Mcal/kg) or unadjusted (.45, .71 and .%% of the diet) for three DE levels (3.50 to 4.00 Mcal/kg). In Exp. 2, diets containing six 1ysine:DE ratios (1.90 to 3.90 g/Mcal) at two DE levels (3.25 and 3.75 Mcal/kg) were fed. Pigs were housed individuiiy, and could eat and drink ad libitum. When pigs weighed 50 kg, their empty body composition was determined by the urea dilution technique in Exp. 1 and by prediction equations based on backfat in Exp. 2. For the adjusted diets in Exp. 1, protein deposition and protein deposition:DE intake increased (P \u3c .01) slightly as DE levels increased. These criteria decreased linearly (P \u3c .001), and fat deposition increased (P = .11) as DE increased when 1ysine:DE ratios were not maintained. As lysine levels increased, protein deposition and protein deposition: DE intake increased (P \u3c .001) in both the adjusted and unadjusted diets. In Exp. 2, there was no effect of DE on either the rate or efficiency of protein deposition. Both protein deposition and protein deposition: DE intake increased (P \u3c .001) and fat deposition decreased as 1ysine:DE ratios increased up to 3.00 g lysine/Mcal DE. Protein deposition: lysine intake decreased (P \u3c .01) progressively as the 1ysine:DE ratio increased. Regression analyses indicated that protein deposition increased up to 3.00 g 1ysineMcal DE. The results demonstrate the need to adjust lysine according to energy levels and indicate that the optimum ratio for protein deposition was approximately 3.00 g lysine/Mcal DE (or 49 g of balanced protein/Mcal DE)
Revised spherically symmetric solutions of gravity
We study spherically symmetric static empty space solutions in
model of gravity. We show that the Schwarzschild
metric is an exact solution of the resulted field equations and consequently
there are general solutions which {are perturbed Schwarzschild metric and
viable for solar system. Our results for large scale contains a logarithmic
term with a coefficient producing a repulsive gravity force which is in
agreement with the positive acceleration of the universe.Comment: 8 page
Opportunities for future supernova studies of cosmic acceleration
We investigate the potential of a future supernova dataset, as might be
obtained by the proposed SNAP satellite, to discriminate among different ``dark
energy'' theories that describe an accelerating Universe. We find that many
such models can be distinguished with a fit to the effective
pressure-to-density ratio, , of this energy. More models can be
distinguished when the effective slope, , of a changing is also fit,
but only if our knowledge of the current mass density, , is improved.
We investigate the use of ``fitting functions'' to interpret luminosity
distance data from supernova searches, and argue in favor of a particular
preferred method, which we use in our analysis.Comment: Four pages including figures. Final published version. No significant
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Effects of inclusion of spray-dried porcine plasma in lactation diets on sow and litter performance.
Tracker fields from nonminimally coupled theory
We extend the concept of quintessence to a flat nonminimally coupled scalar -
tensor theories of gravity. By means of Noether's symmetries for the
cosmological pointlike Lagrangian L, it is possible to exhibit exact solutions
for a class of models depending on a free parameter s. This parameter comes out
in the relationship existing between the coupling F(\phi) and the potential
V(\phi) because of such a symmetry for L. When inverse power law potentials are
taken in account, a whole family of exact solutions parametrized by such an s
is proposed as a class of tracker fields, and some considerations are made
about them.Comment: 17 pages, submitted to Physical Review
Flat Cosmology with Coupled Matter and Dark Energies
Three models of a flat universe of coupled matter and dark energies with
different low-redshift parameterizations of the dark energy equation of state
are considered. The dark energy is assumed to vary with time like the trace of
the energy-momentum tensor of cosmic matter. In the radiation-dominated era the
models reduce to standard cosmology. In the matter-dominated era they are, for
modern values of the cosmological parameters, consistent with data from SNe Ia
searches and with the data of Gurvits et al.(1999)for angular sizes of ultra
compact radio sources. We find that the angular size-redshift tests for our
models offer a higher statistical confidence than that based on SNe Ia data. A
comparison of our results with a recent revised analysis of angular
size-redshift legacy data is made,and the implications of our models with
optimized relativistic beaming in the radio sources is discussed. In particular
we find that relativistic beaming implies a Lorentz factor less than 6,in
agreement with its values for powerful Active Galactic Nuclei.Comment: Version to appear in The Astronomical Journal, with a modified name-
Flat Cosmology with Coupled Matter and Dark Energies. Expanded and Modified
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Clustering, Angular Size and Dark Energy
The influence of dark matter inhomogeneities on the angular size-redshift
test is investigated for a large class of flat cosmological models driven by
dark energy plus a cold dark matter component (XCDM model). The results are
presented in two steps. First, the mass inhomogeneities are modeled by a
generalized Zeldovich-Kantowski-Dyer-Roeder (ZKDR) distance which is
characterized by a smoothness parameter and a power index ,
and, second, we provide a statistical analysis to angular size data for a large
sample of milliarcsecond compact radio sources. As a general result, we have
found that the parameter is totally unconstrained by this sample of
angular diameter data.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, accepted in Physical Review
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