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Differential Regularization of a Non-relativistic Anyon Model
Differential regularization is applied to a field theory of a
non-relativistic charged boson field with
self-interaction and coupling to a statistics-changing Chern-Simons
gauge field. Renormalized configuration-space amplitudes for all diagrams
contributing to the 4-point function, which
is the only primitively divergent Green's function, are obtained up to 3-loop
order. The renormalization group equations are explicitly checked, and the
scheme dependence of the -function is investigated. If the
renormalization scheme is fixed to agree with a previous 1-loop calculation,
the 2- and 3-loop contributions to vanish, and
itself vanishes when the ``self-dual'' condition relating
to the gauge coupling is imposed.Comment: 22 pages in ReVTEX (with a plaintext PostScript figure appended at
end), MIT CTP #221
Anomaly Cancellation in Supergravity with Fayet-Iliopoulos Couplings
We review and clarify the cancellation conditions for gauge anomalies which
occur when N=1, D=4 supergravity is coupled to a Kahler non-linear sigma-model
with gauged isometries and Fayet-Iliopoulos couplings. For a flat sigma-model
target space and vanishing Fayet-Iliopoulos couplings, consistency requires
just the conventional anomaly cancellation conditions. A consistent model with
non-vanishing Fayet-Iliopoulos couplings is unlikely unless the Green-Schwarz
mechanism is used. In this case the U(1) gauge boson becomes massive and the
D-term potential receives corrections. A Green-Schwarz mechanism can remove
both the abelian and certain non-abelian anomalies in models with a gauge
non-invariant Kahler potential.Comment: 27 page
Probing new physics with coherent neutrino scattering off nuclei
The possibility off measuring for the first time neutrino-nuclei coherent
scattering has been recently discussed by several experimental collaborations.
It is shown that such a measurement may be very sensitive to non-standard
interactions of neutrinos with quarks and might set better constraints than
those coming from future neutrino factory experiments. We also comment on other
types of new physics tests, such as extra heavy neutral gauge bosons, where the
sensitivity to some models is slightly better than the Tevatron constraint and,
therefore, could give complementary bounds.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures Discussion about Z prime corrected and extended.
Final version to be published in JHE
A demonstration of centimeter-level monitoring of polar motion with the Global Positioning System
Daily estimates of the Earth's pole position were obtained with the Global Positioning System (GPS) by using measurements obtained during the GPS IERS (International Earth Rotation Service) and Geodynamics (GIG'91) experiment from 22 Jan. to 13 Feb. 1991. Data from a globally distributed network consisting of 21 Rogue GPS receivers were chosen for the analysis. A comparison of the GPS polar motion series with nine 24-hour very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) estimates yielded agreement in the day-to-day pole position of about 1.5 cm for both X and Y polar motion. A similar comparison of GPS and satellite laser ranging (SLR) data showed agreement to about 1.0 cm. These preliminary results indicate that polar motion can be determined by GPS independent of, and at a level comparable to, that which is obtained from either VLBI or SLR. Furthermore, GPS can provide these data with a daily frequency that neither alternative technique can readily achieve. Thus, GPS promises to be a powerful tool for determining high-frequency platform parameter variation, essential for the ultraprecise spacecraft-tracking requirements of the coming years
Rotating pressure measurement system using an on board calibration standard
A computer-controlled multichannel pressure measurement system was developed to acquire detailed flow field measurements on board the Large Low Speed Centrifugal Compressor Research Facility at the NASA Lewis Research Center. A pneumatic slip ring seal assembly is used to transfer calibration pressures to a reference standard transducer on board the compressor rotor in order to measure very low differential pressures with the high accuracy required. A unique data acquisition system was designed and built to convert the analog signal from the reference transducer to the variable frequency required by the multichannel pressure measurement system and also to provide an output for temperature control of the reference transducer. The system also monitors changes in test cell barometric pressure and rotating seal leakage and provides an on screen warning to the operator if limits are exceeded. The methods used for the selection and testing of the the reference transducer are discussed, and the data acquisition system hardware and software design are described. The calculated and experimental data for the system measurement accuracy are also presented
Holographic Normal Ordering and Multi-particle States in the AdS/CFT Correspondence
The general correlator of composite operators of N=4 supersymmetric gauge
field theory is divergent. We introduce a means for renormalizing these
correlators by adding a boundary theory on the AdS space correcting for the
divergences. Such renormalizations are not equivalent to the standard normal
ordering of current algebras in two dimensions. The correlators contain contact
terms that contribute to the OPE; we relate them diagrammatically to
correlation functions of compound composite operators dual to multi-particle
states.Comment: 18 pages, one equation corr., further comments and refs. adde
Brane Worlds in Collision
We obtain an exact solution of the supergravity equations of motion in which
the four-dimensional observed universe is one of a number of colliding
D3-branes in a Calabi-Yau background. The collision results in the
ten-dimensional spacetime splitting into disconnected regions, bounded by
curvature singularities. However, near the D3-branes the metric remains static
during and after the collision. We also obtain a general class of solutions
representing -brane collisions in arbitrary dimensions, including one in
which the universe ends with the mutual annihilation of a positive-tension and
negative-tension 3-brane.Comment: RevTex, 4 pages, 1 figure, typos and minor errors correcte
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