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Supersymmetric D3/D5 for massive defects on curved space

We construct the holographic dual for $\mathcal N=4$ SYM on $\rm S^4$ and $\rm AdS_4$ coupled to massive $\mathcal N=2$ supersymmetric quenched flavor fields on a codimension-1 defect, which is $\rm S^3$ and $\rm AdS_3$, respectively. The holographic description is in terms of a D3/probe D5 brane system. We set up and reduce the BPS equations for D5-brane embeddings with arbitrary supersymmetric deformations and partly solve them at the non-linear level. The remaining equations are solved explicitly in a small-mass expansion. We compute the contribution of the defect fields to the partition function on S$^4$ and compare to a field theory computation using supersymmetric localization, for which we set up the matrix model. Both computations agree, lending strong support to holographic probe brane constructions using D3/D5 configurations in general.Comment: 34 pages, 1 figur

X-ray Variability and Period Determinations in the Eclipsing Polar DP Leo

An analysis of ROSAT observations for the eclipsing magnetic cataclysmic binary DP Leo provides constraints on the origin, size, temperature, variability and structure of the soft X-ray emission region on the surface of the white dwarf. These data, when combined with prior observations, show a progression of approximately 2 degrees per year in the impact position of the accretion stream onto the white dwarf. One explanation for the observed drift in stream position is that a magnetic activity cycle on the secondary produces orbital period oscillations. These oscillations result in an orbital period which cycles above and below the rotational period of the nearly synchronous white dwarf. The accretion stream and X-ray emission regions are modeled to fit the observational data. A distance to the system is also calculated. [An erroneous value for the cyclotron luminosity, included in an earlier paper version of the preprint, is corrected here.]Comment: uuencoded PostScript file (25 pages) + 8 figures available by anonymous ftp to ftp.astro.psu.edu (in the directory /pub/robinson), to appear in ApJ, PSU preprint 1994-1

Digital position control of a lathe tool

In this work a digital position control servomechanism, which had previously been developed by the author and a co-worker, has been fitted to the saddle of a copy turning lathe so that the positioning of the servo ram controls the setting of the lathe tool relative to the main spindle axis. In this way required workpiece diameters may be preset by means of the input to the digital servo, and it is intended to further develop the system to full numerical control of the machine. The subject of the thesis is the analysis of the performance of the digital servo, both theoretically and practically, the mounting of the servo on the lathe and subsequent accuracy checks on workpieces machined according to preset commands at the input to the servo. Analysis of the performance of the digital servo involved the use of a general purpose digital computer to simmulate the non-linear response characteristics of the system, and the performance tests were carried out using a data sampling technique which is fully described. Since in operation the complete system involves the use of two position servomechanisms in series, and since no overall feedback link is provided, it was also necessary to investigate the performance of the hydraulic positioning system already fitted to the copying slide of the lathe. A series of experiments was therefore set up to measure the lag and response of the hydraulic servo under typical working conditions, in order to establish that this lag could be ignored compared to the lag in the digital system in deciding the overall accuracy of the combined equipment. This work complete with the experimental results obtained is also included

Supersymmetric D3/D7 for holographic flavors on curved space

We derive a new class of supersymmetric D3/D7 brane configurations, which allow to holographically describe N=4 SYM coupled to massive N=2 flavor degrees of freedom on spaces of constant curvature. We systematically solve the $\kappa$-symmetry condition for D7-brane embeddings into AdS$_4$-sliced AdS$_5\times$S$^5$, and find supersymmetric embeddings in a simple closed form. Up to a critical mass, these embeddings come in surprisingly diverse families, and we present a first study of their (holographic) phenomenology. We carry out the holographic renormalization, compute the one-point functions and attempt a field-theoretic interpretation of the different families. To complete the catalog of supersymmetric D3/D7 configurations, we construct analogous embeddings for flavored N=4 SYM on S$^4$ and dS$_4$.Comment: 37 pages, 9 figure

A deep-sea coral record of North Atlantic radiocarbon through the Younger Dryas: Evidence for intermediate water/deepwater reorganization

Our record of Younger Dryas intermediate-depth seawater Δ^(14)C from North Atlantic deep-sea corals supports a link between abrupt climate change and intermediate ocean variability. Our data show that northern source intermediate water (∼1700 m) was partially replaced by (14)^C-depleted southern source water at the onset of the event, consistent with a reduction in the rate of North Atlantic Deep Water formation. This transition requires the existence of large, mobile gradients of Δ^(14)C in the ocean during the Younger Dryas. The Δ^(14)C water column profile from Keigwin (2004) provides direct evidence for the presence of one such gradient at the beginning of the Younger Dryas (∼12.9 ka), with a 100‰ offset between shallow (<∼2400 m) and deep water. Our early Younger Dryas data are consistent with this profile and also show a Δ^(14)C inversion, with 35‰ more enriched water at ∼2400 m than at ∼1700 m. This feature is probably the result of mixing between relatively well ^(14)C ventilated northern source water and more poorly ^(14)C ventilated southern source intermediate water, which is slightly shallower. Over the rest of the Younger Dryas our intermediate water/deepwater coral Δ^(14)C data gradually increase, while the atmosphere Δ^(14)C drops. For a very brief interval at ∼12.0 ka and at the end of the Younger Dryas (11.5 ka), intermediate water Δ^(14)C (∼1200 m) approached atmospheric Δ14C. These enriched Δ^(14)C results suggest an enhanced initial Δ^(14)C content of the water and demonstrate the presence of large lateral Δ^(14)C gradients in the intermediate/deep ocean in addition to the sharp vertical shift at ∼2500 m. The transient Δ^(14)C enrichment at ∼12.0 ka occurred in the middle of the Younger Dryas and demonstrates that there is at least one time when the intermediate/deep ocean underwent dramatic change but with much smaller effects in other paleoclimatic records