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Analytical investigation of the phase transition between holographic insulator and superconductor in Gauss-Bonnet gravity
A bstractWe employ the variational method for the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem to analytically study the phase transition between the holographic insulator and supercon- ductor in the Gauss-Bonnet gravity. By investigating the s-wave and p-wave holographic insulator/superconductor models, we find that this analytic method is more effective to obtain the analytic results on the condensation and the critical phenomena in the AdS soliton background in Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Our analytic result can be used to back up the numerical computations in the AdS soliton with Gauss-Bonnet correction.
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Probing the curvature of the Universe from supernova measurement
We study the possibility to probe the spatial geometry of the Universe by supernova measurement. We illustrate with an accelerating universe model with infinite-volume extra dimensions, for which the 1σ level supernova results indicate that the Universe is closed.
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Stability of the event horizon in (2+1)-dimensional black holes.
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Various types of phase transitions in the AdS soliton background
We study the basic holographic insulator and superconductor phase transition in the AdS soliton background by generalizing the spontaneous breaking of a global U(1) symmetry to occur via Stuckelberg mechanism. We construct the soliton solutions with backreaction and examine the effects of the backreaction on the condensation of the scalar hair in the generalized Stuckelberg Lagrangian. We disclose rich physics in various phase transitions. In addition to the AdS soliton configuration, we also examine the property of the phase transition in the AdS black hole background.
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Dark Energy: Relating the Evolutions of the Universe from the Past to the Future
Using the evolution history of the universe, one can make constraint on the parameter space of dynamic dark energy models. We discuss two different parameterized dark energy models. Our results further restrict the combined constraints obtained from supernova and the first-year Wilkinson-microwave-anisotropy-probe observations. From the allowed parameter space, it is found that our universe will experience an eternal acceleration. We also estimate the bound on the physically relevant regions both in the re-inflationary and inflationary phases.
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Different Quantum Entropies for Two Kinds of Extreme Two-Dimensional Lowe–Strominger Black Holes*
It is shown that both the classical entropy of two-dimensional extremal Lowe–Strominger black hole and the quantum entropy of the scalar field in the background of this black hole are different by using Hawking's treatment as wel as Zaslavskii's treatment respectively. This result supports our previous suggestion that there are two kinds of extreme black holes in the nature. A new divergent term emerges in the quantum entropy in Zaslavskii's treatment and its physical meaning has been discussed.
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OBSERVATIONAL H(z) DATA AS A COMPLEMENTARITY TO OTHER COSMOLOGICAL PROBES
In this paper, we use a set of observational H(z) data (OHD) to constrain the Lambda CDM cosmology. This dataset can be derived from the differential ages of the passively evolving galaxies. Meanwhile, the A-parameter, which describes the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) peak, and the newly measured value of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) shift parameter Rare used to present combinational constraints on the same cosmology. The combinational constraints favor an accelerating flat universe while the flat Lambda CDM cosmology is also analyzed in the same way. We obtain result compatible with that by many other independent cosmological observations. We find that the observational H(z) data set is a complementarity to other cosmological probes.
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Ion Transportation Study for Thick Gas Electron Multipliers
Ion back flow(IBF) is defined as the ions that are generated during multiplication in a thick-gas-electron-multiplier (THGEM) detector flow along the electric field. In order to suppress the IBF effect, we study ion transportation for THGEMs with various high voltages and geometrical parameters. By measuring the currents of all the electrodes of the THGEMs, the effective gain and ion back flow ratio are calculated. The measurement and simulation results reveal that with a staggered triple THGEM configuration, ion back flow can be suppressed to 1% with a proper working high voltage. The gain of the staggered configuration is less than that of the aligned configuration by 5% under the same high voltage condition. The design and the results are presented.
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Heavy-element abundances and massive star formation
We investigate the observational consequences that arise for the heavy-element abundances in normal spiral galaxies from variations in the initial mass function (IMF). In particular, we calculate the oxygen yield for a given IMF, using the most recent calculations of supernova nucleosynthesis. Assuming instantaneous recycling of oxygen, we calculate the resultant oxygen abundance. The predicted and observed oxygen abundances in our Galaxy are compared, and we find that the overall abundance is well explained by the IMF determined in the solar neighborhood
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Constraints on smoothness parameter and dark energy using observational H(z) data
With large-scale homogeneity, the universe is locally inhomogeneous, clustering into stars, galaxies and larger structures. Such property is described by the smoothness parameter α which is defined as the proportion of matter in the form of intergalactic medium. If we consider the inhomogeneities over a small scale, there should be modifications of the cosmological distances compared to a homogenous model. Dyer and Roeder developed a second-order ordinary differential equation (D-R equation) that describes the angular diameter distance-redshift relation for inhomogeneous cosmological models. Furthermore, we may obtain the D-R equation for observational H(z) data (OHD). The density-parameter ΩM, the state of dark energy ω, and the smoothness-parameter α are constrained by a set of OHD in a spatially flat ΛCDM universe as well as a spatially flat XCDM universe. By using a χ2 minimization method, we get α = 0.81+0.19−0.20 and ΩM = 0.32+0.12−0.06 at the 1σ confidence level. If we assume a Gaussian prior of ΩM = 0.26 ± 0.1, we get α = 0.93+0.07−0.19 and ΩM = 0.31+0.06−0.05. For the XCDM model, α is constrained to α ≥ 0.80 but ω is weakly constrained around −1, where ω describes the equation of state of the dark energy (pX = ωρX). We conclude that OHD constrains the smoothness parameter more effectively than the data of SNe Ia and compact radio sources.
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Computer design of a compact cyclotron
Here we present results of the computer design of the structural elements of a compact cyclotron by the example of HITFiL cyclotron selected as the driving accelerator that is under construction at the Institute of Modern Physics (Lanzhou, China). In the article a complex approach to modeling of the compact cyclotron, including calculation of electromagnetic fields of the structural elements and beam dynamics calculations, is described. The existing design data on the axial injection, magnetic, acceleration and extraction systems of the cyclotron are used as a starting point in the simulation. Some of the upgrades of the cyclotron structural elements were proposed, which led to substantial improvement of the beam quality and transmission.