119283141
Yukawa textures from heterotic stability walls
A holomorphic vector bundle on a Calabi-Yau threefold, X, with h1,1(X) ≥ 2 can have regions of its Kähler cone where it is slope-stable, that is, where the four-dimensional theory is $ \mathcal{N} = 1 $ supersymmetric, bounded by “walls of stability”. On these walls the bundle becomes poly-stable, decomposing into a direct sum, and the low energy gauge group is enhanced by at least one anomalous U(1) gauge factor. In this paper, we show that these additional symmetries can strongly constrain the superpotential in the stable region, leading to non-trivial textures of Yukawa interactions and restrictions on allowed masses for vector-like pairs of matter multiplets. The Yukawa textures exhibit a hierarchy; large couplings arise on the stability wall and some suppressed interactions “grow back” off the wall, where the extended U(1) symmetries are spontaneously broken. A number of explicit examples are presented involving both one and two stability walls, with different decompositions of the bundle structure group. A three family standard-like model with no vector-like pairs is given as an example of a class of SU(4) bundles that has a naturally heavy third quark/lepton family. Finally, we present the complete set of Yukawa textures that can arise for any holomorphic bundle with one stability wall where the structure group breaks into two factors.
53536848
Topological invariants and fibration structure of complete intersection Calabi-Yau four-folds
A bstractWe investigate the mathematical properties of the class of Calabi-Yau four-folds recently found in ref. [1]. This class consists of 921,497 configuration matrices which correspond to manifolds that are described as complete intersections in products of projective spaces. For each manifold in the list, we compute the full Hodge diamond as well as additional topological invariants such as Chern classes and intersection numbers. Using this data, we conclude that there are at least 36,779 topologically distinct manifolds in our list. We also study the fibration structure of these manifolds and find that 99.95 percent can be described as elliptic fibrations. In total, we find 50,114,908 elliptic fibrations, demonstrating the multitude of ways in which many manifolds are fibered. A sub-class of 26,088,498 fibrations satisfy necessary conditions for admitting sections. The complete data set can be downloaded here.
119425527
Moving five-branes in low-energy heterotic M theory
We construct cosmological solutions of four-dimensional effective heterotic M-theory with a moving five-brane and evolving dilaton and T modulus. It is shown that the five-brane generates a transition between two asymptotic rolling-radii solutions. Moreover, the five-brane motion always drives the solutions towards strong coupling asymptotically. We present an explicit example of a negative-time branch solution which ends in a brane collision accompanied by a small-instanton transition. The five-dimensional origin of some of our solutions is also discussed.
55683300
Heterotic standard models from smooth Calabi-Yau three-folds
Lara B. Anderson1, James Gray2, Andre Lukas∗3, Eran Palti4 1Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Jefferson Laboratory Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. 2Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics, Department fur Physik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Theresienstrase 37, 80333 Munchen, Germany. 3Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3NP, U.K. 4Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
119732431
All complete intersection Calabi-Yau four-folds
A bstractWe present an exhaustive, constructive, classification of the Calabi-Yau four-folds which can be described as complete intersections in products of projective spaces. A comprehensive list of 921,497 configuration matrices which represent all topologically distinct types of complete intersection Calabi-Yau four-folds is provided and can be downloaded here. The manifolds have non-negative Euler characteristics in the range 0 ≤ χ ≤ 2610. This data set will be of use in a wide range of physical and mathematical applications. Nearly all of these four-folds are elliptically fibered and are thus of interest for F-theory model building.
59154275
Two hundred heterotic standard models on smooth Calabi-Yau threefolds
We construct heterotic standard models by compactifying on smooth Calabi-Yau three-folds in the presence of purely Abelian internal gauge fields. A systematic search over complete intersection Calabi-Yau manifolds with less than six Kahler parameters leads to over 200 such models which we present. Each of these models has precisely the matter spectrum of the MSSM, at least one pair of Higgs doublets, the standard model gauge group and no exotics. For about 100 of these models there are, naively, four additional U(1) symmetries, however these are Green-Schwarz anomalous and, hence, massive. In the remaining cases, three U(1) symmetries are anomalous while the fourth, massless one can be spontaneously broken by singlet vacuum expectation values. The presence of additional global U(1) symmetries, together with the possibility of switching on singlet vacuum expectation values, leads to a rich phenomenology which is illustrated for a particular example. Our database of standard models, which can be further enlarged by simply extending the computer-based search, allows for a detailed and systematic phenomenological analysis of string standard models, covering issues such as the structure of Yukawa couplings, R-parity violation, proton stability and neutrino masses.
12139365
TeraScale SneakerNet: Using Inexpensive Disks for Backup, Archiving, and Data Exchange
Large datasets are most economically trnsmitted via parcel post given the current economics of wide-area networking. This article describes how the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ships terabyte scale datasets both within the US and to Europe and Asia. We 3GT storage bricks (Ghz processor, GB ram, GbpsEthernet, TB disk) for about 2k$ each. These bricks act as database servers on the LAN. They are loaded at one site and read at the second site. The paper describes the bricks, their economics, and some software issues that they raise.
55531346
REDESIGN OF THE ISIS MAIN MAGNET POWER SUPPLY STORAGE CHOKE
The ISIS facility, based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, provides intense pulsed neutron and muon beams for condensed matter studies. As part of the facilities upgrade and refurbishment program, the 1MJ storage choke which forms part of the main magnet power supply system, will be replaced with a number of smaller units. The present storage choke, which consists of a split secondary winding transformer, is incorporated into a series-parallel resonant circuit known as the 'White circuit' [1]. This circuit ensures that each magnet receives identical currents, but is not subjected to excessive voltages. Although the storage choke is essentially a transformer, its secondary magnetising inductance is relatively low and a precisely defined value. This paper discusses the design and development of ten smaller units which will eventually replace the present equipment, and the testing of a one fifth scale model, which will be used to prove the technology.
9954967
Petabyte Scale Data Mining: Dream or Reality?
Science is becoming very data intensive. Today's astronomy datasets with tens of millions of galaxies already present substantial challenges for data mining. In less than 10 years the catalogs are expected to grow to billions of objects, and image archives will reach Petabytes. Imagine having a 100GB database in 1996, when disk scanning speeds were 30MB/s, and database tools were immature. Such a task today is trivial, almost manageable with a laptop. We think that the issue of a PB database will be very similar in six years. In this paper we scale our current experiments in data archiving and analysis on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data six years into the future. We analyze these projections and look at the requirements of performing data mining on such data sets. We conclude that the task scales rather well: we could do the job today, although it would be expensive. There do not seem to be any show-stoppers that would prevent us from storing and using a Petabyte dataset six years from today.
56124619
Cosmological Parameters from Galaxy Clustering in the SDSS
We present estimates of cosmological parameters from the application of the Karhunen-Loève transform to the analysis of the 3D power spectrum of density fluctuations using Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxy redshifts. We use Ωmh and fb Ωb Ωm to describe the shape of the power spectrum, σ8g for the (linearly extrapolated) normalization, and β to parametrize linear theory redshift space distortions. On scales k 0 16hMpc 1, our maximum likelihood values are Ωmh 0 264 0 043, fb 0 286 0 065, σ8g 0 966 0 048, and β 0 45 0 12. When we take a prior on Ωb from WMAP, we find Ωmh 0 207 0 030, which is in excellent agreement with WMAP and 2dF. This indicates that we have reasonably measured the gross shape of the power spectrum but we have difficulty breaking the degeneracy between Ωmh and fb because the baryon oscillations are not resolved in the current spectroscopic survey window function.
19318578
Extending the SDSS Batch Query System to the National Virtual Observatory Grid
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey science database is approaching 2TB. While the vast majority of queries normally execute in seconds or minutes, this interactive execution time can be disproportionately increased by a small fraction of queries that take hours or days to run; either because they require non-index scans of the largest tables or because they request very large result sets. In response to this, we added a multi-queue job submission and tracking system. The transfer of very large result sets from queries over the network is another serious problem. Statistics suggested that much of this data transfer is unnecessary; users would prefer to store results locally in order to allow further cross matching and filtering. To allow local analysis, we implemented a system that gives users their own personal database (MyDB) at the portal site. Users may transfer data to their MyDB, and then perform further analysis before extracting it to their own machine. 
We intend to extend the MyDB and asynchronous query ideas to multiple NVO nodes. This implies development, in a distributed manner, of several features, which have been demonstrated for a single node in the SDSS Batch Query System (CasJobs). The generalization of asynchronous queries necessitates some form of MyDB storage as well as workflow tracking services on each node and coordination strategies among nodes.