Observables and Statistical Maps

This article begins with a review of the framework of fuzzy probability theory. The basic structure is given by the -effect algebra of effects (fuzzy events) and the set of probability measures on a measurable space . An observable is defined, where is the value space of X. It is noted that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between states on and elements of and between observables and -morphisms from to . Various combinations of observables are discussed. These include compositions, products, direct products, and mixtures. Fuzzy stochastic processes are introduced and an application to quantum dynamics is considered. Quantum effects are characterized from among a more general class of effects. An alternative definition of a statistical map is given and it is shown that any statistical map has a unique extension to a statistical operator. Finally, various combinations of statistical maps are discussed and their relationships to the corresponding combinations of observables are derived.     

Bicross-Product Structure of Affine Quantum Groups

We show that the affine quantum group is isomorphic to a bicross-product central extension of the quantum loop group by a quantum cocycle in R-matrix form.     

Ionic Equilibria of Fluorophores in Organized Solutions: The Influence of Micellar Microenvironment on Protolytic and Photophysical Properties of Rhodamine B

Ionic equilibria and fluorescence decay of rhodamine B were studied in micellar solutions of sodium n-dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with various additives (NaCl, pentanol-1, crown ether, and tetra-n-butyl ammonium salt), and five nonionic surfactants (Brij 35, nonyl phenol 12, Triton X-100, Triton X-305, Tween 80), as well as in -cyclodextrin solutions. The apparent dissociation constants, , of rhodamine B (HR⁺ R + H⁺) were obtained. The distribution of the dye species HR⁺ and R in the ultramicroheterogeneous systems was studied using absorption and emission spectra, fluorescence life-times, , and the plots of p versus surfactant concentration. The p values under conditions of complete binding, p , were found to be markedly higher than that in water . The medium effects, , in organized solutions studied are in accord with the charge type of the acid-base couple +/±, confirming the zwitterionic nature of rhodamine B neutral species. Both and a values of the dye were shown to sense the changes in the micellar microenvironments, and the possibility of using rhodamine B as an interfacial acid-base indicator, for example, for monitoring of surface potentials and of bulk ionic strength, were demonstrated.     

Multipoint Series of Gromov–Witten Invariants of CP1

We derive explicit formulas for the multipoint series of in degree 0 from the Toda hierarchy, using the recursions of the Toda hierarchy. The Toda equation then yields inductive formulas for the higher degree multipoint series of . We also obtain explicit formulas for the Hodge integrals , in the cases i=0 and 1.     

A Generator for the Weert Superpotential

Weert found a superpotential for the bounded part of the Maxwelltensor associatedto the Lienard–Wiechert field. Here we obtain afourth-rank generator for the superpotential .     

On the Product of Real Spectral Triples

The product of two real spectral triples and , the first of which is necessarily even, was defined by A.Connes as given by and, in the even-even case, by . Generically it is assumed that the real structure obeys the relations , , , where the -sign table depends on the dimension n modulo 8 of the spectral triple. If both spectral triples obey Connes' >-sign table, it is seen that their product, defined in the straightforward way above, does not necessarily obey this -sign table. In this Letter, we propose an alternative definition of the product real structure such that the -sign table is also satisfied by the product.     

Long-Time Asymptotics of Solutions to the Cauchy Problem for the Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Finite-Density Initial Data. II. Dark Solitons on Continua

For Lax-pair isospectral deformations whose associated spectrum, for given initial data, consists of the disjoint union of a finitely denumerable discrete spectrum (solitons) and a continuous spectrum (continuum), the matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem approach is used to derive the leading-order asymptotics as of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation ( NLSE), , with finite-density initial data

Zero Energy Modes of Massless Fermions in S3R Spacetime

The Dirac-type equation on topology is worked out and the complete set of solutions in the particular physical case of the zero-energy modes of the massless field quanta is derived. Unlike the Minkowskian case, the 1/2fermionic vacua on the manifold is made of nontrivial static modes of defined chirality.     

A Complete Set of Riemann Invariants

There are at most 14 independent real algebraic invariants of the Riemann tensor in a four-dimensional Lorentzian space. In the general case, these invariants can be written in terms of four different types of quantities: R , the real curvature scalar, two complex invariants I and J formed from the Weyl spinor, three real invariants I₆, I₇ and I₈ formed from the trace-free Ricci spinor and three complex mixed invariants K, L and M. Carminati and McLenaghan [5] give some geometrical interpretations of the role played by the mixed invariants in Einstein-Maxwell and perfect fluid cases. They show that 16 invariants are needed to cover certain degenerate cases such as Einstein-Maxwell and perfect fluid and show that previously known sets fail to be complete in the perfect fluid case. In the general case, the invariants I and J essentially determine the components of the Weyl spinor in a canonical tetrad frame; likewise the invariants I₆, I₇ and I₈ essentially determine the components of the trace-free Ricci spinor in a (in general different) canonical tetrad frame. These mixed invariants then give the orientation between the frames of these two spinors. The six real pieces of information in K, L and M are precisely the information needed to do this. A table is given of invariants which give a complete set for each Petrov type of the Weyl spinor and for each Segre type of the trace-free Ricci spinor This table involves 17 real invariants, including one real invariant and one complex invariant involving , and in some degenerate cases.     

On Continuous and Differential Hochschild Cohomology

We show that there are canonical isomorphisms between Hochschild cohomology spaces , where is the algebra of smooth functions on a manifold M and the space of skew multivector fields over M. This implies that continuous and differential deformation theories of coincide.     

Equivalence of Deviau's, Hestenes', and Parra's Formulations of Dirac Theory

Daviau showed the equivalence of matrix Dirac theory, formulated within a spinor bundle , to a Clifford algebraic formulation within space Clifford algebra Pauli algebra (matrices) biquaternions. We will show, that Daviau's map : is an isomorphism. It is shown that Hestenes' and Parra's formulations are equivalent to Daviau's Clifford algebra formulation, which uses outer automorphisms. The connection between different formulations is quite remarkable, since it connects the left and right action on the Pauli algebra itself viewed as a bi-module with the left (resp. right) action of the enveloping algebra . The isomorphism established in this article and given by Daviau's map does clearly show that right and left actions are of similar type. This should be compared with attempts of Hestenes, Daviau, and others to interprete the right action as the iso-spin freedom.     

Energy dependence of the charge exchange reaction from muonic hydrogen to oxygen

The charge exchange reaction of negative muons from the atom to oxygen has been measured in gaseous mixtures of H₂ + O₂. The measurements were performed at three different relative oxygen concentrations ranging from 0.2% to 0.8% and total pressures 3.5–15 bar. A mean transfer rate of , describing the transfer from the ground state of thermalized atoms to oxygen, was determined. In order to investigate the energy dependence of the transfer rate, Monte Carlo simulations of the thermalization and the muon transfer were carried out. The comparison of measured and simulated time spectra yielded an epithermal transfer rate =3.9 10¹¹ s^-1 in the energy interval 0.12–0.22 eV. The analysis with the model of Two components shows that all measured time spectra can be reproduced with the same set of parameters.     

Glueball Spectroscopy in Regge Phenomenology

We show that linear Regge trajectories for mesons and glueballs, and the cubic mass spectrum associated with them, determine a relation between the masses of the meson and the scalar glueball, , which implies MeV. We also discuss relations between the masses of the scalar, tensor and 3^-- glueballs, , which imply MeV.     

Integrals of Vertex Operators and uantum Shuffles

Given a braided vector space , we show that iterated integrals of operator-valued functions satisfying a certain exchange relation give rise to representations of the quantum shuffle algebra built on . Using the quantum shuffle construction of the 'upper triangular part' of a quantum shuffle, this provides a simple proof of the result of Bouwknegt, MacCarthy and Pilch saying that integrals of vertex operators acting on certain Fock modules give rise to representations of .     

Calculation of quadrupole interactions in the high pressure phase of \beta {\text{ - }} gallium metal

Electric field gradient q and quadrupole interaction frequency calculated at 256.7 K in the high pressure phase (orthorhombic) of Ga metal are reported. The results are: q=+0.251 atomic units (au), =5.479 MHz. These are compared with results from experiment and previous calculation available for the monoclinic phase of Ga metal at normal pressure. The results from the previous calculation at 248 K are: q=-0.250 au and =5.318 MHz. The result from experiment extrapolated to 256.7 K is: =4.871 MHz. The sign reversal of the calculated q is attributed mainly to the change of point symmetry of the lattice from the orthorhombic to monoclinic. That the interaction frequency in high pressure phase is higher than experiment may be partly due to the increase of pressure and partly to the structural phase change.     

Poisson Structures for Dispersionless Integrable Systems and Associated W-Algebras

In analogy to the KP theory, the second Poisson structure for the dispersionless KP hierarchy can be defined on the space of commutative pseudodifferential operators . The reduction of the Poisson structure to the symplectic submanifold gives rise to W-algebras. In this Letter, we discuss properties of this Poisson structure, its Miura transformation and reductions. We are particularly interested in the following two cases: (a) L is pure polynomial in p with multiple roots and (b) L has multiple poles at finite distance. The w-algebra corresponding to the case (a) is defined as , where means the multiplicity of roots and to the case (b) is defined by where is the multiplicity of poles. We prove that -algebra is isomorphic via a transformation to U(1) with m= . We also give the explicit free fields representations for these W-algebras.     

Thermoelectric power of YBa2Cu3Ox in equilibrium with gas phases

Thermoelectric power (TP) and electrical conductivity (EC) measurements were performed for YEa₂Cu₃O_x at 1128 K under controlled oxygen partial pressure varying between 50 and 10⁵ Pa. Three regimes are observed for the electrical properties. At low both TP and EC remain constant with . In the medium range sharp changes of both electrical parameters occur; TP changes sign from positive above 4×10² Pa to negative below this value. In the high region (>7.6×10³ Pa) TP vs log exhibits two slopes; 5.1 below 1.5×10⁴ Pa and 8.4 above this value. The slopes can be discussed in terms of the defect structure involving singly and doubly ionized oxygen vacancies below and above 7.6×10³ Pa, respectively.     

Preferred Invariant Symplectic Connections on Compact Coadjoint Orbits

Let be the Haag--Kastler net generated by the (2) chiral current algebra at level 1. We classify the SL(2, )-covariant subsystems by showing that they are all fixed points nets ^H for some subgroup H of the gauge automorphisms group SO(3) of . Then, using the fact that the net ₁ generated by the (1) chiral current can be regarded as a subsystem of , we classify the subsystems of ₁. In this case, there are two distinct proper subsystems: the one generated by the energy-momentum tensor and the gauge invariant subsystem .     

Weber electrodynamics: part III. mechanics,gravitation

Weber electrodynamics predicts the Kaufmann-Bucherer experiments and the fine structure energy level splitting of the H-atom (neglecting spin) without mass change with velocity (i.e., mass ). The Weber potential for the gravitational case yields Newtonian mechanics, confirming Mach's principle. It provides a cosmological condition yielding an estimated radius of the universe of 8 × 10⁹ light years. Despite these successes, the independent evidence for Kaufmann mechanics, where mass changes with velocity (i.e., mass ) is convincing. Perhaps a slight alteration may make the Weber theory compatible with Kaufmann mechanics.