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astro-ph2000★ 39 cited

The Peculiar Motions of Early-Type Galaxies in Two Distant Regions VI: The Maximum Likelihood Gaussian Algorithm

R. P. Saglia, Matthew Colless, David Burstein +3

The EFAR project is designed to measure the properties and peculiar motions of early-type galaxies in two distant regions. Here we describe the maximum likelihood algorithm we deve…

nucl-th2000★ 14 cited

Evidence for Three Nucleon Force Effects in p-d Elastic Scattering

A. Kievsky, M. H. Wood, C. R. Brune +6

A new measurement of the p-d differential cross section at Ep= 1 MeV has been performed. These new data and older data sets at energies below the deuteron breakup are compared to c…

cond-mat.str-el2000★ 1 cited

Effects of a parallel magnetic field on the novel metallic behavior in two dimensions

K. Eng, X. G. Feng, Dragana Popovic +1

Magnetoconductance (MC) in a parallel magnetic field B has been measured in a two-dimensional electron system in Si, in the regime where the conductivity decreases as σ(n_s,T,B=0)=…

nucl-ex2000★ 18 cited

Proton-deuteron elastic scattering at low energies

C. R. Brune, W. H. Geist, H. J. Karwowski +6

We present measurements of differential cross sections and the analyzing powers A_y, iT11, T20, T21, and T22 at E_c.m.=431.3 keV. In addition, an excitation function of iT11(theta_…

hep-th2000★ 43 cited

Classification of Conformality Models Based on Nonabelian Orbifolds

Paul H. Frampton, Thomas W. Kephart

A systematic analysis is presented of compactifications of the IIB superstring on where is a non-abelian discrete group. Every possible with order $g \…

hep-th2000★ 3 cited

Finite N AdS/CFT Correspondence for Abelian and Nonabelian Orbifolds, and Gauge Coupling Unification

Paul H. Frampton

Although the AdS/CFT correspondence is rigorous only for an infinite stack of D3-branes, it can be fruitfully studied for finite as a source of gauge structures…

astro-ph2000★ 34 cited

Starbursts versus Truncated Star Formation in Nearby Clusters of Galaxies

James A. Rose, Alejandro E. Gaba, Nelson Caldwell +1

We present long-slit spectroscopy, B and R bandpass imaging, and 21 cm observations of a sample of early-type galaxies in nearby clusters which are known to be either in a star-for…

cond-mat2000★ 22 cited

Interacting random Dirac fermions in superconducting cuprates

D. V. Khveshchenko, A. G. Yashenkin, I. V. Gornyi

We study the effects of quasiparticle interactions on disorder-induced localization of Dirac-like nodal excitations in superconducting high- cuprates. As suggested by the expe…

hep-th2000★ 1 cited

Vertex Operators for AdS3 with Ramond Background

L. Dolan

This review gives results on vertex operators for the Type IIB superstring in an AdS3 x S3 background with Ramond-Ramond flux, which were presented at Strings 2000. Constraint equa…

hep-th2000

Clocks, computers, black holes, spacetime foam, and holographic principle

Y. Jack Ng

What do simple clocks, simple computers, black holes, space-time foam, and holographic principle have in common? I will show that the physics behind them is inter-related, linking…

hep-ph2000★ 36 cited

Energy-momentum uncertainties as possible origin of threshold anomalies in UHECR and TeV-gamma ray events

Y. Jack Ng, D. -S. Lee, M. C. Oh +1

A threshold anomaly refers to a theoretically expected energy threshold that is not observed experimentally. Here we offer an explanation of the threshold anomalies encountered in…

astro-ph2000★ 160 cited

The Giant Flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14: I. An Interpretive Study of BeppoSAX and Ulysses Observations

M. Feroci, K. Hurley, R. Duncan +1

The giant flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14 was extraordinary in many ways: it was the most intense flux of gamma rays ever detected from a source outside our solar system;…

astro-ph2000★ 1 cited

CMB with Quintessence: Analytic Approach and CMBFAST

James L. Crooks, James O. Dunn, Paul H. Frampton +2

A particular kind of quintessence is considered, with equation of motion , corresponding to a cosmological term with time-dependence …

astro-ph2000

Astrophysics of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars

Christopher Thompson

I summarize the recent advances in our understanding of the Soft Gamma Repeaters: in particular their spin behavior, persistent emission and hyper-Eddington outbursts. The giant fl…

gr-qc2000★ 30 cited

Action and Energy of the Gravitational Field

J. D. Brown, S. R. Lau, J. W. York

We present a detailed examination of the variational principle for metric general relativity as applied to a ``quasilocal'' spacetime region $\M$ (that is, a region that is both sp…

hep-th2000★ 12 cited

A Scaling Limit With Many Noncommutativity Parameters

Louise Dolan, Chiara R. Nappi

We derive the worldsheet propagator for an open string with different magnetic fields at the two ends, and use it to compute two distinct noncommutativity parameters, one at each e…

cond-mat2000★ 46 cited

Incipient nodal pairing in planar d-wave superconductors

D. V. Khveshchenko, J. Paaske

The possibility of a second pairing transition () in planar -wave superconductors which occurs in the absence of external magnetic field, magnetic impur…

astro-ph2000★ 129 cited

The peculiar motions of early-type galaxies in two distant regions - VII. Peculiar velocities and bulk motions

Matthew Colless, R. P. Saglia, D. Burstein +3

We present peculiar velocities for 84 clusters of galaxies in two large volumes at distances between 6000 and 15000 km/s in the directions of Hercules-Corona Borealis and Perseus-P…

hep-ph2000

Economic Model for Neutrino Masses and Mixings

Paul H. Frampton

Working in the framework of three chiral neutrinos with Majorana masses, we investigate a scenario where the neutrino mass matrix is strictly off-diagonal in the flavor basis, with…

astro-ph2000

Quintessence Model and Cosmic Microwave Background

Paul H. Frampton

A particular kind of quintessence is considered, with equation of motion , corresponding to a cosmological term with time-dependence …

hep-th2000★ 6 cited

Anomalous D-Brane Charge in F-Theory Compactifications

Bjorn Andreas, Gottfried Curio, Ruben Minasian

Tadpole cancellation in F-theory on an elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfold demands some spacetime-filling three-branes (points in ). If moved to the discriminant surface,…

astro-ph2000★ 5 cited

The distribution of shock waves in driven supersonic turbulence

Michael D. Smith, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Fabian Heitsch

Supersonic turbulence generates distributions of shock waves. Here, we analyse the shock waves in three-dimensional numerical simulations of uniformly driven supersonic turbulence,…

astro-ph2000★ 422 cited

The Galactic Thick Disk Stellar Abundances

Jason X. Prochaska, Sergei O. Naumov, Bruce W. Carney +2

We present first results from a program to measure the chemical abundances of a large (N>30) sample of thick disk stars with the principal goal of investigating the formation histo…

astro-ph2000★ 75 cited

An Unusual Burst from Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14: Comparisons with Giant Flares and Implications for the Magnetar Model

Alaa I. Ibrahim, Tod E. Strohmayer, Peter M. Woods +6

The Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14 entered a remarkable phase of activity during the summer of 1998. This activity peaked on August 27, 1998 when a giant periodic gamma-ray flare…