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DOE OSTI2018

Asymptotically safe f(R)-gravity coupled to matter I: The polynomial case

We use the functional renormalization group equation for the effective average action to study the non-Gaussian renormalization group fixed points (NGFPs) arising within the framework of f(R)-gravity minimally coupled to an arbitrary number of scalar, Dirac, and vector fields. Based on this setting we provide comprehensible estimates whose gravity–matter systems give rise to NGFPs suitable for rendering the theory asymptotically safe. The analysis employs an exponential split of the metric fluctuations and retains a 7-parameter family of coarse-graining operators allowing the inclusion of non-trivial endomorphisms in the regularization procedure. For vanishing endomorphisms, it is established that gravity coupled to the matter content of the standard model of particle physics and many beyond the standard model extensions exhibit NGFPs whose properties are strikingly similar to the case of pure gravity: there are two UV-relevant directions and the position and critical exponents converge rapidly when higher powers of the scalar curvature are included. Conversely, none of the phenomenologically interesting gravity–matter systems exhibits a stable NGFP when a Type II coarse graining operator is employed. Our analysis resolves this tension by demonstrating that the NGFPs seen in the two settings belong to different universality classes.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗

DOE OSTI2014

Polynomial law for controlling the generation of n-scroll chaotic attractors in an optoelectronic delayed oscillator

Controlled transitions between a hierarchy of n-scroll attractors are investigated in a nonlinear optoelectronic oscillator. Using the system's feedback strength as a control parameter, it is shown experimentally the transition from Van der Pol-like attractors to 6-scroll, but in general, this scheme can produce an arbitrary number of scrolls. The complexity of every state is characterized by Lyapunov exponents and autocorrelation coefficients.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗

DOE OSTI2013

Littlewood polynomials and applications of them in the spectral theory of dynamical systems

In this paper we establish the existence of character sums on the real line R that are {epsilon}-flat on any given compact subset K Subset-Of R Reverse-Solidus-Operator {l_brace}0{r_brace} with respect to the metric in the space L{sup 1}(K). A consequence of this analytic result is an affirmative answer to Banach's conjecture on the existence of a dynamical system with a simple Lebesgue spectrum in the class of actions of the group R. Bibliography: 25 titles.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗

DOE OSTI2013

The exact order of approximation to periodic functions by Bernstein-Stechkin polynomials

The paper concerns the approximation properties of the Bernstein-Stechkin summability method for trigonometric Fourier series. The Jackson-Stechkin theorem is refined. Moreover, for any continuous periodic function not only is the exact upper estimate for approximation found, a lower estimate of the same order is also put forward. To do this special moduli of smoothness and the K-functional are introduced. Bibliography: 16 titles.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗

DOE OSTI2016

The properties of conformal blocks, the AGT hypothesis, and knot polynomials

Various properties of correlators of the two-dimensional conformal field theory are discussed. Specifically, their relation to the partition function of the four-dimensional supersymmetric theory is analyzed. In addition to being of interest in its own right, this relation is of practical importance. For example, it is much easier to calculate the known expressions for the partition function of supersymmetric theory than to calculate directly the expressions for correlators in conformal theory. The examined representation of conformal theory correlators as a matrix model serves the same purpose. The integral form of these correlators allows one to generalize the obtained results for the Virasoro algebra to more complicated cases of the W algebra or the quantum Virasoro algebra. This provides an opportunity to examine more complex configurations in conformal field theory. The three-dimensional Chern–Simons theory is discussed in the second part of the present review. The current interest in this theory stems largely from its relation to the mathematical knot theory (a rather well-developed area of mathematics known since the 17th century). The primary objective of this theory is to develop an algorithm that allows one to distinguish different knots (closed loops in three-dimensional space). The basic way to do this is by constructing the so-called knot invariants.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗

NASA NTRS1995

On the Character of the Zeros of Polynomials Relevant to the Small Curvature Approximation in Asymptotic Diffraction Theory

In dealing with the problem of estimating the high frequency coupling between two antennas mounted on a non-metallic aircraft skin, one is faced with approximation of the spectral integrals representing the propagation of rays along the geodesics of the surface between the antennas. When the antennas are sufficiently separated, the integrals can be conveniently represented as a rapidly convergent residue series. On the other hand, when the antennas are in close proximity, the residue series fails to converge rapidly and a power series representation proves to be efficacious. [Paknys and Wang, IEEE Trans. AP-35(3), 1987, 293-298]. When the effective surface impedance is not small, an intermediate region of separation appears in which neither the residue series nor the power series is effective. Recently, an asymptotic formalism was presented [Pogorzelski, National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 1995] which extends the earlier work of Bremmer [IRE Trans. AP-6, 1958, 267-272] and Wait curvature approximation' to the case of general (non-azimuthal) ray directions on the surface of a cylinder (excluding only axial propagation). Based on the formulation of Pearson [Radio Sci. 21(4), 1986] this asymptotic formalism provided a means of approximating the spectral integrals in the intermediate region of separation.

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NASA NTRS1995