http://www.scribd.com/people/view/159896-russell-clark This a feed for documents on Scribd written by rclark7083 30 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:43 GMT Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:43 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787677/Vacuum-Energy-Myths-and-Reality International Journal of Modern Physics A c World Scientific Publishing Company arXiv:gr-qc/0604062 v4 10 Jul 2006 Vacuum Energy: Myths and Reality G. E. VOLOVIK Helsinki University of Technology, Low Temperature Laboratory, P.O. Box 2200, FIN–02015 HUT, Finland, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 119334 Moscow, Russia volovik@boojum.hut.fi Received (Day Month Year) We discuss the main myths related to the vacuum energy and cosmological constant, such as: “unbearable lightness of space-time”; the dominating contribution of zero point energy of quantum fields to the vacuum energy; non-z Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:43 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787677/Vacuum-Energy-Myths-and-Reality http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787676/Spin-Statistics-Connection-in-Quantum-Gravity SU-4240-702 The Spin-Statistics Connection in Quantum Gravity arXiv:hep-th/9906174 v1 23 Jun 1999 A.P. Balachandran1 , E. Batista2 , I.P. Costa e Silva3 and P. Teotonio-Sobrinho3 1 Department of Physics,Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244-1130, USA 2 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de F´ isica e Matem´tica, a Dep. MTM, CEP 88.010-970, Florian´polis, SC, Brazil o 3 Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Fisica-DFMA Caixa Postal 66318, 05315-970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Abstract It is well-known that in spite of sharing some properties with conventional particles, topolog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787676/Spin-Statistics-Connection-in-Quantum-Gravity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787673/Vacuum-Energy-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem 1 The Cosmological Constant Problem In this chapter we carefully discuss the different aspects of the cosmological constant problem. How it occurs, what the assumptions are, and where the difficulties lie in renormalizing vacuum energy. Different interpretations of the cosmological constant have been proposed and we briefly discuss these. We subsequently, as a warm-up, point at some directions to look at for a solution, before ending this chapter by giving an outline of the rest of the thesis. 1.1 The ‘Old’ Problem, Vacuum Energy as Observable Effect In quantum mechanics, the energy spectrum, E Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787673/Vacuum-Energy-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787671/The-Cosmological-Constant-and-Dark-Energy The Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy P. J. E. Peebles Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Bharat Ratra Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 Physics invites the idea that space contains energy whose gravitational effect approximates that of Einstein’s cosmological constant, Λ; nowadays the concept is termed dark energy or quintessence. Physics also suggests the dark energy could be dynamical, allowing the arguably appealing picture that the dark energy density is evolving to its natural value, zero, and is small now because th Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787671/The-Cosmological-Constant-and-Dark-Energy http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787669/Testing-General-Relativity-with-Atom-Interferometry Testing General Relativity with Atom Interferometry Savas Dimopoulos, Peter W. Graham, Jason M. Hogan, and Mark A. Kasevich Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (Dated: March 27, 2007) The unprecedented precision of atom interferometry will soon lead to laboratory tests of general relativity to levels that will rival or exceed those reached by astrophysical observations. We propose such an experiment that will initially test the equivalence principle to 1 part in 1015 (300 times better than the current limit), and 1 part in 1017 in the future. It will also pro Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:28 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787669/Testing-General-Relativity-with-Atom-Interferometry http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787667/Symmetries-and-the-cosmological-constant-puzzle Symmetries and the cosmological constant puzzle A.A. Andrianov a,b , F. Cannata c,d , P. Giacconi c , A.Yu. Kamenshchik c,d,e , R. Soldati c,d V.A. Fock Department of Theoretical Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 198904, S.-Petersburg, Russia b Departament Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain c Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italia d Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit´ di Bologna a L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin str. 2, 119334 Mosc Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:26 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787667/Symmetries-and-the-cosmological-constant-puzzle http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787666/Anaesthesia-The-Other-Side-of-Consciousness-Stuart-Hameroff article-template Page 1 of 16 Anesthesia - the "other side" of consciousness (The following excerpted from "Greatest Inventions of the past 2000 years" edited by John Brockman, Simon and Schuster) Have you ever had surgery? If so, either a) part of your body was temporarily "deadened" by "local" anesthesia, or b) you "went to sleep" with general anesthesia. Can you imagine having surgery, or needing surgery, or even possibly needing surgery without the prospect of anesthesia? And beyond the agony-sparing factor is an extra added feature Eunderstanding the mechanism of anesthesia is our best Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:24 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787666/Anaesthesia-The-Other-Side-of-Consciousness-Stuart-Hameroff http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787664/Renormalizable-Emergency-Quantum-Gravity-Dr-Jack-Sarfatti 11/12/06, 5:44 PM, p.1 of 14 notes by Jack Sarfatti Renormalizable Emergent Quantum Gravity & Torsion Field Propellantless Propulsion of Unconventional Flying Objects Jack Sarfatti Einstein’s gravity is emergent as a macro-quantum vacuum Higgs field ODLRO effect of the residual post-inflation local field. The dark energy and dark matter are negative and positive pressure phases of the micro-quantum zero point fluctuations into and out of the vacuum condensate. The field of Einstein-Cartan tetrad local frames emerges from the vacuum condensate’s Goldstone phases in the same way that the superfl Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:42:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787664/Renormalizable-Emergency-Quantum-Gravity-Dr-Jack-Sarfatti http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787629/Black-Hole-Entropy-in-Induced-Gravity Alberta-Thy 10-97 Plenty of Nothing: Black Hole Entropy in Induced Gravity arXiv:hep-th/9705207v1 27 May 1997 V.P. Frolov and D.V. Fursaev Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2J1 e-mails: frolov, dfursaev@phys.ualberta.ca Abstract We demonstrate how Sakharov’s idea of induced gravity allows one to explain the statistical-mechanical origin of the entropy of a black hole. According to this idea, gravity becomes dynamical as the result of quantum effects in the system of heavy constituents of the underlying theory. The black hole entropy is related to the properties Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787629/Black-Hole-Entropy-in-Induced-Gravity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787628/A-NoNonsense-Introduction-to-General-Relativity A No-Nonsense Introduction to General Relativity Sean M. Carroll Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637 carroll@theory.uchicago.edu c 2001 1 *1 Introduction General relativity (GR) is the most beautiful physical theory ever invented. Nevertheless, it has a reputation of being extremely difficult, primarily for two reasons: tensors are everywhere, and spacetime is curved. These two facts force GR people to use a different language than everyone else, which makes the theory somewhat inaccessible. Nevertheless, it is possible to grasp the ba Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787628/A-NoNonsense-Introduction-to-General-Relativity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787625/Mechanism-for-Vanishing-Vacuum-Energy Mechanism for Vanishing Zero Point Energy Robert D. Klauber 1100 University Manor Dr., 38B Fairfield, Iowa 52556 rklauber(AT)iowatelecom.net, permanent: rklauber(AT)netscape.net arXiv:astro-ph/0309679v3 19 Jul 2007 Orig: Sept 24, 2003; Minor revision: July 19, 2007 Abstract In addition to the standard solutions of the quantum field equations having the two forms e±(iωt − ik·x) , there exist two additional solutions of the form e±(iωt + ik·x) . By incorporating these latter solutions, deemed “supplemental solutions”, into the development of quantum field theory, one finds a simple and natural can Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787625/Mechanism-for-Vanishing-Vacuum-Energy http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787624/Links-between-Gravity-and-the-Dynamics-of-Quantum-Liquids Links between gravity and dynamics of quantum liquids G.E. Volovik Helsinki University of Technology, Low Temperature Laboratory, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, RAS, Kosygin Str. 2, 117940 Moscow, Russia We consider the Landau-Khalatnikov two-fluid hydrodynamics of superfluid liquid [1] as an effective theory, which provides a self-consistent analog of Einstein equations for gravity and matter. IV International Conference ”Cosmology. Relativistic Astropohysics. Cosmoparticle Physics”. (COSMION-99) In the Honor of 80-th Birthday of Isaak M. K Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787624/Links-between-Gravity-and-the-Dynamics-of-Quantum-Liquids http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787623/Zombies-and-Consciousness Zombies and Consciousness Kirk, Robert University of Nottingham Abstract: By definition, zombies would be behaviourally and physically just like us, but not conscious. If a zombie world is possible, then physicalism is false. Just as importantly, the seductive conception of phenomenal consciousness embodied by the zombie idea is fundamentally misconceived. One of this book’s two main aims is to bring out the incoherence of the zombie idea with the help of an intuitively appealing argument (the ‘sole-pictures argument’). The other is to develop a fresh approach to understanding phenomenal cons Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787623/Zombies-and-Consciousness http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787610/Quantum-Vacuum-Gravitation-Inertia-and-Consciousness ESI The Erwin Schr¨dinger International o Institute for Mathematical Physics Boltzmanngasse 9 A-1090 Wien, Austria No Supersymmetry without Supergravity: Induced Supersymmetry Representations on Composite Effective Superfields L. Bergamin P. Minkowski Vienna, Preprint ESI 1418 (2003) December 4, 2003 Supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Available via anonymous ftp from FTP.ESI.AC.AT or via WWW, URL: http://www.esi.ac.at *hep-th/0312034 TUW-03-36 No Supersymmetry without Supergravity Induced Supersymmetry Representations on Composite Effective Super Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787610/Quantum-Vacuum-Gravitation-Inertia-and-Consciousness http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787608/Induced-Gravity-in-Superfluid-He3 Induced Gravity in Superfluid 3He arXiv:cond-mat/9806010v3 17 Jun 1998 G.E. Volovik ∗ Helsinki University of Technology, Low Temperature Laboratory, P.O.Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland ∗ permanent address: Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia The gapless fermionic excitations in superfluid 3 He-A have the ”relativistic” spectrum close to the gap nodes. This allowed us to model the modern cosmological scenaria of baryogenesis and magnetogenesis. The same massless fermions induce another low-energy property of the quantum vacuum – the gravitation. The effective metric of t Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787608/Induced-Gravity-in-Superfluid-He3 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787606/Toward-a-Science-of-Consciousness-III-Tuscon-Conference Page i Toward a Science of Consciousness III Page ii Complex Adaptive Systems (selected titles) John H. Holland, Christopher G. Langton, and Stewart W. Wilson, advisors An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Melanie Mitchell Catching Ourselves in the Act: Situated Activity, Interactive Emergence, and Human Thought, Horst HendriksJansen Elements of Artificial Neural Networks, Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuri K. Mohan, and Sanjay Ranka Advances in Genetic Programming, Volume 2, edited by Peter J. Angeline and Kenneth E. Kinnear, Jr. Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up, Jos Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787606/Toward-a-Science-of-Consciousness-III-Tuscon-Conference http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787598/quantum-tunneling-and-superconductivity-among-aromatic-amino-acids-in-tubulins BioSystems 64 (2002) 149– 168 www.elsevier.com/locate/biosystems Conduction pathways in microtubules, biological quantum computation, and consciousness Stuart Hameroff *, Alex Nip, Mitchell Porter, Jack Tuszynski Department of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Center for Consciousness Studies, Uni6ersity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA Received 18 May 2001; accepted 20 September 2001 Abstract Technological computation is entering the quantum realm, focusing attention on biomolecular information processing systems such as proteins, as presaged by the work of Michael Conrad. Protein conformatio Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787598/quantum-tunneling-and-superconductivity-among-aromatic-amino-acids-in-tubulins http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787595/Gravity-and-the-Quantum-Vacuum-Inertia-Hypothesis Gravity and the Quantum Vacuum Inertia Hypothesis Alfonso Rueda Department of Electrical Engineering California State University, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 arueda@csulb.edu Bernard Haisch Chief Science Officer ManyOne Networks, 100 Enterprise Way, Bldg. G-370, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 haisch@calphysics.org (Annalen der Physik, 2005, in press) arXiv:gr-qc/0504061 v3 15 Apr 2005 Abstract: In previous work it has been shown that the electromagnetic quantum vacuum, or electromagnetic zero-point field, makes a contribution to the inertial reaction force on an accelerated object. We s Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787595/Gravity-and-the-Quantum-Vacuum-Inertia-Hypothesis http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787594/Gravitation-Induced-by-Zero-Point-Forces PHYSICS/0103078 1 Gravitation and Forces Induced by Zero-Point Phenomena Charles T. Ridgely charles@ridgely.ws A recent proposal asserts that gravitational forces arise due to an interaction between matter and vacuum electromagnetic zero-point radiation. The present analysis demonstrates that forces induced on matter by zero-point radiation arise in addition to gravitational forces. It is argued that zero-point radiation should be red-shifted near large gravitational sources while remaining essentially undetectable within freely falling reference frames. On this basis, an effective weight of Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:20 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787594/Gravitation-Induced-by-Zero-Point-Forces http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787590/Entropy-and-Its-Physical-Meaning ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787590/Entropy-and-Its-Physical-Meaning http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787536/Does-Quantum-Cosmology-Predict-and-Constant-Dilatonic-Field DOES QUANTUM COSMOLOGY PREDICT A CONSTANT DILATONIC FIELD? F.G. Alvarenga1 , A.B. Batista2 and J. C. Fabris3 Departamento de F´ ısica, Universidade Federal do Esp´ ırito Santo, CEP29060-900, Vit´ria, Esp´ o ırito Santo, Brazil arXiv:gr-qc/0404034v1 7 Apr 2004 Abstract Quantum cosmology may permit to determine the initial conditions of the Universe. In particular, it may select a specific model between many possible classical models. In this work, we study a quantum cosmological model based on the string effective action coupled to matter. The Schutz’s formalism is employed in the description o Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:25 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787536/Does-Quantum-Cosmology-Predict-and-Constant-Dilatonic-Field http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787535/Could-the-Pioneer-Anomaly-Have-a-Gravitational-Origin ÓÙÐ Ø È ÓÒ Ö ÒÓÑ ÐÝ Ã ÐÐ Ì Ò Ú Ò Ö Ú Ø Ø ÓÒ Ð ÓÖ ∗ Ò ´ Æθ ½¿¾¾ À Ú Ø Ù Ù×Ø ¾ ¸ ¾¼¼ µ ¸ ÆÓÖÛ Ý arXiv:gr-qc/0602089v4 23 Aug 2007 Á Ø È ÓÒ Ö ÒÓÑ ÐÝ × Ö Ú Ø Ø ÓÒ Ð ÓÖ Ò¸ Ø ÛÓÙÐ ¸ ÓÖ Ò ØÓ Ø ÕÙ Ú Ð Ò ÔÖ Ò ÔÐ ¸ ×ØÓÖØ Ø ÑÓØ ÓÒ× Ó Ø ÔÐ Ò Ø× Ò Ø ËÓÐ Ö ËÝ×Ø Ñº Ë Ò ÒÓ ÒÓÑ ÐÓÙ× ÑÓØ ÓÒ Ó Ø ÔÐ Ò Ø× × Ò Ø Ø ¸ Ø × Ò Ö ÐÐÝ Ð Ú Ø Ø Ø È ÓÒ Ö ÒÓÑ ÐÝ Ò ÒÓØ ÓÖ Ò Ø ÖÓÑ Ö Ú Ø Ø ÓÒ Ð ×ÓÙÖ Ò Ø ËÓÐ Ö ËÝ×Ø Ñº ÀÓÛ Ú Ö¸ Ø × ÓÒ ÐÙ× ÓÒ ÓÑ × Ð ×× Ó Ú ÓÙ× Û Ò ÓÒ× Ö Ò ÑÓ Ð× Ø Ø Ø Ö ÑÔÐÝ ÑÓ Ø ÓÒ× ØÓ Ö Ú ØÝ Ø ÐÓÒ Ö Ò ÓÖ Ö Ú Ø Ø ÓÒ Ð ×ÓÙÖ × ÐÓ Ð Þ ØÓ Ø ÓÙØ Ö ËÓÐ Ö ËÝ×Ø Ñ¸ Ú Ò Ø ÙÒ ÖØ ÒØÝ Ò Ø ÓÖ Ø Ð Ô Ö Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787535/Could-the-Pioneer-Anomaly-Have-a-Gravitational-Origin http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787533/Cosmological-Constant-The-Weight-of-the-Vacuum COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT - THE WEIGHT OF THE VACUUM T. Padmanabhan arXiv:hep-th/0212290v2 26 Feb 2003 IUCAA, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India. email: nabhan@iucaa.ernet.in Abstract Recent cosmological observations suggest the existence of a positive cosmological constant Λ with the magnitude Λ(G /c3 ) ≈ 10−123 . This review discusses several aspects of the cosmological constant both from the cosmological (sections 1–6) and field theoretical (sections 7–11) perspectives. After a brief introduction to the key issues related to cosmological constant and a historical overvie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787533/Cosmological-Constant-The-Weight-of-the-Vacuum http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787531/The-Myth-of-Quantum-Consciousness The Myth of Quantum Consciousness Victor J. Stenger, Ph. D. Department of Philosophy University of Colorado Campus Box 232 Boulder, Colorado 80309-0232, USA Direct correspondence to: Victor J. Stenger 500 N Bermont St. Lafayette, CO 80026, USA E-mail: vstenger@mindspring.com Phone: 720 890 9655 Fax: 303 492 8386 Draft of July 26, 2002 10:01 am for comment only. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 1 *2 Abstract The myth of quantum consciousness holds that quantum mechanics provides a scientific basis for ancient notions in which the human mind is connected to a universal consciousness and is able to exert co Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4787531/The-Myth-of-Quantum-Consciousness http://www.scribd.com/doc/4633217/Quantum-vacuum-noise-in-physics-and-cosmology CHAOS VOLUME 11, NUMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 2001 Quantum vacuum noise in physics and cosmology P. C. W. Daviesa) Department of Physics, Imperial College London, SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom and Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia Received 19 December 2000; accepted 4 April 2001; published 31 August 2001 The concept of the vacuum in quantum field theory is a subtle one. Vacuum states have a rich and complex set of properties that produce distinctive, though usually exceedingly small, physical effects. Quantum vacuum noise is familiar in optical and elect Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:34:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4633217/Quantum-vacuum-noise-in-physics-and-cosmology http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549048/Auseinandersetzung-mit-Darwin-AE200303Darwin Auseinandersetzung mit Darwin Ein adventistischer Einwand gegen die Ansprüche der Evolutionstheorie eit meines Lebens habe ich mich immer wieder mit der Evolutionstheorie auseinander gesetzt. Die erste Krise entwickelte sich, als ich als Missionsarzt in Afrika tätig war. Ich hatte eine ganze Reihe respektabler wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten gelesen, und es beunruhigte mich, dass die Evolutionisten durchaus Punkte anführen konnten, die ihre Theorie stützten. Manche dieser Punkte konnte ich nicht erklären, und sie passten meiner Ansicht nach auch nicht in ein Schöpfungsmodell. Mit dem so völlig unt Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549048/Auseinandersetzung-mit-Darwin-AE200303Darwin http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549046/Army-Regulation-6701 Army Regulation 670–1 Uniforms and Insignia Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 3 February 2005 UNCLASSIFIED *SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 670–1 Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia This rapid action revision of 3 February 2005-o Updates figures throughout the regulation (throughout). o Clarifies the definition of unauthorized tattoos while wearing the class A uniform (chap 1). Identifies officials responsible for making initial entry determinations on tattoos and brands (chap 1). Delegates the authority to MACOM comman Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549046/Army-Regulation-6701 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549034/Army-FM-Inventory-Spreadsheet A B C D E F PUB Date ddmmyy/S TATUS G H I J K L M N O P Q 2 3 Proponent OLD NUMBER NEW NUMBER TIER/Pri ority FM Titles (Version 5.7, 6-21-01) ARMY THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE OPERATIONS US ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE OPERATIONS CHG CHG # Class Remarks Anticipate required update based on new JP3-01.2, .3 & FM 3-0 Anticipate required update based on new JP3-01.2, .3 & FM 3-0 Will be SS by FM 3-01.44 in FY02 Will be SS by FM 3-01.44 in FY02 Will be SS by FM 3-01.44 in FY02 DRAFT ONLY; Will be SS by FM 3-01.44 in FY02 DRAFT ONLY; Will be SS by FM 3-01.64 in FY02 Will be SS b Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:18 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549034/Army-FM-Inventory-Spreadsheet http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549025/An-Uneven-Vacuum-Energy-Fluid-as-Dark-Matter-Gravitational-Lens March 7, 2008 4:39 WSPC/INSTRUCTION FILE ZHAOrev International Journal of Modern Physics D c World Scientific Publishing Company arXiv:0802.1775v2 [astro-ph] 25 Feb 2008 An Uneven Vacuum Energy Fluid as Dark Matter & Gravitational Lens HongSheng Zhao National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing, China SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, UK hz4@st-and.ac.uk Received Based on lectures at the Lensing Winter School, Sicily 2006 and invited talk at Fundamental Physics From Quantum to Cosmolog Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549025/An-Uneven-Vacuum-Energy-Fluid-as-Dark-Matter-Gravitational-Lens http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549023/Advanced-Intelligence-Agency-Shipov1 Advanced Intelligence Agency Technical Memorandum for the Record "I want to know God's thoughts … the rest are details." Einstein For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." Feynman Thursday, December 09, 1999 Shipov's Torsion Field Theory for Dummies 12th Draft Originally from Gennady Shipov Edited with comments by Jack Sarfatti Note how Gennady is able to describe his new physical ideas in plain English (with a little help from me) without having to hide behind the wall of advanced mathematics. This feature of clarity of ex Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:58 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549023/Advanced-Intelligence-Agency-Shipov1 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549022/Acute-Radiation-Syndrome Acute Radiation Syndrome Kelly Andringa Radiation Biology 77:103 Written Report I September 29, 2000 *2 People everywhere are exposed to radiation daily. In general, most humans on the planet are exposed to 1 to 2 milliGray (mGy) a year.(1) This is referred to as “background radiation.” Radiation is present all around us: in the air, in the ground and in the water. Some of the most common forms of radiation that people are exposed to may come from natural sources such as cosmic rays and substances in the earth’s crust, such as Radon.(1) Other exposures come from man made substances such as Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549022/Acute-Radiation-Syndrome http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549019/A-NonUniform-Dark-Energy-Fluid-Perturbation-Equations-for-Its-Dark-Matter-Effects A Non-Uniform Dark Energy Fluid: Perturbation Equations for Its Dark Matter Effects Anaelle Halle1,2 , HongSheng Zhao 2 , Baojiu Li3 ABSTRACT We propose that galactic Dark Matter can be described by a non-uniform Dark Energy fluid. The underlying field is a decaying vector field, which might corresponds to a photon-like but massive particle of four degrees of dynamical freedom. We propose a very general Lagrangian for this vector field. The model includes a continuous spectrum of plausible gravity theories, e.g., quintessence, f(R), Einstein-Aether, MOND, TeVeS, BSTV, V-Λ etc. theories, and the infl Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549019/A-NonUniform-Dark-Energy-Fluid-Perturbation-Equations-for-Its-Dark-Matter-Effects http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549017/A-coherent-dual-vector-field-theory-for-gravitation A coherent dual vector field theory for gravitation Analytical method – Applications on cosmic phenomena Abstract T. De Mees – thierrydm@pandora.be This publication concerns the fundamentals of the dynamics of masses interacting by gravitation. We start with the Maxwell Analogy for Gravitation (or the “Heaviside field”), and we develop a model. This model of dynamics, allow us to quantify the transfer of angular movement point by point by the means of vectors, and to bring a simple, precise and detailed explanation to a large number of cosmic phenomena. And to all appearances, the theory co Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549017/A-coherent-dual-vector-field-theory-for-gravitation http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549015/33V15 Table of Contents Title 33 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Part XV. Radiation Protection Chapter 1. General Provisions...................................................................................................................... 1 §101. Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 1 §102. Definitions and Abbreviations.................................................................................................... 1 §103. Exemptions .............................................................. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549015/33V15 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549012/EBookPhysics-Gamma-Ray-Decay-Table-WW D-1 APPENDIX D. ENERGY-ORDERED DECAY γ-RAY TABLE An energy-ordered list of γ rays from nuclei with half-lives ≥1 d is given in Table 1. The table includes only the most intense γ rays (up to a maximum of four lines) from each parent. Intensities are absolute (γ’s per 100 parent decays) unless preceded by a †. These data are taken from the Table of Isotopes. Eγ for the strongest associated lines from each decay are listed in order of decreasing intensity. ∆ Eγ (∆ E) 6.238 20 7.133 10 8.41031 19 9.3 1 10.6 5 12.4 12.76 3 13.271 18 13.52 2 14.41300 15 15.2 1 16.18 3 16.4 3 18.5 5 18.8 4 19.394 2 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549012/EBookPhysics-Gamma-Ray-Decay-Table-WW http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549010/EBookPhysics-Chart-of-the-Nuclides-G-E-WW Table of Isotopes (1998) 28 27 26 2 8 14 2 2 8 15 2 2 8 16 2 Ni +2+3 1455° 2913° Ni50 Ni51 Ni52 38 ms 0+ ECp Ni53 45 ms (7/2-) ECp Ni54 0+ EC 58.6934 0.000161% 212.1 ms 7/2EC Ni55 6.077 d 0+ EC Ni56 35.60 h 3/2- Ni57 Ni58 0+ 68.077 7.6E+4 y 3/2EC Ni59 Ni60 0+ 26.223 Ni61 3/21.140 5.2714 y 5+ Ni62 0+ 3.634 1.650 h 7/2βββ- 100.1 y 1/2- Ni63 Ni64 0+ 0.926 2.5172 h 5/2ββ- Ni65 Ni66 54.6 h 0+ β- Ni67 21 s (1/2-) β- Ni68 19 s 0+ β- Ni69 11.4 s Ni70 0+ β- Ni71 1.86 s β- Ni72 2.1 s 0+ β- Ni73 0.90 s β- Ni74 1.1 s 0+ Ni75 Ni76 0+ Ni77 Ni78 0+ Co +2+3 1495° 2927° Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4549010/EBookPhysics-Chart-of-the-Nuclides-G-E-WW http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462917/Volovik-List-of-Publications G. E. VOLOVIK List of publications 1. G.E. Volovik, 1970, ”Calculation of the critical current of particles decaying into nonparallel excitations,” Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 58, 2054 - 2063; [Sov. Phys. – JETP 31, 1106 - 1111 (1970) ]. 2. G.E. Volovik, S.V. Iordanskii, 1970, ”The motion of particles interacting with phonons at finite temperatures in strong fields,” Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 59, 2193 - 2202; [Sov. Phys. – JETP 32, 1186 - 1190 ]. 3. 40+ G.E. Volovik, 1972, ”Quantum mechanical creation of vortices in superfluids,” Pis’ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 15, 116 - 120 [JETP Lett. 15, 81 - 83 ]. 4. G.E. Vo Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:24:13 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462917/Volovik-List-of-Publications http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462916/Virtual-components-of-particles Holland “Virtual Components” 09/29/06 page 1 Virtual components of particles Stephen R. Holland sholland@softwaves.net 1934 Caldwell Road, Sooke, British Columbia, Canada V0S1N0 Abstract It is well accepted that normal particles are surrounded by a “sea of virtual pairs” and interact with them. The author suggests that this interaction extends to bonding, with the muon being the simplest form of one electron bonded to one virtual pair. The author developed a bookkeeping system to reverse engineer decay modes of particles. The analysis seems to demonstrate that all particles can be built w Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:24:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462916/Virtual-components-of-particles http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462914/Universal-temperature-corrections-to-the-free-energy-of-the-gravitational-field arXiv:gr-qc/0309066v3 18 Nov 2003 Universal temperature corrections to the free energy for the gravitational field G.E. Volovik Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland and L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117334 Moscow, Russia and A. Zelnikov Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1 and P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute Leninskii prospect 53, Moscow 119 991 Russia October 27, 2007 Abstract The temperature correction to the free energy of the gravitational field is considered which doe Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:24:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462914/Universal-temperature-corrections-to-the-free-energy-of-the-gravitational-field http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462913/Universal-Dynamics-of-Spontaneous-Lorentz-Violation-and-a-New-SpinDependent-InverseSquare-Law-Force HUTP-04/A033 Universal Dynamics of Spontaneous Lorentz Violation and a New Spin-Dependent Inverse-Square Law Force arXiv:hep-ph/0407034v3 2 Sep 2005 Nima Arkani-Hamed, Hsin-Chia Cheng, Markus Luty and Jesse Thaler Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Abstract We study the universal low-energy dynamics associated with the spontaneous breaking of Lorentz invariance down to spatial rotations. The effective Lagrangian for the associated Goldstone field can be uniquely determined by the non-linear realization of a broken time diffeomorphism symmetry, up to some ove Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:24:09 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462913/Universal-Dynamics-of-Spontaneous-Lorentz-Violation-and-a-New-SpinDependent-InverseSquare-Law-Force http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462910/Unified-Theory-of-Bivacuum 1 Unified Theory of Bivacuum, Particles Duality, Fields & Time. New Bivacuum Mediated Interaction, Overunity Devices, Cold Fusion & Nucleosynthesis Alex Kaivarainen University of Turku, Department of physics Vesilinnantie 5, FIN-20014, Turku, Finland H2o@karelia.ru http://web.petrsu.ru/~alexk/new_articles/index.html CONTENTS Extended Summary Abbreviations and definitions, introduced in Unified theory Introduction 1. New hierarchic model of Bivacuum, as a superfluid multi-dipoles structure 1.1 Properties of Bivacuum dipoles - Bivacuum fermions and Bivacuum boson 1.2 The basic (carrying)Virtual Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:24:03 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462910/Unified-Theory-of-Bivacuum http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462906/Two-Extended-New-Approaches-to-Vacuum-Matter-and-Fields Two Extended New Approaches to Vacuum, Matter & Fields Alex Kaivarainen University of Turku, Department of Physics, arXiv:physics/0112027v7 [physics.gen-ph] 1 Sep 2005 Vesilinnantie 5, FIN-20014, Turku, Finland, H2o@karelia.ru www.karelia.ru/˜ alexk Bo Lehnert Alfven Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, S-10044, Sweden bo.lehnert@alfvenlab.kth.se 1 *Abstract There are unsolved problems in physics leading to difficulties with Maxwell’s equations that are not removed by and not directly associated with quantum mechanics. Recently a number of extended and modified theories have Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462906/Two-Extended-New-Approaches-to-Vacuum-Matter-and-Fields http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462902/Two-Dimensional-Time-and-the-Evolutionary-Unfolding-of-Natural-and-Biological-Systems 1 Evolutionary Unfolding of Natural and Biological Systems Summary of a philosophical book copyright : Hrodotos – Ant.Stamoulis , Greece , 2005 ISBN 960-8353-85-8 Βook store : Hrodotos , Paleon.Patron.Germanu 38-Ioannu Michail 2 , 546 22 bellow Kamara Thessaloniki , tel.2310264748 Author : Nikos Alexandris , nalxhal@yahoo.gr Abstract Analysing the subject, referring to the archetypal (potential, iconic, virtual forms), I mean the elements relating to the various levels in evolution, both in the natural world and in society. This happens so as each evolutionary step is accompanied by a corres Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462902/Two-Dimensional-Time-and-the-Evolutionary-Unfolding-of-Natural-and-Biological-Systems http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462901/TREATISE-ON-GRAVITOMAGNETISM TREATISE ON GRAVITOMAGNETISM TRAITE SUR GRAVITOMAGNETISME www.gravitomagnetism.com Joseph NDURIRI, Toulouse, FRANCE, 31 octobre 2005, ++33(0)6-31-13-61-55, nduriri@voilà.fr Graduated in; 1) The National School of the Civil Aviation ENAC - Radar microwaves in Toulouse FRANCE 2) The National School of Applied Sciences INSA - Micro-electronics in Toulouse FRANCE 3) The National Institute of Technology IUT - Electronics in Toulon FRANCE *Treatise on Gravitomagnetism 2005 Toulouse FRANCE 2/102 ABSTRACT By honest observation, analogy and intuition the laws that govern physical phenomena can be de Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462901/TREATISE-ON-GRAVITOMAGNETISM http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462896/The-structure-of-the-world-from-pure-numbers INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING Rep. Prog. Phys. 68 (2005) 897–964 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS doi:10.1088/0034-4885/68/4/R04 The structure of the world from pure numbers F J Tipler Department of Mathematics and Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA Received 21 September 2004 Published 15 March 2005 Online at stacks.iop.org/RoPP/68/897 Abstract I investigate the relationship between physics and mathematics. I argue that physics can shed light on the proper foundations of mathematics, and that the nature of number can constrain the nature of physical reality Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462896/The-structure-of-the-world-from-pure-numbers http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462893/The-Special-Theory-of-Reality The Special Theory of Reality An heuristic paper on the true meaning and nature of time, energy, mass, space and space-time (with consequential solutions) Robert F. Beck Abstract My paper is based on extracts from my book (ebook and paperback – see www.einsteins-revolution.com) of the same title with further clarifications that will appear in my second book to be published soon. They are thus of an informal nature, but written primarily for the scientific community. My theory stems from a logical analysis of the true meaning and nature of the concepts of time, energy, space and mass. This is Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:04 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462893/The-Special-Theory-of-Reality http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462892/The-Preexistence-of-Christ Modern Theology 23:1 January 2007 ISSN 0266-7177 (Print) ISSN 1468-0025 (Online) ROBERT JENSON ON THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST OLIVER D. CRISP I Does Christ pre-exist the Incarnation? The simple traditional answer to this question is this: yes, if this means that Christ, who is the Son, the second person of the Trinity, pre-exists the Incarnation; but no, if this means that Christ pre-exists his conception in the womb of Mary Theotokos as a human being. The human Jesus of Nazareth cannot pre-exist the virginal conception. No human being pre-exists its conception as a human being.1 (If the huma Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462892/The-Preexistence-of-Christ http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462891/The-Origins-of-Time-from-Information-Flow-in-Complex-Systems Time and Information: The Origins of ’Time’ from Information Flow In Complex Systems Scott M. Hitchcock National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1321 E-mail: hitchcock@nscl.msu.edu Presented: Friday, June 29, 2001 Abstract The problem of time can be solved in principle by taking the viewpoint that information created by unstable physical systems or Feynman Clocks (FCs) is transferred by signals to detectors as infostates and then used to compute time [1] using a new invention, the T-computer. This computed ’time’ is used to define th Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:23:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462891/The-Origins-of-Time-from-Information-Flow-in-Complex-Systems http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462887/The-impact-of-science-on-metaphysics-and-its-limits The impact of science on metaphysics and its limits Michael Esfeld University of Lausanne, Department of Philosophy & Centre romand logic, history and philosophy of science CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Michael-Andreas.Esfeld@unil.ch (published in Abstracta 2 (2006), pp. 86–101, http://www.abstracta.pro.br/editions.asp) Abstract The paper argues for three theses: (1) Metaphysics depends on science as a source of knowledge. Our current scientific theories commit us to certain metaphysical claims. (2) As far as science is concerned, it is sufficient to spell these claims out in such a way that Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462887/The-impact-of-science-on-metaphysics-and-its-limits http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462885/The-hypergeometric-connectivity-hypothesis ARTICLE IN PRESS BRAIN RESEARCH XX (2007) XXX–XXX BRES-37058; No. of pages: 11; 4C: 2, 8, 10 a v a i l a b l e a t w w w. s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m w w w. e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / b r a i n r e s Research Report The hypergeometric connectivity hypothesis: Divergent performance of brain circuits with different synaptic connectivity distributions Andrew C. Felch, Richard H. Granger ⁎ Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, and Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College, 6207 Moore Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA ARTICLE INFO Article history: Accep Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:42 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462885/The-hypergeometric-connectivity-hypothesis http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462881/The-Graviton-as-a-Bound-State-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem The Graviton as a Bound State and the Cosmological Constant Problem J. W. Moffat arXiv:gr-qc/0309125v2 29 Oct 2003 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2J2W9, Canada and Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S1A7, Canada Abstract The graviton is pictured as a bound state of a fermion and antifermion with the spacetime metric assumed to be a composite object of spinor fields, based on a globally Lorentz invariant action proposed by Hebecker and Wetterich. The additional degrees of freedom beyond those of the graviton are described by Goldsto Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:31 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462881/The-Graviton-as-a-Bound-State-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462880/The-Evolution-of-Evolution-Groessing-and-Schwable A SIMPLE MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF EVOLUTION arXiv:physics/0204070 v2 6 May 2002 Siegfried Fussy, Gerhard Gr¨ssing and Herbert Schwabl o Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Parkgasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria http://web.telekabel.at/ains Abstract A simple model of macroevolution is proposed exhibiting both the property of punctuated equilibrium and the dynamics of potentialities for different species to evolve towards increasingly higher complexity. It is based on the phenomenon of fractal evolution which has been shown to constitute a fundamental property of nonlinear discretized sys Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462880/The-Evolution-of-Evolution-Groessing-and-Schwable http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462877/The-Evolution-Cruncher Evolution Cruncher The Vance Ferrell Scientific facts which annihilate evolutionary theory Including 1,350 scientific quotations or references, 43 pages of illustrations, a research guide, and a complete index This book is based on material on our website which has been highly recommended by scientists and educators EF Evolution Facts, Inc. *EF–741 The Evolution Cruncher by Vance Ferrell, B.A., M.A. Published by Evolution Facts, Inc. Box 300, Altamont, TN 37301 USA Printed in the United States of America Cover and Text Copyright © 2001 Creationist organizations can provide you with books, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:26 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462877/The-Evolution-Cruncher http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462868/THE-DARK-SIDE-OF-GRAVITY November 17, 2006 1:53 arXiv:gr-qc/0610079 v5 16 Nov 2006 THE DARK SIDE OF GRAVITY FREDERIC HENRY-COUANNIER CPPM, 163 Avenue De Luminy, Marseille 13009 France. henry@cppm.in2p3.fr Modified sections in this version compared to the latest version are in red. Adopting a non geometrical point of view, we are led to an alternative theory of the order two and symetric gravitational tensor field of GR. The field is no more interpreted as the metric of our space-time. The true metric is globally Minkowskian and describes a flat manifold, a context which justifies a genuine rehabilitation of the global Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:21:34 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462868/THE-DARK-SIDE-OF-GRAVITY http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462862/The-Cosmological-Constant-Problem-an-Inspiration-for-New-Physics ITP-UU-06/34 SPIN-06/30 gr-qc/yyxxxxx The Cosmological Constant Problem, an Inspiration for New Physics arXiv:gr-qc/0609011 v1 4 Sep 2006 Stefan Nobbenhuis Ph.D. Thesis, defended June 15. 2006 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. ’t Hooft. Institute for Theoretical Physics Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands and Spinoza Institute Postbox 80.195 3508 TD Utrecht, the Netherlands S.J.B.Nobbenhuis@phys.uu.nl We have critically compared different approaches to the cosmological constant problem, which is at the edge of elementary particle physics and cosmology. This problem is de Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:21:13 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462862/The-Cosmological-Constant-Problem-an-Inspiration-for-New-Physics http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462857/The-Cosmological-Constant-Problem-an-Inspiration-for-New-Physics The Cosmological Constant Problem, an Inspiration for New Physics *ISBN-10: 90-393-4269-5 ISBN-13: 978-90-393-4269-5 Cover Illustration: Stellar “eggs” emerge from molecular cloud. Star-Burst Clouds in M16. PRC95-44b, ST Scl OPO, November 2, 1995. J. Hester and P. Scowen (AZ. State University), NASA. HST-WFPC2, from http://Hubblesite.org. Symmetrized. *The Cosmological Constant Problem, an Inspiration for New Physics Het Vraagstuk van de Kosmologische Constante, een Inspiratie voor Nieuwe Fysica (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:20:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462857/The-Cosmological-Constant-Problem-an-Inspiration-for-New-Physics http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462856/The-CC-Problem-Inspiration-for-New-Physics ITP-UU-06/34 SPIN-06/30 gr-qc/yyxxxxx The Cosmological Constant Problem, an Inspiration for New Physics arXiv:gr-qc/0609011v1 4 Sep 2006 Stefan Nobbenhuis Ph.D. Thesis, defended June 15. 2006 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. ’t Hooft. Institute for Theoretical Physics Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands and Spinoza Institute Postbox 80.195 3508 TD Utrecht, the Netherlands S.J.B.Nobbenhuis@phys.uu.nl We have critically compared different approaches to the cosmological constant problem, which is at the edge of elementary particle physics and cosmology. This problem is dee Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:20:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462856/The-CC-Problem-Inspiration-for-New-Physics http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462851/The-Binary-Pulsar-Is-Not-the-Ultimate-Test-for-the-Theory-of-Gravity The Binary Pulsar Is Not the Ultimate Test for the Theory of Gravity M. Novello and V. A. De Lorenci arXiv:gr-qc/9704025v1 8 Apr 1997 Laborat´rio de Cosmologia e F´ o ısica Experimental de Altas Energias. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas F´ ısicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150, Urca CEP 22290-180 – Rio de Janeiro – RJ. Brazil. Abstract General relativity can be formulated either as in its original geometrical version (Einstein, 1915) or as a field theory (Feynman, 1962). In the Feynman presentation of Einstein theory an hypothesis concerning the interaction of gravity to gravity, which was hidd Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:20:31 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462851/The-Binary-Pulsar-Is-Not-the-Ultimate-Test-for-the-Theory-of-Gravity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462848/Teleportation-Dream-or-Reality Teleportation: Dream or Reality? Lev Vaidman January 20, 2008 School of Physics and Astronomy Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. Abstract Since its discovery in 1993, we witness an intensive theoretical and experimental effort centered on teleportation. Very recently it was claimed in the press that “quantum teleportation has been achieved in the laboratory” (T. Sudbery, Nature 390, 551). Here, I briefly review this research focusing on the connection to nonlocal measurements, and question Sudbery’s statement. A philosophical inquir Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:20:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462848/Teleportation-Dream-or-Reality http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462846/Supestring-Holography CALT-68-2542 hep-th/0505028 arXiv:hep-th/0505028 v3 31 May 2005 SUPERSTRING HOLOGRAPHY AND INTEGRABILITY IN AdS5 × S 5 Dissertation by Ian Swanson In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 2006 (Defended April 19, 2005) *ii c 2006 Ian Swanson All Rights Reserved *iii For my parents, Frank and Sheila, and my brother, Cory. *Acknowledgements I am deeply indebted to my advisor, John Schwarz, and to my collaborator, Curt Callan. Their patience, encouragement, mentorship and wisdom have been inv Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:20:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462846/Supestring-Holography http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462839/Superfluidity-in-relativistic-neutron-stars Superfluidity in relativistic neutron stars David Langlois1,2 1 2 arXiv:astro-ph/0008161v1 10 Aug 2000 D´partement d’Astrophysique Relativiste et de Cosmologie, Observatoire de e Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris , 98bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France Abstract. The purpose of these notes is to give a brief review of superfluidity in neutron stars. After a short presentation explaining why and how superfluidity is expected in the crust and core of neutron stars, consequences on thermal evolution and rotational dynamics are discussed. The second part sum Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462839/Superfluidity-in-relativistic-neutron-stars http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462837/STRING-FIELD-THEORY arXiv:hep-th/0107094v1 11 Jul 2001 INTRODUCTION to STRING FIELD THEORY Warren Siegel University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Present address: State University of New York, Stony Brook mailto:warren@wcgall.physics.sunysb.edu http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/˜siegel/plan.html *CONTENTS Preface 1. Introduction 1.1. Motivation 1 1.2. Known models (interacting) 3 1.3. Aspects 4 1.4. Outline 6 2. General light cone 2.1. Actions 8 2.2. Conformal algebra 10 2.3. Poincar´ algebra e 13 2.4. Interactions 16 2.5. Graphs 19 2.6. Covariantized light cone 20 Exercises 23 3. General BRST 3.1. Gauge in Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462837/STRING-FIELD-THEORY http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462827/STANFORD-LINEAR-ACCELERATOR-CENTER-Beamline-SummerFall-2000 STAN F O R D L I N E AR A C C ELER A TOR C ENTER Summer/Fall 2000, Vol. 30, No. 2 *A PERIODICAL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS SUMMER/FALL 2000 VOL. 30, NUMBER 2 Einstein and The Quantum Mechanics Editors RENE DONALDSON, BILL KIRK Contributing Editors MICHAEL RIORDAN, GORDON FRASER JUDY JACKSON, AKIHIRO MAKI PEDRO WALOSCHEK Editorial Advisory Board PATRICIA BURCHAT, DAVID BURKE LANCE DIXON, GEORGE SMOOT GEORGE TRILLING, KARL VAN BIBBER HERMAN WINICK Werner Heisenberg illustrates his Uncertainty Principle by pointing down with his right hand to indicate the location of an electron and pointing up wi Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462827/STANFORD-LINEAR-ACCELERATOR-CENTER-Beamline-SummerFall-2000 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462813/Spontaneous-Symmetry-Breakdown-and-Critical-Perspectives-of-Higgs-Mechanism Original to appear in the Indian Journal of Physics (IJP) Spontaneous Symmetry Breakdown and Critical Perspectives of Higgs Mechanism Nils M. Bezares-Roder1∗ and Hemwati Nandan2 † 1. Institut f¨r Theoretische Physik, Universit¨t Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany. u a 2. Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302 Kharagpur, India. The foundations of the mass generation mechanism of particles are reviewed. The Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SBB) process within the standard model (SM) and the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) is used to explore the present status of Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462813/Spontaneous-Symmetry-Breakdown-and-Critical-Perspectives-of-Higgs-Mechanism http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462811/spinrotation-coupling-and-cooper-pairs arXiv:gr-qc/0305084v1 22 May 2003 The relativistic Sagnac effect: two derivations Guido Rizzi§,¶ and Matteo Luca Ruggiero§,¶ Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, ¶ INFN, Sezione di Torino E-mail guido.rizzi@polito.it, matteo.ruggiero@polito.it § March 15, 2007 DRAFT Relativity in Rotating Frames DRAFT http://digilander.libero.it/solciclos/ Abstract The phase shift due to the Sagnac Effect, for relativistic matter and electromagnetic beams, counter-propagating in a rotating interferometer, is deduced using two different approaches. From one hand, we show that the relativistic law of ve Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:58 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462811/spinrotation-coupling-and-cooper-pairs http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462788/Sign-and-MagnitudeTunable-Coupler-for-Superconducting-Flux-Qubits DWAVE/COUPLER-FINAL Sign– and Magnitude–Tunable Coupler for Superconducting Flux Qubits R. Harris,∗ A.J. Berkley, M.W. Johnson, P. Bunyk, S. Govorkov, M.C. Thom, S. Uchaikin, A.B. Wilson, J. Chung, E. Holtham, J.D. Biamonte, A.Yu. Smirnov, M.H.S. Amin, and Alec Maassen van den Brink† D-Wave Systems Inc., 100-4401 Still Creek Dr., Burnaby, BC V5C 6G9, Canada (Dated: July 6, 2007) ‡ arXiv:cond-mat/0608253v4 [cond-mat.supr-con] 5 Jul 2007 We experimentally confirm the functionality of a coupling element for flux-based superconducting qubits, with a coupling strength J whose sign and magnitude ca Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:04 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462788/Sign-and-MagnitudeTunable-Coupler-for-Superconducting-Flux-Qubits http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462785/Search-for-FrameDragging-in-the-Vicinity-of-Spinning-Superconductors Search for Frame-Dragging in the Vicinity of Spinning Superconductors M. Tajmar, F. Plesescu, B. Seifert, R. Schnitzer, and I. Vasiljevich Space Propulsion and Advanced Concepts, Austrian Research Centers GmbH - ARC, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria +43-50550-3142, martin.tajmar@arcs.ac.at Abstract. The search for frame-dragging around massive rotating objects such as the Earth is an important test for general relativity and is actively pursued with the LAGEOS and Gravity Probe-B satellites. Within the classical framework, frame-dragging is independent of the state (normal or coherent) of the test Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462785/Search-for-FrameDragging-in-the-Vicinity-of-Spinning-Superconductors http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462784/Role-of-a-Local-Cosmological-Constant-in-Euclidean-Quantum-Gravity UTF-368/96 Jan 1996 Role of a ”Local” Cosmological Constant in Euclidean Quantum Gravity. arXiv:hep-th/9601160v1 30 Jan 1996 Giovanni Modanese1 I.N.F.N. – Gruppo Collegato di Trento Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita’ I-38050 POVO (TN) - Italy Abstract In 4D non-perturbative Regge calculus a positive value of the effective cosmological constant characterizes the collapsed phase of the system. If a local term of the form S ′ = hǫ{h1 ,h2 ,...} λh Vh is added to the gravitational action, where {h1 , h2 , ...} is a subset of the hinges and {λh } are positive constants, one expects that the Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462784/Role-of-a-Local-Cosmological-Constant-in-Euclidean-Quantum-Gravity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462783/REVISITING-REALITY-CREATION REVISITING REALITY CREATION AND THE POLITICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Jon Klimo, Ph.D. United States Psychotronics Association Conference Columbus, Ohio July 2003 Preface I have presented at the USPA conference regularly almost every year for the past dozen or so years and have published paper versions of perhaps half of these presentations in the USPA Proceedings. A number of my recent presentations and Proceedings papers have been closely related to this current 2003 topic They have variously dealt with how we create our own reality; with developing the beginnings of an idealist worldview and accom Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462783/REVISITING-REALITY-CREATION http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462781/Review-of-Speculative-Disaster-Scenarios-at-RHIC Review of Speculative “Disaster Scenarios” at RHIC R.L. Jaffea , W. Buszaa , J. Sandweissb , and F. Wilczekc a) Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 arXiv:hep-ph/9910333 v3 14 Jul 2000 b) Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 06520 c) School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Abstract We discuss speculative disaster scenarios inspired by hypothetical new fundamental processes that might occur in high energy relativistic heavy ion collisions. We estimate the par Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462781/Review-of-Speculative-Disaster-Scenarios-at-RHIC http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462780/Report-on-health-claims-used-in-marketing-food-stuffs-in-Finland Report on health claims used in marketing of foodstuffs in Finland *Report on health claims used in marketing of foodstuffs in Finland Kaisa Vaihia Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira *Report on health claims used in marketing of foodstuffs in Finland CONTENTS 1. Summary...................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Purpose of Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462780/Report-on-health-claims-used-in-marketing-food-stuffs-in-Finland http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462773/Remote-Stimulated-Triggering-of-Quantum-Entangled-Photoluminescent-Molecules-of-Strontium-Aluminate Remote Stimulated Triggering of Quantum Entangled Photoluminescent Molecules of Strontium Aluminate. D. L. Van Gent, Nuclear Science Center, R. Desbrandes, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA PACS Ref: 78.55.-m Abstract We report experiments in which two photoluminescent samples of Strontium Aluminate pigments and Zinc Sulfide pebbles were quantum entangled via photoexcitation with entangled photons from a mercury lamp and a CRT screen. After photo-excitation, remote triggering of one of the sample with infrared (IR) photons yielded stimulated light variation from Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462773/Remote-Stimulated-Triggering-of-Quantum-Entangled-Photoluminescent-Molecules-of-Strontium-Aluminate http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462770/Relativistic-Sagnac-Effect arXiv:gr-qc/0305084v1 22 May 2003 The relativistic Sagnac effect: two derivations Guido Rizzi§,¶ and Matteo Luca Ruggiero§,¶ Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, ¶ INFN, Sezione di Torino E-mail guido.rizzi@polito.it, matteo.ruggiero@polito.it § March 15, 2007 DRAFT Relativity in Rotating Frames DRAFT http://digilander.libero.it/solciclos/ Abstract The phase shift due to the Sagnac Effect, for relativistic matter and electromagnetic beams, counter-propagating in a rotating interferometer, is deduced using two different approaches. From one hand, we show that the relativistic law of ve Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:09 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462770/Relativistic-Sagnac-Effect http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462769/Reality-Quantum-Theory-N-David-Mermin-Lecture ********** Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:17:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462769/Reality-Quantum-Theory-N-David-Mermin-Lecture http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462765/Quantum-Numbers-Lecture-Notes Quantum Numbers In this section we will cover the following topics: • Electric Charge • Baryon Number • Lepton Number • Spin • Parity • Isospin • Strangeness • Charge Conjugation PHY-653 EPP Quantum Numbers Slide 1 of 20 *Electric Charge Q Quantum Numbers are quantised properties of particles that are subject to constraints. They are often related to symmetries. Electric Charge Q is conserved in all interactions. Ƭ Ƭ PHY-653 EPP ġ+ Q: -1 p +1 →ħ 0 + Ŋ 0 Strong Interaction ħ→Ġ Q: 0 +1 + ġ -1 Weak Interaction Quantum Numbers Slide 2 of 20 *Baryon Number B Baryons have B = +1 Antib Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462765/Quantum-Numbers-Lecture-Notes http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462764/Quantum-Mind-Evidence-of-Nonlocal-Chemical-Thermal-and-Gravitational-Effects 1 Evidence of Non-local Chemical, Thermal and Gravitational Effects Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu Dated: 11/14/2006 Biophysics Consulting Group, 25 Lubber Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790, USA Quantum entanglement is ubiquitous in the microscopic world and manifests itself macroscopically under some circumstances1, 2. But common belief is that it alone cannot be used to transmit information3 nor could it be used to produce macroscopic non-local effects. Yet we have recently found evidence of non-local effects of chemical substances on the brain produced through it4, 5. While our reported results Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462764/Quantum-Mind-Evidence-of-Nonlocal-Chemical-Thermal-and-Gravitational-Effects http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462762/Quantum-interference-of-electrons-in-Nb5Te4-single-crystals Quantum interference of electrons in Nb5−δ Te4 single crystals ¨ Tartu Ulikooli F¨usika Instituut, Riia 142, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia u¨ A. Stolovits∗ and A. Sherman arXiv:cond-mat/0412315v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] 13 Dec 2004 R. K. Kremer, Hj. Mattausch, H. Okudera, X-M. Ren,† and A. Simon Max-Planck-Institut f¨r Festk¨rperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany u o J. R. O’Brien Quantum Design, 6325 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121 (Dated: February 2, 2008) The compound Nb5−δ Te4 (δ = 0.23) with quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure undergoes a transition to supercondu Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462762/Quantum-interference-of-electrons-in-Nb5Te4-single-crystals http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462760/Quantum-Information-Processing-with-NMR Quantum Information Processing with NMR MIT Department of Physics (Dated: April 9, 2004) This experiment will let you perform a series of simple quantum computations on a two spin system, demonstrating one and two quantum­bit quantum logic gates, and a circuit implementing the Deutsch­Jozsa quantum algorithm. You will use NMR techniques and manipulate the state of a proton and a carbon nucleus in a chloroform molecule, measuring ensemble nuclear magnetization. WARNING: you should know Matlab well to successful ly do this experiment! You will measure: (1) the coupling constant describing the el Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462760/Quantum-Information-Processing-with-NMR http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462759/Quantum-Field-Theory Quantum Field Theory∗ Frank Wilczek† Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Science, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 I discuss the general principles underlying quantum field theory, and attempt to identify its most profound consequences. The deepest of these consequences result from the infinite number of degrees of freedom invoked to implement locality. I mention a few of its most striking successes, both achieved and prospective. Possible limitations of quantum field theory are viewed in the light of its history. arXiv:hep-th/9803075v2 19 May 1998 I. SURVEY Quantum field theory is t Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462759/Quantum-Field-Theory http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462758/QUANTUM-EXPERIMENTS-AND-THE-FOUNDATIONS-OF-PHYSICS QUANTUM EXPERIMENTS IV. QUANTUM EXPERIMENTS AND THE FOUNDATION OF PHYSICS STAFF Scientific Staff: Project Coworkers: Guest Scientists: Univ.Prof. Dr. Markus Arndt, Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer, Ao. Univ. Prof. Caslav Brukner, Mag. Rupert Ursin, Dr. Gregor Weihs, O. Univ. Prof. Dr. Anton Zeilinger Dr. Sylvain Gigan, Dr. Fabienne Goldfarb, Dr. Lucia Hackermüller, Dr. Hannes Hübel, Dr. Thomas Jennewein, Dr. Andras Major, Dr. Mauro Paternostro, Dr Andreas Poppe, Dr. Kevin Resch, Dr. André Stefanov, Dr. Felix Tiefenbacher, Dr. Hendrik Ulbricht Dr. Claudio Pernechele, INAF – Padova, Italy Prof. Vlatko V Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462758/QUANTUM-EXPERIMENTS-AND-THE-FOUNDATIONS-OF-PHYSICS http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462754/Quantum-entropy-and-special-relativity Quantum Entropy and Special Relativity Asher Peres, Petra F. Scudo, and Daniel R. Terno Department of Physics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel We consider a single free spin- 1 particle. The reduced den2 sity matrix for its spin is not covariant under Lorentz transformations. The spin entropy is not a relativistic scalar and has no invariant meaning. arXiv:quant-ph/0203033v2 24 May 2002 PACS numbers: 03.65.Ta, 03.30.+p. The relationship of thermodynamics to relativity theory has been an intriguing problem for many years [1], and it took a new twist when quantum Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462754/Quantum-entropy-and-special-relativity http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462753/Quantum-Coherent-Dark-Matter-and-BioSystems-as-Macroscopic-Quantum-Systems Quantum Coherent Dark Matter and Bio-Systems as Macroscopic Quantum Systems M. Pitk¨nen1 , February 1, 2006 a Department of Physical Sciences, High Energy Physics Division, PL 64, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland. matpitka@rock.helsinki.fi, http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/∼matpitka/. Recent address: Puutarhurinkatu 10,10960, Hanko, Finland. 1 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Dark matter as macroscopic quantum phase Planck constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Simulating big bang in laboratory . . . . . . 1.3 Cosmology of consciousness . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Living matter and dark Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462753/Quantum-Coherent-Dark-Matter-and-BioSystems-as-Macroscopic-Quantum-Systems http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462749/Quantum-Antenna-Hypothesis Quantum Antenna Hypothesis M. Pitk¨nen1 , February 1, 2006 a Department of Physical Sciences, High Energy Physics Division, PL 64, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland. matpitka@rock.helsinki.fi, http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/∼matpitka/. Recent address: Puutarhurinkatu 10,10960, Hanko, Finland. 1 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Massless extremals and quantum antenna hypothesis . . . . 1.2 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Quantum antenna hypothesis and brain consciousness . . . 1.3.1 Brain as a neuron society metaphor . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 The notion of Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462749/Quantum-Antenna-Hypothesis http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462747/PSYCHOANALYTIC-THEORIES-OF-AGGRESSION PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF AGGRESSION Johan M.G. van der Dennen Aggression in Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory In his early psychological papers, Freud (1894; 1896) frequently described the aggressive thoughts and feelings his patients reported to him in the course of their free associations. In his first published discussion of the Oedipus complex (Freud, 1900), he described the little boy’s aggressive jealousy of his father, and the same work details many dreams with aggressive features. In ‘Three Essays on Sexuality’ (1905), the existence of aggression is again recognized in the phenomenon o Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462747/PSYCHOANALYTIC-THEORIES-OF-AGGRESSION http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462746/Proceedings-of-the-Homicide-Research-Working-Group DE PA U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice MEN RT T OF JU S CE TI National Institute of Justice R e s e a r c h F o r u m N BJ A C E I OF F IJ J O F OJJ DP B RO J US TIC E P Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998 1997: Policy, Practice, and Homicide Research 1998: Bridging the Gaps: Collaborations on Lethal Violence Research, Theory, and Prevention Policy S G OVC RA MS *U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington, DC 20531 Janet Reno Attorney General Raymon Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:16:17 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462746/Proceedings-of-the-Homicide-Research-Working-Group http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462742/Prediction-of-the-Virgo-axis-anisotropy-CMB-radiation-illuminates-the-nature-of-things Truth does not do so much good in the world as the appearance of it does evil François de la Rochefoucauld Prediction of the Virgo axis anisotropy: CMB radiation illuminates the nature of things Simon Berkovich Department of Computer Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 USA E-mail: berkov@gwu.edu Abstract Recent findings of the anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation are confusing for standard cosmology. Remarkably, this fact has been predicted several years ago in the framework of our model of the physical world. Moreover, in exact agreement wi Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:15:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462742/Prediction-of-the-Virgo-axis-anisotropy-CMB-radiation-illuminates-the-nature-of-things http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462740/Positive-and-Negative-Energy-Symmetry-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem Positive and Negative Energy Symmetry and the Cosmological Constant Problem J. W. Moffat The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5, Canada and arXiv:hep-th/0610162v1 13 Oct 2006 Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Abstract The action for gravity and the standard model includes, as well as the positive energy fermion and boson fields, negative energy fields. The Hamiltonian for the action leads through a positive and negative energy symmetry of the vacuum to a cancellation of the zero-point vacuum energy and a vanishi Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:15:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462740/Positive-and-Negative-Energy-Symmetry-and-the-Cosmological-Constant-Problem http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462739/Poly-Solipsism-The-Play Poly-Solipsism: The Play Bios and Intro Act I: Common Ground Scene I: 'We have an abundance of philosophy professors but no philosophers.' Thoreau Characters: Dan, Chuck Center stage: screen for visual effects Scene: Right stage: Dan Left stage: Chuck Clutter is immense: huge quantities of books and papers! Writing tables and computer terminals cluttered with books and papers. Full lighting upon both Dan and Chuck: Dan and Chuck dressed in the attire they normally wear when working. Center stage: Background scenes of humanity with inter-spaced film footage of the aftermath of terrorist Conv Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:15:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462739/Poly-Solipsism-The-Play http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462738/PLANTINGA-ON-THE-FREE-WILL-DEFENSE PLANTINGA ON THE FREE WILL DEFENSE Hugh LAFoLLETTE East Tennessee State University I In his recent book God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga formulates an updated version of the Free Will Defense which, he argues, successfully counters all attacks by the atheist. This account, he contends, shows that "it is not within God's power (as an omnipotent being) to create a world containing moral good without creating one containing moral evil" (54). Hence, moral evil must exist, since God has created 1 a world with moral good. Under this interpretation, the presence of moral evil in the world i Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:15:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462738/PLANTINGA-ON-THE-FREE-WILL-DEFENSE http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462700/On-the-Universality-of-the-Hawking-Effect On the Universality of the Hawking Effect William G. Unruh1,2 and Ralf Sch¨ tzhold3 u Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Canada; 2 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology and Gravity Program Institut f¨r Theoretische Physik, Technische Universit¨t Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany u a 1 3 arXiv:gr-qc/0408009v2 22 Dec 2004 Addressing the question of whether the Hawking effect depends on degrees of freedom at ultrahigh (e.g., Planckian) energies/momenta, we propose three rather general conditions on these Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:13:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462700/On-the-Universality-of-the-Hawking-Effect http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462699/Of-Qubits-and-Quanta-An-Analysis-of-Quantum-Teleportation Of Qubits and Quanta: An Analysis of Quantum Teleportation William Kammersell Ori Ratner Jeremy Schubert Nick Staubach Pledge: On our honor as students, we have neither given nor received any aid on this assignment. 0 *Table of Contents History of Quantum Teleportation The Roots of Teleportation Teleportation as a concept Teleportation: From Fiction to Reality The Mechanics of Quantum Teleportation Background University of Innsbruck Experiment California Institute of Technology Experiment University of Virginia Experiment (not yet complete) Toward the Future Future Applications Ethics Conc Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:13:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462699/Of-Qubits-and-Quanta-An-Analysis-of-Quantum-Teleportation http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462684/ntercontinental-quantum-liaisons-between-entangled-electrons-in-ion-traps-of-thermoluminescent-crystals Intercontinental quantum liaisons between entangled electrons in ion traps of thermoluminescent crystals Robert Desbrandes (Louisiana State University) and Daniel L. Van Gent (Oklahoma State University) Subject-class: quantum physics Keywords : entanglement ; quantum traps; thermoluminescence dosimetry, remote triggering, stimulated luminescence; Bremsstrahlung ; entanglement swapping ; ion traps ; entanglement decoherence; quantum communication. Endorser: Professor Robert O’Connell (Louisiana State University) Abstract The experiments reported in this paper were carried out with space-separa Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462684/ntercontinental-quantum-liaisons-between-entangled-electrons-in-ion-traps-of-thermoluminescent-crystals http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462682/Noise-and-Order-in-Cavity-Quantum-Electrodynamics arXiv:quant-ph/0104010v1 2 Apr 2001 Noise and Order in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Per K. Rekdal1 and Bo-Sture K. Skagerstam2 Department of Physics, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway Abstract In this paper we investigate the various aspects of noise and order in the micromaser system. In particular, we study the effect of adding fluctuations to the atom cavity transit time or to the atom-photon frequency detuning. By including such noise-producing mechanisms we study the probability and the joint probability for excited atoms to leave the cavity. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:34 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462682/Noise-and-Order-in-Cavity-Quantum-Electrodynamics http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462681/New-Light-on-Dark-Matter New Light on Dark Matter Jeremiah P. Ostriker1,2 and Paul Steinhardt2 ABSTRACT Dark matter, proposed decades ago as a speculative component of the universe, is now known to be the vital ingredient in the cosmos, eight times more abundant than ordinary matter, one quarter of the total energy density and the component which has controlled the growth of structure in the universe. Its nature remains a mystery, but, assuming it is comprised of weakly interacting sub-atomic particles, is consistent with large scale cosmic structure. However, recent analyses of structure on galactic and sub-galactic Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462681/New-Light-on-Dark-Matter http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462680/MutualChernSimons-effective-theory-of-doped-antiferromagnets Mutual-Chern-Simons effective theory of doped antiferromagnets Su-Peng Kou1 , Xiao-Liang Qi2 , and Zheng-Yu Weng2 1 2 Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China arXiv:cond-mat/0410391 v3 8 Jun 2005 A mutual-Chern-Simons Lagrangian is derived as a minimal field theory description of the phasestring model for doped antiferromagnets. Such an effective Lagrangian is shown to retain the full symmetries of parity, time-reversal, and global SU(2) spin rotation, in contrast to conventional Chern-Simons Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:25 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462680/MutualChernSimons-effective-theory-of-doped-antiferromagnets http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462679/MUFON-Symposium-AN-ESTIMATE-OF-THE-SITUATION MUFON 2007 INTERNATIONAL UFO SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS “AN ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION: THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL HYPOTHESIS” THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY: MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC. (MUFON) HOSTED BY: COLORADO MUFON DENVER MARRIOTT TECH CENTER *Denver, Colorado August 10, 11 & 12, 2007 Copyright 2007 by the Mutual UFO Network, Inc. (MUFON) PO Box 279 Bellvue, CO 80512-0279 U.S.A. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm, xerograph, digital scan, or any other means, without the written permission of the Copyright Owners. Permission is hereby Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462679/MUFON-Symposium-AN-ESTIMATE-OF-THE-SITUATION http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462670/Modifying-gravity-with-the-Aether-an-alternative-to-Dark-Matter Modifying gravity with the Aether: an alternative to Dark Matter T.G Zlosnik1 , P.G Ferreira1, G.D. Starkman1,2 1 Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK 2 Department of Physics, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. (Dated: February 4, 2008) There is evidence that Newton and Einstein’s theories of gravity cannot explain the dynamics of a universe made up solely of baryons and radiation. To be able to understand the properties of galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the universe on the whole it has become commonplace to inv Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462670/Modifying-gravity-with-the-Aether-an-alternative-to-Dark-Matter http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462669/Mechanism-of-Generation-of-Black-Hole-Entropy-in Alberta-Thy 07-97 arXiv:hep-th/9703178v1 25 Mar 1997 Mechanism of Generation of Black Hole Entropy in Sakharov’s Induced Gravity V.P. Frolov1,2,3 and D.V. Fursaev1,4 Theoretical Physics Institute, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2J1 2 CIAR Cosmology and Gravity Program 3 P.N.Lebedev Physics Institute, Leninskii Prospect 53, Moscow 117924, Russia 4 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, 141 980 Dubna, Russia e-mails: frolov, dfursaev@phys.ualberta.ca Abstract The mechanism of generation of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy S BH Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:09 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462669/Mechanism-of-Generation-of-Black-Hole-Entropy-in http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462667/Measurement-of-Gravitomagnetic-and-Acceleration-Fields-Around-Rotating-Superconductors Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields Around Rotating Superconductors Martin Tajmar, Florin Plesescu, Bernhard Seifert, Klaus Marhold Space Propulsion, ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria +43-50550-3142, martin.tajmar@arcs.ac.at Abstract. It is well known that a rotating superconductor produces a magnetic field proportional to its angular velocity. The authors conjectured earlier, that in addition to this so-called London moment, also a large gravitomagnetic field should appear to explain an apparent mass increase of Niobium Cooper-pairs. A similar field Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:12:07 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462667/Measurement-of-Gravitomagnetic-and-Acceleration-Fields-Around-Rotating-Superconductors http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462664/Los-Alamos-Radiation-Monitoring-Notebook Los Alamos Radiation Monitoring Notebook James T. (Tom) Voss, NRRPT, CHP April 2005 *TABLE OF CONTENTS Page # Abbreviations Conversion of Units Constants Rules of Thumb Units and Terminology Radiation Interactions Public Radiation Dose Rates Radon Facts Biological Effects of Radiation Dosimetry Equivalent Dose, Effective Dose, and Committed Effective Dose Radiation Weighting Factors Calculating TODE and TEDE Effects of Radiation Exposure Table of the Elements Radioactive Decay Chart Reporting Radiological Data Surface Contamination Correction Factors Detector Efficiency Alpha & Beta Crossta Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:11:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4462664/Los-Alamos-Radiation-Monitoring-Notebook