We use both a string and a field theoretical approach in order to determine respectively the Kähler metrics of untwisted and twisted open strings attached to magnetized D9 branes in toroidal compactifications. Work partially supported by the European Community’s Human Potential Programme under contract MRTN-CT-2004-005104 “Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe”.

General morphological analysis (GMA) is a method for structuring and analyzing the total set of relationships contained in multi-dimensional, non-quantifiable problem complexes, and for synthesizing solution spaces. During the past 15 years, GMA has been extended, computerized and applied by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) for scenario development, long-term strategy management and or...

Highly entitative sub-groups with strong ideologies ensure members are committed to the groups cause making disengagement a significant life event. This paper provides an insight into the current study of the psychological and social factors influencing the experience of personal disengagement from HESGIs. Semi-structured interviews were held with former members of one percent motorcycle clubs,...

This paper presents the preliminary findings of research into the disengagement from highly entitative and ideological social groups, such as one percent motorcycle clubs, military special forces and fundamental ideological groups. Using a grounded theory approach, the discourse of 25 former members identified the discrepancy between group membership and the self-concept as the core theme in th...

(thank you Brian, Roni, Paddy for putting together a wonderful workshop ! Workshop addressed issues of light dark matter and " dark forces " –possible new interactions of dark sector)

Abstract Understanding the microscopic mechanism of photoinduced sp 2 -to-sp 3 structural transformation in graphite is a scientific challenge with great importance. Here, ultrafast dynamics and characteristics laser-induced are revealed by non-adiabatic quantum dynamic simulations. Under laser irradiation, undergoes an interlayer compression sliding stage, followed key period intralayer buckli...

We study the dispersion characteristics of strained graphene using many-body interatomic potentials and find: (i) borders of the structural stability of a flat graphene in the three-dimensional space of the strain components (exx,eyy,exy); (ii) sound velocities of strained graphene; and (iii) phonon density of states (DOS) of strained graphene. The border of structural stability of flat graphen...