1. Preface 1 2. The Dolbeault Moduli Space 3 2.1. Higgs bundles 3 2.2. The moduli space 8 2.3. The Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence 13 3. The Betti Moduli Space 22 3.1. Representation varieties 22 3.2. Local systems and holomorphic connections 23 3.3. The Corlette-Donaldson theorem 27 3.4. Hyperkähler reduction 32 4. Differential Equations 34 4.1. Uniformization 34 4.2. Higher order equations 3...

We introduce equations for special metrics, and notions of stability for some new types of augmented holomorphic bundles. These new examples include holomorphic extensions, and in this case we prove a Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence between a certain deformation of the Hermitian-Einstein equations and our definition of stability for an extension. §

We examine the problem of three generation quark flavor mixing in realistic, superstring derived standard–like models, constructed in the free fermionic formulation. We study the sources of family mixing in these models and discuss the necessary conditions to obtain a realistic Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) mixing matrix. In a specific model, we estimate the mixing angles and discuss the weak...

introduction: loss of inhibitory output from purkinje cells leads to hyperexcitability of the deep cerebellar nuclei (dcn), which results in cerebellar ataxia. also, inhibition of small-conductancecalcium-activated potassium (sk) channel increases firing rate  f dcn, which could cause cerebellar ataxia. therefore, sk channel activators can be effective in reducing the symptoms of this disease, ...

By use of the one-loop renormalization group equations and current experimental data, we study the off-diagonal asymmetries of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix at the GUT scale in the framework of the standard model as well as its two Higgs and supersymmetric extensions. It is concluded that the possibility of a symmetric CKM matrix at the GUT scale has almost been ruled out.

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A summary of the most recent and important measurements in b physics is presented. The production of beauty particles in Z decays, b quark couplings, lifetimes, B-B0 oscillations, semileptonic b decays and studies of the number of charm quarks produced in b decays are reviewed. Extraction of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements |Vtd|, |Vcb|, |Vub| and implication for |Vts| are di...