I review some marginal deformations of SU(2) and SL(2, R) Wess–Zumino–Witten models , which are relevant for the investigation of the moduli space of NS5/F1 brane configurations. Particular emphasis is given to the asymmetric deformations, triggered by electric or magnetic fluxes. These exhibit critical values, where the target spaces become exact geometric cosets such as S 2 ≡ SU(2)/U(1) or Ad...

welding produces residual stresses and distortion, having detrimental effect on structure integrity and service performance of the welded pipe joints. this paper investigates residual stresses and distortion during gas metal arc welding (gmaw) of pipes of schedule 40 and 60, nominal diameter 100mm and 200mm and thickness 8mm and 10mm with ansi flanges of class 300#. welding parameters including...

Using the Gauss-Manin connection (Picard-Fuchs differential equation) and a result of Malgrange, a special class of algebraic solutions to isomonodromic deformation equations, the geometric isomonodromic deformations, is defined from “families of families” of algebraic varieties. Geometric isomonodromic deformations arise naturally from combinatorial strata in the moduli spaces of elliptic surf...