Anomaly Definition and 105 Threads

I noticed recently the content of TASI 2023 lectures, a lot about "generalised symmetries" and a particular one, "non invertible symmetries", that seems to propose a new way to understand the ABJ anomaly. Have you guys read it?

It's a long explanation, see post https://www.physicsforums.com/posts/7058756, and the one immediately preceeding it.

I'm building a replica of the Antikythera Mechanism; a device that was conceived and manufactured around 50BC. it is an orrery and amongst other things it shows the motion of the five known planets, the sun and the moon when viewed from the earth. I've managed to calculate the motion of the...

there is a new paper this time on C12 [Submitted on 22 Sep 2022] New anomaly observed in 12C supports the existence and the vector character of the hypothetical X17 boson A.J. Krasznahorkay, A. Krasznahorkay, M. Begala, M. Csatlós, L. Csige, J. Gulyás, A. Krakó...

These days, most particle physics anomalies (meaning, observations suggesting beyond-standard-model physics) eventually disappear under closer scrutiny. This one caught my eye because it can be attributed to the neutrino sector, which we understand least and which therefore has the most room for...

https://www.wired.com/story/a-bizarre-form-of-water-may-exist-all-over-the-universe/ Black iceI knew the Black Ice Theories since around 1990 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1114-6 -- Demontis, P., LeSar, R. & Klein, M. L. New high-pressure phases of ice. Phys. Rev. Lett. 60...

While SpaceX tested the engines of a Crew Dragon capsule something went wrong. A lot of smoke was released, no one was harmed. Unfortunately that is the end of official statements already. It was planned to do an in-flight abort test of Crew Dragon in June or July and a crewed flight (first...

I have a MATLAB script for modelling a two tone signal (a sum of two sinusoids) going through a non linear transfer function (such as an amplifier). The amplitude of a signal is amplified non linearly, and also the phase is modified depending on the input power of the signal. The two sinusoids...

With regard to solar radiation effects causing the onset of effect, have any here investigated whether this is consistent with the observed residuals? Because the power of solar radiation is proportional to inverse square of distance from the Sun, it seems plausible to me that the mis-modeled...

For many years, the measurements of the Landé g-factor of the muon have been puzzling, as the experimental value and the theoretical predictions showed some disagreement - 3.6 standard deviations for the last years. Experimental and theoretical uncertainties have a similar size, so work on both...

The Particle Data Group keeps a running, subject matter organized summary of the state of the art experimental results for the experimentally measured properties of hadrons and measurements of fundamental physical constants that is updated at least annually. Is there any comparable group that...

During some spacecraft fly-bys at Earth it was noted that their final speed didn’t match the expected values. The difference was too small to be relevant for their missions, but too large to be explained by simple measurement uncertainties. It is either a poorly understood or forgotten part of...

Background The chart above, via Lubos Motl's blog which is standard in any textbook talking about supersymmetry, illustrates the running of the the inverse of the Standard Model (SM) and Minimal Supersymmetric Model (MSSM) coupling constants with energy scale for the electromagnetic force...

While looking at stereo ahead images some shots look like there is a massive sphere that appears and disappears in the camera example of this can be found here : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3953058/NASA-cameras-capture-huge-blue-spherical-object.html as you can see the sphere appears...

This question is primarily directed to @bapowell, but I encourage others to please add any thoughts or suggestions. Brian, I just saw your bio while reading the CMB primers, and thought you may have some ideas on cybersecurity data analytics. Some background: I've been in cybersecurity since...

String theorists have apparently applied String Theory to expose a Quantum Anomaly in a physical analog system: electrons flowing in a Niobium Phosphide crystal. The electrons were found to violate symmetry in relation to Spin...

Hi, everyone! I'm trying to find the period of a satellite orbiting the Earth by the next formulas with: miu= 398600.5; a=36770.48 km; I. 2*pi*(a^3/miu)^1/2 II. 84.489*(a/Re)^(3/2)min III. 0.00016587*a^(3/2)min And I got aprox. 19 hours from both formulas (I. and III.) which is correct. Can...

I like the spectral-flow viewpoint on chiral anomalies, as described for instance in Peskin & Schroeder, last part of Ch. 19.1 This appears to depend crucially on the concept of fermi sea level, making it specific to fermions. However, bosonic self-dual tensor fields also have an anomaly...

A question came up to my mind while thinking about probabilities and Born rule in the context of the Everettian approach. It is often said that anomalies/maverick branches where the experiments go horribly wrong and crazy stuff happens have a negligible amplitude/measure so they really don't...

...the axial Chiral current formulas use the symbol J^5...i.e.,( "J" with a post script 5. ) What is the reason for the "5" ..??

I'm reading, or more like deciphering a book about rocket science (Rocket propulsion and spaceflight dynamics from Cornelisse, Schoyer and Wakker). Most of my math skills are self taught from books and I usually figure things out but this one keeps haunting me. It's some kind of series...

4/23/2016 = 5:37:05 How do you explain this? Instrument Failure? Pole Reversal? Source: http://iswa.ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystemWebApp/index.jsp?i_1=581&l_1=568&t_1=77&w_1=501.333&h_1=334.333&s_1=2016-04-23 09:27:51.0_1_300_3&i_2=578&l_2=17&t_2=159&w_2=543.333&h_2=507.333&s_2=2016-04-23...

Homework Statement I want to find x that satisfies ##x-\sqrt{(x+2)^2} = 0## Using algebric method, I find x = -1 But, x = -1 does not satisfy that equation... What's wrong with the calculation? Homework Equations (Basic algebra) The Attempt at a Solution ##x-\sqrt{(x+2)^2} = 0 \\ x =...

I have a real doosy that has got me stumped. I need to solve the following equation for v: tan(v + ω) = tan(θ + Ω)sec(i) The symbols stand for the following values in an elliptical orbit of one point source around another (on the celestial sphere): where v = true anomaly; ω = argument of...

...so close to the Sun's position? Is this even possible? First two, taken around May 1st, 2015. Last one, taken in October, 2015

Homework Statement Hi, so during an experiment, I spun a magnet inside a coil of wire in order to induce an emf, and measure the input power and output power. One of the things I found was that the slower the magnet spun (ie the smaller the input voltage to the motor) the larger the induced...

So, I'm to understand that "0 - -a = a" and I can understand this, in the context of say, being at an arbitrary reference point called "0" and then on a 2 dimension Cartesian graph of + shape and the operator "-", which can mean to reverse (so turn around 180 degrees) and then the second minus...

CREDIT: HIP INSTITUTE/PHILIPPE BOURSEILLER "We have several hypothesis but no conclusion for the moment," said Tayoubi. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pyramid-scan-anomaly_56417a19e4b0b24aee4ba9ad?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592&ref=yfp

I hesitate to say this is an anomaly, as it probably has a simple answer, but I have noticed a line of light moving horizontally across my pool every now and then, it starts at the deep end and moves continuously to the shallow end, moves up the wall at the shallow end, and ends at the surface...

OK, this is embarrassing, but I never looked carefully at this elementary point. We say that if p implies q P is the set of all things for which p is true Q is the set of all things for which q is true then Q ⊆ P. Also that the set of all things for which p&q is true equals P∩Q But p & q...

Is the expection value of expession in left hand side of motion equation of field(example: Klein-Gordon,Dirac...equations) equal zero or not?(left hand side of the equation equals zero when we put condition of mimimizing the action).If not,why we can say when expectation value of divergence of...

From relation C_p-C_v=[P+(\frac{\partial U}{\partial V})_T](\frac{\partial V}{\partial T})_P In case of water ##(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T})_P<0## so ##C_p<C_v##? Right?

What is the difference between the drawing of the Eccentric Anomaly and the Mean Anomaly. http://www.philosophaie.com/EA.png One has a circle radius "a" inscribed an ellipse with a focus "F". The True Anomaly makes "f" makes an angle to point "P" then a perpendicular is drawn to a point on...

If I have a triangle diagram for Z \rightarrow W^-W^+, do all fermions contribute the same for giving the contraint \sum_i Q_i =0?? I think that eg top quarks will be absent for such a diagram... any help?

I've been wondering what is up with hydrogen. It shares little more than basic commonality with any other atom, this strikes me as strange as all atoms share some properties with those around them on the periodic table whether be it nuclear, physical, or chemical. I asked a reputable source and...

I am studying this paper about the strong CP problem and axions by R.D. Peccei: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0607268 At the moment I read through the introduction and I have some questions about some points, so please could you help me clear out some things?. [In general I'll try to feed back...

There are quite subtle gauge anomaly cancellations in the standard model. Does anybody know a good summary about the algebraic constraints for number of fermions per generation, value of electroweak charges, etc.?

i did a search for juno flyby here and did not find anything, hence this post: i've not been able to find any info on the juno flyby anomaly. i know there was a hiccup but did we get any data? was the observed anomaly match the predicted anomaly?

Hello again :), I have to solve a rather extensive task. Most important are questions a) and c). I appreciate any help :)! Homework Statement The task: Determine characteristics of a Hohmann transfre towards, when circular planetary orbits around the Sun with R_E = 149.6 \cdot 10^6 km...

The book Orbital mechanics by Curtis says that the function (I labeled M2evals) is monotonically increasing. However, at pi, I have a discontinuity and the graph jumps below the negative axis when it should continue on; that is, the e = 0 should be the line y = x. import pylab import...

Hello, first post here, my passion is electric motors, wind turbines, etc ... yes i am very boring ! I've been testing coils for my motor design for a couple of years now. I've written my own software to predict inductance, etc as well as the physical properties of the coils. I've...

Just watching tweets come out of the conference, apparently there is a large scale anomaly that has come out of PLanck . One tweet says challenge to inflation, another says could be pre big bang physics. Obvioulsy I am just reading tweets, so not sure what's real yet. But this could be exciting...

Does general relativity explain the Pioneer effect and the spacecraft flyby anomaly? I have seen several papers on those two topics but no GR explanation.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/astrophysics/finding-the-source-of-the-pioneer-anomaly/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=120612 I believe this settles it.

What evidence proves that photon emission of an object, - at all sends some of its momentum back to the source, - and thereby cause it to decelerate (or move opposite)? Or what is the evidence proving that photon emission at all do have a decelerating influence on the object emitting the...

Hi I was just wondering if the Global Temperature anomaly fluctuates up and down rapidly be cause of photosynthesis. http://www.skepticalscience.com/images/co2_temp_broad.gif see image above. as you can see the red line fluctuates rapidly...is this photosynthesis, or is it because the...

I had a look at Jackiws article on axial anomaly in scholarpedia: http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Axial_anomaly Apparently, axial anomaly also breaks Lorentz invariance. Even if this effect would be very weak, doesn't this pull the plug on relativity?

I am trying to write a MATLAB script which calculates the gravity anomaly of a dipping prism, using the equations of Hjelt, published in Geoexploration in 1974, issue 1 volume 12. Δg=G.Δρ.T0 where http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6528/41828644.png and...

Hi, I am a PhD candidate doing some research on origins of field theory but my background is in E-field and power electronics and not astronomy. Looking for someone that might want to co-author a paper on the flyby anomaly or more specifically can help me check whether a prediction has any...