Models where symmetries are predominantly broken (and masses then generated) through radiative corrections typically produce strong first-order phase transitions with a period of supercooling, when the temperature dropped by several orders magnitude. Here it is shown that model-independent description these phenomena and consequent production potentially observable gravitational waves possible ...

-The Texas Platycynorta transversalis is regarded as a junior synonym of V . sayi. Karyotypes of male and female V. sayi from central Texas reveal 2n = 78. This number is almost twice that previously reported for any other harvestman. The male reproductive system of V. sayi is described and illustrated. Natural history data are provided for egg laying and developmental times. The supercooling p...

Liriomyza sativae Blanchard and trifolii (Burgess) are two highly polyphagous pests that successively invaded China in the 1990s 2000s, respectively, threatening vegetable horticultural plants. Competitive displacement of L. by occurred during expansion process latter southern China, while whether can expand their range to northern remains unclear. Overwintering cold tolerance capacity largely ...

We investigate stability properties of the radially symmetric solution corresponding to the vortex defect (so called “melting hedgehog”) in the framework of the Landau de Gennes model of nematic liquid crystals. We prove local stability of the melting hedgehog under arbitrary Q-tensor valued perturbations in the temperature regime near the critical supercooling temperature. As a consequence of ...