April 1997 arXiv papers — page 11

J. -F. Becquaert, F. Combes

The thickness of the neutral hydrogen layer, coupled with the rotation curve, traces the outer dark matter potential. We estimate the amplitude of the flaring in spiral galaxies from a 3D model of the HI gas. Warps in particular are explicitly parametrized in the form of an harmonical density wave. Applying our method to the galaxy NGC 891, the only model th

G. Pelletier, G. Henri

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory revealed the high energy emission of some Active Galactic Nuclei called "Blazars"; few of them have also been observed by ground Cererenkov arrays. Those sources observed with Whipple Observatory emit gamma rays up to few TeV. From the spectral data and variability measurements, a purely electrodynamical description

J. -M. Deltorn, O. Le Fevre, David Crampton, M. Dickinson

We report the identification of a cluster of galaxies around the high-redshift radio galaxy 3CR184 at z = 0.996. The identification is supported by an excess of galaxies observed in projection in I band images (both in ground-based and HST data), a peak in the redshift distribution comprising 11 galaxies (out of 56 with measured redshifts) in a ~2000 km/s ve

A. Baykal, U. Kiziloglu

Using archival ASCA observations of TT Arietis, X-ray energy spectra and power spectra of the intensity time series are presented for the first time. The energy spectra are well-fitted by a two continuum plasma emission model with temperatures around 1 keV and 10 keV. A coherent feature at about 0.643 mHz appeared in the power spectra during the observation.

Wei Cui

We present observational evidence for "propeller" effects in two X-ray pulsars, GX 1+4 and GROJ1744-28. Both sources were monitored regularly by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) throughout a decaying period in the X-ray brightness. Quite remarkably, strong X-ray pulsation became unmeasurable when total X-ray flux had dropped below a certain thr

C. V. Rodrigues, A. M. Magalhaes, G. V. Coyne S. J., V. Piirola

To elucidate the dust properties in the SMC we have for the first time measured linear polarization in five colors in the optical region of the spectrum for a sample of reddened stars. For two of these stars, for which there were no existing UV spectrophotometric measurements, but for which we measured a relatively large polarization, we have also obtained d

Matthew G. Baring, Alice K. Harding

Relativistic bulk motion with large Lorentz factors has recently been inferred for gamma-ray bursts regardless of whether they are of galactic or cosmological origin. This conclusion results from calculations of internal pair production transparency in bursts that usually assume an infinite power-law source spectrum for simplicity, an approximation that is q

D. W. Sciama

The recently constructed Dehnen-Binney set of mass models for the Galaxy is used to show that the decaying neutrino theory for the ionisation of the interstellar medium (Sciama 1990a, 1993) requires the neutrino halo of the Galaxy to be as flattened as is observationally permitted (axial ratio q=0.2 or shape E8). The argument involves an evaluation of the co

A. Baykal

Combining previously published pulse frequencies and BATSE measurements, we estimate the noise strengths (or power density estimates) of angular accelerations by using the root mean square residuals of angular velocity time series of OAO 1657-415 and present the power spectra. The statistical interpretation of the angular velocity fluctuations are consistent

Francoise Combes, Nguyen-Q-Rieu, Dinh-V-Trung

We have searched for water vapor emission at 183 GHz, redshifted at 157 GHz and 161 GHz, in the two ultraluminous starburst galaxies Mrk1014 and VIIZw244. Due to the low energy level of the upper state of the 183 GHz transition (\approx 200K), it is expected that the emission regions are extended, as they are in the Orion or W49N molecular cloud cores. Since

I. Neill Reid

We have used new parallax measurements, obtained by the Hipparcos satellite, of fifteen nearby, metal-poor stars to re-define the subdwarf main-sequence. All of these stars have parallaxes determined to an accuracy of at least 12 %. Comparing these measurements against previous ground-based data for nine stars reveals a systematic offset of 5 %, in the sense

Dimitrios I. Dais, Martin Henk, Guenter M. Ziegler

For Gorenstein quotient spaces $C^d/G$, a direct generalization of the classical McKay correspondence in dimensions $d\geq 4$ would primarily demand the existence of projective, crepant desingularizations. Since this turned out to be not always possible, Reid asked about special classes of such quotient spaces which would satisfy the above property. We prove

Shiyi Chen, Nianzheng Cao

The anomalous scaling phenomena of three-dimensional passive scalar turbulence are studied using high resolution direct numerical simulation. The inertial range scaling exponents of the passive scalar increment and the scalar dissipation are obtained. The connection between the intermittency structure and the scaling exponent is examined and the structure in

F. Vatan, V. P. Roychowdhury, M. P. Anantram

We explore the design of quantum error-correcting codes for cases where the decoherence events of qubits are correlated. In particular, we consider the case where only spatially contiguous qubits decohere, which is analogous to the case of burst errors in classical coding theory. We present several different efficient schemes for constructing families of suc

Roman Scoccimarro, Stephane Colombi, J. N. Fry, Joshua A. Frieman

The bispectrum, the three-point function of density fluctuations in Fourier space, is the lowest order statistic that carries information about the spatial coherence of large-scale structures. For Gaussian initial conditions, when the density fluctuation amplitude is small, tree-level (leading order) perturbation theory predicts a characteristic dependence o

Yi-Zhi Huang

We prove a generalized rationality property and a new identity that we call the ``Jacobi identity'' for intertwining operator algebras. Most of the main properties of genus-zero conformal field theories, including the main properties of vertex operator algebras, modules, intertwining operators, Verlinde algebras, and fusing and braiding matrices, are

S. N. Zhang, Wei Cui, Wan Chen

We discuss the observational consequences of black hole spin in X-ray binaries within the framework of the standard thin accretion disk model. When compared to theoretical flux distribution from the surface of a thin disk surrounding a Kerr black hole, the observed X-ray properties of the Galactic superluminal jet sources, GRO J1655-40 and GRS 1915+105, stro

Shmuel Balberg, Avraham Gal

An effective equation of state (EoS) which generalizes the Lattimer-Swesty equation for nuclear matter is presented for matter at supernuclear densities including strange baryons. It contains an adjustable baryon potential energy density, based on models of local potentials for the baryon-baryon interactions. The features of the equation rely on the properti

R. Aguirre, M. Schvellinger

The density dependence of the bag parameters is studied in a framework which links the Quark-Meson Coupling model and the field theory of hadrons for nuclear matter description. The EMC effect is treated in the dynamical rescaling hypothesis by using the density dependent bag radius and the Local Density Approximation. Our results are in good agreement with

Yuri Makeenko

These are short notes of three introductory lectures on recently proposed matrix models of Superstrings and M theory given at 5th Nordic Meeting on Supersymmetric Field and String Theories in Helsinki (March 10-12, 1997). Contents: M(atrix) theory of BFSS, From IIA to IIB with IKKT, The NBI matrix model.

Riccardo Barbieri, Zurab Berezhiani, Alessandro Strumia

We discuss an initial condition on the superpotential couplings of an SU(5) theory which allows the R-violating term L d^c Q but avoids the simultaneous presence of L L e^c + d^c d^c u^c. This same condition keeps under control the products of pairs of different couplings lambda_{ijk} L_i d^c_j Q_k, which are more strongly constrained by flavour-changing-neu

A. Antonov, K. Hasegawa, A. Zabrodin

We elaborate the trigonometric version of intertwining vectors and factorized L-operators. The starting point is the corresponding elliptic construction with Belavin's R-matrix. The naive trigonometric limit is singular and a careful analysis is needed. It is shown that the construction admits several different trigonometric degenerations. As a by-produc

William H. Kinney, Edward W. Kolb, Michael S. Turner

If the Universe consists of domains of matter and antimatter, annihilations at domain interfaces leave a distinctive imprint on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) sky. The signature is anisotropies in the form of long, thin ribbons of width $θ_W\sim 0.1^\circ$, separated by angle $θ_L\simeq 1^\circ(L/100h^{-1}{Mpc})$ where L is the characteristic domain s

Alexander Kusenko

All supersymmetric generalizations of the Standard Model allow for stable non-topological solitons of the Q-ball type which may have non-zero baryon and lepton numbers, as well as the electric charge. These solitons can be produced in the early Universe, can affect the nucleosynthesis, and can lead to a variety of other cosmological consequences.

J. M. Velhinho

Gotay showed that a representation of the whole Poisson algebra of the torus given by geometric quantization is irreducible with respect to the most natural overcomplete set of observables. We study this representation and argue that it cannot be considered as physically acceptable. In particular, classically bounded observables are quantized by operators wi

D. Melikhov, N. Nikitin, S. Simula

Long-distance effects in exclusive rare semileptonic transitions B -> (K, K*) are analysed within a relativistic quark model. The meson transition form factors, describing the meson amplitudes of the effective weak Hamiltonian, are calculated within the dispersion formulation of the quark model as relativistic double spectral representations through the wave

Ph. Bourges, H. F. Fong, L. P. Regnault, J. Bossy

Inelastic neutron scattering has been used to obtain a comprehensive description of the absolute dynamical spin susceptibility $χ'' (q,ω)$ of the underdoped superconducting cuprate YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6.5} ($T_c = 52 K$) over a wide range of energies and temperatures ($2 meV \leq \hbar ω\leq 120 meV$ and $5K \leq T \leq 200K$). Spin excitations of two diff

D. S. Kosov, C. Fuchs, B. V. Martemyanov, Amand Faessler

The effects of the presence of $Δ$-isobars in nuclear matter are studied in the framework of relativistic mean-field theory. The existence of stable nuclei at saturation density imposes constraints on the $Δ$-isobar self-energy and thereby on the mean-field coupling constants of the scalar and vector mesons with $Δ$-isobars. The range of possible values for

A. A. Kapustnikov, S. A. Ulanov

The new principle of constrained twistor-like variables is proposed for construction of the Cartan 1-forms on the worldsheet of the D=3,4,6 bosonic strings. The corresponding equations of motion are derived. Among them there are two well-known Liouville equations for real and complex worldsheet functions W(s,\bar s). The third one in which W(s,\bar s) is rep

V. S. Fadin, M. I. Kotsky, L. N. Lipatov

To find the region of applicability of the leading log(1/x) approximation for parton distributions in the small x region and to fix the argument of the QCD running coupling it is necessary to know radiative corrections to the kernel of the BFKL equation. The next-to-leading corrections to the BFKL kernel are expressed in terms of the two-loop correction to t

Alexander A. Vlasov

There are known problems with the standard Lorentz-Dirac description of radiation reaction in classical electrodynamics. The model of extended in one dimension particle is proposed and is shown that for this model there is no total change in particle momentum due to radiation reaction

Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Daniel Freedman, Witold Skiba

We study the low-energy behavior of N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories with product gauge groups SU(N)^M and M chiral superfields transforming in the fundamental representation of two of the SU(N) factors. These theories are in the Coulomb phase with an unbroken U(1)^(N-1) gauge group. For N >= 3, M >= 3 the theories are chiral. The low-energy gauge kinetic f

Valery P. Karassiov

Polynomial Lie (super)algebras $g_{pd}$ are introduced via $G_{i}$-invariant polynomial Jordan maps in quantum composite models with Hamiltonians $H$ having invariance groups $G_{i}$. Algebras $g_{pd}$ have polynomial structure functions in commutation relations, are related to pseudogroup structures $\exp V, V\in g_{pd}$ and describe dynamic symmetry of mod

Ruggero Maria Santilli

We present a new realization of relativistic hadronic me- chanics and its underlying iso-Poincar'e symmetry specifically constructed for nuclear physics which: 1) permits the representation of nucleons as ex- tended, nonspherical and deformable charge distributions with alterable mag- netic moments yet conventional angular momentum and spin; 2) results t

Ruggero Maria Santilli

We outline the basic principles and the needed experiments for a conceivable new recycling of nuclear waste by the power plants themselves to avoid its transportation and storage to a (yet unknown) dumping area. Details are provided in an adjoining paper and in patents pending.

Sarath G. Tennakoon, R. P. Behringer

We present experimental observations of the onset of flow (liquefaction) for horizontally vibrated granular materials. As the acceleration increases above certain value, the top layer of granular material liquefies, while the remainder of the layer moves with the shaker in solid body motion. With increasing acceleration, more of the layer becomes fluidized.

P. Moller, J. R. Nix, P. Armbruster, S. Hofmann

Realistic fusion barriers are calculated in a macroscopic-microscopic model for several soft-fusion heavy-ion reactions leading to heavy and superheavy elements. The results obtained in such a realistic picture are very different from those obtained in a purely macroscopic model. For reactions on 208:Pb targets, shell effects in the entrance channel result i

S. E. Koonin, D. J. Dean, K. Langanke

We review results obtained using Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) techniques. These methods reduce the imaginary-time many-body evolution operator to a coherent superposition of one-body evolutions in fluctuating one-body fields; the resultant path integral is evaluated stochastically. After a brief review of the methods, we discuss a variety of nuclear physic

Alexander Barvinok

We present a simple randomized polynomial time algorithm to approximate the mixed discriminant of $n$ positive semidefinite $n \times n$ matrices within a factor $2^{O(n)}$. Consequently, the algorithm allows us to approximate in randomized polynomial time the permanent of a given $n \times n$ non-negative matrix within a factor $2^{O(n)}$. When applied to a

Edward Odell, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, Roy Wagner

For an asymptotic $\ell_1$ space $X$ with a basis $(x_i)$ certain asymptotic $\ell_1$ constants, $δ_α(X)$ are defined for $α<ω_1$. $δ_α(X)$ measures the equivalence between all normalized block bases $(y_i)_{i=1}^k$ of $(x_i)$ which are $S_α$-admissible with respect to $(x_i)$ ($S_α$ is the $α^{th}$-Schreier class of sets) and the unit vector basis of $\ell_

Paul Bankston

Let $CH$ be the class of compacta (i.e., compact Hausdorff spaces), with $BS$ the subclass of Boolean spaces. For each ordinal $alpha$ and pair $(K,L)$ of subclasses of $CH$, we define $Lev_{>=alpha}(K,L)$, the class of maps of level at least $alpha$ from spaces in $K$ to spaces in $L$, in such a way that, when $alpha < omega$, $Lev}_{>=alpha}(BS,BS)$ consis

Rafael D. Sorkin, Sumati Surya

Quantum Gravity admits topological excitations of microscopic scale which can manifest themselves as particles --- topological geons. Non-trivial spatial topology also brings into the theory free parameters analogous to the $θ$-angle of QCD. We show that these parameters can be interpreted in terms of geon properties. We also find that, for certain values of

G. P. Korchemsky, I. M. Krichever

We study the asymptotic solutions of the Schrödinger equation for the color-singlet reggeon compound states in multi-color QCD. We show that in the leading order of asymptotic expansion, quasiclassical reggeon trajectories have a form of the soliton waves propagating on the 2-dimensional plane of transverse coordinates. Applying methods of the finite-gap the

C. Dib, O. Espinosa, I. Schmidt

We present simple diagrammatic rules to write down Euclidean n-point functions at finite temperature directly in terms of 3-dimensional momentum integrals, without ever performing a single Matsubara sum. The rules can be understood as describing the interaction of the external particles with those of the thermal bath.

Pedro J. Silva

We give the general solution for the elementary and solitonic D-brane configurations as a result of a reinterpretation of the already known p-branes. These solutions are found by means of a relevant conformal transformation on the string inspired action and its dual form. From this point of view, the nature of the electric and magnetic charge is clearer and

Olaf Lechtenfeld, Warren Siegel

When the gauge instantons on the N=2 string worldsheet are properly included in the sum over topologies, the breaking of SO(2,2) Lorentz symmetry in R^{2,2} is parametrized by a spacetime twistor containing the string coupling and theta angle. The resulting (tree-level) effective action for the open string is not Yang&#39;s but Leznov&#39;s cubic action for

Alexander Kusenko

We develop an adequate description of non-topological solitons with a small charge, for which the thin-wall approximation is not valid. There is no classical lower limit on the charge of a stable Q-ball. We examine the parameters of these small-charge solitons and discuss the limits of applicability of the semiclassical approximation.

João N. G. N. Prata

A recursive formula for an infinity of integrals of motion for the super-Liouville theory is derived. The integrable boundary interactions for this theory and the super-Toda theory based on the affine superalgebra $B^{(1)} (0,1)$ are computed. In the first case the boundary interactions are unambiguously determined by supersymmetry, whilst in the latter case

Michel Dubois-Violette, Ivan T. Todorov

The zero modes of the monodromy extended SU(2) WZNW model give rise to a gauge theory with a finite dimensional state space. A generalized BRS operator $A$ such that $A^h=0 (h=k+2=3,4,...$ being the height of the current algebra representation) acts in a (2h-1)-dimensional indefinite metric space $H_I$ of quantum group invariant vectors. The generalized coho

Pei Wang, Liu Zhao

In this paper we discuss the possible existing correlation functions in the N=4 topological model. Due to the distinguished feature that no anomaly exists in N=4 supersymmetric theories, the positive-negative ghost number balance has to be taken into account while considering the correlation functions. On restriction to Kahler manifolds we may find a perturb

M. B. Voloshin

An admixture of a right-handed $b \to c$ current in the semileptonic weak decays of the $B$ mesons would give a significantly different contribution to the inclusive rate of the decays $B \to l νX_c$ as compared to the exclusive decay $B \to D^* l ν$ at zero recoil. Thus a difference in the values of $|V_{cb}|$ extracted from the data on these two types of d

David London, Amarjit Soni

Asymmetric e^+e^- colliders running on the Υ(4S) (B factories) will much more readily measure CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of B_d^0 and B^\pm mesons than in the decays of B_s^0 mesons. As such, they will seemingly not be able to probe new phases in Bs-Bs(bar) mixing, i.e. in b\to s transitions. However, by measuring the CP angle βvia b \to s hadron

H. -J. He, Y. -P. Kuang, C. -P. Yuan

We review our recent global analysis for probing the electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) mechanism by the universal effective Lagrangian description. After summarizing and commenting upon the current bounds for the EWSB parameters, we focus on testing them at the forthcoming high energy colliders such as the CERN LHC and the future linear colliders. We deve

M. Ciuchini, E. Franco, G. Martinelli, A. Masiero

We study the uncertainties of the Standard Model (SM) predictions for CP violating B decays and investigate where and how supersymmetric (SUSY) contributions may be disentangled. The first task is accomplished by letting the relevant matrix elements of the effective Hamiltonian vary within certain ranges. The SUSY analysis makes use of a formalism which allo

David Atwood, Michael Gronau, Amarjit Soni

In the Standard Model (SM) the photon in radiative $\bar B^0$ and $\bar B_s$ decays is predominantly left-handed. Thus, mixing induced CP asymmetries in $b\to sγ$ and $b\to dγ$ are suppressed by $m_s/m_b$ and $m_d/m_b$, respectively, and are very small. In many extensions of the SM, such as the left-right symmetric model (LRSM), SU(2)xU(1) models with exotic

Zong-Guo Si, Qu-Bing Xie, Qun Wang

We use Quark Combination Model to study baryon antibaryon rapidity correlation in e^+e^- annihilation and compare our predictions with the available data. We find that these results and relevant properties are all consistent with data. So the evidence to rule out Quark Combination Model which has long been cited in literatures does not exist.

F. Buccella, O. Pisanti, P. Santorelli

The combination g_1^p(x) - g_1^n(x) is derived from SLAC data on polarized proton and deuteron targets, evaluated at Q^2 = 10 GeV^2, and compared with the results of SMC experiment. The agreement is satisfactory except for the points at the three lowest x, which have an important role in the SMC evaluation of the l.h.s. of the Bjorken sum rule.

D. P. Kirilova, M. V. Chizhov

We studied nonequilibrium oscillations between left-handed electron neutrinos and nonthermalized sterile neutrinos. The exact kinetic equations for neutrinos, written in terms of neutrino density matrix in momentum space were analyzed. The evolution of neutrino density matrix was numerically calculated. This allowed to study precisely the evolution of the ne

T. Teshima, T. Sakai, O. Inagaki

We present an analysis of neutrino oscillations which are consistent with current solar, atmospheric and terrestrial experiments in a framework with three neutrino mixing. The solutions satisfying these experiments have the large mixing (not maximal mixing) between electron neutrino- muon neutrino or muon neutrino-tau neutrino in m3 to be about several eV, w

G. I. Poulis

Using a tadpole improved SU(2) gluodynamics action, the nonabelian potential and the abelian potential after the abelian projection are computed. Rotational invariance is found restored at coarse lattices both in the nonabelian theory and in the effective abelian theory resulting from maximal abelian projection. Asymptotic scaling is tested for the SU(2) str

Gerhard K. Mallot

The experimental status of the spin-dependent structure functions as obtained from the deep inelastic scattering experiments at CERN, SLAC, and DESY is reviewed. All data show a violation of the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. The Bjorken sum rule is found to be valid and is tested to the 10 % level.

Shane L. Larson, William A. Hiscock

Global topological defects produce nonzero stress-energy throughout spacetime, and as a result can have observable gravitational influence on surrounding matter. Gravitational effects of global strings are used to place bounds on their cosmic abundance. The minimum separation between global strings is estimated by considering the defects&#39; contribution to

Shai Ayal, Tsvi Piran

We investigate numerically spherically symmetric collapse of a scalar field in the semi-classical approximation. We first verify that our code reproduces the critical phenomena (the Choptuik effect) in the classical limit and black hole evaporation in the semi classical limit. We then investigate the effect of evaporation on the critical behavior. The introd

L. Herrera, J. Martinez

We comment further on the behaviour of a heat conducting fluid when a characteristic parameter of the system approaches a critical value.

Johannes Huebschmann

For a Lie-Rinehart algebra (A,L), generators for the Gerstenhaber algebra Λ_A L correspond bijectively to right (A,L)-connections on A in such a way that B-V structures correspond to right (A,L)-module structures on A. When L is projective as an A-module, given an exact generator \partial, the homology of the B-V algebra (Λ_A L,\partial) coincides with that

W. C. Wu, B. W. Statt, Ya-Wei Hsueh, J. P. Carbotte

The magnetic susceptibility of high-T_c superconductors is investigated in the normal state using a coupled bilayer model. While this model describes in a natural way the normal-state pseudogaps seen in c-axis optical conductivity on underdoped samples, it predicts a weakly increasing susceptibility with decreasing temperature and cannot explain the magnetic

Kristinn Johnsen, Antti-Pekka Jauho

We theoretically study the effect of THz radiation on the linear optical absorption spectra of semiconductor structures. A general theoretical framework, based on non-equilibrium Green functions, is formulated, and applied to the calculation of linear optical absorption spectrum for several non-equilibrium mesoscopic structures. We show that a blue-shift occ

J. Bennetto, R. W. Nunes, David Vanderbilt

We suggest that the commonly-accepted core structure of the 90-degree partial dislocation in Si may not be correct, and propose instead a period-doubled structure. We present LDA, tight-binding, and classical Keating-model calculations, all of which indicate that the period-doubled structure is lower in energy. The new structure displays a broken mirror symm

E. Lidorikis, Qiming Li, C. M. Soukoulis

We present a one dimensional model for the nonlinear response of a colloidal crystal to intense light illumination along a high symmetry direction. The strong coupling between light and the colloidal lattice, via the electric gradient force acting upon the particles, induces a novel large optical nonlinearity. We obtain bistable behavior when the incident fr

R. Eder, H. F. Pen, G. A. Sawatzky

We discuss the possibility of a Kondo like effect associated with H in metals resulting from the strong dependence of the H1s orbital radius on the occupation number. We demonstrate that such a strong breathing property of the orbital radius, which translates directly into a strong occupation dependent hopping, results in the formation of local singlet-like

V. Janis

We analyze behavior of correlated electrons described by Hubbard-like models at intermediate and strong coupling. We show that with increasing interaction a pole in a generic two-particle Green function is approached. The pole signals metal-insulator transition at half filling and gives rise to a new vanishing ``Kondo&#39;&#39; scale causing breakdown of wea

M. Hasenbusch, K. Pinn

Using the Monte Carlo method, we determine the free energy of the interface of the 3D Ising model in the scaling region. By integrating the interface energies over the inverse temperature $β$, we obtain estimates for the free energies of interfaces with cross sections up to 96 by 96, and for a range $0.223 \leq β\leq 0.23$. Our data yield a precise estimatio

Gongwen Peng, Takao Ohta

We have performed two-dimensional lattice-gas-automaton simulations of granular flow between two parallel planes. We find that the velocity profiles have non-parabolic distributions while simultaneously the density profiles are non-uniform. Under non-slip boundary conditions, deviation of velocity profiles from the parabolic form of newtonian fluids is found

T. Fukui, N. Kawakami

We investigate the spin chain model composed of periodic array of two kinds of spins $S_1$ and $S_2$, which allows us to study the spin chains with impurities as well as the alternating spin chains in a unified fashion. By using the Lieb-Shultz-Mattis theorem, we first study the model rigorously, and then by mapping it to the non-linear sigma model, we exten

Jeffrey C. Reynar, Adwait Ratnaparkhi

We present a trainable model for identifying sentence boundaries in raw text. Given a corpus annotated with sentence boundaries, our model learns to classify each occurrence of ., ?, and ! as either a valid or invalid sentence boundary. The training procedure requires no hand-crafted rules, lexica, part-of-speech tags, or domain-specific information. The mod

Justin McGuire, Murray T. Batchelor, Brian Davies

We investigate the effects of linear and optimal nonlinear control in the simple case of one-dimensional unimodal maps. We show that linear feedback relates unimodal maps to invertible ``Henon-like&#39;&#39; maps. This observation should be useful in relating the considerable bodies of knowledge which exist for the two types of systems. In the case of the op

Nianzheng Cao, Shiyi Chen

A phenomenological model for the inertial range scaling of passive-scalar turbulence is developed based on a bivariate log-Poisson model. An analytical formula of the scaling exponent for three-dimensional passive-scalar turbulence is deduced. The predicted scaling exponents are compared with experimental measurements, showing good agreement.

Prashant M. Gade, Renuka Rai, Harjinder Singh

We demonstrate the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) for discrete-time dynamical systems. We investigate various systems that are not necessarily bistable, but do have two well defined states, switching between which is aided by external noise which can be additive or multiplicative. Thus we find it to be a fairly generic phenomenon. In these systems,

Gerhardt R. Meurer, Timothy M. Heckman, Matthew D. Lehnert, Claus Leitherer

The integrated bolometric effective surface brightness S_e distributions of starbursts are investigated for samples observed in 1. the rest frame ultraviolet (UV), 2. the far-infrared and H-alpha, and 3. 21cm radio continuum emission. For the UV sample we exploit a tight empirical relationship between UV reddening and extinction to recover the bolometric flu

Jeremy Kepner, Arif Babul, David Spergel

One of the largest uncertainties in understanding the effect of a background UV field on galaxy formation is the intensity and evolution of the radiation field with redshift. This work attempts to shed light on this issue by computing the quasi-hydrostatic equilibrium states of gas in spherically symmetric dark matter halos (roughly corresponding to dwarf ga

Ermanno F. Borra

I suggest that measurements of intensity fluctuations caused by classical wave interactions can be used to find unresolved gravitational lenses and determine time delays of essentially arbitrary length among the images formed by a gravitational lens. No interferometry i s needed, the time delays can be measured by analyzing the intensity signal alone. The te

Kazuhito Hatano, David Branch, Adam Fisher, Sumner Starrfield

We use a Monte Carlo technique together with a simple model for the distribution of dust in M31 to investigate the observability and spatial distribution of classical novae in M31.

Christine C. Dantas, Reinaldo R. de Carvalho, Hugo V. Capelato, Alain Mazure

We investigate the dynamical properties of the cluster of galaxies A3558 (Shapley 8). Studying a region of one square degree ($\sim$ 3 Mpc$^2$) centered on the cluster cD galaxy, we have obtained a statistically complete photometric catalog with positions and magnitudes of 1421 galaxies (down to a limiting magnitude of $B \sim 21$). This catalog has been mat

D. Gautier, P. Morel

We reanalyze the inference of the protosolar abundance of deuterium made by Geiss (1993) from measurements of 3He/4He in the solar wind. We use an evolutionary solar model with microscopic diffusion, constrained to fit the present age, radius and luminosity, as well as the observed ratio of heavy elements to hydrogen. The protosolar 2H/1H is obtained from th

Y. D. Mayya

We investigate techniques that can be used to determine ages of starburst regions containing populations beyond their early nebular phase. In particular, we study the strength of the CaII triplet (lambda 8498, 8542, 8662 Ang) and the CO index (2.31-2.40 micron band) using synthetic models as the starburst evolves. For an instantaneous burst of star formation

Ziv Ran

We give a &#39;recursive&#39; formula (in terms of reducible limits) for counting rational curves on a variety moving in any sufficiently large and well-behaved family. Our approach is completely elementary and makes no use of moduli spaces for maps or the like.

A. Degtyarev, V. Kharlamov

We prove that the moduli space of empty real Enriques surfaces (and, thus, the moduli space of compact orientable 4-dimensional Einstein manifolds whose universal covering is a K3-surface and π_1(E) = Z/2 x Z/2) is connected. The proof is based on a systematic study of real elliptic pencils and gives explicit models of all empty real Enriques surfaces.

Wentian Li

The study of correlation structure in the primary sequences of DNA is reviewed. The issues reviewed include: symmetries among 16 base-base correlation functions, accurate estimation of correlation measures, the relationship between $1/f$ and Lorentzian spectra, heterogeneity in DNA sequences, different modeling strategies of the correlation structure of DNA

D. Thirumalai, D. K. Klimov, S. A. Woodson

We present a unified framework for folding kinetics of proteins and RNA. The basis for this framework relies on the notion of topological frustration, which gives rise to several competing basins of attraction (CBA) in addition to the native basin of attraction (NBA) on the free energy surface. A rough free energy surface results in direct and indirect pathw

Savely G. Karshenboim

Recoil corrections to the atomic decay rate are considered in the order of Zm/M . The expressions are treated exactly without any expansion over Z alpha. The expressions obtained are valid both for muonic atoms (for which they contribute on the level of a few percent in high Z ions) and for electronic atoms. Explicit results for Lyman-alpha transitions for l

Armin Uhlmann

To calculate the entropy of a subalgebra or of a channel with respect to a state, one has to solve an intriguing optimalization problem. The latter is also the key part in the entanglement of formation concept, in which case the subalgebra is a subfactor. I consider some general properties, valid for these definitions in finite dimensions, and apply them to

Mark de Wild Propitius

Planar Chern-Simons (CS) theories in which a compact abelian gauge group U(1) x U(1) is spontaneously broken to U(1) x Z_N are investigated. Among other things, it is noted that the theories just featuring the mixed CS term coupling the broken to the unbroken U(1) gauge fields in general exhibits an interesting form of confinement: only particles carrying ce

V. D. Dzhunushaliev

The assumption is considered that the strong interaction between phonons makes a certain contribution to the formation of Cooper pairs. Heisenberg&#39;s old idea about the quantization of strong nonlinear fields using the Tamm-Dankoff method is discussed. The approximate solution method of infinite Tamm-Dankoff equations system is suggested. This allows us t

Kazuo Fujikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki

A field dependent $su(2)$ gauge transformation connects between the adiabatic and diabatic pictures in the (Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg) potential curve crossing problem. It is pointed out that weak and strong potential curve crossing interactions are interchanged under this transformation, and thus realizing a naive strong and weak duality. A reliable perturb

Keita Ikumi, Tetsuya Shiromizu

We derive an expression for effective gravitational mass for any closed spacelike 2-surface. This effective gravitational energy is defined directly through the geometrical quantity of the freely falling 2-surface and thus is well adapted to intuitive expectation that the gravitational mass should be determined by the motion of test body moving freely in gra

Hai-Yang Cheng

A phenomenological analysis of lifetimes of bottom and charmed hadrons within the framework of the heavy quark expansion is performed. The baryon matrix element is evaluated using the bag model and the nonrelativistic quark model. We find that bottom-baryon lifetimes follow the pattern $τ(Ω_b)\simeqτ(Ξ_b^-)>τ(Λ_b)\simeqτ(Ξ_b^0)$. However, neither the lifetim

Kanehisa Takasaki

It has been known since the beginning of this century that isomonodromic problems --- typically the Painlevé transcendents --- in a suitable asymptotic region look like a kind of ``modulation&#39;&#39; of isospectral problem. This connection between isomonodromic and isospectral problems is reconsidered here in the light of recent studies related to the Seib

Ron Lifshitz, Dean M. Petrich

A simple generalization of the Swift-Hohenberg equation is proposed as a model for the pattern-forming dynamics of a two-dimensional field with two unstable length scales. The equation is used to study the dynamics of surface waves in a fluid driven by a linear combination of two frequencies. The model exhibits steady-state solutions with two-, four-, six-,

Zurab Kakushadze

In this paper we discuss some aspects of N=1 type I-heterotic string duality in four dimensions. We consider a particular example of a (weak-weak) dual pair where on the type I side there are only D9-branes corresponding to perturbative heterotic description in a certain region of the moduli space. We match the perturbative type I and heterotic tree-level ma

Lorenza Viola, Roberto Onofrio

The measurement process is taken into account in the dynamics of trapped ions prepared in nonclassical motional states. The induced decoherence is shown to manifest itself both in the inhibition of the internal population dynamics and in a damping of the vibrational motion without classical counterpart. Quantitative comparison with present experimental capab