March 2002 arXiv papers — page 19

S. Savaglio, S. M. Fall, F. Fiore

We have derived the column densities of heavy elements in three gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical transients, associated with the circumburst or interstellar medium (ISM) of the host galaxy. In comparison with the same elements observed in damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems along QSO sight lines, we find evidence for much higher column densities of ZnII. The gap b

Tadashi Takayanagi, Seiji Terashima

We show that the string spectrum in the pp-wave limit of AdS_5\times S^5/Z_M (orbifolded pp-wave) is reproduced from the N=2 quiver gauge theory by quantizing the Green-Schwarz string theory on the orbifolded pp-wave in light cone gauge. We find that the twisted boundary condition on the world-sheet is naturally interpreted from the viewpoint of the quiver g

C. Alexandrou, Ph. de Forcrand, E. Follana

We examine the gluon propagator in the Laplacian gauge in quenched lattice QCD as a function of the number of colours. We observe a weak dependence on $N_c$ over the whole momentum range. This implies an almost $N_c$-independent gluon pole mass in units of the string tension.

Paul Kirk, Matthias Lesch

This article is a follow up of the previous article of the authors on the analytic surgery of eta- and rho-invariants. We investigate in detail the (Atiyah-Patodi-Singer)-rho-invariant for manifolds with boundary. First we generalize the cut-and-paste formula to arbitrary boundary conditions. A priori the rho-invariant is an invariant of the Riemannian struc

Yi-Xin Chen, Bo-Yu Hou, Bo-Yuan Hou

We develop the description of non-commutative geometry of the 4-dimensional quantum Hall fluid's theory proposed recently by Zhang and Hu. The non-commutative structure of fuzzy $S^{4}$ appears naturally in this theory. The fuzzy monopole harmonics, which are the essential elements in this non-commutative geometry, are explicitly constructed and their ob

R. N. Lee, A. I. Milstein, M. Schumacher

We argue that the relativistic correction $δ{\bf R}_{c.m.}$ to the center-of-mass vector can lead to the approximate equality of the proton and neutron electric polarizabilities in the quark model. The explicit form of $δ{\bf R}_{c.m.}$ depends only on the non-relativistic potential between quarks. In particular, this correction is the same for the potential

Ryusuke Ikeda

Fluctuation effects in underdoped cuprates under high fields are examined by trying to fit theoretical results to resistivity and Nernst data in vortex states. The superconducting (SC) fluctuation in underdoped cuprates includes not only the ordinary thermal contribution but also a large amount of quantum dynamical contributions. Together with this, the pres

Kumar S. Gupta, Siddhartha Sen

We show that a formalism for analyzing the near-horizon conformal symmetry of Schwarzschild black holes using a scalar field probe is capable of describing black hole decay. The equation governing black hole decay can be identified as the geodesic equation in the space of black hole masses. This provides a novel geometric interpretation for the decay of blac

Daniel Kabat, Gilad Lifschytz

We propose that the entropy of de Sitter space can be identified with the mutual entropy of a dual conformal field theory. We argue that unitary time evolution in de Sitter space restricts the total number of excited degrees of freedom to be bounded by the de Sitter entropy, and we give a CFT interpretation of this restriction. We also clarify issues arising

G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, C. Novero

We perform a first experimental test of a local realistic model, recently proposed, based on the Wigner function as probability distribution for the hidden variable. Our results disfavour the model and confirm standard quantum mechanics predictions.

Andrew M. Steane

If a quantum computer is stabilized by fault-tolerant quantum error correction (QEC), then most of its resources (qubits and operations) are dedicated to the extraction of error information. Analysis of this process leads to a set of central requirements for candidate computing devices, in addition to the basic ones of stable qubits and controllable gates an

L. A. Lugiato, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla

We provide a brief overview of the newly born field of quantum imaging, and discuss some concepts that lie at the root of this field.

Masato Koashi, Nobuyuki Imoto

A classical random variable can be faithfully compressed into a sequence of bits with its expected length lies within one bit of Shannon entropy. We generalize this variable-length and faithful scenario to the general quantum source producing mixed states $ρ_i$ with probability $p_i$. In contrast to the classical case, the optimal compression rate in the lim

Suman Kumar Banik, Bidhan Chandra Bag, Deb Shankar Ray

Traditionally, the quantum Brownian motion is described by Fokker-Planck or diffusion equations in terms of quasi-probability distribution functions, e.g., Wigner functions. These often become singular or negative in the full quantum regime. In this paper a simple approach to non-Markovian theory of quantum Brownian motion using {\it true probability distrib

Andris Ambainis, Arnolds Kikusts

One of the properties of Kondacs-Watrous model of quantum finite automata (QFA) is that the probability of the correct answer for a QFA cannot be amplified arbitrarily. In this paper, we determine the maximum probabilities achieved by QFAs for several languages. In particular, we show that any language that is not recognized by an RFA (reversible finite auto

Gilad Gour

Defining the observable ${\bf ϕ}$ canonically conjugate to the number observable ${\bf N}$ has long been an open problem in quantum theory. The problem stems from the fact that ${\bf N}$ is bounded from below. In a previous work we have shown how to define the absolute phase observable ${\bf Φ}\equiv |{\bfϕ}|$ by suitably restricting the Hilbert space of $x$

Gregory W. Hammett, John C. Bowman

Markovian models of turbulence can be derived from the renormalized statistical closure equations of the direct-interaction approximation (DIA). Various simplifications are often introduced, including an assumption that the two-time correlation function is proportional to the renormalized infinitesimal propagator (Green's function), i.e. the decorrelatio

Y. Nosochkov, T. O. Raubenheimer

We explore the NLC linac optics compatible with a low energy scenario where initially only part of the full linac is installed. Optics modification suitable for a low energy beam running and upgrade to the nominal energy is discussed. Linac parameters and beam tolerances in the modified lattice are compared to the nominal design.

H. Mouri, M. Takaoka, A. Hori, Y. Kawashima

The probability density function (PDF) of velocity fluctuations is studied experimentally for grid turbulence in a systematical manner. At small distances from the grid, where the turbulence is still developing, the PDF is sub-Gaussian. At intermediate distances, where the turbulence is fully developed, the PDF is Gaussian. At large distances, where the turb

P. Huovinen, M. Belkacem, P. J. Ellis, J. I. Kapusta

Radiation of dileptons and photons from high energy nuclear collisions provides information on the space-time evolution of the hot dense matter produced therein. We compute this radiation using relativistic hydrodynamics and a coarse-grained version of the microscopic event generator UrQMD, both of which provide a good description of the hadron spectra. The

Rudolph C. Hwa, Qing-hui Zhang

Event-by-event fluctuations of hadronic patterns in heavy-ion collisions are studied in search for signatures of quark-hadron phase transition. Attention is focused on a narrow strip in the azimuthal angle with small $Δy$. The fluctuations in the gaps between particles are quantified by simple measures. A scaling exponent $α$ is shown to exist around $T_c$.

M. S. Hussein, M. P. Pato

It is shown that several effects are responsible for deviations of the intensity distributions from the Porter-Thomas law. Among these are genuine symmetry breaking, such as isospin; the nature of the transition operator; truncation of the Hilbert space in shell model calculations and missing transitions

J. Kuros-Zolnierczuk, H. Witala, J. Golak, H. Kamada

Selected Nd breakup data over a wide energy range are compared to solutions of Faddeev equations based on modern high precision NN interactions alone and adding current three-nucleon force models. Unfortunately currently available data probe phase space regions for the final three nucleon momenta which are rather insensitive to 3NF effects as predicted by cu

Angela Bonaccorso, Florin Carstoiu

The optical potential of halo and weakly bound nuclei has a long range part due to the coupling to breakup that damps the elastic scattering angular distributions at all angles for which the effect of the nuclear interaction is felt. In charge exchange reactions leading to a final state with a halo nucleus, the surface potential is responsible for a strong r

J. Kuros-Zolnierczuk, H. Witala, J. Golak, H. Kamada

An extensive study of three-nucleon force effects in the entire phase space of the nucleon-deuteron breakup process, for energies from above the deuteron breakup threshold up to 200 MeV, has been performed. 3N Faddeev equations have been solved rigorously using the modern high precision nucleon-nucleon potentials AV18, CD Bonn, Nijm I, II and Nijm 93, and al

M. Urban, J. Wambach

At low energies the particle-hole (ph) part of the pionic susceptibility in isospin-symmetric nuclear matter is known to behave very differently from the susceptibility in finite nuclei due to the presence of an energy gap in the ph excitation spectrum. In this note we show that for charged pions in N > Z nuclei the changes due to the gap are very similar to

Cristina Masoller, Damián H. Zanette

We study the synchronization of time-delayed nonidentical maps subject to unidirectional (master-slave) coupling. The individual dynamics of the maps have a delay n1, and the coupling acts with a delay n2. We show analytically that, suitably tuning the slave map parameters, two distinct synchronization regimes can occur. In one regime the lag time between th

P. Elbau, G. M. Graf

The integral quantum Hall effect can be explained either as resulting from bulk or edge currents (or, as it occurs in real samples, as a combination of both). This leads to different definitions of Hall conductance, which agree under appropriate hypotheses, as shown by Schulz-Baldes et al. by means of K-theory. We propose an alternative proof based on a gene

David Damanik

Following the Killip-Kiselev-Last method, we prove quantum dynamical upper bounds for discrete one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with Sturmian potentials. These bounds hold for sufficiently large coupling, almost every rotation number, and every phase.

Christian Ferrari, Nicolas Macris

In this note we review spectral properties of magnetic random Schroedinger operators H_omega=H_0+V_omega + U_l + U_r defined on L^2(R x [-L/2,L/2],dx dy) with periodic boundary conditions along y. U_l and U_r are two confining potentials for x<-L/2 and x>L/2 respectively and vanish for -L/2<x<L/2. We describe the spectrum in two energy intervals and we class

N. Gurappa, Prasanta K. Panigrahi, T. Shreecharan

A novel method, connecting the space of solutions of a linear differential equation, of arbitrary order, to the space of monomials, is used for exploring the algebraic structure of the solution space. Apart from yielding new expressions for the solutions of the known differential equations, the procedure enables one to derive various properties of the orthog

Pedro de M. Rios, Jair Koiller

Non-holonomic mechanical systems can be described by a degenerate almost-Poisson structure (dropping the Jacobi identity) in the constrained space. If enough symmetries transversal to the constraints are present, the system reduces to a nondegenerate almost-Poisson structure on a ``compressed&#39;&#39; space. Here we show, in the simplest non-holonomic syste

Trueman MacHenry, Geanina Tudose

We characterize those sequences of weighted isobaric polynomials as defined in math.CO/0106213 which belong to the kernel of the linear operator $D_{11} - \sum_{j=1}^k a_j t_j D_{2j} - mD_2$, and we characterize those linear operators of this form in terms of the coefficients $a_j$ which have a non-zero kernel.

Vladimir Kanovei, Michael Reeken

We prove that orbit equivalence relations (ERs, for brevity) of generically turbulent Polish actions are not Borel reducible to ER s of a family which includes Polish actions of S_\infty, the group of all permutations of N, and is closed under the Fubini product modulo the ideal Fin of all finite sets, and some other operations. Our second main result shows

Ieke Moerdijk

This is a survey paper based on my talk at the Workshop on Orbifolds and String Theory, the goal of which was to explain the role of groupoids and their classifying spaces as a foundation for the theory of orbifolds.

I. Moerdijk

We observe that any regular Lie groupoid G over an manifold M fits into an extension $K \to G \to E$ of a foliation groupoid E by a bundle of connected Lie groups K. If $\FF$ is the foliation on M given by the orbits of E and T is a complete transversal to $\FF$, this extension restricts to T, as an extension $K_{T}\to G_{T}\to E_{T}$ of an étale groupoid $E

Piotr Stachura

It is shown that there is a $C^*$-algebraic quantum group related to any double Lie group. An algebra underlying this quantum group is an algebra of a differential groupoid naturally associated with a double Lie group

Krishnaswami Alladi, Alexander Berkovich

In a recent paper by the authors, a bounded version of Goellnitz&#39;s (big) partition theorem was established. Here we show among other things how this theorem leads to nontrivial new polynomial analogues of certain fundamental identities of Jacobi and Lebesgue. We also derive a two parameter extension of Jacobi&#39;s famous triple product identity.

Joseph Shalika, Yuri Tschinkel

We study analytic properties of height zeta functions of equivariant compactifications of the Heisenberg group.

Richard Hain

The rational cohomology ring of A_3, the moduli space of abelian 3-folds is computed. This is isomorphic to the the rational cohomology ring of the group Sp_3(Z) of 6x6 integral symplectic matrices. The main ingredients in the computation are (1) Looijenga&#39;s computation of the rational cohomology ring of M_3, the moduli space of smooth projective curves

Paul Kirk, Matthias Lesch

Several proofs have been published of the Mod Z gluing formula for the eta-invariant of a Dirac operator. However, so far the integer contribution to the gluing formula for the eta-invariant is left obscure in the literature. In this article we present a gluing formula for the eta-invariant which expresses the integer contribution as a triple index involving

Jan Snellman, Guillermo Moreno-Socias

We give conjectures on the &#34;asymptotic&#34; behaviour of the Hilbert series of (quotients by) generic ideals in the exterior algebra, as the number of variables tend to infinity. Our conjectures are supported by extensive computer calculations.

Francois Englert, Laurent Houart, Anne Taormina

We review the emergence of the ten-dimensional fermionic closed string theories from subspaces of the Hilbert space of the 26-dimensional bosonic closed string theory compactified on an $E_8\times SO(16)$ lattice. They arise from a consistent truncation procedure which generates space-time fermions out of bosons. This procedure is extended to open string sec

Francois Englert

The theory of symmetry breaking in presence of gauge fields is presented, following the historical track. Particular emphasis is placed upon the underlying concepts.

Robert Brout

The physical world is marked by the phenomenon of spontaneous broken symmetry (SBS) i.e. where the state of a system is assymmetric with respect to the symmetry principles that govern its dynamics. For material systems this is not surprising since more often than not energetic considerations dictate that the ground state or low lying excited states of many b

Sangyong Jeon, Jamal Jalilian-Marian

Using the recently proposed $ggη&#39;$ effective vertex, we investigate the production of $η&#39;$ from gluon fusion in polarized pp collisions. We show that by measuring $A_{LL}$ in $η&#39;$ production, one can extract the polarized gluon distribution $ΔG(x,Q^2)$ at $Q^2 \sim 1 \GeV^2$ and in a wide range of x.

A. Demichev, A. Kryukov, A. Rodionov

We propose an XML-based standard for formulation of field theoretical models. The goal of creation of such a standard is to provide a way for an unambiguous exchange and cross-checking of results of computer calculations in high energy physics. At the moment, the suggested standard implies that models under consideration are of the SM or MSSM type (i.e., the

Danek Kotlinski, Andrey Starodumov

Two fast trigger algorithms based on 3 innermost hits in the CMS Inner Tracker are presented. One of the algorithms will be applied at LHC low luminosity to select B decay channels. Performance of the algorithm is demonstrated for the decay channel Bs->Ds+pi. The second algorithm will be used to select tau-jets at LHC high luminosity.

P. Manousselis, G. Zoupanos

The Coset Space Dimensional Reduction scheme is briefly reviewed. Then a ten-dimensional supersymmetric $E_8$ gauge theory is reduced over symmetric and non-symmetric six-dimensional coset spaces. In general a four-dimensional non-supersymmetric gauge theory is obtained in case the used coset space is symmetric, while a softly broken supersymmetric gauge the

Sven Soff

We discuss predictions for the pion and kaon interferometry measurements in relativistic heavy ion collisions at SPS and RHIC energies. In particular, we confront relativistic transport model calculations that include explicitly a first-order phase transition from a thermalized quark-gluon plasma to a hadron gas with recent data from the RHIC experiments. We

Alessandro Papa, Carlo Vena

A recently introduced method for determining the critical indices of the deconfinement transition in gauge theories, already tested for the case of 3D SU(3) pure gauge theory, is applied here to 4D SU(2) pure gauge theory. The method is inspired by universality and based on the finite size scaling behavior of the expectation value of simple lattice operators

Jik Lee, Ian Shipsey

Current methods of determining V_ub are dominated by theoretical uncertainties. We present Monte Carlo simulations of three promising methods of determining V_ub with small theoretical and experimental errors. We find that with data samples of order 1,000 fb-1 the B factories will attain combined experimental errors of a few % on V_ub, much smaller than the

G. M. Shore

Vacuum polarisation in QED in a background gravitational field induces interactions which effectively violate the strong equivalence principle and affect the propagation of light. In the low frequency limit, Drummond and Hathrell have shown that this mechanism leads to superluminal photon velocities. To confront this phenomenon with causality, however, it is

M. Tajmar, C. J. de Matos

The quantization of the extended canonical momentum in quantum materials including the effects of gravitational drag is applied successively to the case of a multiply connected rotating superconductor and superfluid. Experiments carried out on rotating superconductors, based on the quantization of the magnetic flux in rotating superconductors, lead to a disa

Stephen F. Bush

Research into active networking has provided the incentive to re-visit what has traditionally been classified as distinct properties and characteristics of information transfer such as protocol versus service; at a more fundamental level this paper considers the blending of computation and communication by means of complexity. The specific service examined i

Pedrito Maynard-Reid, Daniel Lehmann

We consider the two-fold problem of representing collective beliefs and aggregating these beliefs. We propose modular, transitive relations for collective beliefs. They allow us to represent conflicting opinions and they have a clear semantics. We compare them with the quasi-transitive relations often used in Social Choice. Then, we describe a way to constru

Don R. Baker, Gerald Paul, Sameet Sreenivasan, H. Eugene Stanley

Monte Carlo simulations are performed to determine the critical percolation threshold for interpenetrating square objects in two dimensions and cubic objects in three dimensions. Simulations are performed for two cases: (i) objects whose edges are aligned parallel to one another and (ii) randomly oriented objects. For squares whose edges are aligned, the cri

G. Obermeier, D. Ciesla, S. Klimm, S. Horn

The pressure dependence of phase transitions in the quasi one-dimensional vanadium oxide $β$-Na$_{1/3}$V$_2$O$_5$ has been studied by magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity measurements. The pressure dependence of the various transition temperatures is quite differently. The transition at T=240 K, previously reported and attributed to ordering on

Yuriy I. Kuzmin

The effect of morphologic factors on magnetic flux dynamics and critical currents in percolative superconducting structures is considered. The superconductor contains the fractal clusters of a normal phase, which act as pinning centers. The properties of these clusters are analyzed in the general case of gamma-distribution of their areas. The statistical cha

Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen, Stefan Klumpp, Reinhard Lipowsky

Molecular motors interacting with cytoskeletal filaments undergo peculiar random walks consisting of alternating sequences of directed movements along the filaments and diffusive motion in the surrounding solution. An ensemble of motors is studied which interacts with a single filament in two and three dimensions. The time evolution of the probability distri

O. Gulseren, T. Yildirim, S. Ciraci

We investigate curvature effects on geometric parameters, energetics and electronic structure of zigzag nanotubes with fully optimized geometries from first-principle calculations. The calculated curvature energies, which are inversely proportional to the square of radius, are in good agreement with the classical elasticity theory. The variation of the band

O. Gulseren, T. Yildirim, S. Ciraci, C. Kilic

We present a systematic analysis of the effect of radial deformation on the atomic and electronic structure of zigzag and armchair single wall carbon nanotubes using the first principle plane wave method. The nanotubes were deformed by applying a radial strain, which distorts the circular cross section to an elliptical one. The atomic structure of the nanotu

K. P. Duncan, B. L. Gyorffy

Deploying a recently developed semiclassical theory of quasiparticles in the superconducting state we study the de Haas-van Alphen effect. We find that the oscillations have the same frequency as in the normal state but their amplitude is reduced. We find an analytic formulae for this damping which is due to tunnelling between semiclassical quasiparticle orb

H. Hori, S. Sonoda, T. Sasaki, Y. Yamamoto

Wurtzite GaN:Mn films on sapphire substrates were successfully grown by use of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system. The film has an extremely high Curie temperature of around 940 K, although the Mn concentration is only about 3 ~ 5 %. Magnetization measurements were carried out in magnetic fields parallel to the film surface up to 7 T. The magnetization

Jeong Won Kang, Ho Jung Hwang

We have investigated several ultra-thin copper nanobridges between supporting layers using a classical molecular dynamics simulation and a many-body potential function of the second-moment approximation of tight-binding scheme. This investigation has shown a part of the thermal properties of nanobridges, the tension in the nanobridges, and the resonance of t

V. V. Chabanenko, V. F. Rusakov, V. A. Yampol&#39;skii, S. Piechota

We have monitored new peculiarities of the dynamics of catastrophic avalanches of the magnetic flux in superconducting Nb, Nb-Ti, and YBaCuO samples: i) convergent oscillations of the magnetic flux; ii) a threshold for entering the huge flux avalanches in the shielding experiments; iii) a threshold for the exit of a residual flux in the trapping experiments.

Gillian Wilson

We present a weak lensing and photometric study of six half by half degree fields observed at the CFHT using the UH8K CCD mosaic camera. The fields were observed for a total of 2 hours each in I and V, resulting in catalogs containing ~ 20 000 galaxies per passband per field. We use V-I color and I magnitude to select bright early type galaxies at redshifts

Gillian Wilson, Nick Kaiser, Gerard A. Luppino, Lennox L. Cowie

We present measurements of the extended dark halo profiles of bright early type galaxies at redshifts 0.1 to 0.9 obtained via galaxy-galaxy lensing analysis of images taken at the CFHT using the UH8K CCD mosaic camera. Six half degree fields were observed for a total of 2 hours each in I and V, resulting in catalogs containing ~20 000 galaxies per field. We

Wayne Hu, Andrey V. Kravtsov

We present a general statistical framework for describing the effect of sample variance in the number counts of virialized objects and examine its effect on cosmological parameter estimation. Specifically, we consider effects of sample variance on the power spectrum normalization and properties of dark energy extracted from current and future local and high-

Gillian Wilson, Lennox L. Cowie, Amy J. Barger, D. J. Burke

We investigate the evolution of the universal rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity density from z = 1.5 to the present. We analyze an extensive sample of multicolor data (U&#39;, B, V = 24.5) plus spectroscopic redshifts from the Hawaii Survey Fields and the Hubble Deep Field. Our multicolor data allow us to select our sample in the rest-frame ultraviolet (2500

Epaminondas Sourlas, David van Dyk, Vinay Kashyap, Jeremy Drake

Metallicity can be measured by analyzing the spectra in the X-ray region and comparing the flux in spectral lines to the flux in the underlying Bremsstrahlung continuum. In this paper we propose new Bayesian methods which directly model the Poisson nature of the data and thus are expected to exhibit improved sampling properties. Our model also accounts for t

M. A. Clayton, J. W. Moffat

Predictions of the CMB spectrum from a bimetric gravity theory (gr-qc/0101126) are presented. The initial inflationary period in BGT is driven by a vanishingly small speed of gravitational waves v_g in the very early universe. This initial inflationary period is insensitive to the choice of scalar field potential and initial values of the scalar field. After

Brice Menard, Matthias Bartelmann

The magnification bias of large-scale structures, combined with galaxy biasing, leads to a cross-correlation of distant quasars with foreground galaxies on angular scales of the order of arc minutes and larger. The amplitude and angular shape of the cross-correlation function w_QG contain information on cosmological parameters and the galaxy bias factor. Whi

Sebastien Lepine, Michael M. Shara, R. Michael Rich

In an ongoing survey for high proper motion stars at low galactic latitudes, we have identified 5 previously uncatalogued common proper motion companions to stars listed in the Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars (GJ stars). For each system, the relative proper motion between the components is less than 5% of the common proper motion o

Thierry Contini

The determination of chemical abundances in star-forming galaxies and the study of their evolution on cosmological timescales are powerful tools for understanding galaxy formation and evolution. This contribution presents the latest results in this domain. We show that detailed studies of chemical abundances in UV-selected, HII and starburst nucleus galaxies

K. J. van der Heyden, E. Behar, J. Vink, A. P. Rasmussen

The X-ray emission from the young supernova remnant (SNR) N103B is measured and analysed using the high-resolution cameras and spectrometers on board XMMM and CHANDRA. The spectrum from the entire remnant is reproduced very well with three plasma components of kT=0.55, 0.65, and 3.5 keV, corresponding roughly to line emission by the O-K, Fe-L, and Fe-K speci

Xue-Bing Wu, F. K. Liu, T. Z. Zhang

The recently discovered tight correlation between supermassive black hole mass and central velocity dispersion suggests a possibility to estimate the SMBH mass from the measured central velocity dispersion. However, for most AGNs it is difficult to measure the central velocity dispersions of their host galaxies directly. In this paper we adopt the fundamenta

Susan M. Percival, Maurizio Salaris, Francois van Wyk, David Kilkenny

We present new B, V and I-band photometry for a sample of 43 local subdwarfs with HIPPARCOS parallax errors < 13%, in the metallicity range -1.0 < [Fe/H] < -0.3, which we use to perform main sequence (MS) fitting to the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc. This sample is many times larger than those used in previous MS-fitting studies and also enables us to fit

Giovanni Carraro

We present CCD UBVI observations obtained in the field of the previously unstudied northern open clusters NGC 133 and NGC 1348. We argue that NGC 133 is a heavily contaminated cluster, for which we identify 13 candidate members down to $V$=14.50 mag on the basis of the position in the two-color Diagram . Membership has been checked against proper motions fro

Sofia Randich, Francesca Primas, Luca Pasquini, Roberto Pallavicini

We have obtained the first beryllium measurements of late F/early G-type stars in the old open cluster M67 (4.5 Gyr) and in the intermediate age cluster IC 4651 (1.7 Gyr). One member of the young cluster IC 2391 (~50 Myr) was also observed. Our sample stars have effective temperatures within a range of +30 - +380 K from the solar temperature. All our sample

T. A. Marriage

CMB angular spectrum measurements suggest a flat universe. This paper clarifies the relation between geometry and the spherical harmonic index of the first acoustic peak ($\ell_{peak}$). Numerical and analytic calculations show that $\ell_{peak}$ is approximately a function of $Ω_K/Ω_M$ where $Ω_K$ and $Ω_M$ are the curvature ($Ω_K > 0$ implies an open geome

Yu. V. Dumin

Processing the data of lunar laser ranging (LLR), whose accuracy now reaches a few millimeters, points to the effect of anomalous increase in the lunar semimajor axis (with an excessive rate 1.3 cm/yr), which cannot be attributed to the well-known tidal exchange of angular momentum between the Earth and Moon. One of the possible interpretations of the above-

Forough Nasseri

Within the framework of a model Universe with variable space dimension, we study chaotic inflation with the potential $m^2ϕ^2/2$, and calculate the dynamical solutions of the inflaton field, variable space dimension, scale factor, and their interdependence during the inflationary epoch. We show that the characteristic of the variability of the space dimensio

Demetrios A. Pliakis

We prove certain generalization of Hardy&#39;s inequality where the &#34;boundary defining function&#34; is replaced by a polynomial defining a singular algebraic variety. An application is given on the existence of a small time heat trace expansion for a Schrödinger operator with mild singularities along this algebraic set.

E. J. Ferrer, V. P. Gusynin, V. de la Incera

The thermal conductivity of the (2+1)-dimensional NJL model in the presence of a constant magnetic field is calculated in the mean-field approximation and its different asymptotic regimes are analyzed. Taking into account the dynamical generation of a fermion mass due to the magnetic catalysis phenomenon, it is shown that for certain relations among the theo

A. Iqbal, A. H. Toor

In a two-stage repeated classical game of prisoners&#39; dilemma the knowledge that both players will defect in the second stage makes the players to defect in the first stage as well. We find a quantum version of this repeated game where the players decide to cooperate in the first stage while knowing that both will defect in the second.

C. J. A. P. Martins, A. Melchiorri, R. Trotta, R. Bean

We extend our recent work on the effects of a time-varying fine-structure constant $α$ in the cosmic microwave background, by providing a thorough analysis of the degeneracies between $α$ and the other cosmological parameters, and discussing ways to break these with both existing and/or forthcoming data. In particular, we present the state-of-the-art CMB con

S. S. Manna, Parongama Sen

A random network is grown by introducing at unit rate randomly selected nodes on the Euclidean space. A node is randomly connected to its $i$-th predecessor of degree $k_i$ with a directed link of length $\ell$ using a probability proportional to $k_i \ell^α$. Our numerical study indicates that the network is Scale-free for all values of $α> α_c $ and the de

Ricardo Becerril, Alfredo Herrera-Aguilar

We consider the low-energy effective action of the 5D Einstein-Maxwell-Kalb-Ramond theory. After compactifying this truncated model on a two-torus and switching off the U(1) vector fields of this theory, we recall a formulation of the resulting three-dimensional action as a double Ernst system coupled to gravity. Further, by applying the so-called normalized

K. Kimura, A. Takamura, H. Yokomakura

Within the framework of the standard three neutrino scenario, we derive an exact and simple formula of the oscillation probability $P(ν_e \to ν_μ)$ in constant matter by using a new method. From this formula, it is found that the matter effects can be separated from the pure CP violation effects. Furthermore, the oscillation probability can be written in the

O. Sauret, D. Feinberg, Th. Martin

An electron teleportation protocol, inspired by the scenario by Bennett et al., is proposed in a mesoscopic set-up. A superconducting circuit allows to both inject and measure entangled singlet electron pairs in an array of three normal quantum dots. The selection of the teleportation process is achieved in the steady state with the help of two superconducti

D. N. Basu

The nuclear cluster radioactivities have been studied theoretically in the framework of a microscopic superasymmetric fission model (MSAFM). The nuclear interaction potentials required for binary cold fission processes are calculated by folding in the density distribution functions of the two fragments with a realistic effective interaction. The microscopic

Aiichi Iwazaki

We present a mechamism why interlayer tunneling conductivity in coherent bilayer quantum Hall states at $ν=1$ is anomalously large, but finite in the recent experiment. According to the mechanism, pseudoSkyrmions causes the finite conductivity, although there exists an expectation that dissipationless tunneling current arises in the state. PseudoSkyrmions ha

Alessandra Buonanno

Binary black holes are the most promising candidate sources for the first generation of earth-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. We summarize and discuss the state-of-the-art analytic techniques developed during the last years to better describe the late dynamical evolution of binary black holes of comparable masses.

Chiu Fan Lee, Neil Johnson

We pursue the possible connections between classical games and quantum computation. The Parrondo game is one in which a random combination of two losing games produces a winning game. We introduce novel realizations of this Parrondo effect in which the player can `win&#39; via random reflections and rotations of the state-vector, and connect these to known q

Xiao-Yan Gu, Bin Duan, Zhong-Qi Ma

The independent eigenstates of the total orbital angular momentum operators for a three-body system in an arbitrary D-dimensional space are presented by the method of group theory. The Schrödinger equation is reduced to the generalized radial equations satisfied by the generalized radial functions with a given total orbital angular momentum denoted by a Youn

J. Koiller, P. de M. Rios, K. M. Ehlers

Cartan&#39;s moving frames method is a standard tool in riemannian geometry. We set up the machinery for applying moving frames to cotangent bundles and its sub-bundles defined by non-holonomic constraints.

Masaki Kashiwara, Teresa Monteiro Fernandes, Pierre Schapira

We study the truncated microsupport $Ss_k$ of sheaves on a real manifold. Applying our results to the case of $F=RHom_D(M,O)$, the complex of holomorphic solutions of a coherent $D$-module $M$, we show that $Ss_k(F)$ is completely determined by the characteristic variety of $M$. As an application, we obtain an extension theorem for the sections of $H^j(F)$,

Geanina Tudose, Michael Zabrocki

We present a family of analogs of the Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions in the $Q$-function algebra. The change of basis coefficients between this family and Schur&#39;s $Q$-functions are $q$-analogs of numbers of marked shifted tableaux. These coefficients exhibit many parallel properties to the Kostka-Foulkes polynomials.

Amit Loewy, Yaron Oz

We study the flow from the theory of D2-branes in a G2 holonomy background to M2-branes in a Spin(7) holonomy background. We consider in detail the UV and IR regimes, and the effect of topology change of the background on the field theory. We conjecture a non-Abelian N=1 mirror symmetry.