August 2002 arXiv papers — page 19

M. Ave, J. A. Hinton, R. A. Vazquez, A. A. Watson

We report a calculation of the expected rate of inclined air showers induced by ultra high energy cosmic rays to be obtained by the Auger Southern Observatory assuming different mass compositions. We describe some features that can be used to distinguish photons at energies as high as 10$^{20}$ eV. The discrimination of photons at such energies will help to

Daniel Schaerer

We review our current knowledge on the IMF in nearby environments, massive star forming regions, super star clusters, starbursts and alike objects from studies of integrated light, and discuss the various techniques used to constrain the IMF. In most cases, including UV-optical studies of stellar features and optical-IR analysis of nebular emission, the data

Maximilien Pindao, Daniel Schaerer, Rosa M. Gonzalez Delgado, Grazyna Stasinska

We have obtained high quality FORS1/VLT optical spectra of 85 disk HII regions several nearby spiral galaxies. Our sample of metal-rich HII regions with metallicities close to solar and higher reveal the presence of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in 27 objects from the blue WR bump and 15 additional candidate WR regions. This provides for the first time a large set o

T. S. Metcalfe, G. Handler

We have identified seven independent pulsation modes in the helium-atmosphere variable (DBV) white dwarf star CBS 114, based on 65 hours of time-resolved CCD photometry from the 0.75-m telescope at SAAO. We interpret these pulsations as non-radial g-modes with the same spherical degree l=1, as suggested by the mean period spacing of 37.1+/-0.7 seconds. We us

J. P. Willis, P. C. Hewett, S. J. Warren, G. F. Lewis

We present a combined photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the star formation history and space density of a sample of 485 luminous, M_V - 5 log h < -20.5, field early-type galaxies at redshifts 0.3 < z < 0.6. The observed b_Jori colours as a function of redshift, mean absorption line strengths and [OII] 3727 emission properties are used to constrain th

M. D. Maia, Edmundo M. Monte, J. M. F. Maia

The standard Friedmann universe embedded in a five dimensional and constant curvature bulk is examined without any a priori junction condition between the brane and the bulk. A geometrical explanation for the accelerated expansion of the universe is derived by using a minimum set of assumptions consistent with the brane-world program. It is shown that the ex

S. G. Djorgovski

The advent of the Virtual Observatory (VO) concept signals a pradigm shift in the way astronomy will be done in the era of information abundance and ubiquitous networking. Small telescopes will be playing a number of essential roles in this new research environment, probably contributing a major portion of all data taken in astronomy, both as surveying instr

F. W. Stecker

The primary ultrahigh energy particles which produce giant extensive air showers in the Earth&#39;s atmosphere present an intriguing mystery from two points of view: (1) How are these particles produced with such astounding energies, eight orders of magnitude higher than those produced by the best man-made terrestrial accelerators? (2) Since they are most li

Forough Nasseri

In this letter we compute the corrections to the fine structure constant in D-dimensional space. These corrections stem from the generalized uncertainty principle. We also discuss in three-space dimension.

Dragomir Z. Djokovic

Atiyah&#39;s conjecture concerning configurations of N points in the Euclidean three-space is verified for the following nonplanar configurations: The first m points lie on a line L and the remaining n=N-m (>2) points are the vertices of a regular n-gon whose plane is perpendicular to L and whose centroid is on L.

Yaron Oz, Tadakatsu Sakai

We consider four-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories based on ADE quiver diagrams. We use the procedure of hep-th/0206079 and compute the exact anomalous dimensions of operators with large U(1)_R charge to all orders in perturbation in the planar limit. The results are in agreement with the string computation in the dual pp-wave backgrounds.

Huping Hu, Maoxin Wu

We postulate that consciousness is intrinsically connected to quantum spin since the latter is the origin of quantum effects in both Bohm and Hestenes quantum formulisms and a fundamental quantum process associated with the structure of space-time. Applying these ideas to the particular structures and dynamics of the brain, we have developed a detailed model

L. Accardi, G. G. Amosov, U. Franz

It was shown in [AFS00] that there are only three types of irreducible unitary representations theta of sl_2. Using the Schurmann triple one can associate with each theta a number of representations of the square of white noise (SWN) algebra A. However, in analogy with the Boson, Fermion and q-deformed case, we expect that some interesting non irreducible re

B. G. Sidharth

Though the Planck scale is encountered in Quantum SuperString Theory and Quantum Gravity, it is the Compton scale of elementary particles which is encountered in the physical world. An explanation for this is given in terms of Brownian processes and the duality relation.

Jose M. G. Vilar, Hao Yuan Kueh, Naama Barkai, Stanislas Leibler

A wide range of organisms use circadian clocks to keep internal sense of daily time and regulate their behavior accordingly. Most of these clocks use intracellular genetic networks based on positive and negative regulatory elements. The integration of these &#34;circuits&#34; at the cellular level imposes strong constraints on their functioning and design. H

N. Christopher Phillips

This is a survey which discusses the isomorphism problem for both C* and smooth crossed products by minimal diffeomorphisms. For C* crossed products, examples demonstrate the failure of the obvious analog of the Giordano-Putnam-Skau Theorem on minimal homeomorphisms of the Cantor set. For smooth crossed products, there are many open problems.

Qing Lin, N. Christopher Phillips

This is a survey article describing the proof that the crossed product C^* (Z, M, h) of a compact smooth manifold M by a minimal diffeomorphism h of M is isomorphic to a direct limit of recursive subhomogeneous C*-algebras.

N. Christopher Phillips

Let d be a positive integer, let X be the Cantor set, and let Z^d act freely and minimally on X. We prove that the crossed product C* (Z^d, X) has stable rank one, real rank zero, and cancellation of projections, and that the order on K_0 (C* (Z^d, X)) is determined by traces. We obtain the same conclusion for the C*-algebras of various kinds of aperiodic ti

N. Christopher Phillips

We give an example of a simple separable C*-algebra which is not isomorphic to its opposite algebra. Our example is nonnuclear and stably finite, has real rank zero and stable rank one, and has a unique tracial state. It has trivial K_1, and its K_0-group is order isomorphic to a countable subgroup of the real numbers.

Ivan Vitev, Miklos Gyulassy

Jet quenching of quarks and gluons in central A+A collisions suppresses the high-p_T meson production and exposes novel baryon dynamics that we attribute to (gluonic) baryon junctions. This mechanism predicts baryon enhancement in a finite moderate-p_T window that decreases with increasing impact parameter. We also extend recent calculations of the transvers

T. Watari, T. Yanagida

The doublet--triplet mass splitting problem is one of the most serious problems in supersymmetric grand unified theories (GUTs). A class of models based on a product gauge group, such as the SU(5)_{GUT} times U(3)_H or the SU(5)_{GUT} times U(2)_H, realize naturally the desired mass splitting that is protected by an unbroken R symmetry. It has been pointed o

Bernd A. Kniehl, Caesar P. Palisoc, Lennart Zwirner

We investigate the associated production of heavy quarkonia, with angular-momentum quantum numbers ^{2S+1}L_J = ^1S_0, ^3S_1, ^1P_1, ^3P_J (J = 0, 1, 2), and photons, Z bosons, and W bosons in photon-photon, photon-hadron, and hadron-hadron collisions within the factorization formalism of nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics providing all contributing part

Ernest Ma

With the accumulation of many years of solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillation data, the approximate form of the 3 times 3 neutrino mixing matrix is now known. What is not known is the (presumably Majorana) neutrino mass matrix M_{nu} itself. In this chapter, the approximate form of M_{nu} is derived, leading to seven possible neutrino mass patterns: thre

Rava da Silveira, Guillaume Vidalenc, Cyprien Gay

The stress profile and reorientation of grains, in response to a point force applied to a preloaded two dimensional granular system, are calculated in the context of a continuum theory that incorporates the texture of the packing. When high friction prevents slip at the inter-grain contacts, an anisotropic packing propagates stress along two peaks which amal

Enrico Silva

We discuss the excess conductivity at nonzero frequencies in a superconductor above T_c within the gaussian approximation. We focus the attention on the temperature range not too close to T_c: within a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau formulation, we phenomenologically introduce a short wavelength cutoff (of the order of the inverse coherence length) in the fl

I. Kuzmenko, S. Gredeskul, K. Kikoin, Y. Avishai

Spectrum of boson fields and two-point correlators are analyzed in quantum crossbars (QCBs, a superlattice formed by m crossed interacting arrays of quantum wires), with short range inter-wire capacitive interaction. Spectral and correlation properties of double (m=2) and triple (m-3) QCBs are studied. It is shown that the standard bosonization procedure is

S. Kawasaki, T. Mito, Y. Kawasaki, G. -q. Zheng

We report evidence for unconventional superconductivity in CeIn_3 at a pressure P = 2.65 GPa above critical pressure (P_c ~ 2.5 GPa) revealed by the measurements of nuclear-spin-lattice-relaxation time (T_1) and ac-susceptibility (ac-chi). Both the measurements of T_1 and ac-chi have pointed to a superconducting transition at T_c = 95 mK, which is much lower

S. Lubeck

We analyze numerically the critical behavior of an absorbing phase transition in the conserved transfer threshold process. We determined the steady state scaling behavior of the order parameter as a function of both, the control parameter and an external field, conjugated to the order parameter. The external field is realized as a spontaneous creation of act

Pierre Le Doussal, Kay Joerg Wiese

Using the functional renormalization group, we study the depinning of elastic objects in presence of anisotropy. We explicitly demonstrate how the KPZ-term is always generated, even in the limit of vanishing velocity, except where excluded by symmetry. We compute the beta-function to one loop taking properly into account the non-analyticity. This gives rise

S. Torquato, F. H. Stillinger

Questions surrounding the spatial disposition of particles in various condensed-matter systems continue to pose many theoretical challenges. This paper explores the geometric availability of amorphous many-particle configurations that conform to a given pair correlation function g(r). Such a study is required to observe the basic constraints of non-negativit

T. T. Nguyen, B. I. Shklovskii

We comment on the huge enhancement of Coulomb drag in double layers two dimensional hole system observed in the experiment by Pillarisetty R., et al, PRL 86 (2002) 016805.

Nadya Gorlova, Michael R. Meyer, Jim Liebert, George H. Rieke

We obtained near-infrared spectra of a sample of very low mass objects as a function of age in order to investigate the temperature and surface gravity sensitivity of several features in the J and K bands.

Carlos S. Frenk

A timely combination of new theoretical ideas and observational discoveries has brought about significant advances in our understanding of cosmic evolution. Computer simulations have played a key role in these developments by providing the means to interpret astronomical data in the context of physical and cosmological theory. In the current paradigm, our Un

Hirohisa Nagata, Hiroshi Shibai, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, Takashi Onaka

We propose a new empirical method to estimate the total far-infrared flux of galaxies from the spectral energy distribution (SED) at wavelengths lambda shorter than 100 microns. It is difficult to derive the total far-infrared luminosity from only the IRAS data, though it is one of the most important properties of galaxies. Observations by Infrared Telescope

Paolo Padoan, Laurent Cambresy, William Langer

We compute the structure function scaling of a 2MASS extinction map of the Taurus molecular cloud complex. The scaling exponents of the structure functions of the extinction map follow the Boldyrev&#39;s velocity structure function scaling of supersonic turbulence. This confirms our previous result based on a spectral map of 13CO J=1-0 covering the same regi

M. N. Chernodub

We show that gluodynamics in an external Abelian electromagnetic field should possess a deconfining phase transition at zero temperature. Our analytical estimation of the critical external field is based on the dual superconductor picture which is formulated in the Euclidean space suitable for lattice calculations. A dual superconductor model corresponding t

Gilad Perez

We construct a left-right symmetric (LRS) model in five dimensions which accounts naturally for the lepton flavor parameters. The fifth dimension is described by an orbifold, S_1/Z_2 times Z&#39;_2, with a typical size of order TeV^{-1}. The fundamental scale is of order 25 TeV which implies that the gauge hierarchy problem is ameliorated. In addition the LR

Ken-ichi Okumura, Leszek Roszkowski

We examine the process $B \to X_s γ$ in minimal supersymmetry (SUSY) with general squark flavor mixings. We include all relevant next--to--leading order (NLO) QCD corrections and dominant NLO SUSY effects from the gluino. We find that gluino--squark corrections to down--type quark masses induce large NLO corrections to the dominant Wilson coefficients whose

Wei Min Yang, Dong Sheng Du

We investigate the production of the lightest neutral Higgs boson in association with tau sleptons in the CP violating minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) at future high-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ linear colliders. In parameter space of the constrained MSSM, the production cross section of $e^{+}e^{-}\to h^0\widetildeτ^+_1\widetildeτ^-_1$ can be very subst

Seungjoon Hyun, Hyeonjoon Shin

We construct IIA GS superstring action on the ten-dimensional pp-wave background, which arises as the compactification of eleven-dimensional pp-wave geometry along the isometry direction. The background geometry has 24 Killing spinors and among them, 16 components correspond to the non-linearly realized kinematical supersymmetry in the string action. The rem

Andrew Iyengar, Jelena Stajic, Ying-Jer Kao, K. Levin

We establish that the cuprate pseudogap plays a crucial role in the $ab$-plane optical conductivity $σ(ω,T)$ for temperatures $T \le T_c$. The pseudogap signatures in $σ(ω,T)$ associated with competing proposals of a ``hidden order&#39;&#39; and ``superconducting&#39;&#39; origin for the $d_{x^2 - y^2}$ pseudogap are found to differ in their qualitative $ω,T

H. Kleinert, A. Chervyakov

We show that the requirement of manifest coordinate invariance of perturbatively defined quantum-mechanical path integrals in curved space leads to an extension of the theory of distributions by specifying unique rules for integrating products of distributions. The rules are derived using equations of motion and partial integration, while keeping track of ce

J. M. G. Vilar, R. V. Sole, J. M. Rubi

Plankton is the productive base of aquatic ecosystems and plays a major role in the global control of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, after intensive study, the factors that drive its spatial distribution are still far from being clear. The models proposed so far show very limited agreement with actual data as many of their results are not consiste

Mei Xiaochun

Similar to introduce the Lorentz condition in the motion equation of electromagnetic field, the restriction condition is introduced in the motion equations of non-Ablian gauge fields so that the equations are simplified greatly and their wave solutions are obtained. Only in this way, the Feynman rule&#39;s use become rightful in the calculation of perturbati

R. I. Khrapko

A true energy-momentum tensor is unique and does not admit an addition of a term. The true electrodynamics&#39; energy-momentum tensor is the Maxwell-Minkowski tensor. It cannot be got with the Lagrange formalism. The canonical energy-momentum and spin tensors are out of all relation to the physical reality. The true electrodynamics&#39; spin tensor is not e

Rocco Duvenhage, Anton Stroh

Results concerning recurrence and ergodicity are proved in an abstract Hilbert space setting based on the proof of Khintchine&#39;s recurrence theorem for sets, and on the Hilbert space characterization of ergodicity. These results are carried over to a non-commutative *-algebraic setting using the GNS-construction. This generalizes the corresponding measure

Ralph M. Kaufmann

We analyze the algebraic structures of G--Frobenius algebras which are the algebras associated to global group quotient objects. Here G is any finite group. These algebras turn out to be modules over the Drinfeld double of the group ring k[G]. We furthermore prove that discrete torsion is a universal group action of H^2(G,k^*) on G--Frobenius algebras by iso

W. Machin, G. Papadopoulos

We construct actions for (p,0)- and (p,1)- supersymmetric, 1 <= p <= 4, two-dimensional gauge theories coupled to non-linear sigma model matter with a Wess-Zumino term. We derive the scalar potential for a large class of these models. We then show that the Euclidean actions of the (2,0) and (4,0)-supersymmetric models without Wess-Zumino terms are bounded by

A. V. Yurov

Using Darboux transformation one can construct infinite family of potentials which lead to the flat spectrum of scalar field fluctuations with arbitrary multiple precision, and, at the same time, with &#34;essentially blue&#34; spectrum of perturbations of metric. Besides, we describe reconstruction problem: find classical potential V(phi) starting from the

A. A. Deriglazov

A procedure to obtain noncommutative version for any nondegenerated dynamical system is proposed and discussed. The procedure is as follow. Let $S=\int dt L(q^A, ~ \dot q^A)$ is action of some nondegenerated system, and $L_1(q^A, ~ \dot q^A, ~ v_A)$ is the corresponding first order Lagrangian. Then the corresponding noncommutative version is $S_N=\int dt[ L_

T. Wada

The constant temperature derivation, which is a model-free derivation of the Boltzmann factor, is generalized in order to develop a new simple model-free derivation of a power-law Tsallis factor based on an environment with constant heat capacity. It is shown that the integral constant T_0 appeared in the new derivation is identified with the generalized tem

S. Brazovskii, S. I. Matveenko

We consider pseudogap effects for electrons interacting with gapless modes. We study both generic 1D semiconductors with acoustic phonons and incommensurate charge density waves. We calculate the subgap absorption as it can be observed by means of the photo electron or tunneling spectroscopy. Within the formalism of functional integration and the adiabatic a

Pia Mukherjee, Tarun Souradeep, Bharat Ratra, Naoshi Sugiyama

We use Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data to constrain cosmological parameters. We account for the OVRO beamwidth and calibration uncertainties, as well as the uncertainty induced by the removal of non-CMB foreground contamination. We consider open and spatially-flat-Lambda cold dark matter cosmogonies, wi

Martin G. Haehnelt, Guinevere Kauffmann

We study the number and interaction rates of supermassive black holes in galactic bulges as predicted by hierarchical models of galaxy formation in which the spheroidal components of galaxies are formed by mergers. In bright ellipticals, the number of events that can eject a central supermassive binary black hole is large. Central binaries must therefore mer

Ulrich Gerland, Ralf Bundschuh, Terence Hwa

We study theoretically the denaturation of single RNA molecules by mechanical stretching, focusing on signatures of the (un)folding pathway in molecular fluctuations. Our model describes the interactions between nucleotides by incorporating the experimentally determined free energy rules for RNA secondary structure, while exterior single stranded regions are

Shohini Ghose, Paul M. Alsing, Ivan H. Deutsch, Tanmoy Bhattacharya

We study the role of continuous measurement in the quantum to classical transition for a system with coupled internal (spin) and external (motional) degrees of freedom. Even when the measured motional degree of freedom can be treated classically, entanglement between spin and motion causes strong measurement backaction on the quantum spin subsystem so that c

Ralf Schützhold

By means of a simple example it is demonstrated that the task of finding and identifying certain patterns in an otherwise (macroscopically) unstructured picture (data set) can be accomplished efficiently by a quantum computer. Employing the powerful tool of the quantum Fourier transform the proposed quantum algorithm exhibits an exponential speed-up in compa

B. Scott Gaudi, David S. Graff, Cheongho Han

We outline a method by which the angular radii of giant and main sequence stars in the Galactic bulge can be measured to a few percent accuracy. The method combines ground-based photometry of caustic-crossing bulge microlensing events, with a handful of precise astrometric measurements of the lensed star during the event, to measure the angular radius of the

Rik J. Williams, Richard W. Pogge, Smita Mathur

We present a sample of 150 narrow-line Seyfert 1s (NLS1s) found within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (EDR), only two of which were previously identified as such. This substantially increases the known number of NLS1s, and provides a basic method by which to identify many more with subsequent releases of SDSS data. With its large size and ho

Belal E. Baaquie, Claudio Coriano, Marakani Srikant

Quantum Finance represents the synthesis of the techniques of quantum theory (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) to theoretical and applied finance. After a brief overview of the connection between these fields, we illustrate some of the methods of lattice simulations of path integrals for the pricing of options. The ideas are sketched out for simpl

Bella Schelpe, Adrian Kent, William Munro, Tim Spiller

We discuss what can be inferred from measurements on one- and two-qubit systems using a single measurement basis at various times. We show that, given reasonable physical assumptions, carrying out such measurements at quarter-period intervals is enough to demonstrate coherent oscillations of one or two qubits between the relevant measurement basis states. On

Alessandro Speranza, Peter Sollich

We study the phase behaviour of hard rods with length polydispersity, treated within a simplified version of the Onsager model. We give a detailed description of the unusual phase behaviour of the system when the rod length distribution has a &#34;fat&#34; (e.g. log-normal) tail up to some finite cutoff. The relatively large number of long rods in the system

Keith A. Olive

The supersymmetric extension to the Standard Model offers a promising cold dark matter candidate, the lightest neutralino. I will review the prospects for the detection of this candidate in both accelerator and direct detection searches.

Martti Raidal

In left-right models the gluonic penguin contribution to b --> s s-bar s transition is enhanced by m_t/m_b due to the presence of (V+A) currents and by the larger values of loop functions than in the Standard Model. Together those may completely overcome the suppression due to small left-right mixing angle xi <~ 0.013. Two independent new phases in the B -->

Hongsu Kim

By intersecting the RR charged D_p - bar{D}_p pair (p=6, 4, 2, 0) with the RR F7-brane and by intersecting the NSNS charged F1-bar{F1} and NS5-bar{NS5} pairs with the NSNS F6-branes, the possibility of stabilizing the brane-antibrane systems is considered. The behavior of the corresponding supergravity solutions indicates that the RR F7-brane content of the

Ping-Xing Chen, Cheng-Zu Li

In this paper we present a necessary and sufficient condition of distinguishability of bipartite quantum states. It is shown that the operators to reliably distinguish states need only rounds of projective measurements and classical comunication. We also present a necessary condition of distinguishability of bipartite quantum states which is simple and gener

Kiwoon Choi, Ian-Woo Kim

We calculate the full 1-loop corrections to the low energy coupling of bulk gauge boson in a slice of AdS5 which are induced by generic 5-dimensional scalar, Dirac fermion, and vector fields with arbitrary Z_2 times Z_2&#39; orbifold boundary conditions. In supersymmetric limit, our results correctly reproduce the results obtained by an independent method ba

Kazuo Fujikawa

We examine the N=2 Wess-Zumino model defined on the $d=2$ Euclidean lattice in connection with a restoration of the Leibniz rule in the limit $a\to0$ in perturbatively finite theory. We are interested in the difference between the Wilson and Ginsparg-Wilson fermions and in the effects of extra interactions introduced by an analysis of Nicolai mapping. As for

Kai Chen, Ling-An Wu

We present a generalized partial transposition separability criterion for the density matrix of a multipartite quantum system. This criterion comprises as special cases the famous Peres-Horodecki criterion and the recent realignment criterion in [O. Rudolph, quant-ph/0202121] and [K. Chen, L.A. Wu, quant-ph/0205017]. It involves only straightforward matrix m

A. Ghinculov, T. Hurth, G. Isidori, Y. -P. Yao

We report the results of a new calculation of soft-gluon corrections in B -> X_s l^+ l^- decays. In particular, we present the first calculation of bremsstrahlung and corresponding virtual terms to the lepton forward-backward asymmetry, which allows us to systematically include all contributions to this observable beyond the lowest non-trivial order. The new

F. N. Valvi, V. S. Geroyannis

We present explicit inverses of two Brownian--type matrices, which are defined as Hadamard products of certain already known matrices. The matrices under consideration are defined by $3n-1$ parameters and their lower Hessenberg form inverses are expressed analytically in terms of these parameters. Such matrices are useful in the theory of digital signal proc

Yasutaka Katagiri, Noriaki Kitazawa

We investigate the explicit form of the fermionic zeromodes in heterotic fivebrane backgrounds. By explicitly solving the fermionic field equations in fivebrane backgrounds, two normalizable and physical fermionic zeromodes are obtained. Each of these zeromodes has a non-vanishing gravitino component. We suggest a possible scenario of the gravitino pair cond

D. Bacon, B. F. Toner

What is the communication cost of simulating the correlations produced by quantum theory? We generalize Bell inequalities to the setting of local realistic theories augmented by a fixed amount of classical communication. Suppose two parties choose one of M two-outcome measurements and exchange 1 bit of information. We present the complete set of inequalities

Hiroyuki Hata, Hisashi Kogetsu

We construct massive open string states around a classical solution in the oscillator formulation of Vacuum String Field Theory. In order for the correct mass spectrum to be reproduced, the projection operators onto the modes of the left- and right-half of the string must have an anomalous eigenvalue 1/2, and the massive states are constructed using the corr

Nicolas Garnier, Arnaud Chiffaudel, Francois Daviaud

We report experimental study of the secondary modulational instability of a one-dimensional non-linear traveling wave in a long bounded channel. Two qualitatively different instability regimes involving fronts of spatio-temporal defects are linked to the convective and absolute nature of the instability. Both transitions appear to be subcritical. The spatio-

Daria Ahrensmeier, Saurya Das, Randy Kobes, Gabor Kunstatter

We examine the use of adiabatic quantum algorithms to solve structured, or nested, search problems. We construct suitable time dependent Hamiltonians and derive the computation times for a general class of nested searches involving n qubits. As expected, we find that as additional structure is included, the Hamiltonians become more local and the computation

Marian Kupczynski

Quantum cryptography, quantum computer project, space-time quantization program and recent computer experiments reported by Accardi and his collaborators show the importance and actuality of the discussion of the completeness of quantum mechanics (QM) started by Einstein more than 70 years ago. Many years ago we pointed out that the violation of Bell&#39;s i

Lorenza Viola, Emanuel Knill

We propose a general procedure for implementing dynamical decoupling without requiring arbitrarily strong, impulsive control actions. This is accomplished by designing continuous decoupling propagators according to Eulerian paths in the decoupling group for the system. Such Eulerian decoupling schemes offer two important advantages over their impulsive count

Igor D. Kaganovich

Most plasmas have a very thin sheath compared with the plasma dimension. This necessitates separate calculations of the plasma and sheath. The Bohm criterion provides the boundary condition for calculation of plasma profiles. To calculate sheath properties a value of electric field at the plasma-sheath interface has to be specified in addition to the Bohm cr

Ulrich Hillenbrand, J. Leo van Hemmen

The thalamus is the major gate to the cortex and its contribution to cortical receptive field properties is well established. Cortical feedback to the thalamus is, in turn, the anatomically dominant input to relay cells, yet its influence on thalamic processing has been difficult to interpret. For an understanding of complex sensory processing, detailed conc

John H. Huckans, Dean C. Walker, Carla Zembal-Saul, Nathan A. Kurz

This article describes a wind tunnel&#39;s ease of construction and its uses as a visualization tool that integrates concepts at the primary and secondary levels. An Appendix contains detailed building instructions. A web site (under construction) will provide sample lesson plans, visualization and application tips, animations and links to background

D. Jarecke, P. Maris, P. C. Tandy

The vector meson strong decays rho-->pi pi, phi-->KK, and K^star-->pi K are studied within a covariant approach based on the ladder-rainbow truncation of the QCD Dyson--Schwinger equation for the quark propagator and the Bethe--Salpeter equation for the mesons. The model preserves the one-loop behavior of QCD in the ultraviolet, has two infrared parameters,

Yoshihiko Kondo, Osamu Morimatsu

We propose a new approach to construct QCD sum rules for the pi NN coupling constant, g, starting from the vacuum-to-pion correlation function of the interpolating fields of two nucleons and taking its matrix element with respect to nucleon spinors. The new approach with the projected correlation function is advantageous because even in the chiral limit the

S. P. Kamerdzhiev, V. I. Tselyaev

The isoscalar E1 and E2 resonances in the proton-rich nuclei ^{48,49}Ni and the {f_{7/2}3^-} multiplet in ^{49}Ni have been calculated taking into account the single-particle continuum exactly. The analogous calculations for the mirror nuclei ^{48}Ca and ^{49}Sc are presented. The models used are the continuum RPA for ^{48}Ni, ^{48}Ca and the Odd RPA for ^{4

R. Nouicer, B. B. Back, R. R. Betts, K. H. Gulbrandsen

The PHOBOS experiment is well positioned to obtain crucial information about relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC, combining a multiplicity counter with a multi-particle spectrometer. The multiplicity arrays will measure the charged particle multiplicity over the full solid angle. The spectrometer will be able to identify particles at mid-rapidity. The

J. B. Natowitz, K. Hagel, Y. Ma, M. Murray

For nuclei in five different mass regions the critical temperatures, at which the surface tension vanishes, are derived from information on the liquid branch of the coexistence curve. These critical temperatures increase with increasing mass and, for higher masses are well above recently reported critical temperatures obtained from Fisher Droplet model and p

E. De Angelis, C. M. Casciola, R. Benzi, R. Piva

The turbulent energy cascade in dilute polymers solution is addressed here by considering a direct numerical simulation of homogeneous isotropic turbulence of a FENE-P fluid in a triply periodic box. On the basis of the DNS data, a scale by scale analysis is provided by using the proper extension to visco-elastic fluids of the Karman-Howarth equation for the

Ahmed Abouelaz, Omar El Fourchi

We define and study the spectral projection operator for compactly supported distributions on Damek-Ricci space NA. The Paley-Wiener-Schwartz theorem and the range of S^{p}(NA)^{#}(0<p<=2) via spectral projection operator are established. The L^{2}-estimation for this operator is also given. In order to do the Paley-Wiener theorem for the non necessary radia

Reyer Sjamaar

We introduce a de Rham model for stratified spaces arising from symplectic reduction. It turns out that the reduced symplectic form and its powers give rise to well-defined cohomology classes, even on a singular symplectic quotient.

Uwe Semmelmann, Gregor Weingart

In this article we prove an upper bound for a Hilbert polynomial on quaternionic Kaehler manifolds of positive scalar curvature. As corollaries we obtain bounds on the quaternionic volume and the degree of the associated twistor space. Moreover the article contains some details on differential equations of finite type. Part of it is used in the proof of the

Shulim Kaliman

Let S and R be the rings of regular functions on affine algebraic varieties over a field of characteristic 0, R be embedded as a subring in S, and F : S --> S be an endomorphism such that F(R) subset R. Suppose that every ideal of height 1 in R generates a proper ideal in S, and the spectrum of R has no selfintersection points. We show that if F is an automo

Marc A. Nieper-Wisskirchen

Borisov and Libgober recently proved a conjecture of Dijkgraaf, Moore, Verlinde, and Verlinde on the elliptic genus of a Hilbert scheme of points on a surface. We show how their result can be used together with our work on complex genera of generalised Kummer varieties to deduce a formula for the elliptic genus of a generalised Kummer variety.

S. Cupit-Foutou

A two-orbit variety is a normal complete complex algebraic variety on which a reductive complex algebraic group acts with exactly two orbits. The aim of this paper is to give the classification of all two-orbit varieties and to prove Luna&#39;s conjecture, namely that two-orbit varieties are spherical.

Roland Bacher

We describe a class of matrices whose determinants are trivial to compute. A nice example of such a matrix is given by considering the symmetric matrix with entries {i+j choose i} (mod 2) in {0,1}, 0 <= i,j < n the binomial coefficients modulo 2 represented by {0,1}. The determinant of the above matrix is then closely related to the Thue-Morse sequence count

Simon Gindikin, Toshihiko Matsuki

It is known that the closure of an arbitrary K_c-orbit on a flag manifold is expressed as a product of a closed K_c-orbit and a Schubert cell ([M2], [Sp]). We already applied this fact to the duality of orbits on flag manifolds ([GM]). We refine here this result and and give its new applications to the study of domains arising from the duality.

A. Gorsky, M. Shifman

We discuss Strassler&#39;s hypothesis of matching nonperturbative effects in orbifold pairs of gauge theories which are perturbatively planar equivalent. One of the examples considered is the parent N=1 SU(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and its nonsupersymmetric orbifold daughter. We apply two strategies allowing us to study nonperturbative effects: (i)

Alin Tirziu, Paul Fendley

We analyze the spectrum of the N=(2,2) supersymmetric Landau-Ginzburg theory in two dimensions with superpotential W=X^{n+2}-lambda X^2. We find the full BPS spectrum of this theory by exploiting the direct connection between the UV and IR limits of the theory. The computation utilizes results from the Picard-Lefschetz theory of singularities and its extensi

Dongsu Bak

We present a consistent framework that enables us to understand the big bang singularity of our universe.

E. Arik, O. Cakir, S. Sultansoy

Superjet events observed by the CDF Collaboration are interpreted as anomalous single production of the fourth SM family u_4 quark, decaying into a new light scalar particle. The specific predictions of the proposed mechanism are discussed.

Sze Kui Ng

In this paper we give a computation of the mass spectrum of mesons and baryons. By this computation we show that there is a consecutive numbering of the mass spectrum of mesons and baryons. We show that in this numbering many stable mesons and baryons are assigned with a prime number. PACS numbers: 12.40.Yx, 14.20Gk, 14.40A, 14.40Cs.