March 2005 arXiv papers — page 2

Emmanuel Kowalski

We prove quantitative upper bounds for the number of quadratic twists of a given elliptic curve $E/\Fp_q(C)$ over a function field over a finite field that have rank $\geq 2$, and for their average rank. The main tools are constructions and results of Katz and uniform versions of the Chebotarev density theorem for varieties over finite fields. Moreover, we c

K. De Naeghel, M. Van den Bergh

The Hilbert scheme of n points in the projective plane has a natural stratification obtained from the associated Hilbert series. In general, the precise inclusion relation between the closures of the strata is still unknown. Guerimand studied this problem for strata whose Hilbert series are as close as possible. Preimposing a certain technical condition he o

K. De Naeghel, M. Van den Bergh

We determine the possible Hilbert functions of graded rank one torsion free modules over three dimensional Artin-Schelter regular algebras. It turns out that, as in the commutative case, they are related to Castelnuovo functions. From this we obtain an intrinsic proof that the space of torsion free rank one modules on a non-commutative projective plane is co

K. De Naeghel, M. Van den Bergh

In this paper we classify graded reflexive ideals, up to isomorphism and shift, in certain three dimensional Artin-Schelter regular algebras. This classification is similar to the classification of right ideals in the first Weyl algebra, a problem that was completely settled recently. The situation we consider is substantially more complicated however.

Hitoshi Konno

The matrix elements of the $2\times 2$ fusion of Baxter's elliptic $R$-matrix, $R^{(2,2)}(u)$, are given explicitly. Based on a note by Jimbo, we give a formula which show that $R^{(2,2)}(u)$ is gauge equivalent to Fateev's $R$-matrix for the 21-vertex model. Then the crossing symmetry formula for $R^{(2,2)}(u)$ is derived. We also consider the fusio

Hitoshi Konno

A new formula connecting the elliptic $6j$-symbols and the fusion of the vertex-face intertwining vectors is given. This is based on the identification of the $k$ fusion intertwining vectors with the change of base matrix elements from Sklyanin's standard base to Rosengren's natural base in the space of even theta functions of order $2k$. The new for

Elon Lindenstrauss, Akshay Venkatesh

Let G be a split adjoint semisimple group over Q and K a maximal compact subgroup of the real points G(R). We shall give a uniform, short and essentially elementary proof of the Weyl law for cusp forms on congruence quotients of G(R)/K. This proves a conjecture of Sarnak for Q-split groups, previously known only for the case of PGL(n). The key idea amounts t

R. Cluckers, L. Lipshitz, Z. Robinson

The main results of this paper are a Cell Decomposition Theorem for Henselian valued fields with analytic structure in an analytic Denef-Pas language, and its application to analytic motivic integrals and analytic integrals over $\FF_q((t))$ of big enough characteristic. To accomplish this, we introduce a general framework for Henselian valued fields $K$ wit

S. P. Novikov

Topology of Foliations of the Riemann Surfaces given by the real part of generic holomorphic 1-forms, is studied. Our approach is based on the notion of Transversal Canonical Basis of Cycles (TCB) instead of using just one closed transversal curve as in the classical approach of the ergodic theory. In some cases the TCB approach allows us to present a conven

Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Saadbouh

Let $Φ$ be a Drinfeld $\mathbf{F}_{q}[T]$-module of rank 2, over a finite field $L$, a finite extension of $n$ degrees of a finite field with $q$ elements $\mathbf{F}_{q}$. Let $m$ be the extension degrees of $ L$ over the field $\mathbf{F}_{q}[T]/P$, $P$ is the $\mathbf{F}%_{q}[T]$-characteristic of $L$, and $d$ the degree of the polynomial $P$. We will dis

Samuel Boissiere

The cohomology of the Hilbert schemes of points on smooth projective surfaces can be approached both with vertex algebra tools and equivariant tools. Using the first tool, we study the existence and the structure of universal formulas for the Chern classes of the tangent bundle over the Hilbert scheme of points on a projective surface. The second tool leads

Daniel Beltiţă, Tudor S. Ratiu

We present several large classes of real Banach Lie-Poisson spaces whose characteristic distributions are integrable, the integral manifolds being symplectic leaves just as in finite dimensions. We also investigate when these leaves are embedded submanifolds or when they have Kähler structures. Our results apply to the real Banach Lie-Poisson spaces provided

Keiji Oguiso

Being inspired by a work of Curtis T. McMullen about a very impressive automorphism of a K3 surface of Picard number zero, we shall clarify the structure of the bimeromorphic automorphism group of a non-projective hyperkähler manifold, up to finite group factor. We also discuss relevant topics, especially, new counterexamples of Kodaira's problem about a

Pieter Moree

Given a formal power series f(z) we define, for any positive integer r, its rth Witt transform, W_f^{(r)}, by rW_f^{(r)}(z)=sum_{d|r}mu(d)f(z^d)^{r/d}, where mu is the Moebius function. The Witt transform generalizes the necklace polynomials M(a,n) that occur in the cyclotomic identity 1-ay=prod (1-y^n)^{M(a,n)}, where the product is over all positive intege

Serban Nacu, Yuval Peres

Let S\subset (0,1). Given a known function f:S\to (0,1), we consider the problem of using independent tosses of a coin with probability of heads p (where p\in S is unknown) to simulate a coin with probability of heads f(p). We prove that if S is a closed interval and f is real analytic on S, then f has a fast simulation on S (the number of p-coin tosses need

F. Nitti, M. Porrati, J. -W. Rombouts

We propose a novel approach to the problem of constraining cosmological initial conditions. Within the framework of effective field theory, we classify initial conditions in terms of boundary terms added to the effective action describing the cosmological evolution below Planckian energies. These boundary terms can be thought of as spacelike branes which may

George Siopsis

We consider a 3-brane of positive cosmological constant (de Sitter) in D-dimensional Minkowski space. We show that the Poincare algebra in the bulk yields a SO(4,2) algebra when restricted to the brane. In the limit of zero cosmological constant (flat brane), this algebra turns into the conformal algebra on the brane. We derive a correspondence principle for

S. Bellucci, A. Beylin, S. Krivonos, A. Nersessian

We construct N=4 supersymmetric mechanics using the N=4 nonlinear chiral supermultiplet. The two bosonic degrees of freedom of this supermultiplet parameterize the sphere S(2) and go into the bosonic components of the standard chiral multiplet when the radius of the sphere goes to infinity. We construct the most general action and demonstrate that the nonlin

Luca Martucci

This paper discusses some results on semiclassical string configurations lying in the IR sector of supergravity backgrounds dual to confining gauge theories. On the gauge theory side, the string states we analyse correspond to Wilson loops, glueballs and KK-hadrons. The 1-loop correction to the classical energy is never subleading, but can be viewed as a cou

Shijong Ryang

By using the non-diagonal uniform gauge for the Nambu-Goto string action we derive a gauge-fixed Hamiltonian of a square-root form for the closed string in AdS_5 x S^5 which is wound and rotating in an angular direction in S^5. From the Nambu-Goto string action using a non-diagonal gauge we construct a solution describing a wound string which rotates in the

Harald Fritzsch

We define a constituent quark within QCD. It is shown that the spin of such a quark and hence also the spin of the nucleon reduced due to $\bar{q}q$-pairs, in agreement with experiment. A solution to the spin problem is given.

Piotr Niezurawski

In this thesis feasibility of the precise measurement of the Higgs-boson production cross section gamma+gamma->higgs->b+bbar at the Photon Collider at TESLA is studied in detail. The study is based on the realistic luminosity spectra simulation. The heavy quark background is estimated using the dedicated code based on NLO QCD calculations. Other background p

Jun He, B. Julia-Diaz, Yu-bing Dong

The electromagnetic form factors, charge radii and decay constants of pion, K and K*(892) are calculated using the three forms of relativistic kinematics: instant form, point form and (light) front form. Simple representations of the mass operator together with single quark currents are employed with all the forms. Making use of previously fixed parameters,

Kai Hencken, Gerhard Baur, Ute Dreyer, Dirk Trautmann

Ultraperipheral collisions at heavy ion colliders use the strong Coulomb fields surrounding the ions to study photon-photon and photon-hadron processes at high energy. A number of processes of interest are discussed here.

John Strologas, Steven Errede

We present the Standard Model prediction for the eight angular coefficients of the W boson, which completely describe its differential cross section in hadron collisions. These coefficients are ratios of the W helicity cross sections and the total unpolarized cross section. We also suggest a technique to experimentally extract the coefficients.

Cristian Valenzuela

In this thesis we study top-condensation models of electroweak symmetry breaking. In particular we investigate a scenario in which the CP symmetry is broken spontaneously due to the same condensates responsible of electroweak symmetry breaking. In this way a CP violating CKM matrix, gauge boson masses, and quark masses are dynamically generated. We started w

Ph. de Forcrand, O. Jahn

The standard approach to Monte Carlo simulations of SU(N) Yang-Mills theories updates successive SU(2) subgroups of each SU(N) link. We follow up on an old proposal of Creutz, to perform overrelaxation in the full SU(N) group instead, and show that it is more efficient.

Lino Miramonti

Underground laboratories are complementary to those where the research in fundamental physics is made using accelerators. This report focus on the logistic and on the background features of the most relevant laboratories in Europe, stressing also on the low background facilities available. In particular the report is focus on the laboratories involved in the

I-Ching Yang, Chia-Hsiu Tsai

The Møller energy complex of Schwarzschild black hole solution in several coodinates are evaluated. Our results show that the Møller energy complex is independent of not only the purely spatial transformation, but also the shift of time coordinate. So, we could conclude that a shift of time coordinates will not change the energy which is obtained by using th

Akinbo Ojo

Space-time singularities, viz. Big bang, Big crunch and black holes have been shown to follow from the singularity theorems of General relativity. Whether the entropy at such infinite proper-time objects can be other than zero has also been a longstanding subject of research. Currently the property most commonly chosen to calculate their entropy is a multipl

Frederic Henry-Couannier

The theoretical and phenomenological status of negative energies is reviewed in Quantum Field theory leading to the conclusion that hopefully their rehabilitation might only be completed in a modified general relativistic model

Andris Ambainis

We consider the probability hierarchy for Popperian FINite learning and study the general properties of this hierarchy. We prove that the probability hierarchy is decidable, i.e. there exists an algorithm that receives p_1 and p_2 and answers whether PFIN-type learning with the probability of success p_1 is equivalent to PFIN-type learning with the probabili

Jan Chomicki, Joyce Song

We study here preference revision, considering both the monotonic case where the original preferences are preserved and the nonmonotonic case where the new preferences may override the original ones. We use a relational framework in which preferences are represented using binary relations (not necessarily finite). We identify several classes of revisions tha

Tatsuaki Okamoto, Ryo Kashima

This paper introduces new notions of asymptotic proofs, PT(polynomial-time)-extensions, PTM(polynomial-time Turing machine)-omega-consistency, etc. on formal theories of arithmetic including PA (Peano Arithmetic). This paper shows that P not= NP (more generally, any super-polynomial-time lower bound in PSPACE) is unprovable in a PTM-omega-consistent theory T

David Arrowsmith, Mario di Bernardo, Francesco Sorrentino

This paper is concerned with the characterization of the relationship between topology and traffic dynamics. We use a model of network generation that allows the transition from random to scale free networks. Specifically, we consider three different topological types of network: random, scale-free with γ= 3, scale-free with γ= 2. By using a novel LRD traffi

Yongzhi Cao, Mingsheng Ying

Due to the appearance of uncontrollable events in discrete event systems, one may wish to replace the behavior leading to the uncontrollability of pre-specified language by some quite similar one. To capture this similarity, we introduce metric to traditional supervisory control theory and generalize the concept of original controllability to $\ld$-controlla

Artur Rataj

In this paper, feedforward neural networks are presented that have nonlinear weight functions based on look--up tables, that are specially smoothed in a regularization called the diffusion. The idea of such a type of networks is based on the hypothesis that the greater number of adaptive parameters per a weight function might reduce the total number of the w

S. Park, K. Kang, W. Si, W. -S. Yoon

We have prepared the oxyhydrate Na03RhO206H2O by extracting Na+ cations from NaRhO2 and intercalating water molecules using an aqueous solution of Na2S2O8. Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) reveal that a non-stoichiometric Na03(H2O)06 network separates layers of edge-sharing RhO

L. N. Bulaevskii, M. Hruška, M. P. Maley

In magnetic superconductors a moving vortex lattice is accompanied by an ac magnetic field which leads to the generation of spin waves. At resonance conditions the dynamics of vortices in magnetic superconductors changes drastically, resulting in strong peaks in the dc I-V characteristics at voltages at which the washboard frequency of vortex lattice matches

Gustavo A. Narvaez, Gabriel Bester, Alex Zunger

By combining an atomistic pseudopotential method with the configuration interaction approach, we predict the pressure dependence of the binding energies of neutral and charged excitons: $X^0$ (neutral monoexciton), $X^{-}$ and $X^{+}$ (charged trions), and $XX^0$ (biexciton) in lens-shaped, self-assembled In$_{0.6}$Ga$_{0.4}$As/GaAs quantum dots. We predict

A. Svizhenko, M. P. Anantram, T. R. Govindan

We calculate the current and electrostatic potential drop in metallic carbon nanotube wires self-consistently, by solving the Green's function and electrostatics equations in the ballistic case. About one tenth of the applied voltage drops across the bulk of a nanowire, independent of the lengths considered here. The remaining nine tenths of the bias dro

M. A. Skvortsov, M. V. Feigel'man

We discuss intrinsic inhomogeneities of superconductive properties of uniformly disordered thin films with large dimensionless conductance g. It is shown that mesoscopic fluctuations, which usually contain a small factor 1/g, are crucially enhanced near the critical conductance g_c >> 1 where superconductivity is destroyed at T=0 due to Coulomb suppression o

S. Saikin, Yu. V. Pershin, V. Privman

We summarize semiclassical modeling methods, including drift-diffusion, kinetic transport equation and Monte Carlo simulation approaches, utilized in studies of spin dynamics and transport in semiconductor structures. As a review of the work by our group, several examples of applications of these modeling techniques are presented.

A. Svizhenko, M. P. Anantram

We computationally study the electrostatic potential profile and current carrying capacity of carbon nanotubes as a function of length and diameter. Our study is based on solving the non equilibrium Green's function and Poisson equations self-consistently, including the effect of electron-phonon scattering. A transition from ballistic to diffusive regime

A. F. Santander-Syro, N. Bontemps

Recently, A. V. Boris and colleagues claimed to deduce a decrease of intraband spectral weight (SW), and a transfer of SW from intraband to inter-band frequencies, when optimally-doped or slightly underdoped cuprates become superconducting [A. V. Boris et al., Science 304, p. 708 (2004)]. We show that, while their data agree with others [H. J. A. Molegraaf e

L. J. Klein, K. L. M. Lewis, K. A. Slinker, Srijit Goswami

The controlled depletion of electrons in semiconductors is the basis for numerous devices. Reactive-ion etching provides an effective technique for fabricating both classical and quantum devices. However, Fermi level pinning can occur, and must be carefully considered in the development of small devices, such as quantum dots. Because of depletion, the electr

M. Grobis, A. Wachowiak, R. Yamachika, M. F. Crommie

We have observed tunable negative differential resistance (NDR) in scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements of a double layer of C60 molecules on a metallic surface. Using a simple model we show that the observed NDR behavior is explained by voltage-dependent changes in the tunneling barrier height.

Baruch Meerson, Andrea Puglisi

We performed molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the clustering instability of a freely cooling dilute gas of inelastically colliding disks in a quasi-one-dimensional setting. We observe that, as the gas cools, the shear stress becomes negligibly small, and the gas flows by inertia only. Finite-time singularities, intrinsic in such a flow, are arre

A. Tedeschi, A. De Martino, I. Giardina

The Minority Game framework was recently generalized to account for the possibility that agents adapt not only through strategy selection but also by diversifying their response according to the kind of dynamical regime, or the risk, they perceive. Here we study the effects of this mechanism in different information structures. We show that both the stationa

R. Gandikota, R. K. Singh, J. Kim, B. Wilkens

The effect of damage induced by 2-MeV alpha particles, followed by annealing, on the critical temperature (Tc), resistivity, and upper critical field (Hc2), of three MgB2 films made by different deposition processes has been studied. Damage creates a linear decrease in Tc with residual resistivity, and produces maxima in both Hc2(0)-perpendicular and Hc2(0)-

Michel Ferrero, Federico Becca, Michele Fabrizio, Massimo Capone

We investigate the role of the bandwidth difference in the Mott metal-insulator transition of a two-band Hubbard model in the limit of infinite dimensions, by means of a Gutzwiller variational wave function as well as by dynamical mean-field theory. The variational calculation predicts a two-stage quenching of the charge degrees of freedom, in which the narr

M. Bhatia, M. D. Sumption, E. W. Collings, S. Dregia

In a study of the influence of ZrB2 additions on the irreversibility field, Birr and the upper critical field Bc2, bulk samples with 7.5 at. % ZrB2 additions were made by a powder milling and compaction technique. These samples were then heated to 700-900C for 0.5 hours. Resistive transitions were measured at 4.2 K and Birr and Bc2 values were determined. An

M. D. Sumption, M. Bhatia, F. Buta, S. Bohnenstiehl

Three solenoids have been wound and with MgB2 strand and tested for transport properties. One of the coils was wound with Cu-sheathed monofilamentary strand and the other two with a seven filament strand with Nb-reaction barriers, Cu stabilization, and an outer monel sheath. The wires were first S-glass insulated, then wound onto an OFHC Cu former. The coils

Guido Manzi, Rossana Marra

We consider a kinetic model of two species of particles interacting with a reservoir at fixed temperature, described by two coupled Vlasov-Fokker-Plank equations. We prove that in the diffusive limit the evolution is described by a macroscopic equation in the form of the gradient flux of the macroscopic free energy functional. Moreover, we study the sharp in

Enis Tuncer

In this paper, dielectric permittivity of dielectric mixtures is discussed in view of the spectral density representation method. A distinct representation is derived for predicting the dielectric properties [Tuncer E 2005 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 17 L125]. In order to illustrate the strength of the representation and confirm the proposed hypothesis, Landau-

J. Sellares, J. C. Canadas, J. A. Diego, M. Mudarra

The dielectric alpha relaxation is the dielectric manifestation of the glass transition. In spite of this fact, the more commonly used models, the Arrhenius model and the Williams--Landel--Ferry model, do not take into account the structural state of the system to modelize this relaxation. In thermally stimulated discharge current (TSDC) experiments, the sam

N. M. Bogoliubov

Plane partitions naturally appear in many problems of statistical physics and quantum field theory, for instance, in the theory of faceted crystals and of topological strings on Calabi-Yau threefolds. In this paper a connection is made between the exactly solvable model with the boson dynamical variables and a problem of enumeration of boxed plane partitions

M. Benarous

We use the time-dependent variational of Balian and Veneroni to derive a set of equations governing the dynamics of a trapped Bose gas at finite temperature. We show that this dynamics generalizes the Gross-Pitaevskii equations in that it introduces a consistent coupling between the evolution of the condensate density, the thermal cloud and the anomalous den

Pinaki Majumdar, Sanjeev Kumar

In this paper we present results on the disordered Holstein-Double Exchange model, explicitly in three dimension and `metallic' densities, obtained by using a recently developed Monte Carlo approach. Following up on our earlier paper, cond-mat/0406085, here we provide a detailed microscopic picture of the thermally driven metal-insulator transition (MIT)

K. Yu. Guslienko, A. N. Slavin

We show that the dynamic magnetization at the edges of a thin magnetic element with finite lateral size can be described by new effective boundary conditions that take into account inhomogeneous demagnetizing fields near the element edges. These fields play a dominant role in the effective pinning of the dynamic magnetization at the boundaries of mesoscopic

Tobias Galla, David Sherrington

We study the role of strategy correlations and timing of adaptation for the dynamics of Minority Games, both simulationally and analytically. Using the exact generating functional approach a la De Dominicis we compute the phase diagram and the behaviour of batch and on-line games with correlated strategies, complementing exisiting replica studies of their st

Giuseppe Liberti, Rosa Letizia Zaffino

We discuss the problem of a N two-level systems interacting with a single radiation mode in the strong-coupling regime. The thermodynamic properties of Dicke model are analyzed developing a perturbative expansion of the partition function in the high-temperature limit and we use this method to investigate the connections between the Dicke and the collective

Ferdinando Mancini

In this paper, we show that a system of localized particles, satisfying the Fermi statistics and subject to finite-range interactions, can be exactly solved in any dimension. In fact, in this case it is always possible to find a finite closed set of eigenoperators of the Hamiltonian. Then, the hierarchy of the equations of motion for the Green's function

Vik. S. Dotsenko, G. Blatter

We investigate the liquid-glass phase transition in a system of point-like particles interacting via a finite-range attractive potential in D-dimensional space. The phase transition is driven by an `entropy crisis' where the available phase space volume collapses dramatically at the transition. We describe the general strategy underlying the first-princi

Malte Henkel

Dynamical scaling in ageing systems, notably in phase-ordering kinetics, is well-established. New evidence in favour of Galilei-invariance in phase-ordering kinetics is reviewed.

H. Okamura, T. Michizawa, T. Nanba, S. Kimura

Optical conductivity [$σ(ω)$] of the Kondo semiconductor YbB$_{12}$ has been measured over wide ranges of temperature ($T$=8$-$690 K) and photon energy ($\hbar ω\geq$ 1.3 meV). The $σ(ω)$ data reveal the entire crossover of YbB$_{12}$ from a metallic electronic structure at high $T$ into a semiconducting one at low $T$. Associated with the gap development in

Sher Alam, Alexei A. Belik, Y. Matsui

Recently an interesting multi-ferroic system PbVO3 [Chem. Mater. 2004] was successfully prepared using a high-pressure and high-temperature technique. The crystallographic features were reported. In this note we concentrate on the theoretical XANES spectra by considering the K-edge of Vanadium. The tetragonality [c/a=1.229 at 300 K] of PbVO3 is the largest i

J. A. Soininen, A. L. Ankudinov, J. J. Rehr

The real-space multiple-scattering (RSMS) approach is applied to model non-resonant inelastic scattering from deep core electron levels over a broad energy spectrum. This approach is applicable to aperiodic or periodic systems alike and incorporates ab initio, self-consistent electronic structure and final state effects. The approach generalizes to finite mo

Andreas Richter, Michel Pleimling, Alfred Hueller

In the last years different studies have revealed the usefulness of a microcanonical analysis of finite systems when dealing with phase transitions. In this approach the quantities of interest are exclusively expressed as derivatives of the entropy $S = \ln Ω$ where $Ω$ is the density of states. Obviously, the density of states has to be known with very high

Soon-Wook Jung, Hyun-Woo Lee

We show that the injection of a pure spin current (not accompanied by charge current) into a ring can induce a circulating charge current in the ring, provided that transport coefficients of the ring are spin-dependent and inhomogeneous. As an example, we consider a hybrid ferromagnet(F)-normal metal(N) ring system and calculate the magnitude of the charge c

Yue Zhao, Mihail Ionescu, Josip Horvat, Shi Xue Dou

Highly smooth and c-axis oriented superconducting MgB2 thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with off-axis geometry. The films were deposited on Al2O3-C substrates perpendicularly aligned to a stoichiometric MgB2 target in a 120 mTorr high purity Ar background gas. An in situ annealing was carried out at 650C for 1 min in a 760 Torr Ar at

J. Mannik, S. Li, W. Qiu, W. Chen

We have measured and propose a model for switching rates in hysteretic DC-SQUID in the regime where phase diffusion processes start to occur. We show that the switching rates in this regime are smaller than the rates given by Kramers' formula due to retrapping of Josephson phase. The retrapping process, which is affected by the frequency dependent impeda

S. Goncalves, C. Fusco, A. Bishop, V. M. Kenkre

The sliding friction of a dimer moving over a periodic substrate and subjected to an external force is studied in the steady state for arbitrary temperatures within a one-dimensional model. Nonlinear phenomena that emerge include dynamic bistability and hysteresis, and can be related to earlier observations for extended systems such as the Frenkel-Kontorova

H. Diamant, B. Cui, B. Lin, S. A. Rice

Confinement between two parallel surfaces is found, theoretically and experimentally, to drastically affect the hydrodynamic interaction between colloid particles, changing the sign of the coupling, its decay with distance and its concentration dependence. In particular, we show that three-body effects do not modify the coupling at large distances as would b

Matthias Schröter, Daniel I. Goldman, Harry L. Swinney

A statistical description of static granular material requires ergodic sampling of the phase space spanned by the different configurations of the particles. We periodically fluidize a column of glass beads and find that the sequence of volume fractions phi of post-fluidized states is history independent and Gaussian distributed about a stationary state. The

J. W. Tomlinson, J. -S. Caux, J. T. Chalker

We examine the effects of electron-electron interactions on transport between edge states in a multilayer integer quantum Hall system. The edge states of such a system, coupled by interlayer tunneling, form a two-dimensional, chiral metal at the sample surface. We calculate the temperature-dependent conductivity and the amplitude of conductance fluctuations

Daniel Rohe, Walter Metzner

We analyze the interaction-induced renormalization of single-particle excitations in the two-dimensional Hubbard model at weak coupling using the Wick-ordered version of the functional renormalization group. The self energy is computed for real frequencies by integrating a flow equation with renormalized two-particle interactions. In the vicinity of hot spot

Somnath Bhattacharya, Partha Pratim Roy, Asok Kumar Sen

In several experiments for measuring various classes of responses, performed at least some four decades ago, on driven physical systems in a far-from-equilibrium (or, from a steady-state) situation, early stage inverse-power-law relaxation dynamics had been observed. Since then, this intriguing behavior raised its head off and on until it regained its centra

J. W. Moffat

We describe the universe as a local, inhomogeneous spherical bubble embedded in a flat matter dominated FLRW universe. Generalized exact Friedmann equations describe the expansion of the universe and an early universe inflationary de Sitter solution is obtained. A non-perturbative expression for the deceleration parameter q is derived that can possibly descr

Motoyuki Saijo, Shin'ichirou Yoshida

We investigate the dynamical one-armed spiral instability in differentially rotating stars with both eigenmode analysis and hydrodynamic simulations in Newtonian gravity. We find that the one-armed spiral mode is generated around the corotation radius of the star, and the distribution of angular momentum shifts inwards the corotation radius during the growth

Kuenley Chiu, Wei Zheng, Donald P. Schneider, Karl Glazebrook

We present simulations of quasar colors, magnitudes, and numbers at redshifts 5<z<10 based on our discovery of ten new high-redshift quasars and the cloning of lower redshift Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars. The ten quasars have redshifts ranging from z=4.7 to z=5.3 and i-magnitudes of 20.21 to 20.94. The natural diversity of spectral features in the

R. A. Watson, R. Rebolo, J. A. Rubino-Martin, S. Hildebrandt

We present direct evidence for anomalous microwave emission in the Perseus molecular cloud, which shows a clear rising spectrum from 11 to 17 GHz in the data of the COSMOSOMAS experiment. By extending the frequency coverage using WMAP maps convolved with the COSMOSOMAS scanning pattern we reveal a peak flux density of 42 (+/-) 4 Jy at 22 GHz integrated over

Christopher J. Miller, Robert Nichol, Dan Reichart, Risa Wechsler

We present the &#34;C4 Cluster Catalog&#34;, a new sample of 748 clusters of galaxies identified in the spectroscopic sample of the Second Data Release (DR2) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The C4 cluster--finding algorithm identifies clusters as overdensities in a seven-dimensional position and color space, thus minimizing projection effects which p

M. I. Zelnikov, E. A. Vasiliev

The evolution of the dark matter distribution at the Galactic center is analyzed, which is caused by the combination of gravitational scattering on Galactic bulge stars and absorption by a supermassive black hole at the center of the bulge. Attention is focused on the boundary condition on the black hole. It is shown that its form depends on the energy of da

E. Peeters, N. L. Martin-Hernandez, N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. G. G. M. Tielens

An overview is given of ISO results on regions of high excitation ISM and gas, i.e. HII regions, the Galactic Centre and Supernovae Remnants. IR emission due to fine-structure lines, molecular hydrogen, silicates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dust are summarised, their diagnostic capabilities illustrated and their implications highlighted.

Tina Kahniashvili, Bharat Ratra, ;

Cosmological magnetic fields induce temperature and polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. A cosmological magnetic field with current amplitude of order $10^{-9}$ G is detectable via observations of CMB anisotropies. This magnetic field (with or without helicity) generates vector perturbations through vortical motions o

Steven R. Majewski, Allyson A. Polak, David R. Law, Helio J. Rocha-Pinto

We focus on how astrometric surveys might be exploited for the study of Galactic halo substructure originating from the disruption of satellite systems. The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal tidal stream provides a useful template to explore present and future capabilities of proper motion surveys for finding and studying substructure as well as for using i

Edward J. M. Colbert, David K. Strickland, Sylvain Veilleux, Kimberly A. Weaver

We found several extranuclear (r >~ 3&#34;) X-ray nebulae within 40&#34; (6.3 kpc at 32.5 Mpc) of the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 2992. The net X-ray luminosity from the extranuclear sources is ~2-3 E39 erg/s (0.3-8.0 keV). The X-ray core itself (r <~ 1&#34;) is positioned at 9:45:41.95 -14:19:34.8 (J2000) and has a remarkably simple power-law spectrum

Lawrence J. Hall, Yasunori Nomura, Steven J. Oliver

Theories of evolving quintessence are constructed that generically lead to deviations from the w = -1 prediction of non-evolving dark energy. The small mass scale that governs evolution, m_ϕ\approx 10^{-33} eV, is radiatively stable, and the ``Why Now?&#39;&#39; problem is solved. These results rest crucially on seesaw cosmology: in broad outline, fundamenta

S. Andreon, G. Punzi, A. Grado

In this paper we present a rigorous derivation of the luminosity function (LF) in presence of a background. Our approach is free from the logical contradictions of assigning negative values to positively defined quantities and avoid the use of incorrect estimates for the 68 % confidence interval (error bar). It accounts for Poisson fluctuations ignored in pr

C. Scannapieco, A. V. Smith Castelli, P. B. Tissera

We use cosmological SPH simulations to investigate the effects of mergers and interactions on the formation of the bulge and disc components of galactic systems. We find that secular evolution during mergers seems to be a key process in the formation of stable disc-bulge systems with observational counterparts and contributes to establish the fundamental rel

A. M. Bykov, F. Bocchino, G. G. Pavlov

A Chandra observation of the isolated hard X-ray source XMMU J061804.3+222732, located in the region of apparent interaction of the supernova remnant IC 443 with a molecular cloud, resolved the complex structure of the source in a few bright clumps embedded in an extended emission of a ~ 30 arcsec size. The X-ray spectra of the clumps and the extended emissi

J. H. Fan

We determined the basic parameters, such as the central black hole mass ($M$), the boosting factor (or Doppler factor) ($δ$), the propagation angle ($Φ$) and the distance along the axis to the site of $γ$-ray production ($d$) for 23 $γ$-ray-loud blazars using their available variability timescales. In this method, the absorption effect depends on the $γ$-ray

K. M. Dasyra, E. M. Xilouris, A. Misiriotis, N. D. Kylafis

We present detailed modeling of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the spiral galaxies NGC 891, NGC 4013, and NGC 5907 in the far-infrared and submm wavelengths. The model takes into account the emission produced by the diffuse dust and the star forming HII complexes. The dust mass is constrained by radiative transfer simulations in the optical (Xilou

A. Munteanu, G. Bono, J. Jose, E. Garcia-Berro

We present the results of a detailed set of one-zone models that account for the coupling between pulsation and convection following the original prescriptions of Stellingwerf (1986). Motivated by the arbitrary nature of the input parameters adopted in this theoretical framework, we computed several sequences of models that cover a substantial fraction of th

C. Gontikakis, G. J. D. Petrie, H. C. Dara, K. Tsinganos

We analyzed a coronal loop observed with the Normal Incidence Spectrometer (NIS), which is part of the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The measured Doppler shifts and proper motions along the selected loop strongly indicate unidirectional flows. Analysing the Emission Measure Curves of the observe

M. A. Hughes, D. Axon, J. Atkinson, A. Alonso-Herrero

We investigate the central regions of 23 spiral galaxies using archival NICMOS imaging and STIS spectroscopy. The sample is taken from our program to determine the masses of central massive black holes (MBH) in 54 nearby spiral galaxies. Stars are likely to contribute significantly to any dynamical central mass concentration that we find in our MBH program a

R. Neuhaeuser, E. W. Guenther, G. Wuchterl, M. Mugrauer

We present a companion of the \le 2 Myr young classical T Tauri star GQ Lup in the Lupus star forming region at 140 \pm 50 pc from imaging, astrometry, and spectroscopy. With direct K-band imaging using VLT/NACO, we detected an object 6 mag fainter than GQ Lup located 0.7 arc sec west of it. Compared to images obtained 2 to 5 years earlier with Subaru/CIAO a

Thomas J. Maccarone

We show that the combination of the similarities between the X-ray properties of low luminosity accreting black holes and accreting neutron stars, combined with the differences in their radio properties argues that the X-rays from these systems are unlikely to be formed in the relativistic jets. Specifically, the spectra of extreme island state neutron stars

P. Filliatre, P. D&#39;Avanzo, S. Covino, D. Malesani

GRB 040422 was detected by the INTEGRAL satellite at an angle of only 3 degrees from the Galactic plane. Analysis of the prompt emission observed with the SPI and IBIS instruments on INTEGRAL are presented. The IBIS spectrum is well fit by the Band model with a break energy of Eo=56+/-2 keV and Epeak=41+/-3 keV. The peak flux is 1.8 10^(-7) erg/cm2/s and flu