April 2005 arXiv papers — page 2

Alexander L Kholmetskii, Oleg V. Missevitch

We analyze the transformation properties of Faraday law in an empty space and its relationship with Maxwell equations. In our analysis we express the Faraday law via the four-potential of electromagnetic field and the field of four-velocity, defined on a circuit under its deforming motion. The obtained equations show one more facet of the physical meaning of

T. Iijima, S. Korpar, I. Adachi, S. Fratina

A proximity focusing ring imaging Cherenkov detector, with the radiator consisting of two or more aerogel layers of different refractive indices, has been tested in 1-4 GeV/c pion beams at KEK. Essentially, a multiple refractive index aerogel radiator allows for an increase in Cherenkov photon yield on account of the increase in overall radiator thickness, w

Gordon Chalmers

Gauge theory amplitudes in a non-helicity format are generated at all $n$-point and at tree level. These amplitudes inherit structure from $ϕ^3$ classical scattering, and the string inspired formalism is used to find the tensor algebra. All of the classical gravity amplitudes are also given. The classical effective action can also be constructed. Generalizat

Wolfram Weise

A survey is given on selected topics of physics in the non-perturbative, hadronic sector of the QCD phase diagramme. Following a brief QCD primer, some highlights of Lattice QCD are summarised. Chiral effective field theory as the low-energy realisation of QCD is reviewed, with applications in pion-pion scattering, the scalar form factor of the nucleon and t

J. Smejkal, E. Truhlik, F. C. Khanna

The structure of an anomalous Lagrangian of the pi-rho-omega-a_1 system is investigated within the hidden local SU(2)_R x SU(2)_L symmetry approach. The interaction of the external electromagnetic and weak vector and axial-vector fields with the above hadron system is included. The Lagrangian of interest contains the anomalous Wess-Zumino term following from

P. K. Deb, B. C. Clark, S. Hama, K. Amos

Comparisons are made between results of calculations for intermediate energy nucleon-nucleus scattering for 12C, 16O, 40Ca, 90Zr, and 208Pb, using optical potentials obtained from global Dirac phenomenology and from a microscopic Schrödinger model. Differential cross sections and spin observables for scattering from the set of five nuclei at 65 MeV and 200 M

Paolo Lorenzoni, Franco Magri

We explain how to use the theory of bidifferential ideals to construct integrable hierarchies of hydrodynamic type.

O. B. Isaeva, S. P. Kuznetsov

Analogy between an approximate version of Feigenbaum renormalization group analysis in complex domain and the phase transition theory of Yang-Lee (based on consideration of formally complexified thermodynamic values) is discussed. It is shown that the Julia sets of the renormalization transformation correspond to the approximation of Mandelbrot set of the or

L. V. Bogdanov, B. G. Konopelchenko

The $\dbar$-dressing scheme based on local nonlinear vector $\dbar$-problem is developed. It is applicable to multidimensional nonlinear equations for vector fields, and, after Hamiltonian reduction, to heavenly equation. Hamiltonian reduction is described explicitely in terms of the $\dbar$-data. An analogue of Hirota bilinear identity for heavenly equation

Giovanni Gallavotti

An overview of the foundations of Classical Mechanics

Dragos Ghioca

We obtain a Bogomolov type of result for the additive group scheme in characteristic $p$. Our result is equivalent with a Bogomolov theorem for Drinfeld modules defined over a finite field.

Rafael Diaz, Eddy Pariguan

We develop a graphical notation to introduce classical Lie algebras. Although this paper deals with well-known results, our pictorial point of view is slightly different to the traditional one. Our graphical notation is fairly elementary and easy to handle and, thus provides an effective tool for computations with classical Lie algebras. More over, it may be

Olena V. Mul, Delfim F. M. Torres

The mathematical model of a real flexible elastic system with distributed and discrete parameters is considered. It is a partial differential equation with non-classical boundary conditions. Complexity of the boundary conditions results in the impossibility to find exact analytical solutions. To address the problem, we use the asymptotical method of small pa

Mamuka Jibladze, Teimuraz Pirashvili

We exhibit an extension of the category of class two nilpotent groups. It has the same objects but, unlike the latter, its morphisms are closed under pointwise addition of maps. At the same time the class of its morphisms is much smaller than the class of all maps. In fact, the morphisms are quadratic maps of very special kind. It is indicated that classific

Sebastian Baader

We present a class of knots associated with labelled generic immersions of intervals into the plane and compute their Gordian numbers and 4-dimensional invariants. At least 10% of the knots in Rolfsen's table belong to this class of knots. We call them track knots. They are contained in the class of quasipositive knots. In this connection, we classify qu

Marius Ghergu, Vicentiu Radulescu

We establish several results related to existence, nonexistence or bifurcation of positive solutions for a Dirichlet boundary value problem with in a smooth bounded domain. The main feature of this paper consists in the presence of a singular nonlinearity, combined with a convection term. Our approach takes into account both the sign of the potential and the

Wha Suck Lee

The Erberlein-Smulian Theorem asserts that for complete normed spaces, that is Banach spaces, a subset is weak compact if and only if it is weak sequentially compact. In this paper it is shown that the completeness of the normed space is not necessary for the above mentioned result.

Nitin Nitsure

This is an expository account of Grothendieck's construction of Hilbert and Quot Schemes, following his talk `Techniques de construction et theoremes d'existence en geometrie algebriques IV : les schemas de Hilbert', Seminaire Bourbaki 221 (1960/61), together with further developments by Mumford and by Altman and Kleiman. Hilbert and Quot schemes

Dmitri Panov, Dimitri Zvonkine

Enumerating ramified coverings of the sphere with fixed ramification types is a well-known problem first considered by A. Hurwitz. Up to now, explicit solutions have been obtained only for some families of ramified coverings, for instant, those realized by polynomials in one complex variable. In this paper we obtain an explicit answer for a large new family

Christopher Hillar, Charles R. Johnson

We define a word in two positive definite (complex Hermitian) matrices $A$ and $B$ as a finite product of real powers of $A$ and $B$. The question of which words have only positive eigenvalues is addressed. This question was raised some time ago in connection with a long-standing problem in theoretical physics, and it was previously approached by the authors

Laurent Mazet

In this paper, we give a height estimate for constant mean curvature graphs. Using this result we prove two results of uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem associated to the constant mean curvature equation on unbounded domains.

Manuel Maia, Miguel Mendez

We introduce two new binary operations with combinatorial species; the arithmetic product and the modified arithmetic product. The arithmetic product gives combinatorial meaning to the product of Dirichlet series and to the Lambert series in the context of species. It allows us to introduce the notion of multiplicative species, a lifting to the combinatorial

Sorin Popa

For each group $G$ having an infinite normal subgroup with the relative property (T) (for instance $G = H \times K$ where $H$ is infinite with property (T) and $K$ is arbitrary), and any countable abelian group $Λ$ we construct free ergodic measure preserving actions $σ_Λ$ of $G$ on the probability space such that the 1'st cohomology group of $σ_Λ$, $H^1

C. D. Fosco, G. Torroba

We generalize the Callan-Harvey mechanism to the case of actions with a non local mass term for the fermions. Using a 2+1-dimensional model as a concrete example, we show that both the existence and properties of localized zero modes can also be consistently studied when the mass is non local. We derive some general properties from a study of the resulting i

G. L. Li, K. J. Shi, R. H. Yue

We solve the $A_{2n}^{(2)}$ vertex model with all kinds of diagonal reflecting matrices by using the algebraic Behe ansatz, which includes constructing the multi-particle states and achieving the eigenvalue of the transfer matrix and corresponding Bethe ansatz equations. When the model is $U_q(B_n)$ quantum invariant, our conclusion agrees with that obtained

N. M. Nikolov, K. -H. Rehren, I. T. Todorov

A new method for computing exact conformal partial wave expansions is developed and applied to approach the problem of Hilbert space (Wightman) positivity in a non-perturbative four-dimensional quantum field theory model. The model is based on the assumption of global conformal invariance on compactified Minkowski space. Bilocal fields arising in the harmoni

Sheldon L. Glashow

This paper describes work done in collaboration with Andy Cohen. In our model, ordinary fermions are accompanied by an equal number `terafermions.' These particles are linked to ordinary quarks and leptons by an unconventional CP' operation, whose soft breaking in the Higgs mass sector results in their acquiring large masses. The model leads to no de

Jungil Lee

The short-distance coefficients for the color-octet ^3S_1 term in the fragmentation function for a gluon to split into polarized heavy quarkonium states are re-calculated to order alpha_s^2. The light-cone gauge remarkably simplifies the calculation by eliminating many Feynman diagrams at the expense of introducing spurious poles in loop integrals. We do not

Fl. Stancu

Some recent developments in the study of light and heavy pentaquarks are reviewed, mainly within constituent quark models. Emphasis is made on results obtained in the flavor-spin model where a nearly ideal octet-antidecuplet mixing is obtained. The charmed antisextet is reviewed in the context of an SU(4) classification.

E. N. Alexeyev, L. V. Volkova

A problem, whether a neutrino-antineutrino transition could be responsible for the muon neutrino deficit found in underground experiments (Super-Kamiokande, MACRO, Soudan 2) and in the accelerator long-baseline K2K experiment, is discussed in this paper. The intention of the work is not consideration of concrete models for muon neutrino-antineutrino transiti

Feng-yao Hou, Lei Chang, Wei-min Sun, Hong-shi Zong

Based on the rainbow approximation of Dyson-Schwinger equation and the assumption that the inverse dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential is analytic in the neighborhood of $μ=0$, a new method for obtaining the dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential $μ$ from the one at zero chemical potential is developed. Using this method the

Maarten Golterman, Leah Zimmerman

We show that the one-loop ghost self-energy in an equivariantly gauge-fixed Yang--Mills theory vanishes at zero momentum. A ghost mass is forbidden by equivariant BRST symmetry, and our calculation confirms this explicitly. The four-ghost self interaction which appears in the equivariantly gauge-fixed Yang--Mills theory is needed in order to obtain this resu

V. S. Manko, E. Ruiz

We show that the well-known NUT solution can be correctly interpreted as describing the exterior field of two counter-rotating semi-infinite sources possessing negative masses and infinite angular momenta which are attached to the poles of a static finite rod of positive mass.

Rodrigo Aros

In this work the definition of a quasilocal energy for four dimensional first order gravity is developed. Using this an action principle which is adequate for the canonical ensemble is obtained. The microcanonical action principle is obtained as well.

H. Baysal, I. Yilmaz

We study the consequences of the existence of timelike and spacelike Ricci collineation vectors (RCVs) for string fluid in the context of general relativity. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for a space-time with string fluid to admit a timelike RCV, parallel to $u^a$, and a spacelike RCV, parallel to $n^a$. In these cases, some results obtain

Mariano Cadoni, Salvatore Mignemi

We search for acoustic analogues of a spherical symmetric black hole with a pointlike source. We show that the gravitational system has a dynamical counterpart in the constrained, steady motion of a fluid with a planar source. The equations governing the dynamics of the gravitational system can be exactly mapped in those governing the motion of the fluid. Th

Martin Grohe, Christoph Koch, Nicole Schweikardt

We study a clean machine model for external memory and stream processing. We show that the number of scans of the external data induces a strict hierarchy (as long as work space is sufficiently small, e.g., polylogarithmic in the size of the input). We also show that neither joins nor sorting are feasible if the product of the number $r(n)$ of scans of the e

Roberto da Silva, Alexandre Tavares Baraviera, Silvio R. Dahmen

In this article we study the behavior of a group of economic agents in the context of cooperative game theory, interacting according to rules based on the Potts Model with suitable modifications. Each agent can be thought of as belonging to a chain, where agents can only interact with their nearest neighbors (periodic boundary conditions are imposed). Each a

Karim Seada, Ahmed Helmy

Geocasting is the delivery of packets to nodes within a certain geographic area. For many applications in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, geocasting is an important and frequent communication service. The challenging problem in geocasting is distributing the packets to all the nodes within the geocast region with high probability but with low overhead.

Derek Messie, Mina Jung, Jae C. Oh, Shweta Shetty

This paper describes a comprehensive prototype of large-scale fault adaptive embedded software developed for the proposed Fermilab BTeV high energy physics experiment. Lightweight self-optimizing agents embedded within Level 1 of the prototype are responsible for proactive and reactive monitoring and mitigation based on specified layers of competence. The ag

Derek Messie, Jae C. Oh

Research concerning organization and coordination within multi-agent systems continues to draw from a variety of architectures and methodologies. The work presented in this paper combines techniques from game theory and multi-agent systems to produce self-organizing, polymorphic, lightweight, embedded agents for systems scheduling within a large-scale real-t

Zhe Dang, Oscar Ibarra

We show that it is decidable whether a transitive mixed linear relation has an $ω$-chain. Using this result, we study a number of liveness verification problems for generalized timed automata within a unified framework. More precisely, we prove that (1) the mixed linear liveness problem for a timed automaton with dense clocks, reversal-bounded counters, and

Paul Bartlett, Andrew Campbell

We report the equilibrium self-assembly of binary crystals of oppositely-charged colloidal microspheres at high density. By varying the magnitude of the charge on near equal-sized spheres we show that the structure of the binary crystal may be switched between face-centered cubic, cesium chloride and sodium chloride. We interpret these transformations in ter

Ramses van Zon, Jeremy Schofield

The theoretical framework for higher-order correlation functions involving multiple times and multiple points in a classical, many-body system developed by Van Zon and Schofield [Phys. Rev. E 65, 011106 (2002)] is extended here to include tagged particle densities. Such densities have found an intriguing application as proposed measures of dynamical heteroge

S. K. Chen, Z. Lockman, M. Wei, B. A. Glowacki

Polycrystalline MgB2 samples with GaN additions were prepared by reaction of Mg, B, and GaN powders. The presence of Ga leads to a low melting eutectic phase which allowed liquid phase sintering and produces plate-like grains. For low-level GaN additions (5% at. % or less), the critical transition temperature, Tc, remained unchanged and in 1T magnetic field,

Giovanni Gallavotti

An introductory review of Classical Statistical Mechanics

L. Rebollo-Neira, A Plastino

The statistical distribution, when determined from an incomplete set of constraints, is shown to be suitable as host for encrypted information. We design an encoding/decoding scheme to embed such a distribution with hidden information. The encryption security is based on the extreme instability of the encoding procedure. The essential feature of the proposed

Markus J. Storcz, Frank Hellmann, Calin Hrelescu, Frank K. Wilhelm

We examine the decoherence of an asymmetric two-qubit system that is coupled via a tunable interaction term to a common bath or two individual baths of harmonic oscillators. The dissipative dynamics are evaluated using the Bloch-Redfield formalism. It is shown that the behaviour of the decoherence effects is affected mostly by different symmetries between th

Augusto Gonzalez, Juan David Serna, Roberto Capote, Guillermo Avendaño

Properly regularized second-order degenerate perturbation theory is applied to compute the contribution of higher Landau levels to the low-energy spectrum of interacting electrons in a disk-shaped quantum dot. At ``filling factor'' near 1/2, this contribution proves to be larger than energy differences between states with different spin polarizations

Joanne M. Carr, Semen A. Trygubenko, David J. Wales

We report a new algorithm for constructing pathways between local minima that involve a large number of intervening transition states on the potential energy surface. A significant improvement in efficiency has been achieved by changing the strategy for choosing successive pairs of local minima that serve as endpoints for the next search. We employ Dijkstra&

C. Chevalier, A. Lindner, E. Clement

We study the injection of air in a granular suspension. We use a linear Hele-Saw cell filled with a suspension which is displaced by air, leading to a Saffman-Taylor (fingering) instability. For the suspension, we use an iso-dense mixture where the fluid and the particles have the same density. The volume fraction of particles can thus be adjusted over a wid

Ricardo Oliveira dos Santos Soares, Alexandre Souto Martinez

The Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) deals with the cooperation/defection conflict between two agents. The agents are represented by a cell of $L \times L$ square lattice. The agents are initially randomly distributed according to a certain proportion $ρ_c(0)$ of cooperators. Each agent does not have memory of previous behaviors and plays the PD with eight neares

B. Huke, M. Luecke

We review equilibrium thermodynamic properties of systems of magnetic particles like ferrofluids in which dipolar interactions play an important role. The review is focussed on two subjects: ({\em i}) the magnetization with the initial magnetic susceptibility as a special case and ({\em ii}) the phase transition behavior. Here the condensation ("gas/liqu

C. Fricke, M. C. Rogge, B. Harke, M. Reinwald

We demonstrate electron redistribution caused by magnetic field on a single quantum dot measured by means of a quantum point contact as non-invasive detector. Our device which is fabricated by local anodic oxidation allows to control independently the quantum point contact and all tunnelling barriers of the quantum dot. Thus we are able to measure both the c

Rudolf Hanel, Stuart A. Kauffman, Stefan Thurner

The notion of (auto) catalytic networks has become a cornerstone in understanding the possibility of a sudden dramatic increase of diversity in biological evolution as well as in the evolution of social and economical systems. Here we study catalytic random networks with respect to the final outcome diversity of products. We show that an analytical treatment

R. Lopez-Sandoval, G. M. Pastor

The ground-state properties of C$_{20}$ fullerene clusters are determined in the framework of the Hubbard model by using lattice density-functional theory (LDFT) and scaling approximations to the interaction-energy functional. Results are given for the ground-state energy, kinetic and Coulomb energies, local magnetic moments, and charge-excitation gap, as a

Christian Helbig, Rudolf Herrmann, Franz Mayr, Ernst-Wilhelm Scheidt

Re(x)W(1-x)O3.H2O and Re(x)W(1-x)O3 phases are prepared by a new organometallic chimie douce concept employing the organometallic precursor methyltrioxorhenium.

Oleg A. Starykh, Akira Furusaki, Leon Balents

We study the phase diagram of two models of spin-1/2 antiferromagnets composed of corner-sharing tetrahedra, the basis of the pyrochlore structure. Primarily, we focus on the Heisenberg antiferromaget on the checkerboard lattice (also called the planar pyrochlore and crossed-chains model). This model has an anisotropic limit, when the dimensionless ratio of

Michael Ricci, Nathan Orloff, Steven M. Anlage

Evanescent wave amplification has been predicted under the ideal condition n = -1 + i 0 precisely, in the absence of retardation effects, but is difficult to observe in practice because current metamaterial designs suffer from high losses. We present results on a new metamaterial design that employs superconducting Niobium metals and low-loss dielectric mate

R. L. Doretto, A. O. Caldeira

We report on the theoretical photoluminescence spectrum of the interacting two-dimensional electron gas at filling factor one (ν=1). We considered a model similar to the one adopted to study the X-ray spectra of metals and solved it analytically using the bosonization method previously developed for the two-dimensional electron gas at ν=1. We calculated the

R. L. Doretto, A. O. Caldeira, S. M. Girvin

We develop a bosonization scheme for the two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of an uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the two-dimensional system when the filling factor ν= 1. We show that the elementary neutral excitations of this system, known as magnetic excitons, can be treated approximately as bosons and we apply the method to the interacti

Inese I. Ivans, Christopher Sneden, Roberto Gallino, John J. Cowan

Employing spectra obtained with the new Keck I HIRES near-UV sensitive detector, we have performed a comprehensive chemical composition analysis of the binary blue metal-poor star CS29497-030. Abundances for 29 elements and upper limits for an additional seven have been derived, concentrating on elements largely produced via neutron-capture nucleosynthesis.

M. Lopez-Morales, I. Ribas

We have found a new low-mass, double-lined, detached eclipsing binary, GU Boo, among a sample of new variables from the ROTSE-I database. The binary has an orbital period of 0.488728 +/- 0.000002 days, and estimated apparent magnitudes Vrotse = 13.7 and I = 11.8. Our analysis of the light and radial velocity curves of the system yields individual masses and

Andrew A. West, Lucianne M. Walkowicz, Suzanne L. Hawley

We present updated colors for M and L dwarfs based on photometry from the third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). These data are improved in quality and number from earlier results. We also provide updated equations for determining photometric parallaxes from SDSS colors of late-type stars. Walkowicz, Hawley & West (2004) have recently pre

K. Rakos, J. Schombert, A. Odell

We present a new technique to determine age and metallicity of old stellar populations (globular clusters and elliptical galaxies) using an iterative principal component analysis on narrow band (Strömgren) colors. Our technique is capable of reproducing globular cluster [Fe/H] values to 0.02 dex and CMD ages to 1.0 Gyrs. We also present preliminary results o

M. F. Bietenholz, N. Bartel

We report on VLBI observations of the Type I b/c supernova 2001em, three years after the explosion. It had been suggested that SN 2001em might be a jet-driven gamma ray burst (GRB), with the jet oriented far from the line of sight so that the GRB would not be visible from earth. To test this conjecture, we determined the size of SN 2001em. It is only margina

Anil Bhardwaj, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Ronald F. Elsner, G. Randall Gladstone

During November 26-29, 2003 XMM-Newton observed soft (0.2-2 keV) X-ray emission from Jupiter for 69 hours. The low-latitude X-ray disk emission of Jupiter is observed to be almost uniform in intensity with brightness that is consistent with a solar-photon driven process. The simultaneous lightcurves of Jovian equatorial X-rays and solar X-rays (measured by t

Robert A. Piontek, Eve C. Ostriker

This paper reports on 3D numerical simulations of dynamics and thermodynamics in the diffuse ISM. Our models are local, account for sheared galactic rotation, magnetic fields, and realistic cooling, and resolve scales ~1-200 pc. This combination permits the study of quasi-steady turbulence in a cloudy medium representing the warm/cold atomic ISM. Turbulence

Sidney van den Bergh, Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko

A homogeneous sample comprising host galaxies of 604 recent supernovae, including 212 objects discovered primarily in 2003 and 2004, has been classified on the David Dunlap Observatory system. Most SN 1991bg-like SNe Ia occur in E and E/Sa galaxies, whereas the majority of SN 1991T-like SNe Ia occur in intermediate-type galaxies. This difference is significa

S. A. Haider, Anil Bhardwaj

In this paper we have studied the chemistry of C, H, N, O, and S compounds corresponding to ions of masses <=40 amu in the inner coma of the comet 1P/Halley. The production rates, loss rates, and ion mass densities are calculated using the Analytical Yield Spectrum approach and solving coupled continuity equation controlled by the steady state photochemical

D. R. Ciardi, C. M. Telesco, C. Packham, C. GomezMartin

We present spatially resolved mid-infrared spectroscopy of the class I/flat-spectrum protostellar binary system SVS20 in the Serpens cloud core. The spectra were obtained with the mid-infrared instrument T-ReCS on Gemini-South. SVS20-South, the more luminous of the two sources, exhibits a mid-infrared emission spectrum peaking near 11.3 \micron, while SVS20-

E. Athanassoula

A live halo plays an active role in the formation and evolution of bars by participating in the angular momentum redistribution which drives the dynamical evolution. Angular momentum is emitted mainly by near-resonant material in the bar region and is absorbed mainly by near-resonant material in the halo and in the outer disc. This exchange determines the st

Toru Misawa, Michael Eracleous, Jane C. Charlton, Akito Tajitsu

We present a new spectrum of the quasar HS1603+3820 taken 1.28 years (0.36 years in the quasar rest frame) after a previous observation with Subaru+HDS. The new spectrum enables us to search for time variability as an identifier of intrinsic narrow absorption lines (NALs). This quasar shows a rich complex of C IV NALs within 60,000 km/s of the emission redsh

Fred C. Adams, Anthony M. Bloch

This paper explores orbits in extended mass distributions and develops an analytic approximation scheme based on epicycloids (spirograph patterns). We focus on the Hernquist potential which provides a good model for many astrophysical systems, including elliptical galaxies, dark matter halos, and young embedded star clusters. For a given potential, one can r

D. Batcheldor, D. Axon, D. Merritt, M. A. Hughes

We have obtained Integral Field Spectroscopy for 23 spiral bulges using INTEGRAL on the William Herschel Telescope and SPIRAL on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. This is the first 2D survey directed solely at the bulges of spiral galaxies. Eleven galaxies of the sample do not have previous measurements of the stellar velocity dispersion (sigma*). These data a

G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, C. Dumas, B. Zuckerman

We report new VLT/NACO imaging observations of the young, nearby brown dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254 and its suggested planetary mass companion (2M1207 b). Three epochs of VLT/NACO measurements obtained over nearly one year show that the planetary mass companion candidate shares the same proper motion and, with a high confidence level, is not a stationary bac

G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman, C. Dumas

We report deep imaging observations of the young, nearby star AB Pic, a member of the large Tucana-Horologium as sociation. We have detected a faint, red source 5.5&#34; South of the star with JHK colors compatible with that of a young substellar L dwarf. Follow-up observations at two additional epochs confirm, with a confidence level of 4.7sigma, that the f

A. Smette, L. Wisotzki, C. Ledoux, O. Garcet

We present preliminary results from the Hamburg/ESO survey for Damped Ly-alpha (hereafter, DLA) Systems. This survey is characterized by (i) the good knowledge of the biases affecting the parent QSO survey, (ii) the brightness and (iii) the relatively wide magnitude distribution of the background QSOs. Therefore, it is well-suited to study possible magnitude

R. Aurich, S. Lustig, F. Steiner

The first-year WMAP data taken at their face value hint that the Universe might be slightly positively curved and therefore necessarily finite, since all spherical (Clifford-Klein) space forms M^3 = S^3/Gamma, given by the quotient of S^3 by a group Gamma of covering transformations, possess this property. We examine the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave ba

G. J. Herczeg, F. M. Walter, J. L. Linsky, G. F. Gahm

We present far-ultraviolet spectra of the classical T Tauri star RU Lupi covering the 912-1710 A spectral range, as observed by the HST/STIS and FUSE satellites. We use these spectra, which are rich in emission and absorption lines, to probe both the accreting and outflowing gas. Absorption in the Ly-alpha profile constrains the extinction to A_V=0.07 mag, w

Fred C. Adams, David N. Spergel

This paper considers the lithopanspermia hypothesis in star forming groups and clusters, where the chances of biological material spreading from one solar system to another is greatly enhanced (relative to the field) due to the close proximity of the systems and lower relative velocities. These effects more than compensate for the reduced time spent in such

Lucy Liuxuan Zhang, Ue-Li Pen

We present a new algorithm to rapidly compute the two-point (2PCF), three-point (3PCF) and n-point (n-PCF) correlation functions in roughly O(N log N) time for N particles, instead of O(N^n) as required by brute force approaches. The algorithm enables an estimate of the full 3PCF for as many as 10^6 galaxies. This technique exploits node-to-node correlations

Jun Suzuki

Motion of classical point-like impurities in the homogeneous Einstein condensate of bosons is studied in the framework of second quantization method. A toy model is proposed and its general solution within the Bogoliubov approximation is obtained. The effective Minkowski space-time structure arises naturally in this non-relativistic quantum many-body system

Frans R. Klinkhamer

A simple three-flavor neutrino-oscillation model is discussed which has both nonzero mass differences and timelike Fermi-point splittings, together with a combined bi-maximal and trimaximal mixing pattern. One possible consequence would be new effects in ν_μ \to ν_{e} oscillations, characterized by an energy-dependent effective mixing angle Θ_{13}. Future ex

A. Lima-Santos, Wagner Utiel

This work is concerned with the formulation of the boundary quantum inverse scattering method for the xxz Gaudin magnet coupled to boundary impurities with arbitrary exchange constants. The Gaudin magnet is diagonalized by taking a quasi-classical limit of the inhomogeneous lattice. Using the method proposed by Babujian, the integral representation for the s

Mark J Hadley

The abstract concept of indeterministic free will is distinguished from the phenomenon of free will. Evidence for the abstract concept is examined and critically compared with various designs of automata. It is concluded that there is no evidence to support the abstract concept of indeterministic free will, it is inconceivable that a test could be constructe

P. R. Estrada, I. Mosqueira

Assuming that an unknown mechanism (e.g., gas turbulence) removes most of the subnebula gas disk in a timescale shorter than that for satellite formation, we develop a model for the formation of regular (and possibly at least some of the irregular) satellites around giant planets in a gas-poor environment. In this model, which follows along the lines of the

M. Cvetic, H. Lu, Don N. Page, C. N. Pope

We obtain infinite classes of new Einstein-Sasaki metrics on complete and non-singular manifolds. They arise, after Euclideanisation, from BPS limits of the rotating Kerr-de Sitter black hole metrics. The new Einstein-Sasaki spaces L^{p,q,r} in five dimensions have cohomogeneity 2, and U(1) x U(1) x U(1) isometry group. They are topologically S^2 x S^3. Thei

Hokky Situngkir, Yohanes Surya

The paper revisits the investment simulation based on strategies exhibited by Generalized (m,2)-Zipf law to present an interesting characterization of the wildness in financial time series. The investigations of dominant strategies on each specific time series shows that longer words dominant in larger time scale exhibit shorter dominant ones in smaller time

I. Jimenez Calvo, J. Herranz, G. Saez

In relation to Hall&#39;s conjecture, a new algorithm is presented to search for small k = |x^3 -y^2| values. Thirteen new values of k < x^(1/2) are reported.

Ondrej Hudak, Matej Hudak

Recently we have found that a three-dimensional superconducting state with anisotropic vortices localized at the vortex-lattice points is a stable state in zero external magnetic field for the layered high temperature uperconductivity materials. There exists a phase transition at the temperature $T_{c}^{v}$ from the normal phase to the vortex superconducting

T. A. Carter

Strongly intermittent turbulence is observed in the shadow of a limiter in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA [W. Gekelman, H. Pfister, Z. Lucky, J. Bamber, D. Leneman, and J. Maggs, Rev. Sci. Inst. {\bfseries 62}, 2875 (1991)]. The amplitude probability distribution function (PDF) of the turbulence is strongly skewed, with density depletion events (or `

Rodrigo Olea

In this paper, the connection between the Lorentz-covariant counterterms that regularize the four-dimensional AdS gravity action and topological invariants is explored. It is shown that demanding the spacetime to have a negative constant curvature in the asymptotic region permits the explicit construction of such series of boundary terms. The orthonormal fra

Matteo Viel, Martin G. Haehnelt, Volker Springel

We implement the hydro-PM (HPM) technique (Gnedin & Hui 1998) in the hydrodynamical simulation code GADGET-II and quantify the differences between this approximate method and full hydrodynamical simulations of the Lyman-alpha forest in a concordance LCDM model. At redshifts z=3 and z=4, the differences between the gas and dark matter (DM) distributions, as m

Johannes Hirn, Jan Stern

Following previous work, we identify a symmetry S_nat that generalizes the concept of custodial symmetry, keeping under control deviations from the Standard Model (SM). To realize S_nat linearly, the space of gauge fields has to be extended. Covariant constraints formulated in terms of spurions reduce S_nat back to SU(2)_L x U(1)_Y. This allows for a covaria

Vincenzo Di Gennaro

Fix integers $r,s_1,...,s_l$ such that $1\leq l\leq r-1$ and $s_l\geq r-l+1$, and let $\Cal C(r;s_1,...,s_l)$ be the set of all integral, projective and nondegenerate curves $C$ of degree $s_1$ in the projective space $\bold P^r$, such that, for all $i=2,...,l$, $C$ does not lie on any integral, projective and nondegenerate variety of dimension $i$ and degre

Andrei Sokolov, Alan P. Marscher

In this paper we extend our approach to modeling multifrequency emission variability from blazars to include external-radiation Compton (ERC) emission and electron energy losses from inverse Compton scattering of seed photons originating outside the jet. We consider seed-photon emission from a dusty molecular torus and the broad line region (BLR) surrounding

M. Hetterscheidt, T. Erben, P. Schneider, R. Maoli

Application of the aperture mass (Map-) statistics provides a weak lensing method for the detection of cluster-sized dark matter halos. We present a new aperture filter function and maximise the effectiveness of the Map-statistics to detect cluster-sized halos using analytical models. We then use weak lensing mock catalogues generated from ray-tracing throug

C. R. Allton, W. Armour, D. B. Leinweber, A. W. Thomas

The vector meson mass is extracted from a large sample of partially quenched, two-flavor lattice QCD simulations. For the first time, discretisation, finite-volume and partial quenching artefacts are treated in a unified framework which is consistent with the low-energy behaviour of QCD. This analysis incorporates the leading infrared behaviour dictated by c

V. A. Fedotov, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. I. Zheludev

We report on a new type of continuous electromagnetic metal planar meta-material, which resembles a `fish scale&#39; structure. It is highly transparent to electromagnetic radiation throughout a broad spectral range apart from at one isolated wavelength. When the structure is superimposed on a metallic mirror it becomes a good broadband reflector everywhere