arXiv papers from September 2005

Antonio S. de Castro

The problem of neutral fermions subject to an inversely linear potential is revisited. It is shown that an infinite set of bound-state solutions can be found on the condition that the fermion is embedded in an additional uniform background potential. An apparent paradox concerning the uncertainty principle is solved by introducing the concept of effective Co

Alexei F. Cheviakov

Dynamic plasma equilibrium systems, both in isotropic and anisotropic framework, possess infinite-dimensional Lie groups of point symmetries, which depend on solution topology and lead to construction of infinite families of new physical solutions. By performing the complete classification, we show that in the static isotropic case no infinite point symmetri

Tatiana R. Cardoso, Antonio S. de Castro

The blackbody radiation is analyzed in universes with $D$ spatial dimensions. With the classical electrodynamics suited to the universe in focus and recurring to the hyperspherical coordinates, it is shown that the spectral energy density as well as the total energy density are sensible to the dimensionality of the universe. Wien's displacement law and the S

Taegil Bae, Jongjeong Kim, Weonjong Lee

We investigate the effect of non-degenerate quarks on $B_K$. This effect is noticeably large for $B_K$ (significantly larger than statistical uncertainty). Hence, it is important to include this effect in order to determine $B_K$ with higher precision. We also observe that the quality of fitting for $B_K$ gets better when we include non-degenerate combinatio

Jongjeong Kim, Taegil Bae, Weonjong Lee

We present preliminary results of $B_K$ calculated using improved staggered fermions with the mixed action (valence quarks = HYP staggered fermions and sea quarks = AsqTad staggered fermions). We analyze the data based upon the prediction by Van de Water and Sharpe. A hint of consistency with the prediction is observed. We also present preliminary results of

Jon A. Bailey, C. Bernard

Motivated by simulation results for octet and decuplet baryon masses using 2+1 flavors of light staggered quarks, we are incorporating staggered lattice artifacts into heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory, calculating the masses of various staggered baryons, and studying the connection between the staggered baryons of the chiral theory and the staggered b

Leonid P. Pryadko, Pinaki Sengupta

We consider quantum kinetics of an open quantum system in the presence of periodic fields designed to suppress the internal evolution and shield the system from generic low-frequency environment (refocusing or dynamical decoupling in application to multi-qubit systems). Assuming that the refocusing has order K, that is, for frozen environment the cumulant ex

Weonjong Lee, George T. Fleming

We present recent progress in understanding weak matrix elements on the lattice. We use HYP staggered fermions in quenched QCD to study numerically various properties of the $K^+\to\pi^+$ amplitudes of the electroweak penguin operators $Q_7$ and $Q_8$. We check chiral Ward identities to probe the validity of using improved staggered fermions in the calculati

Don N. Page

Current observations of the fraction of dark energy and a lower limit on its tension, coupled with an assumption of the non-convexity of the dark energy potential, are used to derive a lower limit of 26 billion years for the future age of the universe. Conversely, our ordered observations, coupled with an assumption that observers are smaller than the univer

A. S. Tychkov, T. Jeltes, J. M. McNamara, P. J. J. Tol

We have produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of metastable helium (4He*) containing over 1.5x10^7 atoms, which is a factor of 25 higher than previously achieved. The improved starting conditions for evaporative cooling are obtained by applying one-dimensional Doppler cooling inside a magnetic trap. The same technique is successfully used to cool the spin-pola

T. Jungk, A. Hoffmann, E. Soergel

The contrast mechanism for ferroelectric domain imaging via piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is investigated. A novel analysis of PFM measurements is presented which takes into account the background caused by the experimental setup. This allows, for the first time, a quantitative, frequency independent analysis of the domain contrast which is in good ag

John B. Etnyre, Terry Fuller

We show that any 4-manifold, after surgery on a curve, admits an achiral Lefschetz fibration. In particular, we show that the connected sum of any simply connected 4-manifold with a 2-sphere bundle over the 2-sphere will admit an achiral Lefschetz fibration. We also show these surgered manifolds admit near-symplectic structures and prove more generally that

R. van Zon, E. G. D. Cohen

The distribution of the initial very short-time displacements of a single particle is considered for a class of classical systems with Gaussian initial velocity distributions and arbitrary initial particle positions. A very brief sketch is given of a rather intricate and lengthy proof that for this class of systems the nth order cumulants behave as t^{2n} fo

João V. B. Soares, Jorge J. G. Leandro, Roberto M. Cesar, Herbert F. Jelinek

We present a method for automated segmentation of the vasculature in retinal images. The method produces segmentations by classifying each image pixel as vessel or non-vessel, based on the pixel's feature vector. Feature vectors are composed of the pixel's intensity and continuous two-dimensional Morlet wavelet transform responses taken at multiple scales. T

Gavin Brown, Feng Dai

Estimates of Kolmogorov $n$-widths $d_n(B_p^r, L^q)$ and linear $n$-widths $\da_n(B_p^r, L^q)$, ($1\leq q\leq \infty$) of Sobolev's classes $B_p^r$, ($r>0$, $1\leq p\leq \infty$) on compact two-point homogeneous spaces (CTPHS) are established. For part of $(p, q)\in[1,\infty]\times[1,\infty]$, sharp orders of $d_n(B_p^r, L^q)$ or $\da_n (B_p^r, L^q) $ were o

M. A. Clark, Ph. de Forcrand, A. D. Kennedy

We present initial results comparing the RHMC and R algorithms on large lattices with small quark masses using chiral fermions. We also present results concerning staggered fermions near the deconfinement/chiral phase transition. We find that the RHMC algorithm not only eliminates the step-size error of the R algorithm, but is also considerably more efficien

Maxim Lyutikov

Binary radio pulsar system J0737-3039 provides an exceptional opportunity to study innermost structure of pulsar magnetospheres due to very tight orbit, favorable directions of pulsars' rotation and magnetic axes and extremely fortuitous orientation of the orbit. In this system the millisecond pulsar A is eclipsed once per orbit. During eclipse a clear modul

J. V. Acrivos

A new phase is detected within 100micrometers of 24 DEG ab grain boundary (GB) in YBa2Cu3O7-d 50 nm films on SrTiO3 by enhanced (001) anomalous scattering. Site identification and temperature dependence is interpreted using crystallographic weights to distinguish enhanced scattering from total electron yield and fluorescence spectra. The c-axis, c0 indicates

Ashok Das, J. Gamboa, J. Lopez-Sarrion, F. A. Schaposnik

We propose that the low energy behavior of a pure gauge theory can be studied by simply assuming violation of Lorentz invariance which is implemented through a deformation of the canonical Poisson brackets of the theory depending on an infrared scale. The resulting theory is equivalent to a pure gauge theory with a Chern-Simons like term. It is shown that at

Amin Gholampour, Yinan Song

We study the equivariant Gromov-Witten and Donaldson-Thomas theories of $\mathbf{P}^2$-bundles over curves. We show the equivariant GW/DT correspondence holds to first order for certain curve classes

Michael T. Schuster, Roberta M. Humphreys, Massimo Marengo

We present high-resolution HST WFPC2 images of compact nebulosity surrounding the cool M-type hypergiants NML Cyg, VX Sgr and S Per. The powerful OH/IR source NML Cyg exhibits a peculiar bean-shaped asymmetric nebula that is coincident with the distribution of its H2O vapor masers. We show that NML Cyg's circumstellar envelope is likely shaped by photo-disso

Wladyslaw A. Majewski, Marcin Marciniak

A map $\phi:M_m(\bC)\to M_n(\bC)$ is decomposable if it is of the form $\phi=\phi_1+\phi_2$ where $\phi_1$ is a CP map while $\phi_2$ is a co-CP map. It is known that if $m=n=2$ then every positive map is decomposable. Given an extremal unital positive map $\phi:M_2(\bC)\to M_2(\bC)$ we construct concrete maps (not necessarily unital) $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$ w

Jozef Dudek, Robert Edwards, David Richards

The form factors for the radiative transitions between charmonium mesons are investigated. We employ an anisotropic lattice using a Wilson gauge action, and domain-wall fermion action. We extrapolate the form factors to $Q^2 = 0$, corresponding to a real photon, using quark-model-inspired functions. Finally, comparison is made with photocouplings extracted f

Peter Harremoes

In this paper a new operational definition of Renyi entropy and Renyi divergence is presented. Other operational definitions are mentioned.

J. J. Fortney, M. S. Marley, O. Hubickyj, P. Bodenheimer

Here we show preliminary calculations of the cooling and contraction of a 2 MJ planet. These calculations, which are being extended to 1-10 MJ, differ from other published "cooling tracks" in that they include a core accretion-gas capture formation scenario, the leading theory for the formation of gas giant planets. We find that the initial post-accretionary

Rami Grossberg, Monica VanDieren

Let K be an abstract elementary classes which has arbitrarily large models and satisfies the amalgamation and joint embedding properties. Theorem 1. Suppose K is \chi-tame. If K is categorical in some \lambda^+ >LS(K) then it is categorical in all \mu\geq (\lambda+\chi)^+. Theorem 2. If K is LS(K)-tame and is categorical both in LS(K) and in LS(K)^+ then K i

Emel Gulez, Christine Davies, Alan Gray, Peter Lepage

We study semileptonic B decays, using MILC dynamical configurations with $N_f=2+1$. NRQCD heavy and AsqTad light quark actions are used. We obtain the semileptonic form factors $f_+(q^2)$ and $f_0(q^2)$ in the chiral limit.

J. A. Sanchez, J. Morales, D. E. Zambrano

We describe the behaviour of semiclassical electrodynamics under gauge transformations. For this purpose we observe the structure of Schr\"odinger equation and matricial elements under these transformations. We conclude this theory is not gauge invariant. As a consequence of this fact, we obtain a possible loss of predictability of physical results.

Pieter Moree

A pair of natural numbers (a,b) such that a is both squarefree and coprime to b is called a carefree couple. A result conjectured by Manfred Schroeder (in his book `Number theory in science and communication') on carefree couples and a variant of it are established using standard arguments from elementary analytic number theory. Also a related conjecture of

Leah R. Johnson, Marc Mangel

Motivated by recent research of aging in E. coli, we explore the effects of aging on bacterial fitness. The disposable soma theory of aging was developed to explain how differences in lifespans and aging rates could be linked to life history trade-offs. Although generally applied for multicellular organisms, it is also useful for exploring life history strat

J. E. Hill, D. C. Morris, T. Sakamoto, G. Sato

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer performed its first autonomous, X-ray follow-up to a newly detected GRB on 2005 January 17, within 193 seconds of the burst trigger by the Swift Burst Alert Telescope. While the burst was still in progress, the X-ray Telescope obtained a position and an image for an un-catalogued X-ray source; simultaneous with the gamma-ra

Ingo Thies, Pavel Kroupa, Christian Theis

We present a parameter study of the possibility of tidally triggered disk instability. Using a restricted N-body model which allows for a survey of an extended parameter space, we show that a passing dwarf star with a mass between 0.1 and 1 M_sun can probably induce gravitational instabilities in the pre-planetary solar disk for prograde passages with minimu

Dan Magestro

We present first results of azimuthal (Delta phi) correlations of high transverse momentum (p_T) hadrons from the high-statistics Au+Au dataset collected at RHIC in 2004. Previous correlations measurements observed the disappearance of back-to-back (Delta phi ~ pi) correlations in central Au+Au collisions, supporting the emerging picture of parton energy los

Andrew Randono

There has been considerable recent interest in the Immirzi parameter as a measure of parity violating effects in the classical theory of gravitation with fermion coupling. Most recently it was shown that the Immirzi parameter together with the non-minimal coupling constant of Dirac spinors provides the measure for parity violating spin-spin interaction terms

I. F. Allison, C. T. H. Davies, A. Gray

We present preliminary results using NRQCD to describe heavy quarks on the MILC 2+1 flavour dynamical extra coarse ensemble. We calculate the spectra of low lying states in bottomonium to complement earlier results on the finer MILC ensembles. We then exploit the coarseness of the lattices to calculate charm propagators using NRQCD. These are used to examine

Guangcan Yang, Anzhong Wang

We analyze an oscillating universe model in brane world scenario. The oscillating universe cycles through a series of expansions and contractions and its energy density is dominated by dust matter at early-time expansion phase and by phantom dark energy at late-time expansion phase. We find that the period of the oscillating universe is not sensitive to the

R. F. Klie, J. C. Zheng, Y. Zhu, A. J. Zambano

The electronic structure of electron-doped polycrystalline Mg$_{1-x}$Al$_{x}$(B$_{1-y}$C$_{y}$)$_2$ was examined by electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) and first-principle electronic structure calculations. We found significant changes in the boron $K$ edge fine structure, suggesting the two bands of

Andrew Hill, Dennis Zaritsky

We present structural parameters for 204 stellar clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud derived from fitting King and Elson, Fall, & Freeman model profiles to the V-band surface brightness profiles as measured from the Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey images. Both King and EFF profiles are satisfactory fits to the majority of the profiles although King p

N. Matsunaga, H. Fukushi, Y. Nakada

We have extracted a total of 1968 Mira variables from the OGLE-II data base in the Galactic bulge region. Among them, 1960 are associated with 2MASS sources, and 1541 are further identified with MSX point sources. Their photometric properties are compared with those of Mira variables in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. We have found that mass-losing st

Yang Sun

A proper treatment of K-mixing is the key to understanding K-isomers. Here, we present a method based on the projected shell model. This method differs from the usual description of multi-quasiparticle states by introducing a transformation to the laboratory frame and a subsequent configuration mixing in that frame. It allows a quantitative study on the degr

Alexander Yampolsky

We present a new equation with respect to a unit vector field on Riemannian manifold $M^n$ such that its solution defines a totally geodesic submanifold in the unit tangent bundle with Sasaki metric and apply it to some classes of unit vector fields. We introduce a class of covariantly normal unit vector fields and prove that within this class the Hopf vecto

Tetsuya Shinozaki, Makoto Oka, Sachiko Takeuchi

P-wave pentaquarks with strangeness +1, I=0 and J^P=1/2^+ are studied in the non-relativistic quark model with instanton induced interaction (III). We present their mass splittings and orbital-spin-isospin-color structures. It is found that decompositions of the wave functions are sensitive to III, while the mass splittings are insensitive. The decay of the

Cody P Nave, Dmitri A. Ivanov, Patrick A. Lee

With the use of Gutzwiller-projected variational states, we study the renormalization of the current carried by the quasiparticles in high-temperature superconductors and of the quasiparticle spectral weight. The renormalization coefficients are computed by the variational Monte Carlo technique, under the assumption that quasiparticle excitations may be desc

Sungkon Chang

14H52 : Elliptic curves Let E be the elliptic curve given by a Mordell equation y^2=x^3-A where A is an integer. For certain A, we use Stoll's formula to compute a lower bound for the proportion of square-free integers D up to X such that the Mordell-Weil rank of the quadratic twist by D is less than 2k, for given non-negative k. We also compute an upper bou

E. Martinez-Gonzalez, P. Vielva

The standard inflationary model presents a simple scenario within which the homogeneity, isotropy and flatness of the universe appear as natural outcomes and, in addition, fluctuations in the energy density are originated during the inflationary phase. These seminal density fluctuations give rise to fluctuations in the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Bac

Andrea Dainese

The NA57 experiment has measured the production of strange and multi-strange hadrons in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN SPS. After briefly introducing the NA57 apparatus and analysis procedures, we present recent results on strangeness enhancement in Pb-Pb relative to p-Be collisions, on the study of the m_T distributions of strange particles, and on centra

Bahram Mashhoon

A null ray approaching a distant astronomical source appears to slow down, while a massive particle speeds up in accordance with Newtonian gravitation. The integration of these apparently incompatible aspects of motion in general relativity is due to the existence of a critical speed. Dynamics of particles moving faster than the critical speed could then be

Filippo Caruso, Vito Latora, Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda

We investigate numerically the Self Organized Criticality (SOC) properties of the dissipative Olami-Feder-Christensen model on small-world and scale-free networks. We find that the small-world OFC model exhibits self-organized criticality. Indeed, in this case we observe power law behavior of earthquakes size distribution with finite size scaling for the cut

M. Passera

The current status of the Standard Model prediction for the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is briefly reviewed and compared with the present experimental value.

W. G. Dantas, J. F. Stilck

Sandpile models with conserved number of particles (also called fixed energy sandpiles) may undergo phase transitions between active and absorbing states. We generalize the Manna sandpile model with fixed number of particles, introducing a parameter $-1 \leq \lambda \leq 1$ related to the toppling of particles from active sites to its first neighbors. In par

Lei Shi, Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos

We calculated the superconductivity properties of alkali metals under high pressure using the results of band theory and the rigid-muffin-tin theory of Gaspari and Gyorffy. Our results suggest that at high pressures Lithium, Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium would be superconductors with transition temperatures approaching $5-20 K$. Our calculations also sugges

Oksana Mishina, Dmitriy Kupriyanov, Eugene Polzik

We discuss the quantum information channel, which is based on coherent and polarization sensitive interaction of light and atomic spin waves. We show that the joint Heisenberg dynamics of the polarization Stokes components of light and of the angular momenta of atoms has a wave nature and can be properly described in terms of the macroscopic polariton-type s

M. Göckeler, R. Horsley, D. Pleiter, P. E. L. Rakow

We present recent results for meson decay constants calculated on configurations with two flavours of O(a)-improved Wilson fermions. Non-perturbative renormalisation is applied and quark mass dependencies as well as finite volume and discretisation effects are investigated. In this work we also present a computation of the coupling of the light vector mesons

Yan Han, Ozdal Boyraz, Bahram Jalali

We demonstrate a real-time transient waveform digitizer with a record 1 TSa/s (Tera-Sample/sec) sampling rate. This is accomplished by using a photonic time stretch preprocessor which slows down the electrical waveform before it is captured by an electronic digitizer.

M. M. Telo da Gama, A. Nunes

For many infectious diseases, a small-world network on an underlying regular lattice is a suitable simplified model for the contact structure of the host population. It is well known that the contact network, described in this setting by a single parameter, the small-world parameter $p$, plays an important role both in the short term and in the long term dyn

M. Menghini, R. J. Wijngaarden

The evolution of stripe patterns in type-I superconductors subject to a rotating in-plane magnetic field is investigated magneto-optically. The experimental results reveal a very rich and interesting behavior of the patterns. For small rotation angles, a small parallel displacement of the main part of the stripes and a co-rotation of their very ends is obser

J. Dunkel, J. Chluba, R. A. Sunyaev

Ultraluminous X-ray sources fed by Wolf-Rayet star winds and X-ray bursters in ultracompact binaries with He or C white dwarfs have accretion disks, whose properties may significantly differ from those of pure H alpha-accretion disks. We have therefore included the dependence on charge number Z and mean molecular weights mu_{e/I} into the Shakura and Sunyaev

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott et. al

We report on a search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in the data from the second science run of the LIGO interferometers. The search focused on binary systems with component masses between 3 and 20 solar masses. Optimally oriented binaries with distances up to 1 Mpc could be detected with efficiency of at least 90%. We found no even

A. L. Burin, I. Ya. Polishchuk, P. Fulde, Y. Sereda

We consider the effect of the internal nuclear quadrupole interaction on quantum tunneling in complex multi-atomic two-level systems. Two distinct regimes of strong and weak interactions are found. The regimes depend on the relationship between a characteristic energy of the nuclear quadrupole interaction $\lambda_{\ast}$ and a bare tunneling coupling streng

Taehyun Kim, Marco Fiorentino, Franco N. C. Wong

We demonstrate a simple, robust, and ultrabright parametric down-conversion source of polarization-entangled photons based on a polarization Sagnac interferometer. Bidirectional pumping in type-II phase-matched periodically poled KTiOPO4 yields a measured flux of 5 000 polarization-entangled pairs/s per mW of pump power in a 1-nm bandwidth at 96.8% quantum-i

A. Baule, R. Friedrich

We introduce a generalization of Obukhov's model [A.M. Obukhov, Adv. Geophys. 6, 113 (1959)] for the description of the joint position-velocity statistics of a single fluid particle in fully developed turbulence. In the presented model the velocity is assumed to undergo a continuous time random walk. This takes into account long time correlations. As a conse

Hans F. de Groote

In this work we discuss the notion of observable - both quantum and classical - from a new point of view. In classical mechanics, an observable is represented as a function (measurable, continuous or smooth), whereas in (von Neumann's approach to) quantum physics, an observable is represented as a bonded selfadjoint operator on Hilbert space. We will show in

A. Melatos, D. Scheltus, M. T. Whiting, S. S. Eikenberry

We present a time-lapse sequence of 20 near-infrared (J- and K'-band) snapshots of the central 20x20 arcsec of the Crab pulsar wind nebula, taken at subarcsecond resolution with the Hokupa'a/QUIRC adaptive optics camera on the Gemini North Telescope, and sampled at intervals of 10 min and 24 hr. It is observed that the equatorial wisps and polar knots in the

Samaya Nissanke

Construction of astrophysically realistic initial data remains a central problem when modelling the merger and eventual coalescence of binary black holes in numerical relativity. The objective of this paper is to provide astrophysically realistic freely specifiable initial data for binary black hole systems in numerical relativity, which are in agreement wit

Diego Rodriguez-Gomez

In this paper we give a microscopical description of certain configurations of branes wrapping black hole horizons in terms of dielectric gravitational waves. Interestingly, the configurations are stable only due to the gravitational background. Therefore, this constitutes a nice example of purely gravitational dielectric effect.

Stefano Forte

I review recent theoretical progress in the resummation of small x contributions to the evolution of parton distributions, in view of its potential significance for accurate phenomenology at future colliders. I show that a consistent perturbative resummation of collinear and energy logs is now possible, and necessary if one wishes to use recent NNLO results

T. Arimitsu, N. Arimitsu

The formula for probability density functions (PDFs) has been extended to include PDF for energy dissipation rates in addition to other PDFs such as for velocity fluctuations, velocity derivatives, fluid particle accelerations, energy transfer rates, etc, and it is shown that the formula actually explains various PDFs extracted from direct numerical simulati

Hai Lin, Juan Maldacena

We study theories with sixteen supercharges and a discrete energy spectrum. One class of theories has symmetry group $SU(2|4)$. They arise as truncations of ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang Mills. They include the plane wave matrix model, 2+1 super Yang Mills on $R \times S^2$ and ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang Mills on $R \times S^3/Z_k$. We explain how to obtain their gra

Naoyuki Tamura, Graham J. Murray, Ray M. Sharples, David J. Robertson

In this paper, we report measurements of diffraction efficiency and angular dispersion for a large format (~ 25 cm diameter) Volume-Phase Holographic (VPH) grating optimized for near-infrared wavelengths (0.9 -- 1.8 micron). The aim of this experiment is to see whether optical characteristics vary significantly across the grating. We sampled three positions

Naoyuki Tamura, Kouji Ohta, Yoshihiro Ueda

Redshift evolution of supermassive black hole mass functions (BHMFs) is investigated up to z ~ 1. BHMFs at intermediate redshifts are calculated in two ways. One way is from early-type galaxy luminosity functions (LFs); we assume an M_BH - L_sph correlation at a redshift by considering a passive evolution of L_sph in the local relationship. The resultant BHM

Nathan Berkovits, Carlos R. Mafra

The pure spinor formalism for the superstring has recently been used to compute massless four-point two-loop amplitudes in a manifestly super-Poincare covariant manner. In this paper, we show that when all four external states are Neveu-Schwarz, the two-loop amplitude coincides with the RNS result.

D. Meloni

In this talk we show how the errors on solar and atmospheric parameters affect the measurement of the unknown PMNS parameters $\theta_{13}$ and $\delta$ at future LBL facilities. Performing three parameters fits in $\theta_{13}$, $\delta$ and, in turn, one of the atmospheric or solar parameters, we show that present uncertainties on $\theta_{23}$ and $\Delta

Ruth S. Van de Water, Stephen R. Sharpe

We calculate the kaon B-parameter, B_K, to next-to-leading order in staggered chiral perturbation theory. We extend the usual power counting to include the effects of using perturbative (rather than non-perturbative) matching factors. Taste breaking enters through the O(a^2) terms in the effective action, through mixing with higher-dimension operators, and t

V. G. Baryshevsky, S. L. Cherkas, D. N. Matsukevich

We consider rotation of polarization plane of the laser light when a gas laser is placed in a longitudinal electric field (10~kV/cm). It is shown that residual anisotropy of the laser cavity 10^{-6} and the sensitivity to the angle of polarization plane rotation about 10^{-11} -10^{-12} rad allows one to measure an electron EDM with the sensitivity about 10^

Michele Modugno

We investigate the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of a random potential created by optical speckles. We first consider the effect of a weak disorder on the dipole and quadrupole collective oscillations, finding uncorrelated frequency shifts of the two modes with respect to the pure harmonic case. This behaviour, predicted by a sum rul

Alexey Glutsyuk

The paper deals with a complex polynomial $H$ in two variables having - a generic highest homogeneous part (without multiple zero lines), - nonconstant lower terms. In particular, under these conditions the polynomial $H$ has at least two distinct critical values. We prove quantitative versions of this statement. Supposing $H$ appropriately normalized (by af

M. Csanad

Allowed regions of core fraction versus partial coherence are obtained from analysis of both two- and three-pion Bose-Einstein correlations measured at PHENIX in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Au+Au collisions. Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions for different average transverse momenta are used to analyze chiral symmetry restoration.

C. Duval, Z. Horvath, P. Horvathy, L. Martina

The main result of Xiao et al. [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 137204 (2005)] is shown to follow from Hamiltonian mechanics.

Jun Zhao, Chong Sheng Li, Qiang Li

We calculate the SUSY-QCD corrections to the inclusive total cross sections of the associated production processes $pp\to W^{\pm}H^{\mp}+X$ in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model(MSSM) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider(LHC). The SUSY-QCD corrections can increase and decrease the total cross sections depending on the choice of the SUSY parameters. When

D. L. Zhou, B. Zeng, J. S. Tang, Z. Xu

We investigate quantum correlations of the $N$-qubit states via a collective pseudo-spin interaction ($\propto J_y^2$) on arbitrary pure separable states for a given interval of time. Based on this dynamical generation of the $N$-qubit maximal entangled states, a quantum secret sharing protocol with $N$ continuous classical secrets is developed.

M. Miceli, F. Bocchino, A. Maggio, F. Reale

We analyzed an XMM-Newton EPIC observation of a bright knot, named FilD, in the northern rim of the Vela SNR, where the shock has encountered a cloud. The good combination of sensitivity, spectral, and spatial resolution allowed us to describe the internal structure of the observed ISM clouds and to obtain estimates of their temperature, density, O, Ne, and

R. Sánchez, W. Nörtershäuser, G. Ewald, D. Albers

The nuclear charge radius of Li-11 has been determined for the first time by high precision laser spectroscopy. On-line measurements at TRIUMF-ISAC yielded a Li-7 - Li-11 isotope shift (IS) of 25101.23(13) MHz for the Doppler-free 2s - 3s transition. IS precision for all other bound Li isotopes was also improved. Differences from calculated mass-based IS yie

B. Pire, L. Szymanowski

We study the scaling regime of nucleon-anti-nucleon annihilation into a deeply virtual photon and a photon or meson, \bar p N -> gamma ^* pi, \bar p N -> gamma ^* gamma, in the forward direction. The leading twist amplitude factorizes into an antiproton distribution amplitude, a short-distance matrix element and a long-distance dominated transition distribut

Rebecca Olson, Justin Paul, Scott Bergeson, Dallin S. Durfee

We have demonstrated several inexpensive methods which can be used to measure the deflection angles of prisms with microradian precision. The methods are self-referenced, using various reversals to achieve absolute measurements without the need of a reference prism or any expensive precision components other than the prisms under test. These techniques are b

Fabrizio Catanese

We introduce a new equivalence relation, denoted by $A.Q.E.D.$ (= Algebraic-Quasi-\'Etale- Deformation) for complete algebraic varieties with canonical singularities: it is generated by birational equivalence, by flat algebraic deformations, and by quasi-\'etale morphisms, i.e., morphisms which are unramified in codimension $1$. $\C$-Q.E.D is the similar rel

Rebecca Merrill, Rebecca Olson, Scott Bergeson, Dallin S. Durfee

We present a new method of external-cavity diode laser grating stabilization which combines the high output power of the Littrow design with the fixed output pointing of the Littman-Metcalf design. Our new approach utilizes a Faraday-effect optical isolator inside the external cavity. Experimental testing and a model which describes the tuning range and opti

A. Lorca

The package aITALC has been developed for fully automated calculations of two fermion production at e+ e- collider and other similar reactions. We emphasize the connection and interoperability between the different modules required for the calculation and the external tools Diana, Form and LoopTools. Results for e+ e- -> f anti-f, e+ e- are presented.

A. I. Davydychev

A geometrical way to calculate N-point Feynman diagrams is reviewed. As an example, the dimensionally-regulated three-point function is considered, including all orders of its epsilon-expansion. Analytical continuation to other regions of the kinematical variables is discussed.

Aharon Davidson, David Karasik, Yoav Lederer

Within the framework of Geodesic Brane Gravity, the deviation from General Relativity is parameterized by the conserved bulk energy. The corresponding geodesic evolution/nucleation of a de-Sitter brane is shown to be exclusively driven by a double-well Higgs potential, rather than by a plain cosmological constant. The (hairy) horizon serves then as the locus

Jerome Damet, Eva Pereiro Lopez, Alexander Sasov

The possibility of a three-dimensional visualisation/reconstruction of tracks in nuclear emulsion films using X-ray imaging is described in this paper. The feasibility of the technique is established with experimental results.

Steven M Taylor

This paper identifies specific angles of emission and reception of light for which there exists a mass-energy counterpart to the well known transverse Doppler shift. At these angles, the relationship of proper and relative frequency is the same as that for proper and relative mass-energy of a source. Paradoxically, the transverse Doppler shift is often used

M. Csanad, T. Csorgo, B. Lorstad, A. Ster

The pseudo-rapidity dependence of the elliptic flow at various excitation energies measured by the PHOBOS Collaboration in Au+Au collisions at RHIC is one of the surprising results that has not been explained before in terms of hydrodynamical models. Here we show that these data are in agreement with theoretical predictions based on perfect fluid hydrodynami

M. Taguchi, P. Kruger, J. C. Parlebas, A. Kotani

We report a theoretical study on resonant x-ray emission spectra (RXES) in the whole energy region of the Mn $L_{2,3}$ white lines for three prototypical Mn/Ag(001) systems: (i) a Mn impurity in Ag, (ii) an adsorbed Mn monolayer on Ag, and (iii) a thick Mn film. The calculated RXES spectra depend strongly on the excitation energy. At $L_3$ excitation, the sp

A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston

We present here a direct comparison of the polarisation position angle (PA) profiles of 17 pulsars, observed at 1.4 and 3.1 GHz. Absolute PAs are obtained at each frequency, permitting a measurement of the difference in the profiles. By doing this, we obtain more precise rotation measure (RM) values for some of the pulsars in the current catalogue. We find t

S. Rigolin

We discuss the physics reach of $\beta$-Beams and $\nu$-Factories from a theoretical perspective, having as a guideline the problem of degeneracies. The presence of degenerate solutions in the measure of the neutrino oscillation parameters $\theta_{13}$ and $\delta$ is, in fact, the main problem that have to be addressed in planning future neutrino oscillati

Valery S. Shchesnovich

The quantum instability of the mean-field theory for identical bosons is shown to be described by an appropriate Bogoliubov transformation. A connection between the quantum and classical linear stability theories is indicated. It is argued that the instability rate in a system of identical bosons must be strongly affected by the nonlinear terms (interactions

Daniel Müller

The circular noise is important in connection to Mach's principle, and also as a possible probe of the Unruh effect. In this letter the power spectrum of the detector following the Trocheries-Takeno motion in the Minkowski vacuum is analytically obtained in the form of an infinite series. A mean distribution function and corresponding energy density are obta

Len M. Pismen, Uwe Thiele

An asymptotic theory is developed for a moving drop driven by a wettability gradient. We distinguish the mesoscale where an exact solution is known for the properly simplified problem. This solution is matched at both -- the advancing and the receding side -- to respective solutions of the problem on the microscale. On the microscale the velocity of movement

Michael Bradley, Daniel Eriksson

Cosmological models of Bianchi type V and I containing a perfect fluid with a linear equation of state plus cosmological constant are investigated using a tetrad approach where our variables are the Riemann tensor, the Ricci rotation coefficients and a subset of the tetrad vector components. This set, in the following called S, describes a spacetime when its

Mei-Yu Wang, Feng-Li Yan

We investigate the lower bound of the amount of entanglement for faithfully teleporting a quantum state belonging to a subset of the whole Hilbert space. Moreover, when the quantum state belongs to a set composed of two states, a probabilistic teleportation scheme is presented using a non-maximally entangled state as the quantum channel. We also calculate th