October 2005 arXiv papers — page 3

Dorit Aharonov, Alexei Kitaev, John Preskill

We prove a new version of the quantum accuracy threshold theorem that applies to non-Markovian noise with algebraically decaying spatial correlations. We consider noise in a quantum computer arising from a perturbation that acts collectively on pairs of qubits and on the environment, and we show that an arbitrarily long quantum computation can be executed wi

A. Bondar, A. Buzulutskov, A. Grebenuk, D. Pavlyuchenko

We study the performance of two-phase avalanche detectors based on Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) and operated in an electron-avalanching mode in Ar and Xe. Emission, gain, energy resolution and stability characteristics of the detectors were studied. Rather high gains, reaching 5000, and stable operation for several hours were observed in the two-phase Ar

Ildar R. Gabitov, Robert Indik, Natalia M. Litchinitser, Andrei I. Maimistov

We derive envelope equations which generate the Maxwell-Lorentz model and describe the interaction of optical pulses with plasmonic oscillations in metal nanoparticle composites. A family of solitary wave solutions is found which is analogous to self-induced transparency in Maxwell-Bloch. The evolution of incident optical pulses is studied numerically as are

V. N. Yershov

A preon-based composite model of the fundamental fermions is discussed, in which the fermions are bound states of smaller entities -- primitive charges (preons). The preon is regarded as a dislocation in a dual 3-dimensional manifold -- a topological object with no properties, save its unit mass and unit charge. It is shown that the dualism of this manifold

Sergei P. Maydanyuk

A consecutive formalism and analysis of exactly solvable radial reflectionless potentials with barriers, which in the spatial semiaxis of radial coordinate $r$ have one hole and one barrier, after which they fall down monotonously to zero with increasing of $r$, is presented. It has shown, that at their shape such potentials look qualitatively like radial sc

Moshe Gai

The Standard Solar Model (BP04) predicts a total 8B neutrino flux that is 17.2% larger than measured in the salt phase of the SNO detector (and if it were significant it will indicate oscillation to sterile neutrinos). Hence it is important to examine in details uncertainties (and values) of inputs to the SSM. Currently, the largest fractional uncertainty is

O. Lisovyy

We introduce and study a family of quantum fields, associated to delta-interactions in one dimension. These fields are analogous to holonomic quantum fields of M. Sato, T. Miwa and M. Jimbo. Corresponding field operators belong to an infinite-dimensional representation of the group $SL(2,\Rb)$ in the Fock space of ordinary harmonic oscillator. We compute for

Peter Schneider, Jeremy Teitelbaum

We take some initial steps towards illuminating the (hypothetical) $p$-adic local Langlands functoriality principle relating Galois representations of a $p$-adic field $L$ and admissible unitary Banach space representations of $G(L)$ when $G$ is a split reductive group over $L$. The outline of our work is derived from Breuil's remarkable insights into th

Zoltan I. Szabo

The Zeeman-Hamilton operators of free charged particles are identified with the Laplacians of certain Riemannian manifolds, called Zeeman manifolds. The quantum Hilbert space decomposes into subspaces (Zeeman zones) which are invariant under the actions both of the Zeeman operator and the natural Heisenberg group representation. Thus a well defined particle

Attilio Le Donne

Goldman (Invent. Math. 85(2) (1986) 263) and Turaev (Ann. Sci. Ecole Norm. Sup. (4) 24 (6)(1991) 635) found a Lie bialgebra structure on the vector space generated by non-trivial free homotopy classes of loops on an orientable surface. Chas (Combinatorial Lie bialgebras of curves on surfaces, Topology 43 (2004) 543), by the aid of the computer, found a negat

S Sherly, M K Jose, E Sandhya, N Raju

In this paper, we develop two stochastic models where the variable under consideration follows Harris distribution. The mean and variance of the processes are derived and the processes are shown to be non-stationary. In the second model, starting with a Poisson process, an alternate way of obtaining Harris process is introduced.

Jacky Cresson, Sébastien Darses

The stochastic embedding procedure associates a stochastic Euler-Lagrange equation (SEL) to the standard Euler-Lagrange equation (EL). Can we derive (SEL) from a generalized least action principle? To address this question, we develop a stochastic calculus of variation initiated by Yasue. We give a stochastic analog F of the lagrangian action functional. We

Jacky Cresson, Sébastien Darses

We define an operator which extends classical differentiation from smooth deterministic functions to certain stochastic processes. Based on this operator, we define a procedure which associates a stochastic analog to standard differential operators and ordinary differential equations. We call this procedure stochastic embedding. By embedding lagrangian syste

Kyoji Saito

Each orientation on a Dynkin graph $Γ$ defines a cone (in a certain real configuration space) which is further divided into chambers. We enumerate the number of chambers for two particular cones, which are called the pricipal $Γ$-cones and are attached to bipartite decompositions of $Γ$, by a use of hook length formulae. We prove that these pricipal cones ar

David Callan, Len Smiley

We consider noncrossing partitions of [n] under the action of (i) the reflection group (of order 2), (ii) the rotation group (cyclic of order n) and (iii) the rotation/reflection group (dihedral of order 2n). First, we exhibit a bijection from rotation classes to bicolored plane trees on n edges, and consider its implications. Then we count noncrossing parti

Jimmy Petean

We prove that if a closed unit volume Riemannian manifold, $(M^n, g)$, has Ricci curvature bounded from below by r>0 then the Yamabe constant of the conformal class of $g$ is at least $n.r$. This inequality has already been proved by S. Ilias (Constantes explicites pour les inegalites de Sobolev sur les varietes riemannienes compactes, Ann. Inst. Fourier 33,

Peter Loth

In this paper, we study the group Pext(C,A) for locally compact abelian (LCA) groups A and C. Sufficient conditions are established for Pext(C,A) to coincide with the first Ulm subgroup of Ext(C,A). Some structural information on pure injectives in the category of LCA groups is obtained. Letting K denote the class of LCA groups which can be written as the to

N. Kiriushcheva, S. V. Kuzmin

It is shown that the well-known triviality of the Einstein field equations in two dimensions is not a sufficient condition for the Einstein-Hilbert action to be a total divergence, if the general covariance is to be preserved, that is, a coordinate system is not fixed. Consequently, a Hamiltonian formulation is possible without any modification of the two di

J. Bellorin, A. Restuccia

We construct the Hamiltonian of the D=11 Supermembrane with topological conditions on configuration space. It may be interpreted as a supermembrane theory where all configurations are wrapped in an irreducible way on a calibrated submanifold of a compact sector of the target space. We prove that the spectrum of its Hamiltonian is discrete with finite multipl

G. B. Pivovarov

We demonstrate that regularization with higher derivatives in 3+1 Minkowski space leads to an asymptotically free theory of interacting scalar field.

Yuhi Ohwashi

We construct interacting Sp(4,H)/Z_2 pair matrix models inside the compact E6 matrix models. Generally, models based on the compact E6 seem to always include doubly the degrees of freedom that we need physically. In this paper, we propose one solution to this problem. A basic idea is that: `we regard that each point of space-time corresponds to the center of

A. V. Kotikov, A. V. Lipatov, N. P. Zotov

We consider possible saturation effects in the structure function $F_L$ at fixed W in HERA energy range and in $b\bar b-$production at LHC energies in the framework of $k_T-$facrorization approach.

Dariusz Prorok

The transverse energy and the charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity are evaluated in a single-freeze-out model for different centrality bins at RHIC at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$ and 200 GeV. The predictions of the model are done at the freeze-out parameters determined earlier from measured particle yields and $p_{T}$ spectra. The results agree qualitatively

D. T. da Silva, M. L. L. da Silva, D. Hadjimichef, C. A. Z. Vasconcellos

We investigate the two-meson decay modes for $f_0(1500)$. In this calculation we consider this resonance as a glueball. The Fock-Tani formalism is introduced to calculate the decay width.

J. A. R. Cembranos, A. Dobado, A. L. Maroto

In the context of brane-world scenarios, we study the effects produced by the exchange of virtual massive branons. A one-loop calculation is performed which generates higher-dimensional operators involving SM fields suppressed by powers of the brane tension scale. We discuss constraints on this scenario from colliders such as HERA, LEP and Tevatron and prosp

The Tevatron Electroweak Working Group

The results on the direct measurements of the W-boson width, based on the data collected by the Tevatron experiments CDF and DØat Fermilab during {\RunI} from 1992 to 1996 and {\RunII} since 2001 are summarized. The combination of the published {\RunI} and preliminary {\RunII} results, taking correlated uncertainties properly into account, is presented. The

James B. Hartle

`How do our ideas about quantum mechanics affect our understanding of spacetime?' This familiar question leads to quantum gravity. The complementary question is also important: `How do our ideas about spacetime affect our understanding of quantum mechanics?' This short abstract of a talk given at the Gafka2004 conference contains a very brief summary

Rawan Ghnemat, Khalaf Khatatneh, Saleh Oqeili, Cyrille Bertelle

In this paper, we deal with some specific domains of applications to game theory. This is one of the major class of models in the new approaches of modelling in the economic domain. For that, we use genetic automata which allow to buid adaptive strategies for the players. We explain how the automata-based formalism proposed - matrix representation of automat

R. Corin, S. Etalle, P. H. Hartel, A. Mader

We propose a method for engineering security protocols that are aware of timing aspects. We study a simplified version of the well-known Needham Schroeder protocol and the complete Yahalom protocol, where timing information allows the study of different attack scenarios. We model check the protocols using UPPAAL. Further, a taxonomy is obtained by studying a

T. A. Abtew, D. A. Drabold

We employ ab initio molecular dynamics to simulate the response of hydrogenated amorphous silicon to light exposure (Staebler-Wronski effect). We obtain improved microscopic understanding of PV operation, compute the motion of H atoms, and modes of light-induced degradation of photovoltaics. We clarify existing models of light-induced change in aSi:H and sho

A. Kashuba

Spin wave equations in the non-equilibrium precessing state of a ferromagnetic system are found. They show a spin-wave instability towards growing domains of stable magnetization. Precession of the uniform magnetization mode is described by the Landau Lifshitz equation with the exponentially growing in time effective Gilbert dissipation constant that could h

R. N. Bhowmik, R. Ranganathan, R. Nagarajan

We report magnetic behaviour of MnCr$_2$O$_4$, which belongs to a special class of spinel, known as chromite. Bulk MnCr$_2$O$_4$ shows a sequence of magnetic states, which follows paramagnetic (PM) to collinear ferrimagnetic (FM) state below T$_C$ $\sim$ 45 K and collinear FM state to non-collinear FM state below T$_S$ $\sim$ 18 K. The non-collinear spin str

Wei Bu, David Vaknin, Alex Travesset

Surface sensitive synchrotron-X-ray scattering studies reveal the distributions of monovalent ions next to highly charged interfaces. A lipid phosphate (dihexadecyl hydrogen-phosphate) was spread as a monolayer at the air-water interface, containing CsI at various concentrations. Using anomalous reflectivity off and at the $L_3$ Cs$^+$ resonance, we provide,

L. Raymond, G. Albinet, A. -M. S. Tremblay

It is shown that the experiments of A.M. Toader, J. P. Goff, M. Roger, N. Shannon, J. R. Stewart, and M. Enderle, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 197202 (2005) do not provide definitive experimental evidence for ring exchange terms in the Hamiltonian of La2CuO4, even though such terms may be present.

Paolo Sibani

The configurational de-correlation in an aging system is attributed to irreversible intermittent rearrangements, which are described as a Poisson process with average $\propto \ln(1 + t/t_w)$, where $t$ is the observation time and $t_w$ is the age [P. Sibani and H.J. Jensen, Europhys. Lett. 69, 2005]. On this basis, we obtain a simple model for the off-equil

S. L. A. de Queiroz

We study roughness probability distribution functions (PDFs) of the time signal for a critical interface model, which is known to provide a good description of Barkhausen noise in soft ferromagnets. Starting with time ``windows'' of data collection much larger than the system's internal ``loading time'' (related to demagnetization effects

S. Schuh, J. Huber, S. Dreizler, E. M. Green

The discovery of a long-period g-mode oscillation in the previously known short-period p-mode sdB pulsator HS0702+6043 makes this star an extraordinary object, unique as a member of the family of sdB pulsators, and one of the very few known pulsating stars overall exhibiting excited modes along both the acoustic and gravity branches of the nonradial pulsatio

S. Schuh, J. Huber, S. Dreizler, U. Heber

[Context.] The hot subdwarf B star HS0702+6043 is known as a large-amplitude, short-period p-mode pulsator of the EC14026 type. Its atmospheric parameters place it at the common boundary between the empirical instability regions of the EC14026 variables and the typically cooler long-period g-mode pulsators of the PG1716 kind. [Aims.] We analyse and interpret

M. Ando, K. Ohta, I. Iwata, M. Akiyama

We report results of deep optical spectroscopy with Subaru/FOCAS for Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) candidates at z~5. So far, we made spectroscopic observations for 24 LBG candidates among ~200 bright (z&#39;<25.0) LBG sample and confirmed 9 objects to be LBGs at z~5. Intriguingly, these bright LBGs show no or a weak Ly-alpha emission and relatively strong low io

I. Iwata, K. Ohta, M. Ando, G. Kiuchi

We report the updated UV luminosity function (LF) of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z~5. Combining with lower redshift data, we found that the evolution of UV LF is differential depending on the UV luminosity; i.e., the number density of luminous LBGs does not change significantly from z=5 to 3, while the number density of faint (L<L*) galaxies increases by

Ranga-Ram Chary

The GOODS-North field centered around the historical Hubble Deep Field-North provides one of the richest multiwavelength datasets compiled, spanning radio to X-ray frequencies, for studying the formation and evolution of galaxies at high redshift. In particular, the unprecedented sensitivity of the Spitzer/GOODS 24 micron observations allows an unbiased meas

Ranga-Ram Chary, Daniel Stern, Peter Eisenhardt

We report on Spitzer IRAC observations of the spectroscopically confirmed z=6.56 lensed Ly-alpha emitting source HCM 6A which was found behind the cluster Abell 370. Detection of the source at 3.6 and 4.5 microns, corresponding to rest-frame optical emission, allows us to study the stellar population of this primeval galaxy. The broadband flux density at 4.5

J. Medeiros, C. R. Contaldi

We investigate the effect of foreground residuals in the WMAP data (Bennet et al. 2004) by adding foreground contamination to Gaussian ensembles of CMB signal and noise maps. We evaluate a set of non-Gaussian estimators on the contaminated ensembles to determine with what accuracy any residual in the data can be constrained using higher order statistics. We

T. S. Biro, G. Purcsel

We present first results of the development of a test particle simulation for solving non-extensive extensions of the elastic two-particle Boltzmann equation. Stationary one-particle energy distributions with power-law tail are obtained.

L. Campanelli, P. Cea, L. Tedesco

The gravitational field produced by a domain wall acts as a medium with spacetime-dependent permittivity ε. Therefore, the fine structure constant α= e^2/4 πεwill be a time-dependent function at fixed position. The most stringent constraint on the time-variation of αcomes from the natural reactor Oklo and gives |\dotα/α| < few 10^{-17} yr^{-1}. This limit co

S. Rappaport, Y. Rabin, A. Yu. Grosberg

Every smooth closed curve can be represented by a suitable Fourier sum. We show that the ensemble of curves generated by randomly chosen Fourier coefficients with amplitudes inversely proportional to spatial frequency (with a smooth exponential cutoff), can be accurately mapped on the physical ensemble of worm-like polymer loops. We find that measures of cor

Oktay Aydogdu, Mustafa Salti, Murat Korunur

This paper has been removed by arXiv administrators because it overlaps gr-qc/0303009, hep-th/0405047, gr-qc/0412120, and others. This paper also has excessive overlap with the following papers also written by the authors or their collaborators: gr-qc/0607119, gr-qc/0607103, gr-qc/0607115, and others.

S. Sharma, J. K. Dewhurst, C. Ambrosch-Draxl, S. Kurth

A description of non-collinear magnetism in the framework of spin-density functional theory is presented for the exact exchange energy functional which depends explicitly on two-component spinor orbitals. The equations for the effective Kohn-Sham scalar potential and magnetic field are derived within the optimized effective potential (OEP) framework. With th

Xuelei Wang, Xiaoxue Wang

$γγ\to Π_t^0$ is the major production mechanism of neutral top-pion at the linear colliders. In this paper, we calculate the cross section of the process $γγ\to Π^0_t$ and discuss the potential to observe the neutral top-pion via its various decay modes at the planned ILC. The study show that, among the various neutral top-pion production processes at the li

Xuelei Wang, Qingpeng Qiao, Qiaoli Zhang

The top-pions($Π^{0,\pm}$) and the top-Higgs($H_{TC}$) are the typical particles predicted by the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model and the observation of these particles can be regarded as the direct evidence of the TC2 model. In this paper, we study two pair production processes of these new particles, i.e., $e^ + e^ - \to H_{TC}Π^0$ and $e^+e^-\to

Kazuhito Fujiwara, Hiroshi Itoyama, Makoto Sakaguchi

We provide a manifestly N=2 supersymmetric formulation of the N=2 U(N_c) gauge model constructed in terms of N=1 superfields in hep-th/0409060. The model is composed of N=2 vector multiplets in harmonic superspace and can be viewed as the N=2 U(N_c) Yang-Mills effective action equipped with the electric and magnetic Fayet-Iliopoulos terms. We generalize this

C. R. Das, L. V. Laperashvili, H. B. Nielsen

In the present talk we present an investigation of nonabelian SU(N) gauge theories, describing a system of fields with non--dual g and dual \tilde g charges and revealing the generalized dual symmetry. The Zwanziger type action is suggested. The renormalization group equations for pure nonabelian theories, in particular for pure SU(3)\times\widetilde{SU(3)}

Manu Mathur, Samir K. Paul

We define coherent states carrying SU(2) charges by exploiting Schwinger boson representation of SU(2) Lie algebra. These coherent states satisfy continuity property and provide resolution of identity on $S^{3}$. We further generalize these techniques to construct the corresponding SU(3) charge coherent states. The SU(N) extension is discussed.

Sever Achimescu, Ovidiu Lipan

The structure of a stochastic nonlinear gene regulatory network is uncovered by studying its response to input signal generators. Four applications are studied in detail: a nonlinear connection of two linear systems, the design of a logic pulse, a molecular amplifier and the interference of three signal generators in E2F1 regulatory element. The gene interac

M. Yan, P. Shum

We introduce a small-core air-guiding photonic crystal fiber whose cladding is made of improved air-silica photonic crystal with non-circular air holes placed in triangular lattice. The fiber achieves un-disturbed bandgap guidance over 350nm wavelength range.

Heping Zeng, Jian Wu, Kun Wu, Han Xu

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors

J. P. Svenne, K. Amos, S. Karataglidis, D. van der Knijff

Analyzing powers in low-energy neutron scattering from 12C are calculated in an algebraic momentum-space coupled-channel formalism (MCAS). The results are compared with recently obtained experimental data. The channel-coupling potentials have been defined previously to reproduce the total cross section and sub-threshold bound states of the compound system. W

P. Olbratowski, J. Dobaczewski, J. Dudek

A search for the self-consistent solutions for the chiral rotational bands in the N=75 isotones, 130Cs, 132La, 134Pr and 136Pm is performed within the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock cranking approach using SKM* and SLy4 parametrizations. The dependence of the solutions on the time-odd contributions in the energy functional is studied. From among the considered four iso

Jean-Luc Thiffeault, Emmanuelle Gouillart, Matthew D. Finn

&#39;Ghost Rods&#39; are periodic structures in a two-dimensional flow that have an effect on material lines that is similar to real stirring rods. An example is a periodic island: material lines exterior to it must wrap around such an island, because determinism forbids them from crossing through it. Hence, islands act as topological obstacles to material l

Sophie Chen

We present a method to derive local estimates for some classes of fully nonlinear elliptic equations. The advantage of our method is that we derive Hessian estimates directly from $C^0$ estimates. Also, the method is flexible and can be applied to a large class of equations.

Roberto Oliveira

In a balls-in-bins process with feedback, balls are sequentially thrown into bins so that the probability that a bin with n balls obtains the next ball is proportional to f(n) for some function f. A commonly studied case where there are two bins and f(n) = n^p for p > 0, and our goal is to study the fine behavior of this process with two bins and a large ini

R. F. Efendiev

The purpose of the present work is solving the characterization problem for one class of second order operator pencil with complex periodic coefficients, which consists of identification of necessary and sufficient conditions on the scattering data ensuring that the reconstructed potential belongs to a particular class.

D. -M. Lu, Q. -S. Wu, J. J. Zhang

The left and right homological integrals are introduced for a large class of infinite dimensional Hopf algebras. Using the homological integrals we prove a version of Maschke&#39;s theorem for infinite dimensional Hopf algebras. The generalization of Maschke&#39;s theorem and homological integrals are the keys to study noetherian regular Hopf algebras of Gel

Jacky Cresson, Stephen Wiggins

Let $N$ be a smooth manifold and $f:N\to N$ be a $C^l$, $l\geq 2$ diffeomorphism. Let $M$ be a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold, not necessarily compact. We prove an analogue of the $λ$-lemma in this case.

David Anderson, Jonathan Mattingly, H. Frederik Nijhout, Michael Reed

We investigate the propagation of random fluctuations through biochemical networks in which the concentrations of species are large enough so that the unperturbed problem is well-described by ordinary differential equation. We characterize the behavior of variance as fluctuations propagate down chains, study the effect of side chains and feedback loops, and

Pierre-Yves Gaillard

To each i, j belonging to some set of integers, attach the integer a(i,j). Are there integers x(i) such that x(j)-x(i) is congruent to a(i,j) mod (i,j)? A necessary condition is that a(i,j)+a(j,k) be congruent to a(i,k) mod (i,j,k). This condition is sufficient.

Andras Szenes, Michele Vergne

Building on our earlier work on toric residues and reduction, we give a proof for the mixed toric residue conejecture of Batyrev and Materov. We simplify and streamline our technique of tropical degenerations, which allows one to interpolate between two localization principles: one appearing in the intersection theory toric quotients and the other in the cal

Vladimir Maz&#39;ya, Mikhail Shubin

We provide a class of necessary and sufficient conditions for the discreteness of spectrum of Schrödinger operators with scalar potentials which are semibounded below. The classical discreteness of spectrum criterion by A.M.Molchanov (1953) uses a notion of negligible set in a cube as a set whose Wiener&#39;s capacity is less than a small constant times the

D. Yu. Ivanov, A. Papa

We calculate the amplitude for the forward electroproduction of two light vector mesons in next-to-leading order BFKL. This amplitude represents the first next-to-leading order amplitude ever calculated for a collision process between strongly interacting colorless particles.

S. M. Troshin, N. E. Tyurin

We discuss simple nonperturbative mechanism for generation of single-spin asymmetries in hadron processes and hyperon polarization in particular.

S. Sen, A. Dixit

We present a supersymmetric 3-3-1 model with exotic quarks and a charged lepton as an extension of the MSSM model with anomaly free three generations The scalar sector is studied with six triplet Higgses and the mass spectrum for light Higgs scalars are found to obey MSSM like predictions .The trilinear Higgs term in 3-3-1 is found to be consistent with the

Jae Yong Lee

The simplest little Higgs model based on a SU(3) global symmetry contains a $SU(3)_{weak}$ triplet and a singlet per a generation in the lepton sector. A neutral component of the triplet and the singlet turn into a neutral vector-like $SU(2)_L$ singlet after electroweak symmetry breaking while the other neutral component of the triplet is the SM neutrino. At

Alan Kostelecky, Robertus Potting

In general relativity, gravitational waves propagate at the speed of light, and so gravitons are massless. The masslessness can be traced to symmetry under diffeomorphisms. However, another elegant possibility exists: masslessness can instead arise from spontaneous violation of local Lorentz invariance. We construct the corresponding theory of gravity. It re

Robin Cote`, Roberto Onofrio, Eddy Timmermans

We discuss a sympathetic cooling strategy that can successfully mitigate fermion-hole heating in a dilute atomic Fermi-Bose mixture and access the temperature regime in which the fermions behave as a Fermi liquid. We introduce an energy-based formalism to describe the temperature dynamics with which we study a specific and promising mixture composed of 6Li a

J. Machta

The intuition that a long history is required for the emergence of complexity in natural systems is formalized using the notion of depth. The depth of a system is defined in terms of the number of parallel computational steps needed to simulate it. Depth provides an objective, irreducible measure of history applicable to systems of the kind studied in statis

B. J. Taylor, M. B. Maple

A modified form of the vortex-lattice melting line is arrived at by incorporating the effects of critical behavior at the melting transition. Beginning with the universal form established by Blatter and Ivlev [Physical Review Letters 70, 2621 (1993)] which includes both thermal and quantum fluctuations, we then use the vortex relaxation time of a vortex-glas

A. B. Harris, T. Yildirim, A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman

We develop a microscopic magnetoelectric coupling in Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ (NVO) which gives rise to the trilinear phenomenological coupling used previously to explain the phase transition in which magnetic and ferroelectric order parameters appear simultaneously. Using combined neutron scattering measurements and first-principles calculations of the phonons in N

M. Martinez-Mares, R. A. Mendez-Sanchez

We propose an interpolation formula for the distribution of the reflection coefficient in the presence of time reversal symmetry for chaotic cavities with absorption. This is done assuming a similar functional form as that when time reversal invariance is absent. The interpolation formula reduces to the analytical expressions for the strong and weak absorpti

E. Majernikova, V. Majernik, S. Shpyrko

Two-level electron-phonon systems with reflection symmetry linearly coupled to one or two phonon modes (exciton and E$\otimes(b_1+b_2)$ Jahn-Teller model) exhibit strong enhancement of quantum fluctuations of the phonon coordinates and momenta due to the complex interplay of quantum fluctuations and nonlinearities inherent to the models. We show that for the

E. Majernikova, S. Shpyrko

Ground state of the quantum Jahn-Teller model with broken rotational symmetry was investigated by the variational approach in two cases: a lattice and a local ones. Both cases differ by the way of accounting for the nonlinearity hidden in the reflection-symmetric Hamiltonian. In spite of that the ground state energy in both cases shows the same features: the

Kamil Walczak

Here we present theoretical studies of the effect of vibronic coupling on nonlinear transport characteristics (current-voltage and conductance-voltage) in molecular electronic devices. Considered device is composed of molecular quantum dot (with discrete energy levels) weakly connected to metallic electrodes (treated within the wide-band approximation), wher

Isao Endo, Hiroshi Koibuchi

We found that three types of tethered surface model undergo a first-order phase transition between the smooth and the crumpled phase. The first and the third are discrete models of Helfrich, Polyakov, and Kleinert, and the second is that of Nambu and Goto. These are curvature models for biological membranes including artificial vesicles. The results obtained

R. L. Allen, B. Gladman, J-M Petit, P. Rousselot

We present the data acquisition strategy and characterization procedures for the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey (CFEPS), a sub-component of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey. The survey began in early 2003 and as of summer 2005 has covered 430 square degrees of sky within a few degrees of the ecliptic. Moving objects beyond the orbit of U

T. Manos, E. Athanassoula

A very important issue in the area of galactic dynamics is the detection of chaotic and ordered motion inside galaxies. In order to achieve this target, we use the Smaller ALignment Index (SALI) method, which is a very suitable tool for this kind of problems. Here, we apply this index to 3D barred galaxy potentials and we present some results on the chaotic

T. Manos, E. Athanassoula

The dynamical evolution of barred galaxies depends crucially on the fraction and their spacial distribution of chaotic orbits in them. In order to distinguish between the two kinds of orbits, we use the Smaller Alignment Index (SALI) method, a very powerful method which can be applied to problems of galactic dynamics. Using model potentials, and taking into

H. Sana, E. Gosset, G. Rauw, E. Antokhina

We summarize the results of a multiwavelength observing campaign on the massive eclipsing binary CPD-41deg7742, another remarkable object in the young open cluster NGC 6231. Our campaign relies on high resolution echelle spectroscopy, narrow-band optical photometry, and XMM-Newton X-ray observations. Combined with the spectroscopic analysis, the light curve

Hugh C. Harris, Jeffrey A. Munn, Mukremin Kilic, James Liebert

A sample of white dwarfs is selected from SDSS DR3 imaging data using their reduced proper motions, based on improved proper motions from SDSS plus USNO-B combined data. Numerous SDSS and followup spectra (Kilic et al. 2005) are used to quantify completeness and contamination of the sample; kinematic models are used to understand and correct for velocity-dep

Mikolaj Korzynski

Recently a new model of galactic gravitational field, based on ordinary General Relativity, has been proposed by Cooperstock and Tieu in which no exotic dark matter is needed to fit the observed rotation curve to a reasonable ordinary matter distribution. We argue that in this model the gravitational field is generated not only by the galaxy matter, but by a

V. Ch. Zhukovsky, A. E. Lobanov, E. M. Murchikova

The possibility of radiative effects induced by the Lorentz and CPT non-invariant interaction term for fermions in the Standard Model Extension is investigated. In particular, electron-positron photo-production and photon emission by electrons and positrons are studied. The rates of these processes are calculated in the Furry picture. It is demonstrated that

Manuela Campanelli, Bernard J. Kelly, Carlos O. Lousto

The Lazarus project was designed to make the most of limited 3D binary black-hole simulations, through the identification of perturbations at late times, and subsequent evolution of the Weyl scalar $Ψ_4$ via the Teukolsky formulation. Here we report on new developments, employing the concept of the ``quasi-Kinnersley&#39;&#39; (transverse) frame, valid in th

Edo Waks, Jelena Vuckovic

We show that a waveguide that is normally opaque due to interaction with a drop-filter cavity can be made transparent when the drop filter is also coupled to a dipole. A transparency condition is derived between the cavity lifetime and vacuum Rabi frequency of the dipole. This condition is much weaker than strong coupling, and amounts to simply achieving lar

Paul Constantin

We present preliminary results from intermediate $p_T$ (1-5 GeV/c) di-hadron azimuthal correlations induced by hadronic di-jets produced in $AuAu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV$. The near side ($Δϕ\sim 0$) has a typical single-peaked structure which broadens with the centrality of the collision. A qualitatively new phenomenon shows up in the shape o

Michael Kuhlen, Piero Madau, Ryan Montgomery

We use numerical hydrodynamical simulations of early structure formation in a LCDM universe to investigate the spin temperature and 21cm brightness of the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM) prior to the epoch of cosmic reionization, at z<20. In the absence of any radiative heating, collisions between neutral hydrogen atoms can efficiently decouple the spin t

A. N. Mitra

After giving a panoramic view of the &#34; text-book &#34; interpretation of the new quantum mechanics, as a sequel to the old quantum theory, the conceptual basis of quantum theory since the Copenhagen Interpretation is reviewed in the context of various proposals since Einstein and Niels Bohr, designed to throw light on possible new facets bearing on its f

Prashant, Indranil Chakrabarty

In this letter we establish the impossibility of existence of self replicating machine in the quantum world. We establish this result by three different but consistent approaches of linearity of quantum mechanics, no signalling condition and conservation of entanglement under local unitary operations.

Andreas P. Schnyder, Dirk Manske, Christopher Mudry, Manfred Sigrist

Using a Fermi-liquid-based theory we calculate the in-plane anisotropy of the spin susceptibility for hole-doped high-T_c cuprates. Employing the two-dimensional one-band Hubbard model and a generalized RPA-type theory we consider anisotropic hopping matrix elements ($t_x \neq t_y$) and a mixing of d- and s-wave symmetry of the superconducting order paramete

B. Borasoy, R. Nissler

The hadronic decays eta, eta-prime -> 3 pi and eta-prime -> eta pi pi are investigated within the framework of U(3) chiral effective field theory in combination with a relativistic coupled-channels approach. Final state interactions are included by deriving s- and p-wave interaction kernels for meson-meson scattering from the chiral effective Lagrangian and

Damien Challet

Starting from an exact relationship between news, threshold and price return distributions in the stationary state, I discuss the ability of the Ghoulmie-Cont-Nadal model of traders to produce fat-tailed price returns. Under normal conditions, this model is not able to transform Gaussian news into fat-tailed price returns. When the variance of the news so sm

Justin Kinney, Juan Maldacena, Shiraz Minwalla, Suvrat Raju

We present a trace formula for an index over the spectrum of four dimensional superconformal field theories on $S^3 \times $ time. Our index receives contributions from states invariant under at least one supercharge and captures all information -- that may be obtained purely from group theory -- about protected short representations in 4 dimensional superco

M. A. Belushkin, H. -W. Hammer, Ulf-G. Meißner

We calculate the two-pion continuum contribution to the nucleon isovector spectral functions drawing upon the new high statistics measurements of the pion form factor by the CMD-2, KLOE, and SND collaborations. The general structure of the spectral functions remains unchanged, but the magnitude increases by about 10%. Using the updated spectral functions, we