October 2005 arXiv papers — page 7

H. Houili, J. D. Picon, M. N. Bussac, L. Zuppiroli

We present the results of our calculation of the effects of dynamical coupling of a charge-carrier to the electronic polarization and the field-induced lattice displacements at the gate-interface of an organic field-effect transistor (OFET). We find that these interactions reduce the effective bandwidth of the charge-carrier in the quasi-two dimensional chan

P. Murugan, Abhishek Kumar Singh, G. P. Das, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Using first-principles density functional calculations, we study the possible phases of CeMnNi$_{4}$ and show that the ground state is ferromagnetic. We observed the hexagonal phase to be lowest in energy whereas experimentally observed cubic phase lies slightly higher in energy. We optimized the structure in both phases and in all different magnetic states

Reghan J. Hill

The permeability of certain polymer membranes with impenetrable nanoinclusions increases with the particle volume fraction (Merkel et al., Science, 296, 2002). This intriguing observation contradicts even qualitative expectations based on Maxwell's classical theory of conduction/diffusion in composites with homogeneous phases. This letter presents a simp

E. Onac, F. Balestro, B. Trauzettel, C. F. J. Lodewijk

An on-chip detection scheme for high frequency signals is used to detect noise generated by a quantum dot formed in a single wall carbon nanotube. The noise detection is based on photon assisted tunneling in a superconductor-insulator-superconductor junction. Measurements of shot noise over a full Coulomb diamond are reported with excited states and inelasti

J. C. Nickel, R. Duprat, C. Bourbonnais, N. Dupuis

Using a renormalization group approach, we determine the phase diagram of an extended quasi-one-dimensional electron gas model that includes interchain hopping, nesting deviations and both intrachain and interchain repulsive interactions. d-wave superconductivity, which dominates over the spin-density-wave (SDW) phase at large nesting deviations, becomes uns

D. R. Strachan, G. C. Kalur, S. R. Raghavan

Colloidal dispersions of Laponite platelets are known to age slowly from viscous sols to colloidal glasses. We follow this aging process by monitoring the diffusion of probe particles embedded in the sample via dynamic light scattering. Our results show that the time-dependent diffusion of the probe particles scales with their size. This implies that the flu

F. Camia, L. R. G. Fontes, C. M. Newman

We analyze the geometry of scaling limits of near-critical 2D percolation, i.e., for $p=p_c+λδ^{1/ν}$, with $ν=4/3$, as the lattice spacing $δ\to 0$. Our proposed framework extends previous analyses for $p=p_c$, based on $SLE_6$. It combines the continuum nonsimple loop process describing the full scaling limit at criticality with a Poissonian process for ma

Assa Auerbach

A review of the Contractor Renormalization (CORE) method, as a systematic derivation of the low energy effective hamiltonian, is given, with emphasis on its differences and advantages over traditional perturbative (weak/strong links) real space RG. For the low energy physics of the 2D Hubbard model, we derive the plaquette bosons (projected SO(5)) model whic

Reghan J. Hill

This paper examines the response of electrolyte-saturated polymer gels, embedded with charged spherical inclusions, to a weak gradient of electrolyte concentration. These composites present a model system to study microscale electrokinetic transport processes, and a rigorous theoretical prediction of the bulk properties will benefit novel diagnostic applicat

Goutam Sheet, H. Rosner, S. Wirth, A. Leithe-Jasper

The spin polarization of ferromagnetic alkali-metal iron antimonides KFe4Sb12 and NaFe4Sb12 is studied by point-contact Andreev reflection using superconducting Nb and Pb tips. From these measurements an intrinsic transport spin polarization Pt of 67% and 60% for the K and Na compound, respectively, is inferred which establishes these materials as a new clas

M. Grupp, G. Nandi, R. Walser, W. P. Schleich

We examine the collective scattering of a superfluid droplet impinging on a mesoscopic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) as a target. The BEC consists of an atomic gas with two internal electronic states, each of which is trapped by a finite-depth external potential. An off-resonant optical laser field provides a localized coupling between the BEC components in

A. Annibale, P. Sollich

We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the spherical ferromagnet after a quench to its critical temperature. We calculate correlation and response functions for spin observables which probe lengthscales much larger than the lattice spacing but smaller than the system size, and find that the asymptotic fluctuation-dissipation ratio (FDR) X^inf is the sam

Oscar Iglesias, Amilcar Labarta

We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations of the magnetic properties of a model for a single nanoparticle consisting in a ferromagnetic core surrounded by an antiferromagnetic shell. The simulations of hysteresis loops after cooling in a magnetic field display exchange bias effects. In order to understand the origin of the loop shifts, we have studie

Alberto Rodriguez, Jose M. Cervero

We describe a one-dimensional disordered system, based on the Poschl-Teller potential, that exhibits a continuum of extended states which is independent of the random or correlated character of the sequence and of the length of the system. The delocalization of the electronic states occurs in the whole positive spectrum where the system shows a perfect trans

S. Seidl, M. Kroner, P. A. Dalgarno, A. Högele

We have performed detailed photoluminescence (PL) and absorption spectroscopy on the same single self-assembled quantum dot in a charge-tunable device. The transition from neutral to charged exciton in the PL occurs at a more negative voltage than the corresponding transition in absorption. We have developed a model of the Coulomb blockade to account for thi

L. Laurson, M. J. Alava

The boundary-induced scaling of three-dimensional random field Ising magnets is investigated close to the bulk critical point by exact combinatorial optimization methods. We measure several exponents describing surface criticality: $β_1$ for the surface layer magnetization and the surface excess exponents for the magnetization and the specific heat, $β_s$ an

Y. Ohashi, M. Kitaura, H. Matsumoto

We investigate a strongly-correlated Bose gas in an optical lattice. Extending the standard-basis operator method developed by Haley and Erdos to a boson Hubbard model, we calculate excitation spectra in the superfluid phase, as well as in the Mott insulating phase, at T=0. In the Mott phase, the excitation spectrum has a finite energy gap, reflecting the lo

Iwan Jensen

We have calculated long series expansions for self-avoiding walks and polygons on the honeycomb lattice, including series for metric properties such as mean-squared radius of gyration as well as series for moments of the area-distribution for polygons. Analysis of the series yields accurate estimates for the connective constant, critical exponents and amplit

Takahiro Harada, Shin-ichi Sasa

The fluctuation-response relation is a fundamental relation that is applicable to systems near equilibrium. On the other hand, when a system is driven far from equilibrium, this relation is violated in general because the detailed-balance condition is not satisfied in nonequilibrium systems. Even in this case, it has been found that for a class of Langevin e

Ilya Finkler, Bertrand I. Halperin, Assa Auerbach, Amir Yacoby

It has been proposed that the microwave-induced ``zero-resistance'' phenomenon, observed in a GaAs two-dimensional electron system at low temperatures in moderate magnetic fields, results from a state with multiple domains, in which a large local electric field $\bE(\br)$ is oriented in different directions. We explore here the questions of what may

Yaron Bromberg

The response of a large array of coupled nonlinear oscillators to parametric excitation is studied, motivated by the growing interest in the nonlinear dynamics of microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS). Using a multiscale analysis, we derive an amplitude equation that captures the slow dynamics of the coupled oscillators jus

Keivan Esfarjani, Mona Zebarjadi, Ali Shakouri, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Thermoelectric properties of a nanocontact made of two capped single wall nanotubes (SWNT) are calculated within the tight-binding approximation and Green's function method. It is found that semiconducting nanotubes can have high Seebeck coefficient very near the actual Fermi energy. This in turn leads to very high figures of merit easily exceeding one.

Hakim Iddir, Vladimir Skavysh, Serdar Ogut, Nigel D. Browning

The characterization of Pt/TiO2 (Degussa P25) catalyst system using atomic resolution Z-contrast images and electron energy loss spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope has recently revealed that Pt particles have a strong tendency to nucleate on the rutile phase of TiO2 rather than anatase. Comparative ab initio pseudopotential calcula

B. Rufflé, G. Guimbretière, E. Courtens, R. Vacher

The dynamic structure factor of lithium-diborate glass has been measured at several values of the momentum transfer $Q$ using high resolution inelastic x-ray scattering. Much attention has been devoted to the low $Q$-range, below the observed Ioffe-Regel crossover \qco{}$\simeq$ 2.1 nm$^{-1}$. We find that below \qco{}, the linewidth of longitudinal acoustic

Satya N. Majumdar, Alain Comtet, Robert M. Ziff

Two random-walk related problems which have been studied independently in the past, the expected maximum of a random walker in one dimension and the flux to a spherical trap of particles undergoing discrete jumps in three dimensions, are shown to be closely related to each other and are studied using a unified approach as a solution to a Wiener-Hopf problem.

Nicolas Laflorencie, Ian Affleck, Mona Berciu

Antiferromagnetic Hamiltonians with short-range, non-frustrating interactions are well-known to exhibit long range magnetic order in dimensions, $d\geq 2$ but exhibit only quasi long range order, with power law decay of correlations, in d=1 (for half-integer spin). On the other hand, non-frustrating long range interactions can induce long range order in d=1.

Guo-meng Zhao, Pieder Beeli

We report magnetic measurements up to 1200 K on three different multi-walled carbon nanotube mat samples using Quantum Design vibrating sample magnetometers. Three different samples prepared from arc discharge or chemical vapor deposition contain magnetic impurities ranging from about 100 ppm to about 1.5%. Our precise magnetic data clearly show two supercon

F. Lopez-Tejeira, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, L. Martin-Moreno

In this work, the scattering of surface plasmons by a finite periodic array of one-dimensional grooves is theoretically analyzed by means of a modal expansion technique. We have found that the geometrical parameters of the array can be properly tuned to achieve optimal performance of the structure either as a Bragg reflector or as a converter of surface plas

Jian-Ming Tang, Michael E. Flatté

The spin orientation of a magnetic dopant in a zincblende semiconductor strongly influences the spatial structure of an acceptor state bound to the dopant. The acceptor state has a roughly oblate shape with the short axis aligned with the dopant's core spin. For a Mn dopant in GaAs the local density of states at a site 8 angstrom away from the dopant can

B. Chesca, D. Doenitz, T. Dahm, R. P. Huebener

We report on Josephson and quasiparticle tunneling in YBa2Cu3O7-x(YBCO)/Au/Nb ramp junctions of several geometries. Macroscopically, tunneling occurs in the ab-plane of YBCO either in the (100) and (010) direction, or in the (110) direction. These junctions have a stable and macroscopically well defined geometry. This allows systematic investigations of both

Sandro Wimberger, Riccardo Mannella, Oliver Morsch, Ennio Arimondo

We present detailed numerical results on the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a tilted periodic optical lattice over many Bloch periods. We show that an increasing atom-atom interaction systematically affects coherent tunneling, and eventually destroys the resonant tunneling peaks.

P. M. R. Brydon, M. Gulacsi

We use a novel approach to analyze the one dimensional spinless Falicov-Kimball model. We derive a simple effective model for the occupation of the localized orbitals which clearly reveals the origin of the known ordering. Our study is extended to a quantum model with hybridization between the localized and itinerant states; we find a crossover between the w

Rogerio de Sousa, K. Birgitta Whaley, Frank K. Wilhelm, Jan von Delft

We show that single electron tunneling devices such as the Cooper-pair box or double quantum dot can be sensitive to the zero-point fluctuation of a single trapping center hybridized with a Fermi sea. If the trap energy level is close to the Fermi sea and has line-width γ> k_B T, its noise spectrum has an Ohmic Johnson-Nyquist form, whereas for γ< k_B T the

F. E. Camino, W. Zhou, V. J. Goldman

We report experiments on a quantum electron interferometer fabricated from high mobility, low density GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure material. In this device, a nearly circular electron island is defined by four front gates deposited in etched trenches. The island is separated from the 2D electron bulk by two nearly open constrictions. In the quantum Hall regim

A. P. Finne, V. B. Eltsov, G. Eska, R. Hanninen

The dynamics of quantized vortices in rotating $^3$He-B is investigated in the low density (single-vortex) regime as a function of temperature. An abrupt transition is observed at $0.5 T_{\rm c}$. Above this temperature the number of vortex lines remains constant, as they evolve to their equilibrium positions. Below this temperature the number of vortices in

M. Martinez-Mares

Motivated by recent theoretical and experimental works, we study the statistical fluctuations of the parametric derivative of the transmission T and reflection R coefficients in ballistic chaotic cavities in the presence of absorption. Analytical results for the variance of the parametric derivative of T and R, with and without time-reversal symmetry, are ob

I. V. Ponomarev, L. I. Deych, A. A. Lisyansky

Considering effects of electric field on the low temperature absorption line of quantum well excitons, we show that, for moderate strength of the electric field, the main contribution to the field dependence of the line-width results from field induced modifications of inhomogeneous broadening of excitons. We find that the strength of the random potential ac

Don A. VandenBerg

The temperatures and colors of stellar models are much less secure than predicted luminosities; consequently, it is important to ensure that the models which are used to interpret data for stellar populations satisfy existing observational constraints on these properties. At the present time, the available Teff constraints do not appear to pose a problem for

Don A. VandenBerg, Peter A. Bergbusch, Patrick D. Dowler

Seventy-two grids of stellar evolutionary tracks, along with the capability to generate isochrones and luminosity/color functions from them, are presented in this investigation. Sixty of them extend (and encompass) the sets of models reported by VandenBerg et al. (2000, ApJ, 532, 430) for 17 [Fe/H] values from -2.31 to -0.30 and alpha-element abundances corr

Markos Georganopoulos, Eric S. Perlman, Demosthenes Kazanas

M87 has been recently shown to be a TeV source which is likely to be variable. Based on this, and on contemporaneous optical and X-ray monitoring, we argue that the source of the TeV emission is the core of M87 and not one of two jet knots (HST-1 and A) with X-ray brightness comparable to that of the core. We model the TeV emission in the core as inverse Com

J. A. R. Caldwell, D. H. McIntosh, H-W. Rix, M. Barden

We describe the data reduction and object cataloging for the GEMS survey, a large-area (800 arcmin^2) two-band (F606W and F850LP) imaging survey with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on HST, centered on the Chandra Deep Field South.

Ch. Theis, L. Sparke, J. Gallagher

To investigate the stability properties of polar disks we performed two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations for flat polytropic gaseous self-gravitating disks which were perturbed by a central S0-like component. Our disk was constructed to resemble that of the proto-typical galaxy NGC 4650A. This central perturbation induces initially a stationary two-arm

Jacob Lund Fisker, Dinshaw S. Balsara, Tom Burger

For a slowly rotating non-magnetized white dwarf the accretion disk extends all the way to the star. Here the matter impacts and spreads towards the poles as new matter continuously piles up behind it. We have solved the 3d compressible Navier-Stokes equations on an axisymmetric grid to determine the structure of this boundary layer for different viscosities

J. C. Fabris, S. V. B. Goncalves, R. de Sa Ribeiro

Cosmological solutions for a pressureless fluid in the Brans-Dicke theory exhibit asymptotical accelerated phase for some range of values of the parameter $ω$, interpolating a matter dominated phase and an inflationary phase. The effective gravitational coupling is negative. We test this model against the supernovae type Ia data. The fitting of the observati

Joris De Ridder, Geert Molenberghs, Conny Aerts

The moment method is a well known mode identification technique in asteroseismology (where `mode&#39; is to be understood in an astronomical rather than in a statistical sense), which uses a time series of the first 3 moments of a spectral line to estimate the discrete oscillation mode parameters l and m. The method, contrary to many other mode identificatio

C. Brocksopp, R. L. C. Starling, P. Schady, K. O. Mason

We present XMM-Newton/EPIC spectra for the Laor et al. sample of Palomar Green quasars. We find that a power-law provides a reasonable fit to the 2-5 keV region of the spectra. Excess soft X-ray emission below 2 keV is present for all objects, with the exception of those known to contain a warm absorber. A single power-law is, however, a poor fit to the 0.3-

C. Brocksopp, K. E. McGowan, H. Krimm, O. Godet

We present Swift observations of the black hole X-ray transient, GRO J1655-40, during the recent outburst. With its multiwavelength capabilities and flexible scheduling, Swift is extremely well-suited for monitoring the spectral evolution of such an event. GRO J1655-40 was observed on 20 occasions and data were obtained by all instruments for the majority of

J. Afonso, B. Mobasher, A. Koekemoer, R. P. Norris

We present optical and X-ray identifications for the sixty-four radio sources in the GOODS-S ACS field revealed in the ATCA 1.4 GHz survey of the Chandra Deep Field South. Optical identifications are made using the ACS images and catalogs, while the X-ray view is provided by the Chandra X-ray Observatory 1 Ms observations. Redshifts for the identified source

Pedro F. Gonzalez-Diaz

By using a properly generalized accretion formalism it is argued that the accretion of phantom energy onto a wormhole does not make the size of the wormhole throat to comovingly scale with the scale factor of the universe, but instead induces an increase of that size so big that the wormhole can engulf the universe itself before it reaches the big rip singul

D. Gotz, S. Mereghetti, D. Merlini, L. Sidoli

Two observation campaigns performed in 2003 and 2004 with the INTEGRAL satellite have provided the first sensitive survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud with an imaging instrument in the hard X-ray range (15 keV - 10 MeV). The high energy flux and long term variability of the black hole candidate LMC X-1 was measured for the first time without the contaminati

Eva Domingo-Santamaria, Diego F. Torres

Recently, we have proposed that the interaction between relativistic protons resulting from Fermi first order acceleration in the superbubble of a stellar OB association or in other nearby accelerator and ions residing in single stellar winds of massive stars could lead to TeV sources without strong counterparts at lower energies. Here we refine this analysi

Catherine Vlahakis, Loretta Dunne, Stephen Eales

We present new results from the SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey (SLUGS), the first large systematic submillimetre survey of the local Universe. Since our initial survey of a sample of 104 IRAS-selected galaxies we have now completed a survey of a sample of 81 optically-selected galaxies, observed with the SCUBA camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.

G. Roelofs, P. Groot, T. Marsh, D. Steeghs

High time resolution spectroscopic observations of the ultra-compact helium dwarf nova &#39;SN 2003aw&#39; in its quiescent state at V=20.5 reveal its orbital period at 2027.8 +/- 0.5 seconds or 33.80 minutes. Together with the photometric &#39;superhump&#39; period of 2041.5 +/- 0.5 seconds, this implies a mass ratio q of 0.036. We compare both the average

A. Shporer, T. Mazeh, A. Moran, G. Bakos

We describe WHAT, a small-aperture short focal length automated telescope with an 8.2 deg X 8.2 deg field of view, located at the Wise Observatory. The system is aimed at searching for transiting extrasolar planets and variable stars. Preliminary results of 3892 exposures of a single field are presented, where the telescope achieved already a precision of a

Akira Imada, Taichi Kato, Kaori Kubota, Makoto Uemura

We report on time-resolved photometry of the superoutburst of an SU UMa-type dwarf nova, SDSS J013701.06-091234.9 in 2003 December-2004 January. The obtained light curves definitely show superhumps with a period of 0.056686 (12) d, which is one of the shortest superhump periods among those of SU UMa-type dwarf novae ever observed. Considering quiescent photo

V. V. Kuzmichev, V. E. Kuzmichev

It is shown that an accelerating expansion of the present-day Universe extracted from observed luminosity of the type Ia supernovae can be explained by quantum theory which takes into account feedback coupling between geometry and matter (like in Mach&#39;s principle). At the same time an accelerating expansion of the Universe is explained by the influence o

Y. Matsuda, T. Yamada, T. Hayashino, H. Tamura

We report the discovery of a large-scale coherent filamentary structure of Lyman alpha emitters in a redshift space at z=3.1. We carried out spectroscopic observations to map the three dimensional structure of the belt-like feature of the Lyman alpha emitters discovered by our previous narrow-band imaging observations centered on the protocluster at z=3.1. T

Luis Zapata, Luis Rodriguez, Paul Ho, Henrik Beuther

We present 7 mm, 1.3 cm and 3.6 cm continuum observations made with the Very Large Array toward a sample of ten luminous IRAS sources that are believed to be regions of massive star formation. We detect compact 7 mm emission in four of these objects: IRAS 18089-1732(1), IRAS 18182-1433, IRAS 18264-1152 and IRAS 18308-0841 and for the first time find that the

Stefano Profumo

Motivated by the interpretation of the recent results on the TeV gamma radiation from the Galactic center, including the new 2004 HESS data, as a by-product of dark matter particles annihilations, we address the question of the largest possible neutralino masses and pair annihilation cross sections in supersymmetric models. Extending the parameter space of m

E. M. Drobyshevski, E. A. Kumzerova, A. A. Schmidt

Some consequences of hypervelocity impact onto the comet Tempel 1 nucleus are considered under assumption that SP comets are fragments of massive icy envelopes of Ganymede-like bodies saturated by products of ice electrolysis that underwent global explosions.

Anton A. Klyachko

Suppose that G is a nontrivial torsion-free group and w is a word over the alphabet G\cup\{x_1^{\pm1},...,x_n^{\pm1}\}. It is proved that for n\ge2 the group G=<G,x_1,x_2,...,x_n | w=1> always contains a nonabelian free subgroup. For n=1 the question about the existence of nonabelian free subgroups in G is answered completely in the unimodular case (i.e., wh

Ciprian Demeter, Terence Tao, Christoph Thiele

We establish multilinear $L^p$ bounds for a class of maximal multilinear averages of functions on one variable, reproving and generalizing the bilinear maximal function bounds of Lacey. As an application we obtain almost everywhere convergence results for these averages, and in some cases we also obtain almost everywhere convergence for their ergodic counter

R. Enberg, R. Peschanski

Using the Balitsky-Kovchegov (BK) equation as an explicit example, we show that nonlinear QCD evolution leads to an instability in the propagation toward the infrared of the gluon transverse momentum distribution, if one starts with a state with an infrared cut-off. This effect takes the mathematical form of rapidly moving traveling wave solutions of the BK

Ujjal Debnath, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Naresh Dadhich

It is well known that when a fermion propagates in curved space-time, its spin couples to the curvature of background space-time. We propose that this interaction for neutrinos propagating in early curved universe could give rise to a new set of dispersion relations and then neutrino asymmetry at equilibrium. We demonstrate this with the Bianchi models which

Dominic Rochon, Sebastien Tremblay

Using the bicomplex numbers $\mathbb{T}$ which is a commutative ring with zero divisors defined by $\mathbb{T}=\{w_0 + w_1 i_1 + w_2 i_2 + w_3 j | w_0, w_1, w_2, w_3 \in \mathbb{R}\}$ where $i_{1}^{2} = -1, i_{2}^{2} = -1, j^2 = 1, i_1 i_2 = j = i_2 i_1$, we construct hyperbolic and bicomplex Hilbert spaces. Linear functionals and dual spaces are considered

Paolo Ghiggini

In this article we present infinitely many 3-manifolds admitting infinitely many universally tight contact structures each with trivial Ozsvath-Szabo contact invariants. By known properties of these invariants the contact structures constructed here are non weakly symplectically fillable.

Mahendra K. Verma

This is a brief introduction to the statistical theory of fluid turbulence, with an emphasis on the field-theoretic treatment of renormalized viscosity and energy fluxes.

John M. Fregeau, Sourav Chatterjee, Frederic A. Rasio

We study dynamical interactions of star--planet binaries with other single stars. We derive analytical cross sections for all possible outcomes, and confirm them with numerical scattering experiments. We find that a wide mass ratio in the binary introduces a region in parameter space that is inaccessible to comparable-mass systems, in which the nature of the

P. van Loock, T. D. Ladd, K. Sanaka, F. Yamaguchi

We describe a quantum repeater protocol for long-distance quantum communication. In this scheme, entanglement is created between qubits at intermediate stations of the channel by using a weak dispersive light-matter interaction and distributing the outgoing bright coherent light pulses among the stations. Noisy entangled pairs of electronic spin are then pre

German Sierra

We propose a consistent quantization of the Berry-Keating Hamiltonian x p, which is currently discussed in connection with the non trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function. The smooth part of the Riemann counting formula of the zeros is reproduced exactly. The zeros appear, not as eigenstates, but as missing states in the spectrum, in agreement with Connes

Charles A. Nelson, Jeffrey J. Berger, Joshua R. Wickman

This continuation of the derivation of general beam-referenced stage-two spin-correlation functions is for the analysis of top-antitop pair-production at the Tevatron and at the Large Hadron Collider. Both the gluon-production and the quark-production contributions are included for the charged-lepton-plus-jets reaction p p or p bar{p} --> t bar{t} --> (W^+ b

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg, Urs M. Heller

For SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the fundamental-adjoint action an efficient heat-bath algorithm is not known so that one had to rely on Metropolis simulations supplemented by overrelaxation. Implementing a novel biased Metropolis-heat-bath algorithm for this model, we find improvement factors in the range 1.45 to 2.06 over conventionally optimized Metrop

H. E. Nistazakis, Mason A. Porter, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis

We investigate the generation of fractional-period states in continuum periodic systems. As an example, we consider a Bose-Einstein condensate confined in an optical-lattice potential. We show that when the potential is turned on non-adiabatically, the system explores a number of transient states whose periodicity is a fraction of that of the lattice. We ill

Daniel M. Greenberger, Michael Horne, Anton Zeilinger

We consider an entangled two-particle state that is produced from two independent down-conversion sources by the process of &#34;entanglement-swapping&#34;, so that the particles have never met. We prove a Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) type theorem, showing that the quantum mechanical perfect correlations for such a state are inconsistent with any determ

Andreas Schmitt, Igor A. Shovkovy, Qun Wang

Neutrino emissivities due to direct Urca processes of several spin-one color-superconducting phases of dense quark matter are calculated. In particular, the role of anisotropies and nodes of the gap functions is analyzed. Results for the specific heat as well as for the cooling rates of the color-spin-locked, planar, polar, and {\it A} phases are presented a

Andrei P. Kirilyuk

Universe structure emerges in the unreduced, complex-dynamical interaction process with the simplest initial configuration (two attracting homogeneous fields). The unreduced interaction analysis avoiding any perturbative model gives intrinsically creative cosmology describing the real, explicitly emerging world structure with dynamic randomness at all levels

Ekrem Aydiner, Meltem Gonulol

The time dependence of the survival probability of an opinion in a closed community has been investigated in accordance with social temperature by using the Kawasaki-exchange dynamics based on previous study in Ref. [1]. It is shown that the survival probability of opinion decays with stretched exponential law consistent with previous static model. However,

Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshiya Ohtsuki, Akihiro Fujihara, Satoshi Tanimoto

The z-transform technique is used to investigate the model for distribution of high-tax payers, which is proposed by two of the authors (K. Y and S. M) and others. Our analysis shows an asymptotic power-law of this model with the exponent -5/2 when a total ``mass&#39;&#39; has a certain critical value. Below the critical value, the system exhibits an ordinar

Habiba Kadiri

Let $L(s,χ)$ be the Dirichlet $L$-function associated to a non-principal primitive character $χ$ modulo $q$ with $3\le q \le 400\,000$. We prove a new explicit zero-free region for $L(s,χ)$: $L(s,χ)$ does not vanish in the region $\Re s \ge 1-\frac1{R \log \left(q\max(1,| \Im s|)\right) }$ with $R=5.60$. This improves a result of McCurley where $9.65$ was sh

Janusz Garecki

There exist at least a few different kind of averaging of the differences of the energy-momentum and angular momentum in normal coordinates {\bf NC(P)} which give tensorial quantities. The obtained averaged quantities are equivalent mathematically because they differ only by constant scalar dimensional factors. One of these averaging was used in our papers [

Vahid Karimipour, Laleh Memarzadeh

For the space of two identical systems of arbitrary dimensions, we introduce a continuous family of bases with the following properties: i) the bases are orthonormal, ii) in each basis, all the states have the same values of entanglement, and iii) they continuously interpolate between the product basis and the maximally entangled basis. The states thus const

Qiusheng Gu, Jorge Melnick, Roberto Cid Fernandes, Daniel Kunth

We present a study of the global properties of Joguet&#39;s sample of 65 Seyfert 2 galaxies. We use the population synthesis models of our Paper II to derive `pure&#39; emission-line spectra, and thus explore the statistical properties of the nuclear nebular components and their relation to the stellar populations. We find that the emission line clouds suffe

Luis Morales-Molina, Niurka R. Quintero, Franz G. Mertens, Angel Sanchez

We study in detail the ratchet-like dynamics of topological solitons in homogeneous nonlinear Klein-Gordon systems driven by a bi-harmonic force. By using a collective coordinate approach with two degrees of freedom, namely the center of the soliton, $X(t)$, and its width, $l(t)$, we show, first, that energy is inhomogeneously pumped into the system, generat

Michael A. Lomholt

The fluctuation spectrum of a quasi-spherical vesicle with active membrane proteins is calculated. The activity of the proteins is modeled as the proteins pushing on their surroundings giving rise to non-local force distributions. Both the contributions from the thermal fluctuations of the active protein densities and the temporal noise in the individual act

Florian Bauer, Marc-Thomas Eisele, Mathias Garny

We consider a baryogenesis scenario, where the difference of baryon (B) and lepton (L) number is conserved in such a way that the B-L asymmetry in the standard model sector is compensated by an asymmetry of opposite sign stored in the dark energy sector. Therefore, we introduce a toy-model in which a complex quintessence field carries a B-L asymmetry at late

J. Wooldridge, D. McK. Paul, G. Balakrishnan, M. R. Lees

We have measured the magnetic field (H<90 kOe) and pressure (P<10 kbar) dependence of the magnetic ordering temperature, Tmag, in single crystal samples of NaxCoO2 for a range of Na concentrations (0.60<x<0.72). We show that in zero field, Tmag remains constant with decreasing x before magnetic order disappears at x=0.65. Heat capacity and magnetization data

Xiuying Hua, Yucai Su

In this paper we mainly study the derivations for even part of the finite-dimensional odd Hamiltonian superalgebra $HO$ over a field of prime characteristic. We first give the generator set of $HO_{\bar{0}}.$ Then we determine the homogeneous derivationsfrom $HO_{\bar{0}}$ into $W_{\bar{0}},$ the even part of the generalized Witt superalgebra $W$. Finally, w

J. C. Collins, A. V. Efremov, K. Goeke, M. Grosse Perdekamp

The Sivers function is extracted from HERMES data on single spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering. The result is used for making predictions for the Sivers effect in the Drell-Yan process.

Jean-Pierre Eckmann, Carlos Mejia-Monasterio, Emmanuel Zabey

We consider nonequilibrium transport in a simple chain of identical mechanical cells in which particles move around. In each cell, there is a rotating disc, with which these particles interact, and this is the only interaction in the model. It was shown in \cite{eckmann-young} that when the cells are weakly coupled, to a good approximation, the jump rates of

Mairi Sakellariadou

Cosmic strings are one-dimensional topological defects which could have been formed in the early stages of our Universe. They triggered a lot of interest, mainly for their cosmological implications: they could offer an alternative to inflation for the generation of density perturbations. It was shown however that cosmic strings lead to inconsistencies with t

M. Lagraa

The basic objects of the ADHM construction are reformulated in terms of elements of the $A_θ(R^4)$ algebra of the noncommutative $R_θ^4$ space. This new formulation of the ADHM construction makes possible the explicit calculus of the U(2) instanton number which is shown to be the product of a trace of finite rank projector of the Fock representation space of

E. Del Gado, W. Kob

We use molecular dynamics computer simulations to investigate the relaxation dynamics of a simple model for a colloidal gel at a low volume fraction. We find that due to the presence of the open spanning network this dynamics shows at low temperature a non-trivial dependence on the wave-vector which is very different from the one observed in dense glass-form

Santosh Kumar Rai

A major focus at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be Higgs boson studies and it would be an interesting prospect to simultaneously probe for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) in the Higgs signals. In this work we show as to what extent, the effects of Universal Extra Dimension (UED) can be isolated at the LHC through the Higgs signals. By doing a de

Antonio Celani, Andrea Mazzino, Lara Vozella

The first consistent phenomenological theory for two and three dimensional Rayleigh--Taylor (RT) turbulence has recently been presented by Chertkov [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 91} 115001 (2003)]. By means of direct numerical simulations we confirm the spatio/temporal prediction of the theory in two dimensions and explore the breakdown of the phenomenological desc

A. Yahalom, R. Englman

The regimes of growing phases (for electron numbers N~0-8) that pass into regions of self-returning phases (for N>8), found recently in quantum dot conductances by the Weizmann group are accounted for by an elementary Green function formalism, appropriate to an equi-spaced ladder structure (with at least three rungs) of electronic levels in the quantum dot.

Isao Kishimoto, Tomohiko Takahashi

We construct a classical solution in the GSO(-) sector in the framework of a Wess-Zumino-Witten-like open superstring field theory on a non-BPS D-brane. We use an su(2) supercurrent, which is obtained by compactifying a direction to a circle with the critical radius, in order to get analytical tachyonic lump solutions to the equation of motion. By investigat

H. Heiselberg

The Bose-Hubbard model is extended to include nearest and far neighbor interactions and is related to the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE). Both models may be studied in optical lattices with quantum gases. The ground state is calculated for the extended Bose-Hubbard model with strong repulsive interactions (weak hopping). Incompressible Mott insulator

M. Grazzini

We consider QCD radiative corrections to WW pair production in hadron collisions. We perform a calculation that consistently combines next-to-leading order predictions with soft-gluon resummation valid at small transverse momenta ptWW of the WW pair. We present results for the ptWW distribution at the LHC up to (almost) next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic ac

V. Meden, F. Marquardt

We investigate the effect of local electron correlations on transport through parallel quantum dots. The linear conductance as a function of gate voltage is strongly affected by the interplay of the interaction U and quantum interference. We find a pair of novel correlation induced resonances separated by an energy scale that depends exponentially on U. The

M. Epstein, D. A. Burton, R. W. Tucker

A formulation of Continuum Mechanics within the context of General Relativity is presented that allows for the incorporation of certain types of anelastic material behaviour, such as viscoelasticity and plasticity. The approach is based on the concept of a four-dimensional body-time complex structured as a principal bundle. The anelastic response is regarded