arXiv papers from November 2005

D. N. Aguilera, D. B. Blaschke

We study the influence of nonlocality in the interaction on two spin one pairing patterns of two-flavor quark matter: the anisotropic blue color paring besides the usual two color superconducting matter (2SCb), in which red and green colors are paired, and the color spin locking phase (CSL). The effect of nonlocality on the gaps is rather large and the pairi

Ezequiel Treister, C. Megan Urry, Paulina Lira

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) combines deep HST and Spitzer imaging with the deepest Chandra/XMM observations to probe obscured AGN at higher redshifts than previous multiwavelength surveys. We present a self-consistent implementation of the AGN unification paradigm, which postulates obscured AGN wherever there are unobscured AGN, to su

Jeremy Carroll, Frank Ruskey, Mark Weston

We establish a new lower bound for the number of sides required for the component curves of simple Venn diagrams made from polygons. Specifically, for any n-Venn diagram of convex k-gons, we prove that k >= (2^n - 2 - n) / (n (n-2)). In the process we prove that Venn diagrams of seven curves, simple or not, cannot be formed from triangles. We then give an ex

Lorenzo Iorio

Here we analyze in detail some aspects of the proposed use of Ajisai and Jason-1, together with the LAGEOS satellites, to measure the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitational field of the Earth. A linear combination of the nodes of such satellites is the proposed observable. The systematic error due to the mismodelling in the uncancell

Ezequiel Treister, C. Megan Urry, Jeffrey Van Duyne, Mark Dickinson

We present mid-infrared observations of AGN in the GOODS fields, performed with the Spitzer Space Telescope. These are the deepest infrared and X-ray fields to date and cover a total area of ~0.1 square degrees. AGN are selected on the basis of their hard (2-8 keV) X-ray emission. The median AGN infrared luminosity is at least 10 times larger than the median

Giorgio Parisi

In this paper I will describe some results that have been recently obtained in the study of random Euclidean matrices, i.e. matrices that are functions of random points in Euclidean space. In the case of {\sl translation invariant} matrices one generically finds a phase transition between a {\sl phonon} phase and a {\sl saddle} phase. If we apply these consi

R. U. Khafizov, N. Severijns, O. Zimmer, H. -F. Wirth

The aim of this work is experimental discovery and research of a rare neutron mode, the radiative beta-decay, where a new particle, the radiative gamma-quantum, is formed along with the expected decay products beta-electron, recoil proton and antineutrino. The discovery of this rare neutron decay mode was conducted through identification of triple coincidenc

Havard Alnes, Morad Amarzguioui, Oyvind Gron

Recently, there have been suggestions that the apparent accelerated expansion of the universe is not caused by repulsive gravitation due to dark energy, but is rather a result of inhomogeneities in the distribution of matter. In this work, we investigate the behaviour of a dust dominated inhomogeneous Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi universe model, and confront it wit

Herbert W. Hamber, Ruth M. Williams

Quantum gravity is investigated in the limit of a large number of space-time dimensions, using as an ultraviolet regularization the simplicial lattice path integral formulation. In the weak field limit the appropriate expansion parameter is determined to be $1/d$. For the case of a simplicial lattice dual to a hypercube, the critical point is found at $k_c/\

A. Baykal, S. C. Inam, E. Beklen

The high mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1538-52 was observed between July 31 and August 7, 2003. Using these observations, we determined new orbital epochs for both circular and elliptical orbit models. The orbital epochs for both orbit solutions agreed with each other and yielded an orbital period derivative $\dot{P} / P = (0.4 \pm 1.8) \times 10^{-6}$ yr$^{-1

Etera R. Livine, Daniele Oriti

We study the issue of coupling among 4-simplices in the context of spin foam models obtained from a group field theory formalism. We construct a generalisation of the Barrett-Crane model in which an additional coupling between the normals to tetrahedra, as defined in different 4-simplices that share them, is present. This is realised through an extension of

Vitor Cardoso, Marco Cavaglia, Leonardo Gualtieri

In models with extra dimensions, a black hole evaporates both in the bulk and on the visible brane, where standard model fields live. The exact emissivities of each particle species are needed to determine how the black hole decay proceeds. We compute and discuss the absorption cross-sections, the relative emissivities and the total power output of all known

Peter Diener, Ernst Nils Dorband, Erik Schnetter, Manuel Tiglio

We construct new, efficient, and accurate high-order finite differencing operators which satisfy summation by parts. Since these operators are not uniquely defined, we consider several optimization criteria: minimizing the bandwidth, the truncation error on the boundary points, the spectral radius, or a combination of these. We examine in detail a set of ope

G. M. Buendia, P. A. Rikvold, M. Kolesik

We present analytical results and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations for the mobility and microscopic structure of solid-on-solid (SOS) interfaces driven far from equilibrium by an external force, such as an applied field or (electro)chemical potential difference. The interfaces evolve under a specific stochastic dynamic with a local energy barrier (an Arrheniu

Robert M. Strain

The Vlasov-Maxwell-Boltzmann system is a fundamental model to describe the dynamics of dilute charged particles, where particles interact via collisions and through their self-consistent electromagnetic field. We prove the existence of global in time classical solutions to the Cauchy problem near Maxwellians.

K. Murr, P. Maunz, P. W. H. Pinkse, T. Puppe

It is shown that the momentum diffusion of free-space laser cooling has a natural correspondence in optical cavities when the internal state of the atom is treated as a harmonic oscillator. We derive a general expression for the momentum diffusion which is valid for most configurations of interest: The atom or the cavity or both can be probed by lasers, with

Michael W Davis, Jan Dymara, Tadeusz Januszkiewicz, Boris Okun

For any Coxeter group W, we define a filtration of H^*(W;ZW) by W-submodules and then compute the associated graded terms. More generally, if U is a CW complex on which W acts as a reflection group we compute the associated graded terms for H_*(U) and, in the case where the action is proper and cocompact, for H^*_c(U).

Alejandro D. Quintero, Andreas A. Berlind, Michael R. Blanton, David W. Hogg

We investigate the extent to which galaxies' star-formation histories and morphologies are determined by their clustocentric distance and their nearest cluster's richness. We look at three tracers of star-formation history (i-band absolute magnitude M_i, [g-r] color, and Halpha emission line equivalent width) and two indicators of galaxy morphology (surface

Joel Chavas, Cyril Furtlehner, Marc Mezard, Riccardo Zecchina

We discuss the implementation of two distributed solvers of the random K-SAT problem, based on some development of the recently introduced survey-propagation (SP) algorithm. The first solver, called the "SP diffusion algorithm", diffuses as dynamical information the maximum bias over the system, so that variable nodes can decide to freeze in a self-organized

Wolfram Schroers

This review focuses on the current status of lattice calculations of three observables which are both phenomenologically and experimentally relevant and have been scrutinized recently. These three observables are the nucleon electromagnetic form factors, the momentum fraction, <x>, and the nucleon axial coupling, gA.

Ioannis Contopoulos, Anatoly Spitkovsky

We address the issue of electromagnetic pulsar spindown by combining our experience from the two limiting idealized cases which have been studied in great extent in the past: that of an aligned rotator where ideal MHD conditions apply, and that of a misaligned rotator in vacuum. We construct a spindown formula that takes into account the misalignment of the

Marko Djordjevic, Anirvan M. Sengupta

SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment) is an experimental procedure that allows extracting, from an initially random pool of DNA, those oligomers with high affinity for a given DNA-binding protein. We address what is a suitable experimental and computational procedure to infer parameters of transcription factor-DNA interaction from

Thomas M. Brown, Ed Smith, Puragra Guhathakurta, R. Michael Rich

We present a color-magnitude diagram (CMD) for a field in the giant tidal stream of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). These observations, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope, are 50% complete at V~30 mag, reaching 1 mag below the oldest main-sequence turnoff. Striking similarities between the stream and a previous spheroid CMD

Fabrizio Anfuso, Sebastian Eggert

We are considering the interplay between several non-magnetic impurities in the spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet in chains, ladders and planes by introducing static vacancies in numerical quantum Monte Carlo simulations. The effective potential between two and more impurities is accurately determined, which gives a direct measure of the quantum correlatio

Michel Gondran, Alexandre Gondran

The Stern-Gerlach experiment is the fundamental experiment in order to exhibit the quantization of spin and understand the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. However, although the Stern-Gerlach experiment plays an essential role in the teaching of quantum mechanics, no complete analysis of this experiment using Pauli spinors is presented in the pedago

Tomasz Maszczyk

The structure of filtered algebras of Grothendieck's differential operators of truncated polynomials in one variable and graded Poisson algebras of their principal symbols is explicitly determined. A related infinitesimal-birational duality realized by a Springer type resolution of singularities and the Fourier transformation is presented. This algebro-geome

Tomasz Maszczyk

We characterize, among all rational curves in the grassmannian G(d, 2d), those which are GL(2d)-equivalent to the canonical morphism induced by the Morita equivalence C-Mod -> M(d)-Mod.

Keith S. M. Lee, Iain W. Stewart

We derive the triply differential spectrum for the inclusive rare decay B -> Xs l+ l- in the shape function region, in which Xs is jet-like with $mX^2 \lesssim mb \Lambda_QCD$. Experimental cuts make this a relevant region. The perturbative and non-perturbative parts of the matrix elements can be defined with the Soft-Collinear Effective Theory, which is use

Tomasz Maszczyk

We present a recursive algorithm computing all the genus-zero Gromov-Witten invariants from a finite number of initial ones, for Fano varieties with generically tame semi-simple quantum (and small quantum) (p, p)- type cohomology, whose first Chern class is a strictly positive combination of effective integral basic divisors.

Guthrie B. Partridge, Wenhui Li, Ramsey I. Kamar, Yean-an Liao

We report the observation of a pairing in a number polarized two-component gas of atomic fermions. Beyond a critical polarization, the gas separates into a superfluid paired core surrounded by a shell of normal unpaired fermions. The critical polarization diminishes with decreasing attractive interaction. We also measure the parameter \beta = 0.54 (5) descri

F. A. Gareev, I. E. Zhidkova

We proposed a new mechanism of LENR: cooperative processes in whole system -- nuclei+atoms+condensed matter can occur at smaller threshold then corresponding ones on free constituents. The cooperative processes can be induced and enhanced by low energy external fields. The excess heat is the emission of internal energy and transmutations at LENR are the resu

J. S. Bloom, Dan L. Starr, Cullen H. Blake, M. F. Skrutskie

The Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL) is the first meter-class telescope operating as a fully robotic IR imaging system. Dedicated in October 2004, PAIRITEL began regular observations in mid-December 2004 as part of a 1.5 year commissioning period. The system was designed to respond without human intervention to new gamma-ray burst trans

James A. Klimchuk

This article assesses the current state of understanding of coronal heating, outlines the key elements of a comprehensive strategy for solving the problem, and warns of obstacles that must be overcome along the way.

Roberto B. Diener, Tin-Lun Ho

We show that the newly discovered $^{52}$Cr Bose condensate in zero magnetic field can be a spin nematic of the following kind: A "maximum" polar state, a "co-linear" polar state, or a biaxial nematic ferromagnetic state. We also present the phase diagram with a magnetic field in the interaction subspace containing the Chromium condensate. It contains many u

Anders K. H. Bengtsson

The theory of quantum computation is presented in a self contained way from a computer science perspective. The basics of classical computation and quantum mechanics is reviewed. The circuit model of quantum computation is presented in detail. Throughout there is an emphasis on the physical as well as the abstract aspects of computation and the interplay bet

Michel Gondran

We show that a 2D harmonic oscillator coherent state is a soliton which has the same evolution as a spinning top: the center of mass follows a classical trajectory and the particle rotates around its center of mass in the same direction as its spin with the harmonic oscillator frequency.

A. Benabdallah, G. Radons

We propose a new method for the estimation of parameters of hidden diffusion processes. Based on parametrization of the transition matrix, the Baum-Welch algorithm is improved. The algorithm is compared to the particle filter in application to the noisy periodic systems. It is shown that the modified Baum-Welch algorithm is capable of estimating the system p

François Bolley

We consider a system of particles experiencing diffusion and mean field interaction, and study its behaviour when the number of particles goes to infinity. We derive non-asymptotic large deviation bounds measuring the concentration of the empirical measure of the paths of the particles around its limit. The method is based on a coupling argument, strong inte

A. N. Timokhin

We investigate in details properties of stationary force-free magnetosphere of aligned rotator assuming the last closed field line lying in equatorial plane at large distances from pulsar. The pulsar equations is solved numerically using multigrid code with high numerical resolution, physical properties of the magnetosphere are obtained with high accuracy. W

A. J. Steffl, M. J. Mutchler, H. A. Weaver, S. A. Stern

Observations of Pluto and its solar-tidal stability zone were made using the Advanced Camera for Surveys' (ACS) Wide Field Channel (WFC) on the Hubble Space Telescope on UT 2005 May 15 and UT 2005 May 18. Two small satellites of Pluto, provisionally designated S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2, were discovered, as discussed by Weaver et al. (2006) and Stern et al. (

A. Vale, J. P. Ostriker

We present a non-parametric, empirically based, model for associating galaxy luminosities with halo/subhalo masses, based on a self-consistent treatment of subhalo mass loss and the subhalo mass function. We find that, at high mass, the mass-luminosity relation is almost independent of the actual luminosity function considered, when luminosity is scaled by t

Christian Klinke, Jean-Marc Bonard, Klaus Kern

The evolution of a continuous Fe(NO3)3 catalyst film was observed by in-situ annealing in a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Such catalysts are routinely used in the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes. The experiments reveal that crystalline particles form from the gel-like film already around 300C. At usual carbon nanotube growth temperatures of 70

D. Kharzeev

A new thermalization scenario for heavy ion collisions is discussed. It is based on the Hawking--Unruh effect: an observer moving with an acceleration $a$ experiences the influence of a thermal bath with an effective temperature $T = a / 2\pi$, similar to the one present in the vicinity of a black hole horizon. In the case of heavy ion collisions, the accele

Kamal K. Seth

At CLEO, charmonium spectroscopy is pursued both thorugh e+e- annihilation data taken in the Upsilon region and more recently at psi(2S). A nmber of first observations (eta_c', h_c, pi and K form factors) have been made, and numerous high precision measurements have been made in radiative and hadronic decays of charmonium resonances. A brief report of these

Kamal K. Seth

There has been a renaissance in hadron spectroscopy during the last couple of years. Long lost states have been tracked down. Unexpected states are showing up all over, and numerous measurements with unprecedented precision are being reported. A review is presented.

May Lim, Dan Braha, Sanith Wijesinghe, Stephenson Tucker

Ad-hoc wireless networks are of increasing importance in communication and are frequently constrained by energy use. Here we propose a distributed, non-hierarchical adaptive method using preferential detachment for adjusting node transmission power to reduce overall power consumption without violating network load limitations. We derive a cost and path lengt

E. Megias, E. Ruiz Arriola, L. L. Salcedo

We describe how the coupling of the gluonic Polyakov loop to quarks solves different inconsistencies in the standard treatment of chiral quark models at finite temperature at the one quark loop level. Large gauge invariance is incorporated and an effective theory of quarks and Polyakov loops as basic degrees of freedom is generated. From this analysis we fin

Andre Gsponer, Jean-Pierre Hurni

This is part two of a series of four methodological papers on (bi)quaternions and their use in theoretical and mathematical physics: 1- Alphabetical bibliography, 2- Analytical bibliography, 3- Notations and terminology, and 4- Formulas and identities. This quaternion bibliography will be further updated and corrected if necessary by the authors, who welcome

Jiannis K. Pachos

We consider a two-dimensional spin system that exhibits abelian anyonic excitations. Manipulations of these excitations enable the construction of a quantum computational model. While the one-qubit gates are performed dynamically the model offers the advantage of having a two-qubit gate that is of topological nature. The transport and braiding of anyons on t

Gregory A. Fiete, Karyn Le Hur, Leon Balents

In a one dimensional electron gas at low enough density, the magnetic (spin) exchange energy $J$ between neighboring electrons is exponentially suppressed relative to the characteristic charge energy, the Fermi energy $E_F$. At non-zero temperature $T$, the energy hierarchy $J \ll T \ll E_F$ can be reached, and we refer to this as the spin incoherent Lutinge

A. Reynoso, Gonzalo Usaj, C. A. Balseiro

We study the spin polarization induced by a current flow in clean two dimensional electron gases with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. This geometric effect originates from special properties of the electron's scattering at the edges of the sample. In wide samples, the spin polarization has it largest value at low energies (close to the bottom of the band) and go

Borut Bajc, Alejandra Melfo, Goran Senjanovic, Francesco Vissani

Neutrino and charged fermion masses provide important constraints on grand unified theories. We illustrate this by focusing on a renormalizable, supersymmetric SO(10) theory proposed long ago, that recently attracted great interest in view of its minimality. We show how the nature of the light Higgs, which depends on the GUT scale fields, gets reflected on t

D. J. Lennon, C. J. Evans, C. Trundle

In this paper we review the observational data for OB stars in the SMC concentrating on those aspects of their spectra which provide information on processes which may strongly influence their evolution, namely mass-loss, rotational mixing and mass-transfer. We illustrate the very weak winds now thought to pertain to late O-dwarfs in the SMC, using HST/STIS

M. A. Aliev, Y. Asano, P. Depommier

We present a new result on the K^+ --> pi^+ pi^0 gamma decay measurement using stopped kaons. The best fit to the decay spectrum comprised of 10k events gives a branching ratio for the direct photon emission of [3.8+-0.8(stat)+-0.7(syst)] times 10^{-6} in the pi^+ kinetic energy region of 55 to 90 MeV. This result has been obtained with the assumption that t

Evangelos Chaliasos

The prevailing cosmological model with the lambda-term, in which the space is flat, is studied (section 1). The corresponding age of the Universe (t0) is calculated (assuming a Hubble constant consistent with the measurements of the Hubble telescope), as well as the deceleration parameter (q0). The latter is found negative, showing an accelerating Universe,

Antoine Deza, Sui Huang, Tamon Stephen, Tamás Terlaky

We study a colourful generalization of the linear programming feasibility problem, comparing the algorithms introduced by Barany and Onn with new methods. We perform benchmarking on generic and ill-conditioned problems, as well as as recently introduced highly structured problems. We show that some algorithms can lead to cycling or slow convergence, but we p

D. C. Homan, M. L. Lister

We report first-epoch circular polarization results for 133 active galactic nuclei in the MOJAVE program to monitor the structure and polarization of a flux limited sample of extra-galactic radio jets with the VLBA at 15 GHz. We found strong circular polarization ($\geq 0.3$%) in approximately 15% of our sample. The circular polarization was usually associat

Madhekar Suneel

A scheme for logical computation using non-linear dynamical systems is presented. Examples of discrete-time maps configured as AND, OR, NAND and NOR gates are given. It is seen that the logical operations are flexible in the sense that an AND gate can be transformed into an OR gate with a simple change of a single parameter and vice-versa. Also, a NAND gate

J. G. Esteve, F. Falceto

We report an analytic and numerical study of a phase transition in a P problem (the assignment problem) that separates two phases whose representatives are the simple matching problem (an easy P problem) and the traveling salesman problem (a NP-complete problem). Like other phase transitions found in combinatoric problems (K-satisfiability, number partitioni

Andreas Paffenholz, Axel Werner

We describe a construction for d-polytopes generalising the well known stacking operation. The construction is applied to produce 2-simplicial and 2-simple 4-polytopes with g_2=0 on any number of n >= 13 vertices. In particular, this implies that the ray l_1, described by Bayer (1987), is fully contained in the convex hull of all flag vectors of 4-polytopes.

A. Rapoport, V. Rom-Kedar, D. Turaev

Consider a family of smooth potentials $V_{\epsilon}$, which, in the limit $\epsilon\to0$, become a singular hard-wall potential of a multi-dimensional billiard. We define auxiliary billiard domains that asymptote, as $\epsilon\to0$ to the original billiard, and provide asymptotic expansion of the smooth Hamiltonian solution in terms of these billiard approx

Axel Maas

In the Gribov-Zwanziger scenario the confinement of gluons is attributed to an enhancement of the spectrum of the Faddeev-Popov operator near eigenvalue zero. This has been observed in functional and also in lattice calculations. The linear rise of the quark-anti-quark potential and thus quark confinement on the other hand seems to be connected to topologica

Franz Merkl, Silke W. W. Rolles

In this article, we study linearly edge-reinforced random walk on general multi-level ladders for large initial edge weights. For infinite ladders, we show that the process can be represented as a random walk in a random environment, given by random weights on the edges. The edge weights decay exponentially in space. The process converges to a stationary pro

Chris Quigg

I survey motivations for education and outreach initiatives in the American context and explore the value of communicating physics for physicists and for the wider society. I describe the roles of large institutions, professional organizations, and funding agencies and cite some individual actions, local activities, and coordinated national programs. I note

G. Zanderighi

We illustrate the use of effective theory methods to describe resonant unstable particles. We outline the necessary ingredients to describe $W$-pair production close to threshold in $e^-e^+$ collisions.

Zhun Lu, Ivan Schmidt

We investigate the exclusive two-pion production at the $Z$-pole through the process $e^+e^-\to Z \to \pi\pi \gamma$. In the kinematical region where the invariant mass of the two pions is much smaller than the mass of the $Z$ boson, the process can be factorized into the convolution of a hard coefficient and a soft matrix element, the generalized distributi

John Baldwin, David Kueker, Monica VanDieren

Grossberg and VanDieren have started a program to develop a stability theory for tame classes. We prove, for instance, that for tame abstract elementary classes satisfying the amlagamation property and for large enough cardinals kappa, stability in kappa implies stability in kappa^{+n} for each natural number n.

Eric D. Chisolm, Giulia De Lorenzi-Venneri, Duane C. Wallace

Within the framework of V-T theory of monatomic liquid dynamics, an exact equation is derived for a general equilibrium time correlation function. The purely vibrational contribution to such a function expresses the system's motion in one extended harmonic random valley. This contribution is analytically tractable and has no adjustable parameters. While this

A. del Campo, J. G. Muga

We study the expansion dynamics of a Tonks-Girardeau gas released from a hard wall trap. Using the Fermi-Bose map, the density profile is found analytically and shown to differ from that one of a classical gas in the microcanonical ensemble even at macroscopic level, for any observation time larger than a critical time. The relevant time scale arises as a co

P. North, F. Betrix, C. Besson

Preliminary abundances of lithium and a few other elements have been obtained for 31 field Am stars with good Hipparcos parallaxes, as well as for 36 normal A and F stars. Radial and projected rotational velocities were determined as well. We examine the Li abundance as a function of the stellar parameters: for normal stars, it is clearly bimodal for Teff <

Daniel R. Farkas, Peter A. Linnell

Let A denote the algebraic closure of the rationals Q in the complex numbers C. Suppose G is a torsion-free group which contains a congruence subgroup as a normal subgroup of finite index and denote by U(G) the C-algebra of closed densely defined unbounded operators affiliated to the group von Neumann algebra. We prove that there exists a division ring D(G)

Patrick Bernard, Boris Buffoni

The dynamics of globally minimizing orbits of Lagrangian systems can be studied using the Barrier function, as Mather first did, or using the pairs of weak KAM solutions introduced by Fathi. The central observation of the present paper is that Fathi weak KAM pairs are precisely the admissible pairs for the Kantorovich problem dual to the Monge transportation

L. Sanchez-Palencia, V. Ahufinger, A. Kantian, Jakub Zakrzewski

We investigate theoretically the low-temperature physics of a two-component ultracold mixture of bosons and fermions in disordered optical lattices. We focus on the strongly correlated regime. We show that, under specific conditions, composite fermions, made of one fermion plus one bosonic hole, form. The composite picture is used to derive an effective Hami

P. Stansell, K. Stratford, J. -C. Desplat, R. Adhikari

We simulate by lattice Boltzmann the steady shearing of a binary fluid mixture undergoing phase separation with full hydrodynamics in two dimensions. Contrary to some theoretical scenarios, a dynamical steady state is attained with finite domain lengths $L_{x,y}$ in the directions ($x,y)$ of velocity and velocity gradient. Apparent scaling exponents are esti

P. Papakonstantinou, T. S. Kosmas, J. Wambach, A. Faessler

The incoherent transition strength of the exotic mu-e conversion in the 208Pb nucleus is investigated by utilizing the Continuum RPA method, appropriate for the evaluation of the rate that goes to the continuum of the nuclear spectrum. We find that the contribution of resonances lying high in the continuum is not negligible. Special attention is paid to the

P. North

35 Eclipsing binaries presenting unambiguous total eclipses were selected from a subsample of the list of Wyrzykowski et al. (2003). The photometric elements are given for the I curve in DiA photometry, as well as approximate Teff and masses of the components. The interest of these systems is stressed in view of future spectroscopic observations.

R. Lahmann, G. Anton, K. Graf, J. Hoessl

The ANTARES group at the University of Erlangen is working towards the integration of a set of acoustic sensors into the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope. With this setup, tests of acoustic particle detection methods and background studies shall be performed. The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope, which is currently being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea, will be equ

Faisal Mehmood, Sergey Stolbov, Talat S. Rahman

We have performed ab initio electronic structure calculations of C and S adsorption on two vicinal surfaces of Pd with different terrace geometry and width. We find both adsorbates to induce a significant perturbation of the surface electronic and geometric structure of Pd(533) and Pd(320). In particular C adsorbed at the bridge site at the edge of a Pd chai

M. H. Sage, G. R. Blake, G. J. Nieuwenhuys, T. T. M. Palstra

We report evidence for phase coexistence of orbital orderings of different symmetry in SmVO$_3$ by high resolution X-Ray powder diffraction. The phase coexistence is triggered by an antiferromagnetic ordering of the vanadium spins near 130K, below an initial orbital ordering near 200K. The phase coexistence is the result of the intermediate ionic size of sam

Eugenio Carretta, Angela Bragaglia, Raffaele Gratton, Francesco Leone

We derived atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances of Fe, O and Na for about 120 red giant stars in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808. Our results are based on the analysis of medium-high resolution (R=22000-24000) GIRAFFE spectra acquired with the FLAMES spectrograph at VLT-UT2 as a part of a project aimed at studying the Na-O anticorrelation a

A. Bragaglia, M. Tosi, E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton

We present CCD UBVI photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy of the intermediate age open cluster NGC 3960. The colour - magnitude diagrams (CMDs) derived from the photometric data and interpreted with the synthetic CMD method allow us to estimate the cluster parameters. We derive: age = 0.9 or 0.6 Gyr (depending on whether or not overshooting from convec

Tomasz Bojdecki, Luis G. Gorostiza, Anna Talarczyk

We prove limit theorems for rescaled occupation time fluctuations of a (d,alpha,beta)-branching particle system (particles moving in R^d according to a spherically symmetric alpha-stable Levy process, (1+beta)-branching, 0<beta<1, uniform Poisson initial state), in the cases of critical dimension, d=alpha(1+beta)/beta, and large dimensions, d>alpha(1+beta)/b

Adrian Butscher, Frank Pacard

The (n+1)-sphere contains a simple family of constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurfaces which are products of lower-dimensional spheres called the generalized Clifford hypersurfaces. This paper demonstrates that new, topologically non-trivial CMC hypersurfaces resembling a pair of neighbouring generalized Clifford tori connected to each other by small caten

Uwe C. Tauber

It is explained how field-theoretic methods and the dynamic renormalisation group (RG) can be applied to study the universal scaling properties of systems that either undergo a continuous phase transition or display generic scale invariance, both near and far from thermal equilibrium. Part 1 introduces the response functional field theory representation of (

Dan Kenigsberg, Tal Mor, Gil Ratsaby

We study the advantage of pure-state quantum computation without entanglement over classical computation. For the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm we present the maximal subproblem that can be solved without entanglement, and show that the algorithm still has an advantage over the classical ones. We further show that this subproblem is of greater significance, by pro

Sergiu Theodor Chelcea, Alzennyr Da Silva, Yves Lechevallier, Doru Tanasa

This paper presents our preprocessing and clustering analysis on the clickstream dataset proposed for the ECMLPKDD 2005 Discovery Challenge. The main contributions of this article are double. First, after presenting the clickstream dataset, we show how we build a rich data warehouse based an advanced preprocesing. We take into account the intersite aspects i

P. Pfaffelhuber, A. Wakolbinger

Consider a haploid population which has evolved through an exchangeable reproduction dynamics, and in which all individuals alive at time $t$ have a most recent common ancestor (MRCA) who lived at time $A_t$, say. As time goes on, not only the population but also its genealogy evolves: some families will get lost from the population and eventually a new MRCA

Adrian Butscher, Frank Pacard

The Clifford tori in the 3-sphere are a one-parameter family of flat, two-dimensional, constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces. This paper demonstrates that new, topologically non-trivial CMC surfaces resembling a pair of neighbouring Clifford tori connected at a sub-lattice consisting of at least two points by small catenoidal bridges can be constructed by p

Sasha Anan'in, Carlos H. Grossi, Nikolay Gusevskii

We study complex hyperbolic disc bundles over closed orientable surfaces that arise from discrete and faithful representations H_n->PU(2,1), where H_n is the fundamental group of the orbifold S^2(2,...,2) and thus contains a surface group as a subgroup of index 2 or 4. The results obtained provide the first complex hyperbolic disc bundles M->{\Sigma} that: a

Boris G. Konopelchenko, Antonio Moro

We show that under certain assumptions a general model of nonlocal nonlinear response in 1+1-dimension is equivalent to the model considered by Krolikowski and Bang for a Kerr-type medium. We derive the limit of weak nonlocality in high frequency regime and discuss the integrable cases.

Tobias H. Colding, William P. Minicozzi

Minimal surfaces with uniform curvature (or area) bounds have been well understood and the regularity theory is complete, yet essentially nothing was known without such bounds. We discuss here the theory of embedded (i.e., without self-intersections) minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space without a priori bounds. The study is divided into three cases, dependi

Gino Biondini, Sarbarish Chakravarty

We study a general class of line-soliton solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II (KPII) equation by investigating the Wronskian form of its tau-function. We show that, in addition to previously known line-soliton solutions, this class also contains a large variety of new multi-soliton solutions, many of which exhibit nontrivial spatial interaction pattern

R. S. Thorne

I investigate what a direct measurement of the longitudinal structure function F_L(x,Q^2) could teach us about the structure of the proton and the best way in which to use perturbative QCD for structure functions. I assume HERA running at a lowered beam energy for approximately 4-5 months and examine how well the measurement could distinguish between differe

Predrag Prester

We analyze near horizon behavior of small D-dimensional 2-charge black holes by modifying tree level effective action of heterotic string with all extended Gauss-Bonnet densities. We show that there is a nontrivial and unique choice of parameters, independent of D, for which the black hole entropy in any dimension is given by 4\pi\sqrt{nw}, which is exactly

Ramin M. Abolfath, Pawel Hawrylak

We present unrestricted Hartree Fock method coupled with configuration interaction (CI) method (URHF-CI) suitable for the calculation of ground and excited states of large number of electrons localized by complex gate potentials in quasi-two-dimensional quantum dot molecules. The method employs real space finite difference method, incorporating strong magnet

O. Nakamura, A. Aragon-Salamanca, B. Milvang-Jensen, N. Arimoto

We have carried out spectroscopic observations in 4 cluster fields using Subaru's FOCAS multi-slit spectrograph and obtained spectra for 103 bright disk field and cluster galaxies at $0.06 \le z \le 1.20$. Seventy-seven of these show emission lines, and 33 provide reasonably-secure determinations of the galaxies' rotation velocity. The rotation velocities, l

G. Zanderighi

We present a semi-numerical method to compute one-loop corrections to processes involving many particles. We treat in detail cases with up to five external legs and massless internal propagators, although the method is more general.

Christian D. Santangelo, Randall D. Kamien

We develop an explicit and tractable representation of a twist-grain-boundary phase of a smectic A liquid crystal. This allows us to calculate the interaction energy between grain boundaries and the relative contributions from the bending and compression deformations. We discuss the special stability of the 90 degree grain boundaries and discuss the relation

Tomasz Bojdecki, Luis G. Gorostiza, Anna Talarczyk

We prove a functional limit theorem for the rescaled occupation time fluctuations of a $(d,\alpha,\beta)$-branching particle system [particles moving in $\mathbb {R}^d$ according to a symmetric $\alpha$-stable L\'{e}vy process, branching law in the domain of attraction of a $(1+\beta)$-stable law, $0<\beta<1$, uniform Poisson initial state] in the case of in

Sergei Nayakshin, Walter Dehnen, Jorge Cuadra, Reinhard Genzel

It is believed that young massive stars orbiting Sgr A* in two stellar discs on scales of 0.1-0.2 parsecs were formed either farther out in the Galaxy and then quickly migrated inward, or in situ in a massive self-gravitating disc. Comparing N-body evolution of stellar orbits with observational constraints, we set upper limits on the masses of the two stella