May 2006 arXiv papers — page 37

Ender Tekin, Aylin Yener

We consider the Gaussian Multiple Access Wire-Tap Channel (GMAC-WT). In this scenario, multiple users communicate with an intended receiver in the presence of an intelligent and informed wire-tapper who receives a degraded version of the signal at the receiver. We define a suitable security measure for this multi-access environment. We derive an outer bound

Lothar Muehlbacher, Joachim Ankerhold

The nonequilibrium dynamics of correlated charge transfer along a one-dimensional chain in presence of a phonon environment is investigated within a dissipative Hubbard model. For this generalization of the ubiquitous spin-boson model the crucial role of symmetries is analysed in detail and corresponding invariant subspaces are identified. It is shown that t

Youjin Deng, Wenan Guo, Henk W. J. Blote

We study the O(N) loop model on the Honeycomb lattice with real value $N \geq 1$ by means of a cluster algorithm. The formulation of the algorithm is based on the equivalence of the O(N) loop model and the low-temperature graphical representation of a $N$-color Ashkin-Teller model on the triangular lattice. The latter model with integer $N$ can be simulated

B. Lake, K. Lefmann, N. B. Christensen, G. Aeppli

Many physical properties of high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors are two-dimensional phenomena derived from their square planar CuO2 building blocks. This is especially true of the magnetism from the copper ions. As mobile charge carriers enter the CuO2 layers, the antiferromagnetism of the parent insulators, where each copper spin is antiparallel to i

R. Kenna, D. A. Johnston, W. Janke

Multiplicative logarithmic corrections to scaling are frequently encountered in the critical behavior of certain statistical-mechanical systems. Here, a Lee-Yang zero approach is used to systematically analyse the exponents of such logarithms and to propose scaling relations between them. These proposed relations are then confronted with a variety of results

Carsten Honerkamp, Henry C. Fu, Dung-Hai Lee

We analyze the influence of phonons on the d-wave pairing instability in the Hubbard model on the two-dimensional square lattice at weak to moderate interaction U, using a functional renormalization group scheme with frequency-dependent interaction vertices. As measured by the pairing scale, the B1g buckling mode enhances the pairing, while other phonon mode

Xi Dai, Fu-Chun Zhang

We show that optically excited electrons by a circularly polarized light in a semiconductor with spin-orbit coupling subject to a weak electric field will carry a Hall current transverse to the electric field. This light induced Hall effect is a result of quantum interference of the light and the electric field, and can be viewed as a physical consequence of

Kei-ichi Funase, Shoji Yamamoto

Based on a symmetry argument, we investigate the ground-state properties of newly synthesized metal-halide ladder compounds (C_8_H_6_N_4_)[Pt(C_2_H_8_N_2_)X]_2_(ClO_4_)_4_ 2H_2_O (X=Cl, Br, I). Employing a fully dressed two-band Peierls-Hubbard model, we systematically reveal possible charge- or spin-ordered states. Numerical phase diagrams demonstrate a var

F. Jiang, Y. X. Zhou, H. Chen, R. Note

We use a self-consistent method to study the current of the single molecular transistor modulated by the transverse gate-bias in the level of the first-principles calculations. The numerical results show that both the polyacene-dithiol molecules and the fused-ring oligothiophene molecules are the potential high-frequency molecular transistor controlled by th

I. A. Fomin

The order parameter of the quasi-isotropic superfluid A-like phase of 3He is rewritten in a simple form. Effect of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of this phase on the frequencies of the spatially uniform oscillations of spin and the spin part of its order parameter are found. Anisotropy of susceptibility has pronounced effect on the low-frequency mode

M. Marengo, S. T. Megeath, G. G. Fazio, K. R. Stapelfeldt

We have used the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC) onboard the Spitzer Space telescope to search for low mass companions of the nearby debris disk star epsilon Eridani. The star was observed in two epochs 39 days apart, with different focal plane rotation to allow the subtraction of the instrumental Point Spread Function, achieving a maximum sensitivity of 0.01 M

M. Eidelsberg, Y. Sheffer, S. R. Federman, J. L. Lemaire

One of the processes controlling the interstellar CO abundance and the ratio of its isotopologues is photodissociation. Accurate oscillator strengths and predissociation rates for Rydberg transitions are needed for modeling this process. We present results on absorption from the E ^1Pi-X ^1Sigma^+ (1-0) and B ^1Sigma^+-X ^1Sigma^+ (6-0) bands at 1051 and 100

V. G. Klochkova, V. E. Panchuk, N. S. Tavolganskaya, G. Zhao

Over the five years of high-resolution spectroscopy of the cool star identified with the IR source IRAS20508+2011, the photospheric radial velocity variability Vr=15-30km/s is detected. In the same time, the Halpha profile varied from an intense bell-shaped emission line with a small absorption to 2-peaked emission with a central absorption feature below the

Akio K. Inoue

Observed ultraviolet (UV) colours of nearby disc galaxies show a reddening relative to their expected intrinsic colours. Since the 2175 Åbump found in the Milky Way's dust extinction law blues the UV colours, it might suggest that dust in nearby disc galaxies does not have the bump and that the Milky Way is exceptional. However, this conclusion can be mo

Akio K. Inoue, Veronique Buat, Denis Burgarella, Pasquale Panuzzo

We discuss dust properties in the interstellar medium (ISM) of nearby normal galaxies, by comparing observations in the ultraviolet (UV) with simulations by a radiative transfer model. The observed UV colours of nearby galaxies show a reddening relative to their expected intrinsic colours. Some authors argued that the Milky Way dust cannot reproduce the redd

Y. Zhang, R. Williams, E. Pellegrini, K. Cavagnolo

We identify emission lines of post-iron peak elements in very high signal-to-noise spectra of a sample of planetary nebulae. Analysis of lines from ions of Kr and Xe reveals enhancements in most of the PNe, in agreement with the theories of s-process in AGB star. Surprisingly, we did not detect lines from Br even though s-process calculations indicate that i

Y. Zhang, X. -W. Liu

We have analyzed the [Fe II] and [Ni II] emission lines in the bipolar planetary nebula Mz~3. We find that the [Fe II] and [Ni II] lines arise exclusively from the central regions. Fluorescence excitation in the formation process of these lines is negligible for this low-excitation nebula. From the [Fe II]/[Ni II] ratio, we obtain a higher Fe/Ni abundance ra

G. Trancho

The study of cluster populations as tracer of galaxy evolution is now quite possible with 8 m class telescopes and modern instrumentation. The cluster population can be used as a good tracer of the star forming episodes undergone by the merging system. We present two young galaxies mergers NGC3256 and NGC4038, and the studies about the young cluster populati

Edward R. Boyce, Joshua N. Winn, Jacqueline N. Hewitt, Steven T. Myers

The Extragalactic Lens VLBI Imaging Survey (ELVIS) searches for central images of lensed radio quasars, in order to measure the central density profiles of distant galaxies. Here we present sensitive multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of PMN J1838-3427 at 8 GHz, with a 1 sigma noise level of 38 microJy beam^(-1). Based on the absence of

Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok

Within conventional big bang cosmology, it has proven to be very difficult to understand why today's cosmological constant is so small. In this paper, we show that a cyclic model of the universe can naturally incorporate a dynamical mechanism that automatically relaxes the value of the cosmological constant, taking account of contributions to the vacuum

J. S. Kalirai, K. M. Gilbert, P. Guhathakurta, S. R. Majewski

We present spectroscopic observations of red giant branch (RGB) stars over a large expanse in the halo of the Andromeda spiral galaxy (M31), acquired with the DEIMOS instrument on the Keck II 10-m telescope. Using a combination of five photometric/spectroscopic diagnostics -- (1) radial velocity, (2) intermediate-width DDO51 photometry, (3) Na I equivalent w

Probhas Raychaudhuri

It is suggested that the solar variability is due to the perturbed nature of the solar core and this variability is provided by the variability of the solar neutrino flux from the solar neutrino detectors i.e., Homestake, Superkamiokande, SAGE and GALLEX-GNO. The solar neutrino flux in the standard solar model (SSM) was calculated on the assumption of L_nu (

O. L Creevey, T. M. Brown, S. Jiménez-Reyes, J. A. Belmonte

TrES-Her0-07621 is a recently discovered detached M Dwarf eclipsing binary system. We present some follow-up observations of this system including new minima times and a refined orbital period. We have also obtained better estimates of the stellar radii and inclination.

D. S. Tasca, M. P. Almeida, S. P. Walborn, P. Pellat-Finet

This paper has been withdrawn due to a crucial theoretical and experimental error.

Guy D. Moore, Horace Stoica

It has recently been realized that brane-antibrane annihilation (a possible explanation for ending inflation) may result in defect formation, due to the dynamics of the tachyon field. Studies of this possibility have generally ignored the interaction of the brane fields with fields in the bulk; recently it has been argued [1] that interactions with bulk fiel

Sumanta Tewari, V. W. Scarola, T. Senthil, S. Das Sarma

We establish the theoretical feasibility of direct analog simulation of the compact U(1) lattice gauge theories in optical lattices with dipolar bosons. We discuss the realizability of the topological Coulomb phase in extended Bose-Hubbard models in several optical lattice geometries. We predict the testable signatures of this emergent phase in noise correla

Alexandre Alves, Oscar Eboli, Tilman Plehn

For a long time it has been known that the like-sign dilepton signature can help establish the existence of a gluino at the LHC. To unambiguously claim that we see a strongly interacting Majorana fermion -- which we could call a gluino -- we need to prove that the particle responsible for the like-sign dilepton events is indeed a fermion. Using only angular

A. López-Ortega

Using the monodromy method we calculate the asymptotic quasinormal (QN) frequencies of an electromagnetic field moving in D-dimensional Schwarzschild and Schwarzschild de Sitter (SdS) black holes ($D\geq 4$). For the D-dimensional Schwarzschild anti-de Sitter (SadS) black hole we also compute these frequencies with a similar method. Moreover, we calculate th

K. R. S. Balaji, G. Couture, C. Hamzaoui

It is shown that one can in principle constrain the CP-violating parameter delta from measurements of four independant |V_{ij}|^2, or three of them and a ratio, in the leptonic sector. To quantify our approach, using unitarity, we derive simple expressions in terms of four independant |V_{ij}|^2 for cos(delta) and an expression for sin^2(delta) from J^2. Thu

I. Paul, C. Pepin, M. R. Norman

We study the deconfined quantum critical point of the Kondo-Heisenberg lattice in three dimensions using a fermionic representation for the localized spins. The mean-field phase diagram exhibits a zero temperature quantum critical point separating a spin liquid phase where the hybridization vanishes and a Kondo phase where it does not. Two solutions can be s

A. M. Povolotsky, V. B. Priezzhev

We consider the totally asymmetric exclusion process in discrete time with the parallel update. Constructing an appropriate transformation of the evolution operator, we reduce the problem to that solvable by the Bethe ansatz. The non-stationary solution of the master equation for the infinite 1D lattice is obtained in a determinant form. Using a modified com

M. A. M. Alwash

For a class of polynomial non-autonomous differential equations of degree n, we use phase plane analysis to show that each equation in this class has n periodic solutions. The result implies that certain rigid two-dimensional systems have at most one limit cycle which appears through multiple Hopf bifurcation.

Michela Artebani

The minimal resolution of the degree four cyclic cover of the plane branched along a GIT stable quartic is a K3 surface with a non symplectic action of Z_4. In this paper we study the geometry of the one dimensional family of K3 surfaces associated to the locus of plane quartics with five nodes.

Paul Romatschke, Anton Rebhan

We study (3+1)D kinetic (Boltzmann-Vlasov) equations for relativistic plasma particles in a one-dimensionally expanding geometry motivated by ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. We set up local equations in terms of Yang-Mills potentials and auxiliary fields that allow simulations of hard-(expanding)-loop (HEL) dynamics on a lattice. We determine numeric

Carl M. Bender, Dorje C. Brody, Jun-Hua Chen, Hugh F. Jones

In a recent paper Jones and Mateo used operator techniques to show that the non-Hermitian $\cP\cT$-symmetric wrong-sign quartic Hamiltonian $H=\half p^2-gx^4$ has the same spectrum as the conventional Hermitian Hamiltonian $\tilde H=\half p^2+4g x^4-\sqrt{2g} x$. Here, this equivalence is demonstrated very simply by means of differential-equation techniques

M. Leclerc

The detection of gravitational waves based on the geodesic deviation equation is discussed. In particular, it is shown that the only non-vanishing components of the wave field in the conventional traceless-transverse gauge in linearized general relativity do not enter the geodesic deviation equation, and therefore, apparently, no effect is predicted by that

Sam Dolan, Chris Doran, Anthony Lasenby

We study the scattering of massive spin-half waves by a Schwarzschild black hole using analytical and numerical methods. We begin by extending a recent perturbation theory calculation to next order to obtain Born series for the differential cross section and Mott polarization, valid at small couplings. We continue by deriving an approximation for glory scatt

Stefano Bolognesi

We study the baryonic sector of QCD with quarks in the two index symmetric or antisymmetric representation. The minimal gauge invariant state that carries baryon number cannot be identified with the Skyrmion of the low energy chiral effective Lagrangian. Mass, statistics and baryon number do not match. We carefully investigate the properties of the minimal b

Jens Erler, Genaro Toledo Sanchez

There are indications that hadronic loops in some electroweak observables are almost saturated by parton level effects. Taking this as the hypothesis for this work, we propose a genuine parton level estimate of the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, a_mu (LBL,had). Our quark mass definitions and values are moti

Bogdan Ichim, Tim Roemer

Following a construction of Stanley we consider toric face rings associated to rational pointed fans. This class of rings is a common generalization of the concepts of Stanley--Reisner and affine monoid algebras. The main goal of this article is to unify parts of the theories of Stanley--Reisner- and affine monoid algebras. We consider (non-pure) shellable f

A. B. Pavan

Research on black holes and their physical proprieties has been active on last 90 years. With the appearance of the String Theory and the Braneworld models as alternative descriptions of our Universe, the interest on black holes, in these context, increased. In this work we studied black holes in Braneworld models. A class of spherically symmetric black hole

Morten Gersborg-Hansen, Anders Kristensen

This letter describes the design and operation of a polymer-based third order distributed feed-back (DFB) microfluidic dye laser. The device relies on light-confinement in a nano-structured polymer film where an array of nanofluidic channels is filled by capillary action with a liquid dye solution which has a refractive index lower than that of the polymer.

Mucio A. Continentino

We present a study of magnetic field induced quantum phase transitions in insulating systems. A generalized scaling theory is used to obtain the temperature dependence of several physical quantities along the quantum critical trajectory ($H=H_{C}$, $T\to0$) where $H$ is a longitudinal external magnetic field and $H_{C}$ the critical value at which the transi

Alex Samorodnitsky

A recent conjecture of Caputo, Carlen, Lieb, and Loss, and, independently, of the author, states that the maximum of the permanent of a matrix whose rows are unit vectors in l_p is attained either for the identity matrix I or for a constant multiple of the all-1 matrix J. The conjecture is known to be true for p = 1 (I) and for p \ge 2 (J). We prove the conj

Thomas M. Hanna, Krzysztof Goral, Emilia Witkowska, Thorsten Koehler

We study the dissociation of Feshbach molecules by a magnetic field sweep across a zero-energy resonance. In the limit of an instantaneous magnetic field change, the distribution of atomic kinetic energy can have a peak indicating dominance of the molecular closed-channel spin configuration over the entrance channel. The extent of this dominance influences p

P. Bydzovsky, T. Mart

The recent CLAS 2005, SAPHIR 2003, LEPS, and the old, pre-1972, data on K^+ Lambda photoproduction are compared with theoretical calculations in the energy region of E_gamma^lab < 2.6 GeV in order to learn about their mutual consistency. The isobaric models Kaon-Maid and Saclay-Lyon, along with new fits to the CLAS data are utilized in this analysis. The SAP

E. N. Bulgakov, I. Rotter, A. F. Sadreev

We consider the effective Hamiltonian of an open quantum system, its biorthogonal eigenfunctions $ϕ_λ$ and define the value $r_λ= (ϕ_λ|ϕ_λ)/<ϕ_λ|ϕ_λ>$ that characterizes the phase rigidity of the eigenfunctions $ϕ_λ$. In the scenario with avoided level crossings, $r_λ$ varies between 1 and 0 due to the mutual influence of neighboring resonances. The variatio

Horst Stoecker

The production of Large Extra Dimension (LXD) Black Holes (BHs), with a new, fundamental mass scale of $M_f = 1$ TeV, has been predicted to occur at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, with the formidable rate of $10^8$ per year in p-p collisions at full energy, 14 TeV, and at full luminosity. We show that such LXD-BH formation will be experimentally observable

M. Parry

In the context of second order perturbation theory, cosmological backreaction is seen to rescale both time and the scale factor. The issue of the homogeneous limit of long-wavelength perturbations is addressed and backreaction is quantified in terms of a gauge-invariant metric function that is the true physical degree of freedom in the homogeneous limit. The

Juliana R. Dias, Rodrigo F. Oliveira, Osame Kinouchi

We study a deterministic dynamics with two time scales in a continuous state attractor network. To the usual (fast) relaxation dynamics towards point attractors (``patterns&#39;&#39;) we add a slow coupling dynamics that makes the visited patterns to loose stability leading to an itinerant behavior in the form of punctuated equilibria. One finds that the tra

Takeo Inami, Shie Minakami, Muneto Nitta

We examine integrability of self-dual Yang-Mills system in the Higgs phase, with taking simpler cases of vortices and domain walls. We show that the vortex equations and the domain-wall equations do not have Painleve property. This fact suggests that these equations are not integrable.

Jelle Ritzerveld, Vincent Icke

In this paper, we present a new method for the solution of those linear transport processes that may be described by a Master Equation, such as electron, neutron and photon transport, and more exotic variants thereof. We base our algorithm on a Markov process on a Voronoi-Delaunay grid, a nonperiodic lattice which is derived from a random point process that

C. Garcia-Recio, J. Nieves, L. L. Salcedo

It is shown that in the 70 and 700 SU(6) irreducible spaces, the SU(6) extension of the Weinberg-Tomozawa (WT) s-wave meson-baryon interaction incorporating vector mesons ({\it hep-ph/0505233}) scales as ${\cal O}(N_c^0)$, instead of the well known ${\cal O}(N_c^{-1})$ behavior for its SU(3) counterpart. However, the WT interaction behaves as order ${\cal O}

Andreas Sinner, Florian Schuetz, Peter Kopietz

We discuss the statistics of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in a canonical ensemble of N non-interacting bosons in terms of a Landau function L_N^{BEC} (q) defined by the logarithm of the probability distribution of the order parameter q for BEC. We also discuss the corresponding Landau function for spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB), which for finite N s

Erik Bedos, Roberto Conti

We study norm convergence and summability of Fourier series in the setting of reduced twisted group $C^*$-algebras of discrete groups. For amenable groups, Følner nets give the key to Fejér summation. We show that Abel-Poisson summation holds for a large class of groups, including e.g. all Coxeter groups and all Gromov hyperbolic groups. As a tool in our pre

Claus Doescher, Jochen Zahn

We study dispersion relations in the noncommutative ϕ^3 and Wess-Zumino model in the Yang-Feldman formalism at one-loop order. Nonplanar graphs lead to a distortion of the dispersion relation. We find that the strength of this effect is moderate if the scale of noncommutativity is identified with the Planck scale and parameters typical for a Higgs field are

S. Roth

The W-mass measurements from LEP and the results of a global fit of the Standard Model parameters to the electroweak data are presented. Comprehensive studies of experimental systematic effects allowed a measurement of the W mass with an accuracy of better than half a permill. Especially the recent improvements in the LEP energy calibration, the modelling of

Thorsten Naab, Roland Jesseit, Andreas Burkert

We present a large set of merger simulations of early-type disc galaxies with mass ratios of 1:1 and 3:1 and 10% of the total disc mass in gas. In contrast to the collisionless case equal-mass mergers with gas do not result in very boxy remnants which is caused by the suppression of box orbits and the change of the projected shape of minor-axis tube orbits i

M. Marvan, M. Pobořil

In this paper we find the inverse and direct recursion operator for the intrinsic generalized sine-Gordon equation in any number $n > 2$ of independent variables. Among the flows generated by the direct operator we identify a higher-dimensional analogue of the pmKdV equation.

Andreas Fuhrmann, Satoshi Okamoto, Hartmut Monien, Andrew J. Millis

Quantum Monte Carlo and semiclassical methods are used to solve two and four site cluster dynamical mean field approximations to the square lattice Hubbard model at half filling and strong coupling. The energy, spin correlation function, phase boundary and electron spectral function are computed and compared to available exact results. The comparision permit

R. Penco, D. Mauro

In this paper we show how Feynman diagrams, which are used as a tool to implement perturbation theory in quantum field theory, can be very useful also in classical mechanics, provided we introduce also at the classical level concepts like path integrals and generating functionals.

C. Domergue, P. Quarati, A. Nesta, P. R. Trincherini

Up to now the origin of 102 lead ingots of the Comacchio (Ferrara, Italy) relict, found in 1981, has been difficult to solve and different hypothesis have been proposed. Recently 20 representative ingots have been analysed at the European JRC Laboratory of Ispra(Italy) and the lead isotope signature determined. From the performed results we may suggest the o

Michaela Kraus

Context: B[e] supergiants are known to have non-spherical winds, and the existence of disks that are neutral in hydrogen close to their stellar surface has been postulated. A suitable mechanism to produce non-spherical winds seems to be rapid rotation, and at least for three B[e] supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds rotation velocities at a substantial fract

Guang-Jiong Ni, Zhi-Qiang Shi

The whole spectrum of high-energy cosmic ray (HECR) is, very likely, influenced by tachyonic neutrinos. Especially, the appearance of two knees can be fitted by the tachyon mass $m(ν_e)=m(ν_μ)\simeq 0.51$ eV/$c^2$ as predicted by a minimal three - flavor model for tachyonic neutrino with one parameter $δ=0.38$ eV only. Then the evasion of GZK cutoff could be

M. Z. Kong, Xue-Bing Wu, R. Wang, F. K. Liu

The relationship between the emission-line equivalent width and the continuum luminosity, so called the Baldwin effect, plays an important role in studying the physics of the broad line region of AGNs. Using the archived ultraviolet spectra obtained by IUE, HST, and HUT in 1978-2002, we investigated the intrinsic CIV Baldwin effect of a well-studied Seyfert

James R. van Meter, John G. Baker, Michael Koppitz, Dae-Il Choi

Recent demonstrations of unexcised black holes traversing across computational grids represent a significant advance in numerical relativity. Stable and accurate simulations of multiple orbits, and their radiated waves, result. This capability is critically undergirded by a careful choice of gauge. Here we present analytic considerations which suggest certai

Jun Yamashita, Minoru Hirayama

The profile function for the hedgehog Skyrmion is investigated. After discussing how the form of the profile function is restricted by the field equation, the s tatic energy is numerically calculated. It is found that the profile functions c onsidered here sometimes give the static energy smaller than previous ones.

Abdesslam Arhrib, Dilip K. Ghosh, Otto C. W. Kong, Rishikesh D. Vaidya

We study the flavor changing neutral current decays of the MSSM Higgs bosons into strange and bottom quarks. We focus on a scenario of minimum flavor violation here, namely only that induced by the CKM matrix. Taking into account constraint from $b\to s γ$, $δρ$ as well as experimental constraints on the MSSM spectrum, we show that the branching ratio of $(Φ

J. D. Neill, M. Sullivan, D. Balam, C. J. Pritchet

We present a measurement of the distant Type Ia supernova rate derived from the first two years of the Canada -- France -- Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey. We observed four one-square degree fields with a typical temporal frequency of <Delta t> ~ 4 observer-frame days over time spans of from 158 to 211 days per season for each field, with breaks dur

Tetsuya Shiromizu, Sumio Yamada, Hirotaka Yoshino

It is expected that matter composed of a perfect fluid cannot be at rest outside of a black hole if the spacetime is asymptotically flat and static (non-rotating). However, there has not been a rigorous proof for this expectation without assuming spheical symmetry. In this paper, we provide a proof of non-existence of matter composed of a perfect fluid in st

Maurice de Gosson, Serge de Gosson

We construct semiclassical solutions of the symplectically covariant Schroedinger phase-space equation rigorously studied in a previous paper; we use for this purpose an adaptation of Littlejohn&#39;s nearby-orbit method. We take the opportunity to discuss in some detail the so fruitful notion of squeezed coherent state and the action of the metaplectic grou

Jacob Dunningham, David Hallwood

We present a straightforward scheme for creating macroscopic superpositions of different superfluid flow states of Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in optical lattices. This scheme has the great advantage that all the techniques required are achievable with current experiments. Furthermore, the relative difficulty of creating cats scales favorably with the

T. P. Bodiya, L. -M. Duan

We propose a scheme for efficient construction of graph states using realistic linear optics, imperfect photon source and single-photon detectors. For any many-body entanglement represented by tree graph states, we prove that the overall preparation and detection efficiency scales only polynomially with the size of the graph, no matter how small the efficien

Z. Kurucz, P. Adam, J. Janszky

A necessary and sufficient condition is given for general exact remote state preparation (RSP) protocols to be oblivious, that is, no information about the target state can be retrieved from the classical message. A novel criterion in terms of commutation relations is also derived for the existence of deterministic exact protocols in which Alice&#39;s measur

Alain Miffre, Marion Jacquey, Matthias Büchner, Gérard Trénec

In this paper, we present a brief overview of atom interferometry. This field of research has developed very rapidly since 1991. Atom and light wave interferometers present some similarities but there are very important differences in the tools used to manipulate these two types of waves. Moreover, the sensitivity of atomic waves and light waves to their env

A. Vourdas

Quantum systems in which the position and momentum take values in the ring ${\cal Z}_d$ and which are described with $d$-dimensional Hilbert space, are considered. When $d$ is the power of a prime, the position and momentum take values in the Galois field $GF(p^ \ell)$, the position-momentum phase space is a finite geometry and the corresponding `Galois quan

Karen J. Gordon, Veronica Fernandez, Robert J. Collins, Ivan Rech

A fibre-based quantum key distribution system operating up to a clock frequency of 3.3GHz is presented. The system demonstrates significantly increased key exchange rate potential and operates at a wavelength of 850nm.

Veronica Fernandez, Karen J. Gordon, Robert J. Collins, Paul D. Townsend

In recent years quantum information research has lead to the discovery of a number of remarkable new paradigms for information processing and communication. These developments include quantum cryptography schemes that offer unconditionally secure information transport guaranteed by quantum-mechanical laws. Such potentially disruptive security technologies co

Davide Rossini, Tommaso Calarco, Vittorio Giovannetti, Simone Montangero

We introduce, and determine decoherence for, a wide class of non-trivial quantum spin baths which embrace Ising, XY and Heisenberg universality classes coupled to a two-level system. For the XY and Ising universality classes we provide an exact expression for the decay of the loss of coherence beyond the case of a central spin coupled uniformly to all the sp

Giacomo M. D&#39;Ariano, Paolo Perinotti, Massimiliano F. Sacchi

We consider the problem of broadcasting quantum information encoded in the average value of the field from N to M>N copies of mixed states of radiation modes. We derive the broadcasting map that preserves the complex amplitude, while optimally reducing the noise in conjugate quadratures. We find that from two input copies broadcasting is feasible, with the p

Stefan Braunewell, Stefan Bornholdt

Gene regulatory dynamics is governed by molecular processes and therefore exhibits an inherent stochasticity. However, for the survival of an organism it is a strict necessity that this intrinsic noise does not prevent robust functioning of the system. It is still an open question how dynamical stability is achieved in biological systems despite the omnipres

T. Heim, L. -C. Tranchevent, E. Carlon, G. T. Barkema

We analyze publicly available data on Affymetrix microarrays spike-in experiments on the human HGU133 chipset in which sequences are added in solution at known concentrations. The spike-in set contains sequences of bacterial, human and artificial origin. Our analysis is based on a recently introduced molecular-based model [E. Carlon and T. Heim, Physica A 36

S. I. Tkachenko, P. R. Levashov, K. V. Khishchenko

We study the influence of equation-of-state (EOS) model on the interpretation of electrical conductivity measurements in strongly coupled plasma of tungsten by Korobenko et al. (2002 Plasma Physics Reports 28(12) 1008--1016). Three different semiempirical EOS models for tungsten are used. Discrepancies in obtained thermodynamic parameters and specific resist

X. Baillard, A. Gauguet, S. Bize, P. Lemonde

We have developed external-cavity diode lasers, where the wavelength selection is assured by a low loss interference filter instead of the common diffraction grating. The filter allows a linear cavity design reducing the sensitivity of the wavelength and the external cavity feedback against misalignment. By separating the feedback and wavelength selection fu

Jorge O. O. Franco, Vitor H. A. Dias, Andres R. R. Papa

In this work 2D Ising systems were used to simulate the reversals of the Earth&#39;s magnetic field. Each spin was supposed to be a ring current in the Earth dynamo and the magnetization to be proportional to the field intensity. Given the relative success of some physical few-discs modeling of this system all the simulations were implemented in small system

Cosme F. Ponte-Neto, Andres R. R. Papa

This paper presents an analysis on the distribution of periods between consecutive reversals of the Earth&#39;s magnetic field. The analysis includes the randomness of polarities, whether the data corresponding to different periods belong to a unique distribution and finally, the type of distribution that data obey. It was found that the distribution is a po

Andreas Bierwage, Sadruddin Benkadda, Satoshi Hamaguchi, Masahiro Wakatani

The nonlinear evolution of the m=1 internal kink mode is studied numerically in a setting where the tokamak core plasma is surrounded by a turbulent region with low magnetic shear. As a starting point we choose configurations with three nearby q=1 surfaces where triple tearing modes (TTMs) with high poloidal mode numbers m are unstable. While the amplitudes

A. Schiller, M. Thoennessen

Giant Electric Dipole Resonance (GDR) parameters for gamma decay to excited states with finite spin and temperature are compiled. Over 100 original works have been reviewed and from some 70 of which more than 300 parameter sets of hot GDR parameters for different isotopes, excitation energies, and spin regions have been extracted. All parameter sets have bee

Moshe Gai

Before its demise DIANA Hi-TECH, LLC, demonstrated the use of two 50 kJoule Plasma Focus devices for the copius production of fast neutrons, x-rays and radio-isotopes. Such a device is suitable for fast neutron non invasive interogation of contra-band materials including hidden nuclear materials. It could be particularly useful for a fast and fail safe inter

K. Yagasaki, I. M. Merhasin, B. A. Malomed, T. Wagenknecht

Solitons are studied in a model of a fiber Bragg grating (BG) whose local reflectivity is subjected to periodic modulation. The superlattice opens an infinite number of new bandgaps in the model&#39;s spectrum. Averaging and numerical continuation methods show that each gap gives rise to gap solitons (GSs), including asymmetric and double-humped ones, which

S. V. Borodachov, D. P. Hardin, E. B. Saff

We investigate the asymptotic behavior, as $N$ grows, of the largest minimal pairwise distance of $N$ points restricted to an arbitrary compact rectifiable set embedded in Euclidean space, and we find the limit distribution of such optimal configurations. For this purpose, we compare best-packing configurations with minimal Riesz $s$-energy configurations an

Hans F. de Groote

\noindent{In} this paper, we clarify the structure of the Stone spectrum of an arbitrary finite von Neumann algebra $\rr$ of type $\rm{I}_{n}$. The main tool for this investigation is a generalized notion of rank for projections in von Neumann algebras of this type.

Philippe Briet, Horia D. Cornean, Delphine Louis

The system we consider here is a charged fermions gas in the effective mass approximation, and in grand-canonical conditions. We assume that the particles are confined in a three dimensional cubic box $Λ$ with side $L\geq 1$, and subjected to a constant magnetic field of intensity $ B \geq 0 $. Define the grand canonical generalized susceptibilities $χ_L^N$,

Haisheng Li

We continue a previous study on $Γ$-vertex algebras and their quasimodules. In this paper we refine certain known results and we prove that for any $\Z$-graded vertex algebra $V$ and a positive integer $N$, the category of $V$-modules is naturally isomorphic to the category of quasimodules of a certain type for $V^{\otimes N}$. We also study certain generali

Eric Kuo

Graphical condensation is a technique used to prove combinatorial identities among numbers of perfect matchings of plane graphs. Propp and Kuo first applied this technique to prove identities for bipartite graphs. Yan, Yeh, and Zhang later applied graphical condensation to nonbipartite graphs to prove more complex identities. Here we generalize some of the i

Pere Ara, Miquel Brustenga

Let $K$ be a fixed field. We attach to each column-finite quiver $E$ a von Neumann regular $K$-algebra $Q(E)$ in a functorial way. The algebra $Q(E)$ is a universal localization of the usual path algebra $P(E)$ associated with $E$. The monoid of isomorphism classes of finitely generated projective right $Q(E)$-modules is explicitly computed.

Gábor Lukács

In this notebook, I present duality theory (or theories) of abelian groups with some categorical and categorical topological flavour. I consider writing this notebook as a longer-term project, and its current content and presentation is &#34;under development.&#34; In other words, all questions, comments, suggestions, and criticism is more than usually welco

Kentaro Tanaka, Akimichi Takemura

In a finite mixture of location-scale distributions maximum likelihood estimator does not exist because of the unboundedness of the likelihood function when the scale parameter of some mixture component approaches zero. In order to study the strong consistency of maximum likelihood estimator, we consider the case that the scale parameters of the component di

M. Grendar

Notion of effective size of support (Ess) of a random variable is introduced. A small set of natural requirements that a measure of Ess should satisfy is presented. The measure with prescribed properties is in a direct (exp-) relationship to the family of Renyi&#39;s $α$-entropies. Question of selecting the value of $α$ most appropriate for the purpose of me

Matthias Koch, Sascha Kurz

As a generalization of polyominoes we consider edge-to-edge connected nonoverlapping unions of regular $k$-gons. For $n\le 4$ we determine formulas for the number $a_k(n)$ of generalized polyominoes consisting of $n$ regular $k$-gons. Additionally we give a table of the numbers $a_k(n)$ for small $k$ and $n$ obtained by computer enumeration. We finish with s