June 2007 arXiv papers — page 5

David Finston, Stefan Maubach

The automorphism groups of certain factorial complex affine threefolds admitting locally trivial actions of the additive group are determined. As a consequence new counterexamples to a generalized cancellation problem are obtained.

B. P. Dvalishvili

The sum theorem and its corollaries are proved for a countable family of zero-dimensional (in the sense of small and large inductive bidimensions) p-closed sets, using a new notion of relative normality whose topological correspondent is also new. The notion of almost $n$-dimensionality is considered from the bitopological point of view. Bitopological spaces

Benjamin Grinstein

If new physics is called upon to explain away fine tunings, like the hierarchy problem, then, we argue, the principle of Minimal Flavor Violation is inescapable. We review the principle and recent extensions to the lepton sector and to Grand-Unified theories.

David Finston, Stefan Maubach

An example is given of a UFD which has infinitely generated Derksen invariant. The ring is \textquotedblleft almost rigid\textquotedblright\ meaning that the Derksen invariant is equal to the Makar-Limanov invariant. Techniques to show that a ring is (almost) rigid are discussed, among which is a generalization of Mason's abc-theorem.

Stefan Maubach

In this paper, we give an example of a finitely generated 3-dimensional C-algebra which has infinitely generated Derksen invariant as well as Makar-Limaonv invariant.

Xavier Le Breton

In his article "A discrete form of the theorem that each field endomorphism of $\mathbb{R}$ ($\mathbb{Q}_p$) is the identity", Tyszka introduce a logical property which is equivalent to algebraicity in $\mathbb{R}$ and in $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Amazingly, the property is no longer equivalent to algebraicity in $\mathbb{C}$. This article present a similirar

Benjamin Grinstein

This is an opening talk for the workshop and is intended to be provocative. We take a stab at the following questions: How well do we really know the sides of the unitarity triangle? What else could we do to improve? (I propose several new measurements). What precision should we ultimately aim at in the determination of CKM elements? What have we learned so

Stefan Maubach

Suppose A\in GL_n(\C) has a relation A^p=c_{p-1}A^{p-1}+.... + c_1 A+ c_0I where the c_i in \C. This article describes how to construct analytic functions c_i(z) such that A^z=c_{p-1}(z)A^{p-1}+... + c_1(z) A+ c_0(z)I . One of the theorems gives a possible description of the c_i(z): c_i(z)=C^zαwhere C\in Mat_p(\C) is (similar to) the companion matrix of X^p-

D. Marenduzzo, E. Orlandini, M. E. Cates, J. M. Yeomans

Active liquid crystals or active gels are soft materials which can be physically realised e.g. by preparing a solution of cytoskeletal filaments interacting with molecular motors. We study the hydrodynamics of an active liquid crystal in a slab-like geometry with various boundary conditions, by solving numerically its equations of motion via lattice Boltzman

Benjamin Grinstein

We first review some aspects of the determination of the sides and angles of the unitarity triangle. We pay particular attention to theory shortcomings, and present many alternative proposals for the determination of |Vub| (which at present is problematic). We then turn our attention to the more general question: What have we learned so far about flavor phys

T. K. Yamada, E. Martinez, A. Vega, R. Robles

We have studied the magnetic configuration in ultrathin antiferromagnetic Mn films grown around monoatomic steps on an Fe(001) surface by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and ab-initio-parametrized self-consistent real-space tight binding calculations in which the spin quantization axis is independent for each site thus allowing nonc

A. D. Chernin, I. D. Karachentsev, O. G. Kashibadze, D. I. Makarov

The Hubble Space Telescope observations of the nearby galaxy group M 81/M 82 and its vicinity indicate that the expansion outflow around the group is dominated by the antigravity of the dark energy background. The local density of dark energy in the area is estimated to be near the global dark energy density or perhaps exactly equal to it. This conclusion ag

Raghavan Rangarajan

An epoch of accelerated expansion, or inflation, in the early universe solves several cosmological problems. While there are many models of inflation only recently has it become possible to discriminate between some of the models using observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation and large-scale structure. In this talk, we discuss inflation and

Davar Khoshnevisan, Yimin Xiao

Let $X_1,...,X_N$ denote $N$ independent $d$-dimensional Lévy processes, and consider the $N$-parameter random field \[\X(\bm{t}):= X_1(t_1)+...+X_N(t_N).\] First we demonstrate that for all nonrandom Borel sets $F\subseteq\R^d$, the Minkowski sum $\X(\R^N_+)\oplus F$, of the range $\X(\R^N_+)$ of $\X$ with $F$, can have positive $d$-dimensional Lebesgue mea

A. T. Muminov

In our previous article [4] an approach to derive Papapetrou equations for constrained electromagnetic field was demonstrated by use of field variational principles. The aim of current work is to present more universal technique of deduction of the equations which could be applied to another types of non-scalar fields. It is based on Noether theorem formulat

Masashi Fujinaga, Naomichi Hatano

We investigate the entanglement of the ferromagnetic XY model in a random magnetic field at zero temperature and in the uniform magnetic field at finite temperatures. We use the concurrence to quantify the entanglement. We find that, in the ferromagnetic region of the uniform magnetic field $h$, all the concurrences are \textit{generated} by the random magne

Maurice Margenstern

In this paper, we prove that the general tiling problem of the hyperbolic plane is undecidable by proving a slightly stronger version using only a regular polygon as the basic shape of the tiles. The problem was raised by a paper of Raphael Robinson in 1971, in his famous simplified proof that the general tiling problem is undecidable for the Euclidean plane

D. Fetcu, C. Oniciuc

We classify the biharmonic Legendre curves in a Sasakian space form, and obtain their explicit parametric equations in the $(2n+1)$-dimensional unit sphere endowed with the canonical and deformed Sasakian structures defined by Tanno. Then, composing with the flow of the Reeb vector field, we transform a biharmonic integral submanifold into a biharmonic anti-

Nicolas Champagnat, Amaury Lambert

We consider a trait-structured population subject to mutation, birth and competition of logistic type, where the number of coexisting types may fluctuate. Applying a limit of rare mutations to this population while keeping the population size finite leads to a jump process, the so-called `trait substitution sequence', where evolution proceeds by successi

Ulrich Hohenester, Gernot Pfanner, Marek Seliger

We theoretically investigate the production of polarization-entangled photons through the biexciton cascade decay in a single semiconductor quantum dot. In the intermediate state the entanglement is encoded in the polarizations of the first emitted photon and the exciton, where the exciton state can be effectively ``measured'' by the solid state envi

Yuichiro Sekiguchi, Masaru Shibata

The latest studies of massive star evolution indicate that an initially rapidly rotating star with sufficiently low metallicity can produce a rapidly rotating, massive stellar core that could be a progenitor of long-soft gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs). Motivated by these studies, we follow the collapse of a rapidly rotating massive stellar core to a 'collapsar

Filippo Palombi, Mauro Papinutto, Carlos Pena, Hartmut Wittig

We perform a non-perturbative study of the scale-dependent renormalization factors of a multiplicatively renormalizable basis of $Δ{B}=2$ parity-odd four-fermion operators in quenched lattice QCD. Heavy quarks are treated in the static approximation with various lattice discretizations of the static action. Light quarks are described by non-perturbatively ${

Kazumasa A. Takeuchi, Masafumi Kuroda, Hugues Chaté, Masaki Sano

We experimentally investigate the critical behavior of a phase transition between two topologically different turbulent states of electrohydrodynamic convection in nematic liquid crystals. The statistical properties of the observed spatiotemporal intermittency regimes are carefully determined, yielding a complete set of static critical exponents in full agre

N. A. Court, A. J. Ferguson, R. G. Clark

Within the context of superconducting gap engineering, Al-\alox-Al tunnel junctions have been used to study the variation in superconducting gap, $Δ$, with film thickness. Films of thickness 5, 7, 10 and 30 nm were used to form the small area superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) tunnel junctions. In agreement with previous measurements we have obser

Surjeet Singh, R. Suryanarayanan, R. Tackett, G. Lawes

The recent discovery of Spin-ice is a spectacular example of non-coplanar spin arrangements that can arise in the pyrochlore A2B2O7 structure. We present magnetic and thermodynamic studies on the metallic-ferromagnet pyrochlore Sm2Mo2O7. Our studies, carried out on oriented crystals, suggest that the Sm spins have an ordered spin-ice ground state below about

Jean-Luc Garden

What is really measured in dynamic calorimetric experiments is still an open question. This paper is devoted to this question, which can be usefully envisaged by means of macroscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics. From the pioneer work of De Donder on chemical reactions and with other authors along the 20th century, the question is tackled under an historic

Kristian L. McDonald

We outline some features of higher dimensional models possessing a Quark-Lepton (QL) symmetry. The QL symmetric model in five dimensions is discussed, with particular emphasis on the use of split fermions. An interesting fermionic geography which utilises the QL symmetry to suppress the proton decay rate and to motivate the flavor differences in the quark an

Benjamin Recht, Maryam Fazel, Pablo A. Parrilo

The affine rank minimization problem consists of finding a matrix of minimum rank that satisfies a given system of linear equality constraints. Such problems have appeared in the literature of a diverse set of fields including system identification and control, Euclidean embedding, and collaborative filtering. Although specific instances can often be solved

Ratindranath Akhoury, Christopher S. Gauthier

We consider two examples of solutions of the equations of motion of scalar field theories with higher derivatives. These are the cosmology of the rolling tachyon and static spherically symmetric solutions of the scalar field in flat space. By requiring that the field equations always be hyperbolic and that the speed of propagation of the small fluctuations a

E. Howell, D. Coward, R. Burman, D. Blair

It has been shown that the observed temporal distribution of transient events in the cosmos can be used to constrain their rate density. Here we show that the peak flux--observation time relation takes the form of a power law that is invariant to the luminosity distribution of the sources, and that the method can be greatly improved by invoking time reversal

Masamichi Nishino, Kamel Boukheddaden, Yusuké Konishi, Seiji Miyashita

We study the origin of the cooperative nature of spin crossover (SC) between low spin (LS) and high spin (HS) states from the view point of elastic interactions among molecules. As the size of each molecule changes depending on its spin state, the elastic interaction among the lattice distortions provides the cooperative interaction of the spin states. We de

A. L. Sullivan

In recent years, advances in computational power and spatial data analysis (GIS, remote sensing, etc) have led to an increase in attempts to model the spread and behvaiour of wildland fires across the landscape. This series of review papers endeavours to critically and comprehensively review all types of surface fire spread models developed since 1990. This

W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, C. Y. Wu

Experimental studies of 152Sm using multiple-step Coulomb excitation and inelastic neutron scattering provide key data that clarify the low-energy collective structure of this nucleus. No candidates for two-phonon beta-vibrational states are found. Experimental level energies of the ground-state and first excited (0+ state) rotational bands, electric monopol

A. L. Sullivan

In recent years, advances in computational power and spatial data analysis (GIS, remote sensing, etc) have led to an increase in attempts to model the spread and behaviour of wildland fires across the landscape. This series of review papers endeavours to critically and comprehensively review all types of surface fire spread models developed since 1990. This

Alfonso F. Agnew, Alain Bourget

In the quantization of a rotating rigid body, a {\it top,} one is concerned with the Hamiltonian operator $L_α=α_0^2 L_x^2 + α_1^2 L_y^2 + α_2^2 L_z^2,$ where $α_0 < α_1 <α_2.$ An explicit formula is known for the eigenvalues of $L_α$ in the case of the spherical top ($α_1 = α_2 = α_3$) and symmetrical top ($α_1 = α_2 \neq α_3$) \cite{LL}. However, for the a

Charles W. Bauschlicher,, John W. Lawson

We present current-voltage (I-V) curves for phenylene ethynylene oligomers between two Au surfaces computed using a Density Functional Theory/Green&#39;s Function approach. In addition to the parent molecule, two different substituents are considered: one where all the hydrogens are replaced by chlorines and a second where one H is replaced by an NO2 group.

Qingwen Wu, Feng Yuan, Xinwu Cao

We investigate the X-ray origin in FR Is using the radio, submillimetre, optical, and {\em Chandra} X-ray data of a small sample consisting of eight FR I sources. These sources are very dim, with X-ray luminosities $L_{\rm X}/L_{\rm Edd} \sim 10^{-4}-10^{-8}$ ($L_{\rm X}$ is the X-ray luminosity between 2-10 keV). We try to fit the multiwaveband spectrum usi

J. L. Prieto, P. M. Garnavich, M. M. Phillips, D. L. DePoy

We present extensive ugrizYHJK photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005gj obtained by the SDSS-II and CSP Supernova Projects, which give excellent coverage during the first 150 days after the time of explosion. These data show that SN 2005gj is the second clear case, after SN 2002ic, of a thermonuclear explosion in a dense circumstellar environment. Bo

M. Moretti, S. Moretti, F. Piccinini, R. Pittau

At the Large Hadron Collider, we prove the feasibility to detect pair production of the lightest CP-even Higgs boson $h$ of Type II 2-Higgs Doublet Models through $q q^{(&#39;)}\to q q^{(&#39;)} {hh}$ (vector-boson fusion). We also show that, through the $hh\to 4b$ decay channel in presence of heavy-flavour tagging, further exploiting forward/backward jet sa

Yum-Tong Siu

This note discusses the problem of the effective termination of Kohn&#39;s algorithm for subelliptic multipliers for bounded smooth weakly pseudoconvex domains of finite type. We give a complete proof for the case of special domains of finite type and indicate briefly how this method is to be extended to the case of general bounded smooth weakly pseudoconvex

Jacob Fox, Benny Sudakov

We present a unified approach to proving Ramsey-type theorems for graphs with a forbidden induced subgraph which can be used to extend and improve the earlier results of Rodl, Erdos-Hajnal, Promel-Rodl, Nikiforov, Chung-Graham, and Luczak-Rodl. The proofs are based on a simple lemma (generalizing one by Graham, Rodl, and Rucinski) that can be used as a repla

Cristina Bena

We use the T-matrix approximation to analyze the effect of a localized impurity on the local density of states in mono- and bilayer graphene. For monolayer graphene the Friedel oscillations generated by intranodal scattering obey an inverse-square law, while the internodal ones obey an inverse law. In the Fourier transform this translates into a filled circl

Jeffery Houze, Sungho Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, S. C. Erwin

We use density-functional theory to study the structure of AlSb(001) and GaSb(001) surfaces. Based on a variety of reconstruction models, we construct surface stability diagrams for AlSb and GaSb under different growth conditions. For AlSb(001), the predictions are in excellent agreement with experimentally observed reconstructions. For GaSb(001), we show th

M. de Montigny, F. C. Khanna, F. M. Saradzhev

The Galilei-covariant fermionic field theories are quantized by using the path-integral method and five-dimensional Lorentz-like covariant expressions of non-relativistic field equations. Firstly, we review the five-dimensional approach to the Galilean Dirac equation, which leads to the Levy-Leblond equations, and define the Galilean generating functional an

Jacob J. H. Simmons, Peter Kleban, Robert M. Ziff

By use of conformal field theory, we discover several exact factorizations of higher-order density correlation functions in critical two-dimensional percolation. Our formulas are valid in the upper half-plane, or any conformally equivalent region. We find excellent agreement of our results with high-precision computer simulations. There are indications that

Benny Sudakov, Van Vu

In this paper, we initiate a systematic study of graph resilience. The (local) resilience of a graph G with respect to a property P measures how much one has to change G (locally) in order to destroy P. Estimating the resilience leads to many new and challenging problems. Here we focus on random and pseudo-random graphs and prove several sharp results.

Jon Wilkening

Reynolds&#39; lubrication approximation is used extensively to study flows between moving machine parts, in narrow channels, and in thin films. The solution of Reynolds&#39; equation may be thought of as the zeroth order term in an expansion of the solution of the Stokes equations in powers of the aspect ratio $ε$ of the domain. In this paper, we show how to

Dawid Borycki

A superconductor with 4-fermion attraction, considered by Maćkowiak and Tarasewicz is modified by adding to the Hamiltonian a long-range magnetic interaction $V$ between conduction fermions and localized distinguishable spin 1/2 magnetic impurities. $V$ has the form of a reduced s-d interaction. An upper and lower bound to the system&#39;s free energy densit

N. Ivanova, C. Heinke, F. A. Rasio, K. Belczynski

In this paper, the second of a series, we study the stellar dynamical and evolutionary processes leading to the formation of compact binaries containing neutron stars (NSs) in dense globular clusters (GCs). For this study, 70 dense clusters were simulated independently, with a total stellar mass ~2x10^7Msun, exceeding the total mass of all dense GCs in our G

N. Voropajeva, T. Ord

We study the motion of charged Brownian particles in an external magnetic field. It is found that a correlation appears between the components of particle velocity in the case of anisotropic friction, approaching asymptotically zero in the stationary limit. If magnetic field is smaller compared to the critical value, determined by frictional anisotropy, the

Kai Cai, Richard H. Durisen, Aaron C. Boley, Megan K. Pickett

It is generally thought that protoplanetary disks embedded in envelopes are more massive and thus more susceptible to gravitational instabilities (GIs) than exposed disks. We present three-dimensional radiative hydrodynamics simulations of protoplanetary disks with the presence of envelope irradiation. For a disk with a radius of 40 AU and a mass of 0.07 Msu

Hasan Yuksel, John F. Beacom, Casey R. Watson

Sterile neutrinos are attractive dark matter candidates. Their parameter space of mass and mixing angle has not yet been fully tested despite intensive efforts that exploit their gravitational clustering properties and radiative decays. We use the limits on gamma-ray line emission from the Galactic Center region obtained with the SPI spectrometer on the INTE

R. Colistete, J. C. Fabris, J. Tossa, W. Zimdahl

We propose a scenario in which the dark components of the Universe are manifestations of a single bulk viscous fluid. Using dynamical system methods, a qualitative study of the homogeneous, isotropic background scenario is performed in order to determine the phase space of all possible solutions. The specific model which we investigate shares similarities wi

Haim Goldberg, Pran Nath

Interest has focussed recently on low energy implications of a nontrivial scale invariant sector of an effective field theory with an IR fixed point, manifest in terms of ``unparticles&#39;&#39; with peculiar properties. If unparticle stuff exists it could couple to the stress tensor and mediate a new &#39;fifth&#39; force which we call &#39;ungravity&#39; a

O. Raz, J. E. Avron

For large enough aspect ratio, we find better stroke patterns then the patterns proposed by D. Tam and A.P.Hosoi in their letter to PRL &#34;Optimal Stroke Patterns for Purcell&#39;s Three-Link Swimmer&#34;.

Jin U Kang, Vitaly Vanchurin, Sergei Winitzki

Cosmological scenarios with k-essence are invoked in order to explain the observed late-time acceleration of the universe. These scenarios avoid the need for fine-tuned initial conditions (the &#34;coincidence problem&#34;) because of the attractor-like dynamics of the k-essence field ϕ. It was recently shown that all k-essence scenarios with Lagrangians p=L

Olga Mena, Sergio Palomares-Ruiz, Silvia Pascoli

If the dark matter of the Universe is constituted by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP), they would accumulate in the core of astrophysical objects as the Sun and annihilate into particles of the Standard Model. High-energy neutrinos would be produced in the annihilations, both directly and via the subsequent decay of leptons, quarks and bosons. Whi

M. Adak, D. Grumiller

We present a Poisson-sigma model describing general 2D dilaton gravity with non-metricity, torsion and curvature. It involves three arbitrary functions of the dilaton field, two of which are well-known from metric compatible theories, while the third one characterizes the local strength of non-metricity. As an example we show that alpha&#39; corrections in 2

K. B. Wharton

The covariant Klein-Gordon equation requires twice the boundary conditions of the Schrodinger equation and does not have an accepted single-particle interpretation. Instead of interpreting its solution as a probability wave determined by an initial boundary condition, this paper considers the possibility that the solutions are determined by both an initial a

Alberto Bravo Garcia, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Sarira Sahu

In this work we calculate the neutrino self-energy in presence of a magnetized medium. The magnetized medium consists of electrons, positrons, neutrinos and a uniform classical magnetic field. The calculation is done assuming the background magnetic field is weak compared to the $W$-Boson mass squared, as a consequence of which only linear order corrections

Marco Cirelli, Alessandro Strumia, Matteo Tamburini

We consider DM that only couples to SM gauge bosons and fills one gauge multiplet, e.g. a fermion 5-plet (which is automatically stable), or a wino-like 3-plet. We revisit the computation of the cosmological relic abundance including non-perturbative corrections. The predicted mass of e.g. the 5-plet increases from 4.4 TeV to 10 TeV, and indirect detection r

Romain Tessera

We study the L^p-distortion of finite quotients of amenable groups. In particular, for every number p larger or equal than 2, we prove that the l^p-distortion of the finite lamplighter group grows like (\log n)^{1/p}. We also give the asymptotic behavior of the l^p-distortion of finite quotients of certain metabelian polycyclic groups and of the solvable Bau

KTeV Collaboration, E. Abouzaid, M. Arenton, A. R. Barker

We report on a new measurement of the branching ratio B(KL -> pi0 e+ e- gamma) using the KTeV detector. This analysis uses the full KTeV data set collected from 1997 to 2000. We reconstruct 139 events over a background of 14, which results in B(KL -> pi0 e+ e- gamma) = (1.62 +/- 0.14 (stat) +/- 0.09 (syst)) x 10^{-8}. This result supersedes the earlier KTeV

Laurent Goergen

In the setting of multidimensional diffusions in random environment, we carry on the investigation of condition $(T&#39;)$, introduced by Sznitman [Ann. Probab. 29 (2001) 723--764] and by Schmitz [Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 42 (2006) 683--714] respectively in the discrete and continuous setting, and which implies a law of large numbers with nonv

Johanna Erdmenger, Kazuo Ghoroku, Ingo Kirsch

In the context of gauge/gravity duals with flavor, we examine heavy-light mesons which involve a heavy and a light quark. For this purpose we embed two D7 brane probes at different positions into the gravity background. We establish the non-Abelian Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) action for these probes, in which the U(2) matrix describing the embedding is diagonal.

A. V. Smilga

We discuss the Hamiltonian H = p^2/2 - (ix)^{2n+1} and the mixed Hamiltonian H = (p^2 + x^2)/2 - g(ix)^{2n+1}, which are crypto-Hermitian in a sense that, in spite of apparent complexity of the potential, a quantum spectral problem can be formulated such that the spectrum is real. We note first that the corresponding classical Hamiltonian system can be treat

J. Albert

We searched for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The shell-type supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was observed with the 17 meter MAGIC telescope between July 2006 and January 2007 for a total time of 47 hours. The source was detected above an energy of 250 GeV with a significance of 5.2sigma and a photon flux ab

Zoltan Nagy

In this talk I gave a brief summary of leading order, next-to-leading order and shower calculations. I discussed the main ideas and approximations of the shower algorithms and the related matching schemes. I tried to focus on QCD issues and open questions instead of making a inventory of the existing programs.

Georges Comte, Michel Merle

For germs of subanalytic sets, we define two finite sequences of new numerical invariants. The first one is obtained by localizing the classical Lipschitz-Killing curvatures, the second one is the real analogue of the evanescent characteristics introduced by M. Kashiwara. We show that each invariant of one sequence is a linear combination of the invariants o

Evgueni Goudzovski

The NA48/2 experiment at the CERN SPS has collected an unprecedented sample of $K^\pm\to3π$ decays. The high statistics and the good resolution of the detectors allow a unique investigation of the detailed phase space distributions of these decays. The effects of final state pion rescattering observed in the Dalitz plot distribution of the $K^\pm\toπ^\pmπ^0π

A. B. Goncharov

We introduce and study a Schwarz space S in the space of functions on the real line. It is a module over the algebra L of regular functions on the (modular double of the) non-commutative q-deformation of the moduli space of configurations of 5 cyclically ordered points on the projective line. The algebra L has an order five automorphism corresponding to the

Alejandro Kocsard

In 1984, Anatole Katok conjectured that the only closed orientable manifolds that support cohomology-free vector fields are tori and these vector fields are smoothly conjugated to Diophantine (constant) ones. In this work we present a proof of Katok conjecture for 3-manifolds.

Wojciech Dybalski

It is shown that only one vacuum state can be prepared with a finite amount of energy and it appears, in particular, as a limit of physical states under large timelike translations in any theory which satisfies a phase space condition proposed in this work. This new criterion, related to the concept of additivity of energy over isolated subsystems, is verifi

Raphael Lamon, Nicolas Produit, Frank Steiner

We search for possible time lags caused by quantum gravitational (QG) effects using gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by INTEGRAL. The advantage of this satellite is that we have at our disposal the energy and arrival time of every detected single photon, which enhances the precision of the time resolution. We present a new method for seeking time lags in unb

Emmanuel Gobet, Stéphane Menozzi

For a stopped diffusion process in a multidimensional time-dependent domain $\D$, we propose and analyse a new procedure consisting in simulating the process with an Euler scheme with step size $Δ$ and stopping it at discrete times $(iΔ)_{i\in\N^*}$ in a modified domain, whose boundary has been appropriately shifted. The shift is locally in the direction of

G. -B. Jo, J. -H. Choi, C. A. Christensen, Y. -R. Lee

Elongated Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) exhibit strong spatial phase fluctuations even well below the BEC transition temperature. We demonstrate that atom interferometers using such condensates are robust against phase fluctuations, i.e. the relative phase of the split condensate is reproducible despite axial phase fluctuations. However, larger phase fluc

Matthieu Gallet, Yves Robert, Frédéric Vivien

Min, Veeravalli, and Barlas have recently proposed strategies to minimize the overall execution time of one or several divisible loads on a heterogeneous linear network, using one or more installments. We show on a very simple example that their approach does not always produce a solution and that, when it does, the solution is often suboptimal. We also show

Geoffrey Robinson, Marco Thiel

We show that, under suitable assumptions, Poincare recurrences of a dynamical system determine its topology in phase space. Therefore, dynamical systems with the same recurrences are topologically equivalent.

Chang Feng, Bin Wang, Yungui Gong, Ru-Keng Su

Using the data coming from the new 182 Gold type Ia supernova samples, the shift parameter of the Cosmic Microwave Background given by the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe observations, and the baryon acoustic oscillation measurement from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, $H(z)$ and lookback time measurements, we have performed a statistical joint

Anne Benoit, Veronika Rehn-Sonigo, Yves Robert

Mapping workflow applications onto parallel platforms is a challenging problem, even for simple application patterns such as pipeline graphs. Several antagonist criteria should be optimized, such as throughput and latency (or a combination). In this paper, we study the complexity of the bi-criteria mapping problem for pipeline graphs on communication homogen

Debabrata Panja, Gerard T. Barkema

We study the passage times of a translocating polymer of length $N$ in three dimensions, while it is pulled through a narrow pore with a constant force $F$ applied to one end of the polymer. At small to moderate forces, satisfying the condition $FN^ν/k_BT\lesssim1$, where $ν\approx0.588$ is the Flory exponent for the polymer, we find that $τ_N$, the mean tim

S. Schadmand

Differences in the photoproduction of mesons on the free proton and on nuclei are expected to reveal changes in the properties of hadrons. Double pion photoproduction from nuclei has been used to investigate the in medium modification of meson-meson interactions with the TAPS photon spectrometer at MAMI-B. Recent developments are reported. Hadron-hadron inte

Fabrice Petit, Michael Sarrazin

In this paper, we explore the implications of a two-point discretization of an extra-dimension in a five-dimensional quantum setup. We adopt a pragmatic attitude by considering the dynamics of spin-half particles through the simplest possible extension of the existing Dirac and Pauli equations. It is shown that the benefit of this approach is to predict new

Ian Hambleton, Wolfgang Lueck

Let G be a finite group. We show that the Bass Nil-groups $NK_n(RG)$, $n \in Z$, are generated from the p-subgroups of G by induction maps, certain twisting maps depending on elements in the centralizers of the p-subgroups, and the Verschiebung homomorphisms. As a consequence, the groups $NK_n(RG)$ are generated by induction from elementary subgroups. For $N

A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Tsallis

We present a molecular dynamics test of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) in a paradigmatic long-range-interacting many-body classical Hamiltonian system, the HMF model. We calculate sums of velocities at equidistant times along deterministic trajectories for different sizes and energy densities. We show that, when the system is in a chaotic regime (specifical

Rainer Buckdahn, Jin Ma, Catherine Rainer

In this paper we study a class of stochastic control problems in which the control of the jump size is essential. Such a model is a generalized version for various applied problems ranging from optimal reinsurance selections for general insurance models to queueing theory. The main novel point of such a control problem is that by changing the jump size of th

Th. Posch, A. Baier, H. Mutschke, Th. Henning

Carbonates have repeatedly been discussed as possible carriers of stardust emission bands. However, the band assignments proposed so far were mainly based on room temperature powder transmission spectra of the respective minerals. Since very cold calcite grains have been claimed to be present in protostars and in Planetary Nebulae such as NGC 6302, the chang

Marco Belan, Sergio De Ponte, Daniela Tordella

A fluorescent image analysis procedure to determine the distribution of species concentration and density in a gas flow is proposed. The fluorescent emission is due to the excitation of atoms/molecules of a gas that is intercepted by an electron blade. The intensity of the fluorescent light is proportional to the local number density of the gas. When the gas

F. Brau, F. Buisseret

We investigate the possibility for a quark-antiquark pair to form a bound state at temperatures higher than the critical one ($T>T_c$), thus after deconfinement. Our main goal is to find analytical criteria constraining the existence of such mesons. Our formalism relies on a Schrödinger equation for which we study the physical consequences of both using the

A. Golub

The shot noise power and the Fano factor of a spinless resonant level model is calculated. The Coulomb interaction which in this model acts between the lead electron and the impurity is considered in the first order approximation. The logarithmic divergencies which appeared in the expressions for shot noise and the transport current are removed by renormaliz

Anna Felikson, Pavel Tumarkin

We consider compact hyperbolic Coxeter polytopes whose Coxeter diagram contains a unique dotted edge. We prove that such a polytope in d-dimensional hyperbolic space has at most d+3 facets. In view of results of Lannér, Kaplinskaja, Esselmann, and the second author, this implies that compact hyperbolic Coxeter polytopes with a unique pair of non-intersecting

Boris Krippa

We study a dynamics of ultracold Fermi-gases near the unitary limit in the framework of Effective Field Theory. It is shown that, while one can obtain a reasonable description of the universal proportionality constant both in the narrow and the broad Feshbach resonance limits, the reguirement of the reparametrisation invariance leads to appearance of the thr

R. de Lima Rodrigues, A. F. de Lima, E. R. Bezerra de Mello, V. B. Bezerra

We consider the supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSY QM) with three- component normal modes for the Bogomol&#39;nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) states. An explicit form of the SUSY QM matrix superpotential is presented and the corresponding three-component bosonic zero-mode eigenfunction is investigated.

Tanay K. Dey, Sudipta Mukherji, Subir Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sarkar

This is a continuation of our earlier work where we constructed a phenomenologically motivated effective action of the boundary gauge theory at finite temperature and finite gauge coupling on $S^3 \times S^1$. In this paper, we argue that this effective action qualitatively reproduces the gauge theory representing various bulk phases of R-charged black hole

Harald Grosse, Gandalf Lechner

Within the setting of a recently proposed model of quantum fields on noncommutative Minkowski spacetime, the consequences of the consistent application of the proper, untwisted Poincare group as the symmetry group are investigated. The emergent model contains an infinite family of fields which are labelled by different noncommutativity parameters, and relate

John A. D. Aston, Donald E. K. Martin

This paper gives a method for computing distributions associated with patterns in the state sequence of a hidden Markov model, conditional on observing all or part of the observation sequence. Probabilities are computed for very general classes of patterns (competing patterns and generalized later patterns), and thus, the theory includes as special cases res

Engin Bozdag, Ali Mesbah, Arie van Deursen

Ajax applications are designed to have high user interactivity and low user-perceived latency. Real-time dynamic web data such as news headlines, stock tickers, and auction updates need to be propagated to the users as soon as possible. However, Ajax still suffers from the limitations of the Web&#39;s request/response architecture which prevents servers from

H. Kunitomo, S. Mizoguchi

We study the Lorentz invariance of D=4 and 6 superstrings in the double-spinor formalism, which are equivalent to the D=4 and 6 superstrings in the pure-spinor formalism in the sense of the BRST cohomology. We first re-examine how the conformal and Lorentz anomalies appear in the D=4 and 6 Green-Schwarz superstrings in the semi-light-cone gauge in the framew

S. V. Shevchenko, V. V. Tokarevsky

In our previous arXiv papers (more systematically the informational conception is presented in the paper &#34;The Information as Absolute&#34;, 2010) it was rigorously shown that Matter in our Universe - and Universe as a whole - are some informational systems (structures), which exist as uninterruptedly transforming [practically] infinitesimal sub-sets in t

A. Dominguez, D. Frydel, M. Oettel

The general form of the electrostatic potential around an arbitrarily charged colloid at an interface between a dielectric and a screening phase (such as air and water, respectively) is analyzed in terms of a multipole expansion. The leading term is isotropic in the interfacial plane and varies with $d^{-3}$ where $d$ is the in--plane distance from the collo