arXiv papers from July 2007

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present measurements of the branching fractions for the decays B+/- --> a1(1260)+/- pi0 and B+/- --> a1(1260)0 pi+/- from a data sample of 232 * 10^6 BB pairs produced in e+e- annihilation through the Y(4S) resonance. We measure the branching fraction B(B+/- --> a1(1260)+/- pi0) * B(a1(1260)+/- --> pi- pi+ pi+/-) = (13.2 +/- 2.7 +/- 2.1) * 10^-6 with a si

Quan Zhang, Thomas A. Witten

We discuss mechanical buckling instabilities of a rigid film under compression interacting repulsively with a substrate through a thin fluid layer. The buckling occurs at a characteristic wavelength that increases as the 1/4th power of the bending stiffness, like a gravitational instability studied previously by Milner et al. However, the potential can affec

Claudio Bonanno, Stefano Isola

We introduce a renormalization procedure which allows us to study in a unified and concise way different properties of the irrational rotations on the unit circle $\beta \mapsto \set{\alpha+\beta}$, $\alpha \in \R\setminus \Q$. In particular we obtain sharp results for the diffusion of the walk on $\Z$ generated by the location of points of the sequence $\{n

Hiroaki Oyaizu, Marcos Lima, Carlos E. Cunha, Huan Lin

We present and describe a catalog of galaxy photometric redshifts (photo-z's) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 6 (DR6). We use the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique to calculate photo-z's and the Nearest Neighbor Error (NNE) method to estimate photo-z errors for ~ 77 million objects classified as galaxies in DR6 with r < 22. The p

Michael H. Siegel, Aaron Dotter, Steven R. Majewski, Ata Sarajedini

We present new Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the massive globular cluster M54 (NGC 6715) and the superposed core of the tidally disrupted Sagittarius (Sgr) dSph galaxy as part of the ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. Our deep (F606W~26.5), high-precision photometry yields an unprecedentedly detailed color-magnitude diagram showing the extended

Enrico Rodrigo

Higher-dimensional black holes have long been considered within the context of brane worlds. Recently, it was shown that the brane-world ethos also permits the consideration of higher-dimensional wormholes. When such a wormhole, preexisting in the bulk, impinges upon our universe, taken to be a positive-tension 3-brane, it induces the creation in our univers

John J. Bochanski, Jeffrey A. Munn, Suzanne L. Hawley, Andrew A. West

We have assembled a spectroscopic sample of low-mass dwarfs observed as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey along one Galactic sightline, designed to investigate the observable properties of the thin and thick disks. This sample of ~7400 K and M stars also has measured ugriz photometry, proper motions, and radial velocities. We have computed UVW space motio

C. H. Booth, E. D. Bauer, M. Daniel, R. E. Wilson

The 18.5 K superconductor PuCoGa5 has many unusual properties, including those due to damage induced by self-irradiation. The superconducting transition temperature decreases sharply with time, suggesting a radiation-induced Frenkel defect concentration much larger than predicted by current radiation damage theories. Extended x-ray absorption fine-structure

David DeSario, Sinai Robins

We extend many theorems from the context of solid angle sums over rational polytopes to the context of solid angle sums over real polytopes. Moreover, we consider any real dilation parameter, as opposed to the traditional integer dilation parameters. One of the main results is an extension of Macdonald's solid angle quasipolynomial for rational polytopes to

Stanislav Smirnov

We construct discrete holomorphic observables in the Ising model at criticality and show that they have conformally covariant scaling limits (as mesh of the lattice tends to zero). In the sequel those observables are used to construct conformally invariant scaling limits of interfaces. Though Ising model is often cited as a classical example of conformal inv

Sarah Trowbridge, Michael A. Nowak, Joern Wilms

The High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) SMC X-1 demonstrates an orbital variation of 3.89 days and a super-orbital variation with an average length of 55 days. As we show here, however, the length of the super-orbital cycle varies by almost a factor of two, even across adjacent cycles. To study both the orbital and super-orbital variation we utilize lightcurves fr

Simone Mercuri

The Ashtekar-Barbero constraints for General Relativity with fermions are derived from the Einstein-Cartan canonical theory rescaling the state functional of the gravity-spinor coupled system by the exponential of the Nieh-Yan functional. A one parameter quantization ambiguity naturally appears and can be associated with the Immirzi parameter.

Matthias Neubert

Using methods of effective field theory, we show that after resummation of Sudakov logarithms the spectral densities of interacting quark and gluon fields in ordinary quantum field theories such as QCD are virtually indistinguishable from those of "unparticles" of a hypothetical conformal sector coupled to the Standard Model, recently studied by Georgi. Unpa

Kenneth Rines, Rose Finn, Alexey Vikhlinin

We have identified perhaps the largest major galaxy merger ever seen. While analysing Spitzer IRAC images of CL0958+4702, an X-ray selected cluster at z=0.39, we discovered an unusual plume of stars extending $\gtrsim$110 kpc outward from the bright central galaxy (BCG). Three galaxies 1-1.5 mag fainter than the BCG lie within 17 kpc (projected) of the BCG a

V. M. Kenkre

An analytic formulation of memory-possessing random walks introduced recently [Cressoni et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 070603 (2007) and Sch\"utz and Trimper, Phys. Rev. E 70, 045101 (2004)] for Alzheimer behavior and related phenomena is provided along with exact solutions on the basis of Fokker-Planck equations. The solution of a delay-differential equation

Stanislav Smirnov

Many 2D lattice models of physical phenomena are conjectured to have conformally invariant scaling limits: percolation, Ising model, self-avoiding polymers, ... This has led to numerous exact (but non-rigorous) predictions of their scaling exponents and dimensions. We will discuss how to prove the conformal invariance conjectures, especially in relation to S

Adra V. Carr, Yancey H. Sechrest, Scott R. Waitukaitis, John D. Perreault

The design of a 671 nm diode laser with a mode-hop-free tuning range of 40 GHz is described. This long tuning range is achieved by simultaneously ramping the external cavity length with the laser injection current. The external cavity consists of a microscope cover slip mounted on piezoelectric actuators. In such a configuration the laser output pointing rem

Marilena LoVerde, Lam Hui, Enrique Gaztanaga

It is well known that magnification bias, the modulation of galaxy or quasar source counts by gravitational lensing, can change the observed angular correlation function. We investigate magnification-induced changes to the shape of the observed correlation function w(\theta) and the angular power spectrum C_{\ell}, paying special attention to the matter-radi

R. Cote, D. B. Boisvert, J. Bourassa, M. Boissonneault

The two-dimensional electron gas in a bilayer quantum Hall system can sustain an interlayer coherence at filling factor nu=1 even in the absence of tunneling between the layers. This system has low-energy charged excitations which may carry textures in real spin or pseudospin. Away from filling factor nu =1 a finite density of these is present in the ground

Daniel Errandonea, Ravhi S. Kumar, Xinghua Ma, Chaoyang Tu

SrMoO4 was studied under compression up to 25 GPa by angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction. A phase transition was observed from the scheelite-structured ambient phase to a monoclinic fergusonite phase at 12.2(9) GPa with cell parameters a = 5.265(9) A, b = 11.191(9) A, c = 5.195 (5) A, and beta = 90.9, Z = 4 at 13.1 GPa. There is no significant volume collapse

Mariana Frank, Ismail Turan

We analyze the charge-parity (CP) asymmetry in the charged Higgs boson decays to chargino-neutralino pairs, H^- -> chargino_i + neutralino_j. We show first that these modes have a large branching ratio for m_H^- > 600 GeV. We use Cutkosky rules to obtain the analytical formulas needed for the evaluation of the asymmetry under consideration. We then calculate

M. Acquarone, C. I. Ventura, .

Recent inelastic neutron scattering experiments in CeIn3 and CePd2Si2 single crystals, measured spin wave excitations at low temperatures. These two heavy fermion compounds exhibit antiferromagnetic long-range order, but a strong competition between the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida(RKKY) interaction and Kondo effect is evidenced by their nearly equal Neel a

T. Banks, S. Echols, J. L. Jones

The Pentagon Model is an explicit supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, which involves a new strongly-interacting SU(5) gauge theory at TeV-scale energies. We show that the Pentagon can be embedded into an SU(5) x SU(5) x SU(5) gauge group at the GUT scale. The doublet-triplet splitting problem, and proton decay compatible with experimental bounds,

Alison L. Coil, Jeffrey A. Newman, Darren Croton, Michael C. Cooper

We present measurements of the color and luminosity dependence of galaxy clustering at z~1 in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey. Using volume-limited subsamples in bins of both color and luminosity, we find that: 1) The clustering dependence is much stronger with color than with luminosity and is as strong with color at z~1 as is found locally. We find no dep

A. G. Cherstvy, A. B. Kolomeisky, A. A. Kornyshev

This paper has been withdrawn because of the requirement from the journal where the modified version of the paper is to be published.

G. Brodin, M. Marklund

A set of fluid equations, taking into account the spin properties of the electrons and positrons in a magnetoplasma, are derived. The magnetohydrodynamic limit of the pair plasma is investigated. It is shown that the microscopic spin properties of the electrons and positrons can lead to interesting macroscopic and collective effects in strongly magnetized pl

Steven Dale Cutkosky, Bernard Teissier

In this paper the question of which semigroups are realizable as the semigroup of values attained on a Noetherian local ring which is dominated by a valuation is considered. We give some striking examples, indicating that there may be no constraints on the semigroup beyond those known classically.

Stavros Garoufalidis

Our paper originated from a generalization of the Volume Conjecture to multisums of $q$-hypergeometric terms. This generalization was sketched by Kontsevich in a problem list in Aarhus University in 2006; \cite{Ko}. We introduce the notion of a $q$-hypergeometric term (in short, $q$-term). The latter is a product of ratios of $q$-factorials in linear forms i

Troels Harmark, Jose Natario, Ricardo Schiappa

Gravitational greybody factors are analytically computed for static, spherically symmetric black holes in d-dimensions, including black holes with charge and in the presence of a cosmological constant (where a proper definition of greybody factors for both asymptotically dS and AdS spacetimes is provided). This calculation includes both the low-energy case -

Andrei Mesinger, Steven Furlanetto

We investigate the potential of exploiting Lya Emitters (LAEs) to constrain the volume-weighted mean neutral hydrogen fraction of the IGM, x_H, at high redshifts (specifically z~9). We use "semi-numerical'' simulations to efficiently generate density, velocity, and halo fields at z=9 in a 250 Mpc box, resolving halos with masses M>2.2e8 solar masses. We cons

Mariano Mendez, Tomaso Belloni

There is a general consensus that the frequencies of the kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) in neutron-star low-mass X-ray binaries are directly linked to the spin of the neutron star. The root of this idea is the apparent clustering of the ratio of the frequency difference of the kHz QPOs and the neutron-star spin frequency, $\Delta\nu/\nu_s$,

B. K. Shivamoggi, G. J. F. van Heijst

Beltrami states for compressible barotropic flows are deduced by minimizing the total kinetic energy while keeping the total helicity constant. A Hamiltonian basis for these Beltrami states is also sketched.

Matthew G. Walker, Mario Mateo, Edward W. Olszewski, Oleg Y. Gnedin

We present stellar velocity dispersion profiles for seven Milky Way dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite galaxies. We have measured 8394 line-of-sight velocities (+/- 2.5 km/s) for 6804 stars from high-resolution spectra obtained at the Magellan and MMT telescopes. We combine these new data with previously published velocities to obtain the largest available ki

Tristan L. Smith, Adrienne L. Erickcek, Robert R. Caldwell, Marc Kamionkowski

One of the possible low-energy consequences of string theory is the addition of a Chern-Simons term to the standard Einstein-Hilbert action of general relativity. It can be argued that the quintessence field should couple to this Chern-Simons term, and if so, it drives in the linearized theory a parity-violating interaction between the gravito-electric and g

W. Galleas

In this work we consider a functional method in the theory of exactly solvable models based on the Yang-Baxter algebra. Using this method we derive the eigenvalues of the XXZ model with non-diagonal twisted and open boundary conditions for general values of the anisotropy and boundary parameters.

A. M. Bernstein, C. N. Papanicolas

In this article we address the physical basis of the deviation of hadron shapes from spherical symmetry (non-spherical amplitudes) with focus on the nucleon and $\Delta$. An overview of both the experimental methods and results and the current theoretical understanding of the issue is presented. At the present time the most quantitative method is the $\gamma

F. Camilo, S. M. Ransom, J. P. Halpern, J. Reynolds

The variable X-ray source 1E 1547.0-5408 was identified by Gelfand & Gaensler (2007) as a likely magnetar in G327.24-0.13, an apparent supernova remnant. No X-ray pulsations have been detected from it. Using the Parkes radio telescope, we discovered pulsations with period P = 2.069 s. Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, we localized these to 1E 1547

H. Bakrim, C. Bourbonnais

An extension of the renormalization group method that includes the effect of retardation for the interactions of a fermion gas is used to re-examine the quantum and classical properties of Peierls- like states in one dimension. For models of spinless and spin-1/2 fermions interacting with either intra or intermolecular phonons the quantum corrections to the

G. Mennessier, P. Minkowski, S. Narison, W. Ochs

We reanalyse the gamma-gamma scattering data and conclude that in the mass region below 1 GeV the cross section for gamma-gamma to pi^0-pi^0 can be largely explained by the one pion exchange process with pi-pi rescattering. The radiative width of the sigma is estimated and a model dependent separation into contributions from direct gamma-gamma decay and deca

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present the results of searches for decays of B mesons to final states with a b_1 meson and a charged pion or kaon. The data, collected with the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, represent 382 million B-Bbar pairs produced in e+e- annihilation. The results for the branching fractions are, in units of 10^{-6}, B(B+ -> b1^0 pi+) = 6.

David Delphenich

An alternative to the representation of complex relativity by self-dual complex 2-forms on the spacetime manifold is presented by assuming that that the bundle of real 2-forms is given an almost-complex structure. From this, one can define a complex orthogonal structure on the bundle of 2-forms, which results in a more direct representation of the complex or

Petr Navratil

The three-nucleon (NNN) interaction derived within the chiral effective field theory at the next-to-next-to-leading order (N2LO) is regulated with a function depending on the magnitude of the momentum transfer. The regulated NNN interaction is then local in the coordinate space, which is advantages for some many-body techniques. Matrix elements of the local

Stephon Alexander, Tirthabir Biswas, Robert H. Brandenberger

We study the transfer of cosmological perturbations through a nonsingular cosmological bounce in a special model in which the parameters of the bounce and the equation of state of matter are chosen such as to allow for an exact calculation of the evolution of the fluctuations. We find that the growing mode of the metric fluctuations in the contracting phase

Tak Shing Lo, Boris Khusid, Joel Koplik

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the local dynamics of counterion-charged polymer association at charge densities above and below the counterion condensation threshold. Surprisingly, the counterions form weakly-interacting clusters which exhibit short range orientational order, and which decay slowly due to migration of ions across the diffus

S. Toft, P. van Dokkum, M. Franx, I. Labbe

We present HST NICMOS+ACS and Spitzer IRAC+MIPS observations of 41 galaxies at 2<z<3.5 in the FIRES MS1054 field with red and blue rest-frame optical colors. About half of the galaxies are very compact (effective radii r_e < 1 kpc) at rest-frame optical wavelengths, the others are extended (1< r_e < 10 kpc). For reference, 1 kpc corresponds to 0.12 arcsec at

A. Sesana

Recent numerical simulations of coalescences of highly spinning massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) suggest that the remnant can suffer a recoil velocity of the order of few thousands km/s. We study here, by means of dedicated simulations of black holes build--up, how such extreme recoils could affect the cosmological coalescence rate of MBHBs, placing a rob

Floyd W. Stecker, Matthew G. Baring, Errol J. Summerlin

The observed spectra of blazars, their intrinsic emission, and the underlying populations of radiating particles are intimately related. The use of these sources as probes of the extragalactic infrared background, a prospect propelled by recent advances in TeV-band telescopes, soon to be augmented by observations by NASA's upcoming Gamma-Ray Large Area Space

Vincent Desjacques

N-body simulations have demonstrated a correlation between the properties of haloes and their environment. In this paper, we assess whether the ellipsoidal collapse model can produce a similar dependence. First, we explore the statistical correlation that originates from Gaussian initial conditions. We derive analytic expressions for a number of joint statis

André Haefliger

Given two \'etale groupoids $\Cal G$ and $\Cal G'$, we consider the set of pointed morphisms from $\Cal G$ to $\Cal G'$. Under suitable hypothesis we introduce on this set a structure of Banach manifold which can be considered as the space of objects of an \'etale groupoid whose space of orbits is the space of morphisms from $\Cal G$ to $\Cal G'$.

Aslan Tchamkerten, Venkat Chandar, Gregory Wornell

We consider asynchronous communication over point-to-point discrete memoryless channels. The transmitter starts sending one block codeword at an instant that is uniformly distributed within a certain time period, which represents the level of asynchronism. The receiver, by means of a sequential decoder, must isolate the message without knowing when the codew

Justin Trice, Hernando Garcia, Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Ramki Kalyanaraman

Recently, a homogenization procedure has been proposed, based on the tight lower bounds of the Bergman-Milton formulation, and successfully applied to dilute ternary nanocomposites to predict optical data without using any fitting parameters [Garcia et al. Phys. Rev. B, 75, 045439 (2007)]. The procedure has been extended and applied to predict the absorption

E. H. Hwang, Ben Yu-Kuang Hu, S. Das Sarma

We calculate, within the leading-order dynamical-screening approximation, the electron self-energy and spectral function at zero temperature for extrinsic (or gated/doped) graphene. We also calculate hot carrier inelastic scattering due to electron-electron interactions in graphene. We obtain the inelastic quasiparticle lifetimes and associated mean free pat

Nikolaos E. Mavromatos, Vasiliki A. Mitsou

We perform fits of unconventional dark energy models to the available data from high-redshift supernovae, distant galaxies and baryon oscillations. The models are based either on brane cosmologies or on Liouville strings in which a relaxation dark energy is provided by a rolling dilaton field (Q-cosmology). An interesting feature of such cosmologies is the p

Ilya Selyuzhenkov, Sergei Voloshin

Applicability of anisotropic flow measurement techniques and their extension for detectors with non-uniform azimuthal acceptance are discussed. Considering anisotropic flow measurement with two and three (mixed harmonic) azimuthal correlations we introduce a set of observables based on the x and y components of the event flow vector. These observables provid

David Berenstein, Samuel E. Vazquez

We calculate in a very simple way the spectrum of giant magnon bound states at strong coupling in N=4 SYM, by utilizing the description of the field theory vacuum in terms of a condensate of eigenvalues of commuting matrices. We further show that these calculations can be understood in terms of the central charge extension that permits the calculation of BPS

A. Kantian, A. J. Daley, P. Torma, P. Zoller

We discuss atomic lattice excitons (ALEs), bound particle-hole pairs formed by fermionic atoms in two bands of an optical lattice. Such a system provides a clean setup to study fundamental properties of excitons, ranging from condensation to exciton crystals (which appear for a large effective mass ratio between particles and holes). Using both mean-field tr

P. Gawronski, A. Chizhik, J. Gonzalez

We present new analytical calculations of the spatial dependence of the stray field of a bistable magnetic wire from the magnetization profile of the wire. Contributions from the outer shell and from the wire ends are neglected. The results qualitatively agree with experimental data, taken from literature.

Michael Kiermaier, Yuji Okawa

We construct analytic solutions of open bosonic string field theory for any exactly marginal deformation in any boundary conformal field theory when properly renormalized operator products of the marginal operator are given. We explicitly provide such renormalized operator products for a class of marginal deformations which include the deformations of flat D

Nikola Paunkovic, Vitor Rocha Vieira

We study the fidelity approach to quantum phase transitions (QPTs) and apply it to general thermal phase transitions (PTs). We analyze two particular cases: the Stoner-Hubbard itinerant electron model of magnetism and the BCS theory of superconductivity. In both cases we show that the sudden drop of the mixed state fidelity marks the line of the phase transi

Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

The discovery that the Universe is undergoing an accelerated expansion has suggested the existence of an evolving equation of state. This paper discusses various wormhole solutions in a spherically symmetric spacetime with an equation of state that is both space and time dependent. The solutions obtained are exact and generalize earlier results on static wor

Jaewoo Joo, Peter L. Knight, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Terry Rudolph

We consider the possibility of performing linear optical quantum computation making use of extra photonic degrees of freedom. In particular we focus on the case where we use photons as quadbits. The basic 2-quadbit cluster state is a hyper-entangled state across polarization and two spatial mode degrees of freedom. We examine the non-deterministic methods wh

Ruth Daly, C. O'Dea, P. Kharb, S. Baum

The properties of a sample of 31 very powerful classical double radio galaxies with redshifts between zero and 1.8 are studied. The source velocities, beam powers, ambient gas densities, total lifetimes, and total outflow energies are presented and discussed. The rate of growth of each side of each source were obtained using a spectral aging analysis. The be

Raghvendra Sahai, Mark Morris, Carmen Sánchez Contreras, Mark Claussen

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we have carried out a survey of candidate preplanetary nebulae (PPNs). We report here our discoveries of objects having well-resolved geometrical structures, and use the large sample of PPNs now imaged with HST (including previously studied objects in this class) to devise a comprehensive morphological classification s

E. G. Berezhko, G. Pühlhofer, H. J. Völk

Explicitly time-dependent, nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) has been used to investigate the properties of the very large SNR RX J0852.0-4622. The available observations do not clearly distinguish between a ``nearby'' (at $\sim 200$ pc) and a ``distant'' (at $\sim 1$ kpc) source scenario. Therefore two cor

Gregory Gutin

We study the following two functions: d(n,c) and $\vec{d}(n,c)$; d(n,c) ($\vec{d}(n,c)$) is the minimum number k such that every c-edge-colored undirected (directed) graph of order n and minimum monochromatic degree (out-degree) at least k has a properly colored cycle. Abouelaoualim et al. (2007) stated a conjecture which implies that d(n,c)=1. Using a recur

Eric C. Hannah, Michael A. Brown

A theoretical proposal for reducing an entire atomic clock to micron dimensions. A phosphorus or nitrogen atom is introduced into a fullerene cage. This endohedral fullerene is then coated with an insulating shell and a number of them are deposited as a thin layer on a silicon chip. Next to this layer a GMR sensor is fabricated which is close to the endohedr

Manoel M. Ferreira, Adalto R. Gomes, Rafael C. C. Lopes

The influence of Lorentz- and CPT-violating terms of the extended Standard Model on a semi-classical two-level system is analyzed. It is shown that the Lorentz-violating background (when coupled with the fermion sector in a vector way) is able to induce modifications on the Rabi oscillation pattern, promoting sensitive modulations on the usual oscillations.

Alan Rufty

This brief paper: (1) Discusses strategies to generate random test cases that can be used to extensively test any Linear Distance Program (LDP) software. (2) Gives three numerical examples of input cases generated by this strategy that cause problems in the Lawson and Hanson LDP module. (3) Proposes, as a standard matter of acceptable implementation procedur

K. -W. Lee, J. Kunes, R. T. Scalettar, W. E. Pickett

Superconductivity in hole-doped Li_xNbO_2 has been reported with T_c ~ 5 K in the range 0.45 < x < 0.8. The electronic structure is based on a two-dimensional triangular Nb lattice. The strong trigonal crystal field results in a single Nb d(z^2) band isolated within a wide gap, leading to a single-band triangular lattice system. The isolated, partially fille

I. Bierenbaum, J. Blümlein, S. Klein, C. Schneider

The calculation of massive 2--loop operator matrix elements, required for the higher order Wilson coefficients for heavy flavor production in deeply inelastic scattering, leads to new types of multiple infinite sums over harmonic sums and related functions, which depend on the Mellin parameter $N$. We report on the solution of these sums through higher order

Stanley J. Brodsky, Alfred S. Goldhaber, Boris Z. Kopeliovich, Ivan Schmidt

We propose a novel mechanism for the production of the Higgs boson in inclusive hadronic collisions, which utilizes the presence of heavy quarks in the proton wave function. In these inclusive reactions the Higgs boson acquires the momenta of both the heavy quark and antiquark and thus carries 80% or more of the projectile's momentum. We predict that the cro

Sergey V. Shevchenko, Vladimir V. Tokarevsky

In our previous arXiv papers ("The Information and the Matter", v1, v5; more systematically the informational conception is presented in the paper "The Information as Absolute", 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 [practi

Dimitrios I. Dais, Benjamin Nill

In this paper we give an upper bound for the Picard number of the rational surfaces which resolve minimally the singularities of toric log Del Pezzo surfaces of given index $\ell$. This upper bound turns out to be a quadratic polynomial in the variable $\ell$.

A. Mucciarelli, L. Origlia, F. R. Ferraro

We present Hubble Space Telescope ACS deep photometry of the intermediate-age globular cluster NGC 1783 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. By using this photometric dataset, we have determined the degree of ellipticity of the cluster ($\epsilon$=0.14$\pm$0.03) and the radial density profile. This profile is well reproduced by a standard King model with an extend

Milton Ruiz, Miguel Alcubierre, Dario Nunez, Ryoji Takahashi

We present expressions for the energy, linear momentum and angular momentum carried away from an isolated system by gravitational radiation based on spin-weighted spherical harmonics decomposition of the Weyl scalar $\Psi_4$. We also show that the expressions derived are equivalent to the common expressions obtained when using a framework based on perturbati

Alicia V. Carpentier, Juan Belmonte-Beitia, Humberto Michinel, Victor M. Perez-Garcia

We describe a controllable and precise laser tweezers for Bose-Einstein condensates of ultracold atomic gases. In our configuration, a laser beam is used to locally modify the sign of the scattering length in the vicinity of a trapped BEC. The induced attractive interactions between atoms allow to extract and transport a controllable number of atoms. We anal

W. R. Binns, M. E. Wiedenbeck, M. Arnould, A. C. Cummings

We have measured the isotopic abundances of neon and a number of other species in the galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) using the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) aboard the ACE spacecraft. Our data are compared to recent results from two-component Wolf-Rayet (WR) models. The three largest deviations of galactic cosmic ray isotope ratios from solar-system ra

B. Erdi, I. Nagy, Z. Sandor, A. Suli

The size distribution of the stability region around the Lagrangian point L4 is investigated in the elliptic restricted three-body problem as the function of the mass parameter and the orbital eccentricity of the primaries. It is shown that there are minimum zones in the size distribution of the stability regions, and these zones are connected with secondary

Burkhard Militzer, William B. Hubbard

This work uses density functional molecular dynamics simulations of fluid helium at high pressure to examine how shock wave experiments with precompressed samples can help characterizing the interior of giant planets. In particular, we analyze how large of a precompression is needed to probe a certain depth in a planet's gas envelope. We find that precompres

L. Hozoi, M. Laad

Realistic electronic-structure calculations for correlated Mott insulators are notoriously hard. Here we present an ab initio multiconfiguration scheme that adequately describes strong correlation effects involving Cu 3d and O 2p electrons in layered cuprates. In particular, the O 2p states giving rise to the Zhang-Rice band are explicitly considered. Renorm

E. G. Berezhko, H. J. Völk

Explicitly time-dependent, nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) has been employed to investigate the properties of SNR RX J1713.7-3946. Observations of the nonthermal radio and X-ray emission spectra as well as earlier H.E.S.S. measurements of the very high energy $\gamma$-ray emission were used to constrain t

A. Dimca

A rank one local system $\LL$ on a smooth complex algebraic variety $M$ is 1-admissible if the dimension of the first cohomology group $H^1(M,\LL)$ can be computed from the cohomology algebra $H^*(M,\C)$ in degrees $\leq 2$. Under the assumption that $M$ is 1-formal, we show that all local systems, except finitely many, on a non-translated irreducible compon

Kevin R. Covey, Zeljko Ivezic, David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) are rich resources for studying stellar astrophysics and the structure and formation history of the Galaxy. As new surveys and instruments adopt similar filter sets, it is increasingly important to understand the properties of the ugrizJHKs stellar locus, both to inform studies of `nor

Ben Koch

It has been suggested that the existence of a non-Gaussian fixed point in general relativity might cure the ultraviolet problems of this theory. Such a fixed point is connected to an effective running of the gravitational coupling. We calculate the effect of the running gravitational coupling on the black hole production cross section in models with large ex

Lutz Duembgen, Andre Huesler, Kaspar Rufibach

We develop an active set algorithm for the maximum likelihood estimation of a log-concave density based on complete data. Building on this fast algorithm, we indidate an EM algorithm to treat arbitrarily censored or binned data.

S. D. Ganichev, W. Weber, J. Kiermaier, S. N. Danilov

Two types of room temperature detectors of terahertz laser radiation have been developed which allow in an all-electric manner to determine the plane of polarization of linearly polarized radiation and the Stokes parameters of elliptically polarized radiation, respectively. The operation of the detectors is based on photogalvanic effects in semiconductor qua

R. D Jeffries

The radii of young pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) have been estimated using their rotation periods and projected equatorial velocities. Stars at a given effective temperature have a spread in their geometrically estimated projected radii that is larger than can be accounted for with a coeval model, observational uncertainties

Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Frank C. van den Bosch, Anna Pasquali

We use a modified version of the halo-based group finder developed by Yang et al. to select galaxy groups from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR4). In the first step, a combination of two methods is used to identify the centers of potential groups and to estimate their characteristic luminosity. Using an iterative approach, the adaptive group finder then

José Antonio Belinchón

In this paper we study how to attack, through different techniques, a perfect fluid Bianchi I model with variable G,c and Lambda, but taking into account the effects of a $c$-variable into the curvature tensor. We study the model under the assumption,div(T)=0. These tactics are: Lie groups method (LM), imposing a particular symmetry, self-similarity (SS), ma

Fengzhong Wang, Kazuko Yamasaki, Shlomo Havlin, H. Eugene Stanley

The distribution of the return intervals $\tau$ between volatilities above a threshold $q$ for financial records has been approximated by a scaling behavior. To explore how accurate is the scaling and therefore understand the underlined non-linear mechanism, we investigate intraday datasets of 500 stocks which consist of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. We s

W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy, Florentin Smarandache, K. Ilanthenral

This book introduces special classes of Fuzzy and Neutrosophic matrices. These special classes of matrices are used in the construction of multi-expert special fuzzy models using FCM, FRM and FRE and their Neutorosophic analogues (simultaneous or otherwise, according to ones need). Using the six basic models, we have constructed a multi-expert multi-model ca

Rafael Sánchez, Carlos López-Monís, Gloria Platero

We analyze the charge and spin dynamics in a DC biased double quantum dot driven by crossed DC and AC magnetic fields. In this configuration, spatial delocalization due to inter-dot tunnel competes with intra-dot spin rotations induced by the time dependent magnetic field, giving rise to a complicated time dependent behavior of the tunnelling current. When t

Yu. N. Efremov, V. L. Afanasiev, E. J. Alfaro, R. Boomsma

The characteristics of ionized and HI gas in the peculiar star/cluster complex in NGC 6946, obtained with the 6-m telescope (BTA) SAO RAS, the Gemini North telescope, and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), are presented. The complex is unusual as hosting a super star cluster, the most massive known in an apparently non-interacting giant galaxy.

Kloe Collaboration

We present the measurement of the ratio R = \frac{\Gamma(\keg;\Estar>30\mev,\qstar>20^\circ)}{\Gamma(\kegf)} and a first measurement of the direct emission contribution for the same process. We use 328 pb^{-1} of data collected at \kloe in 2001 and 2002, corresponding to about 3 million of \kegf events and about 9 thousand \keg radiative events. Our result i

Hao Wei, Rong-Gen Cai

A new dark energy model, named as ``agegraphic dark energy'', has been proposed by one of us (R. G. Cai) in arXiv:0707.4049, based on the K\'{a}rolyh\'{a}zy uncertainty relation, which arises from the quantum mechanics together with general relativity. Then, in arXiv:0707.4052, it has been extended by including the interaction between the agegraphic dark ene

Sergi Elizalde

We construct generating trees with one, two, and three labels for some classes of permutations avoiding generalized patterns of length 3 and 4. These trees are built by adding at each level an entry to the right end of the permutation, which allows us to incorporate the adjacency condition about some entries in an occurrence of a generalized pattern. We use

Anne Boutet de Monvel, Iryna Egorova, Gerald Teschl

We develop direct and inverse scattering theory for one-dimensional Schroedinger operators with steplike potentials which are asymptotically close to different finite-gap periodic potentials on different half-axes. We give a complete characterization of the scattering data, which allow unique solvability of the inverse scattering problem in the class of pert

KLOE Collaboration

We present a measurement of the K-$\pi$ form-factor parameters for the decay \klpmn. We use 328 pb^{-1} of data collected in 2001 and 2002, corresponding to $\sim $ 1.8 million \semil events. Measurements of semileptonic form factors provide information about the dynamics of the strong interaction and are necessary for evaluation of the phase-space integral

A. I. Chugunov, P. Haensel

We analyze the thermal conductivity of ions (equivalent to the conductivity of phonons in crystalline matter) in a neutron star envelope. We calculate the ion/phonon thermal conductivity in a crystal of atomic nuclei using variational formalism and performing momentum-space integration by Monte Carlo method. We take into account phonon-phonon and phonon-elec

G. E. Astrakharchik, J. Boronat, J. Casulleras, I. L. Kurbakov

The ground-state phase properties of a two-dimensional Bose system with dipole-dipole interactions is studied by means of quantum Monte Carlo techniques. Limitations of mean-field theory in a two-dimensional geometry are discussed. A quantum phase transition from gas to solid is found. Crystal is tested for existence of a supersolid in the vicinity of the ph