March 2008 arXiv papers — page 29

Thomas E. Hodgson, Lorenza Viola, Irene D'Amico

We investigate the usefulness and viability of the scheme developed by Viola and Lloyd [Phys. Rev. A 58, 2733 (1998)] to control dephasing in the context of exciton-based quantum computation with self-assembled quantum dots. We demonstrate that optical coherence of a confined exciton qubit exposed to phonon-induced dephasing can be substantially enhanced thr

M. Salis, P. C. Ricci, A. Anedda

An analytical form of the Raman shift dependence on size of nanocrystals is presented. Based on the hard confinement model, it works in those cases where the average phonon curve shows a quadratic dependence on the phonon quasi-momentum in the range of interest.

Gregor Tanner

We propose a new approach towards determining the distribution of mechanical and acoustic wave energy in complex built-up structures. The technique interpolates between standard Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) and full ray tracing containing both these methods as limiting case. By writing the flow of ray trajectories in terms of linear phase space operator

Andreu Esteban-Pretel, Patrick Huber, Jose W. F. Valle

We study how much the unique ability of the OPERA experiment to directly detect ν_τcan help in probing new, non-standard contact interactions of the third family of neutrinos. We perform a combined analysis of future, high-statistics MINOS and OPERA data. For the case of non-standard interactions in ν_μto ν_e transitions we also include the impact of possibl

M. Pedio, E. Casero, S. Nannarone, A. Giglia

NO molecules adsorbed on a Pt(111) surface from dipping in an acidic nitrite solution are studied by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) techniques. LEED patterns and STM images show that no long range ordered s

Dongho Chae

We prove the finite time blow-up for $C^1$ solutions to the Euler-Poisson equations in $\Bbb R^n$, $n\geq 1$, with/without background density for initial data satisfying suitable conditions. We also find a sufficient condition for the initial data such that $C^3$ solution breaks down in finite time for the compressible Euler equations for polytropic gas flow

Matthias Jamin, Antonio Pich, Jorge Portoles

A theoretical description of the differential decay spectrum for the decay tau- -> nu_tau K_S pi-, which is based on the contributing K pi vector and scalar form factors F_+^{K pi}(s) and F_0^{K pi}(s) being calculated in the framework of resonance chiral theory (R$χ$T), additionally imposing constraints from dispersion relations as well as short distance QC

Dongho Chae

In this paper we study the finite time blow-up problem for the axisymmetric 3D incompressible Euler equations with swirl. The evolution equations for the deformation tensor and the vorticity are reduced considerably in this case. Under the assumption of local minima for the pressure on the axis of symmetry with respect to the radial variations we show that t

Olivier Guibé

We give a partial uniqueness result concerning comparable renormalized solutions of the nonlinear elliptic problem $-\diw(\aop(x,Du))=μ$ in $Ω$, $u=0$ on $\partialΩ$, where $μ$ is a Radon measure with bounded variation on $Ω$.

William Herbst, Catrina M. Hamilton, Katherine LeDuc, Joshua N. Winn

We show that grains have grown to ~mm size (sand sized) or larger in the terrestrial zone (within ~3 AU) of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the 3 Myr old binary star KH 15D. We also argue that the reflected light in the system reaches us by back scattering off the far side of the same ring whose near side causes the obscuration.

Mohsen Ben Cheikh Ali, Olivier Guibé

In this paper we study existence and uniqueness of renormalized solution to the following problem $λ(x,u) -div a(x,Du) +Φ(x,u)) =f$ with $f$ in $L^1$ and with Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition. The main difficulty in this task is that in general the operator entering in the above equation is not coercive in a Sobolev space. Moreover, the possible degenera

Olivier Guibé

We prove a few existence results of a solution for a static system with a coupling of thermoviscoelastic type. As this system involves $L^1$ coupling terms we use the techniques of renormalized solutions for elliptic equations with $L^1$ data. We also prove partial uniqueness results.

Clotaire Michel, Philippe Guéguen

The analysis of strong motion recordings in structures is crucial to understand the damaging process during earthquakes. A very precise time-frequency representation, the reassigned smoothed pseudo-Wigner-Ville method, allowed us to follow the variation of the Millikan Library (California) and the Grenoble City Hall building (France) resonance frequencies du

Fabio Benatti, Roberto Floreanini, Alexandra M. Liguori

We study a particular class of states of a bipartite system consisting of two 4-level parties. By means of an adapted extended reduction criterion we associate their entanglement properties to the geometric patterns of a planar lattice consisting of 16 points.

Alena M. Moiseeva, Maxim V. Polyakov

We derive dual parameterization for the DVCS amplitude to the twist-3 accuracy. The relation of the dual parameterization to the Abel transform tomography for amplitudes of hard exclusive processes is elaborated. We prove dispersion relations for the twist-3 DVCS amplitude in the Wandzura -- Wilczek approximation and show that the subtraction constant is giv

Achim Schulze

We consider the Vlasov-Poisson system with spherical symmetry and an exterior potential which is induced by a point mass in the center. This system can be used as a simple model for a newtonian galaxy surrounding a black hole. For this system, we establish a global existence result for classical solutions with shell-like initial data, i.e. the support of the

J. Poncela, J. Gomez-Gardenes, L. M. Floria, A. Sanchez

In spite of its relevance to the origin of complex networks, the interplay between form and function and its role during network formation remains largely unexplored. While recent studies introduce dynamics by considering rewiring processes of a pre-existent network, we study network growth and formation by proposing an evolutionary preferential attachment m

Christopher P. O'Dea, Stefi A. Baum, George Privon, Jacob Noel-Storr

Quillen et al.(2007) presented an imaging survey with the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope} of 62 brightest cluster galaxies with optical line emission located in the cores of X-ray luminous clusters. They found that at least half of these sources have signs of excess infrared emission. Here we discuss the nature of the IR emission and its implications for cool

W. Leidemann

The possibility to resolve narrow structures in reaction cross sections in calculations with the Lorentz integral transform (LIT) method is studied. To this end we consider a fictitious two-nucleon problem with a low-lying and narrow resonance in the $^3P_1$ nucleon-nucleon partial wave and calculate the corresponding ``deuteron photoabsorption cross section

Armand Joulin, Augustin Lefevre, Daniel Grunberg, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

In order to understand the origin of stock price jumps, we cross-correlate high-frequency time series of stock returns with different news feeds. We find that neither idiosyncratic news nor market wide news can explain the frequency and amplitude of price jumps. We find that the volatility patterns around jumps and around news are quite different: jumps are

S. C. O. Glover, T. Abel

At low temperatures, the main coolant in primordial gas is molecular hydrogen, H2. Recent work has shown that primordial gas that is not collapsing gravitationally but is cooling from an initially ionized state forms hydrogen deuteride, HD, in sufficient amounts to cool the gas to the temperature of the cosmic microwave background. This extra cooling can red

B. N. Zakhariev, V. M. Chabanov

Recently, we have discovered a new concept of permanent wave resonance with potential spatial oscillations. This means the constant wave swinging frequency on the whole energy intervals of spectral forbidden zones destroying physical solutions and deepening the theory of waves in periodic potentials. It also shows the other side of strengthening the fundamen

Paolo Soleri, Valeriu Tudose, Rob Fender, Michiel van der Klis

We analysed simultaneous X-ray/radio observations of Circinus X-1 collected respectively with RXTE and ATCA in 2000 October and 2002 December and identified radio flares close to phase 0.0 and 0.5 of the orbital period. To date, there is only circumstantial evidence for radio flares near phase 0.5. Moreover, in our data set, we clearly associated both a radi

Johan Granåker

We give a new short proof that the wheeled operad of unimodular Lie algebras is Koszul and use this to explicitly construct its minimal resolution. A representation of this resolution in a finite dimensional vector space V we call a unimodular L-infinity algebra. Such a structure corresponds to a homological vector field on V together with an invariant measu

Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Dhananjai Pandey, Songhak Yoon, Sunggi Baik

Results of Rietveld analysis of the synchrotron XRD data on Pb(Zr_xTi_1-x)O_3 (PZT) for 0.525\leqx\leq0.60 are presented to show the absence of rhombohedral phase on the Zr-rich side of the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). Our results reveal that the structure of PZT is monoclinic in the Cm space group for 0.525\leq x\leq 0.60. The nature of the monoclinic

Jounghun Lee, Cheng Li

We have examined the correlations between the large-scale environment of galaxies and their physical properties, using a sample of 28,354 nearby galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the large-scale tidal field reconstructed in real space from the 2Mass Redshift Survey and smoothed over a radius of $\sim 6 h^{-1}$Mpc. The large-scale environm

A. Fix, M. Ostrick, L. Tiator

Angular distributions in the final state of pi0-eta photoproduction on nucleons are considered. As a formal base the familiar isobar model is used in which the (pi0 eta N) state is a product of the resonance decay into eta-Delta(1232) and pi-S_{11}(1535) channels. One of the principal assumptions used is that in the actual energy region the reaction is domin

Simon Thorne, David Ball, Zoe Lawson

Research on formulae production in spreadsheets has established the practice as high risk yet unrecognised as such by industry. There are numerous software applications that are designed to audit formulae and find errors. However these are all post creation, designed to catch errors before the spreadsheet is deployed. As a general conclusion from EuSpRIG 200

Jian-Jian Ren

In this article, the weighted empirical likelihood is applied to a general setting of two-sample semiparametric models, which includes biased sampling models and case-control logistic regression models as special cases. For various types of censored data, such as right censored data, doubly censored data, interval censored data and partly interval-censored d

John Nash, Andy Adler, Neil Smith

At the 2003 EuSpRIG meeting, we presented a framework and software infrastructure to generate and analyse an audit trail for a spreadsheet file. This report describes the results of a pilot implementation of this software (now called TellTable; see www.telltable.com), along with developments in the server infrastructure and availability, extensions to other

M. Del Santo, L. Sidoli, P. Romano, A. Bazzano

In 2005 March 22nd, the INTEGRAL satellite caught a type-I X-ray burst from the unidentified source XMMU J174716.1-281048, serendipitously discovered with XMM-Newton in 2003. Based on the type-I X-ray burst properties, we derived the distance of the object and suggested that the system is undergoing a prolonged accretion episode of many years. We present new

Jun Tanaka

Let $Ω$ denote an algebra of sets and $μ$ a $σ$-finite measure. We then prove that the completion of $Ω$ under the pseudometric $d(A,B)$ = $μ^{\ast}(A \triangle B)$ is $σ$-algebra isomorphic and isometric to the Caratheodory Extension of $Ω$ under the equivalence relation $\sim$.

Yusuf Jafry, Fredrika Sidoroff, Roger Chi

We present Risk Integrated's Enterprise Spreadsheet Platform (ESP), a technical approach to the near-elimination of spreadsheet risk in the enterprise computing environment, whilst maintaining the full flexibility of spreadsheets for modelling complex financial structures and processes. In its Basic Mode of use, the system comprises a secure and robust c

L. Tornberg, M. Wallquist, G. Johansson, V. S. Shumeiko

We investigate the performance of a three qubit error correcting code in the framework of superconducting qubit implementations. Such a code can recover a quantum state perfectly in the case of dephasing errors but only in situations where the dephasing rate is low. Numerical studies in previous work have however shown that the code does increase the fidelit

Jani Kallioinen, M. R. Hassan, G. S. Paraoanu, Jouko Korppi-Tommola

Grooves were etched in a conductive layer of a conductive, transparent glass, and a nanoporous TiO2 film was deposited on both the conductive and nonconductive area. The width of the grooves was 100 $μ$m and 150 $μ$m. A transparent TiO2 film was dye-sensitized, covered with an electrolyte, and sandwiched with a cover glass. The conductivity of the dye-sensit

Jan Nemchik

We study nuclear shadowing at small Bjorken x < 0.01 in the color dipole approach. Such a light-cone quantum-chromodynamics formalism based on the Green function technique incorporates naturally color transparency and coherence length effects. The nuclear shadowing for the barq-q Fock component of the photon is calculated using exact numerical solution of th

Fernand Grard, Jean Nuyts

Considering a massive or massless free spinor field propagating in a flat five dimensional space with its fifth dimension compactified either on a strip or on a circle, we analyse the procedure of generation of the four dimensional Kaluza-Klein spinor mass towers. Requiring the five dimensional Dirac operator to be symmetric, the set of all the allowed bound

Takashi Yanagisawa

We determine the symmetry of Cooper pairs, on the basis of the perturbation theory in terms of the Coulomb interaction $U$, for the two-dimensional Hubbard model on the square lattice. The phase diagram is investigated in detail. The Hubbard model for small $U$ is mapped onto an effective Hamiltonian with the attractive interaction using the canonical transf

Matías Salibian-Barrera, Víctor J. Yohai

In this paper, we propose a class of high breakdown point estimators for the linear regression model when the response variable contains censored observations. These estimators are robust against high-leverage outliers and they generalize the LMS (least median of squares), S, MM and $τ$-estimators for linear regression. An important contribution of this pape

Paolo Soleri, Diego Altamirano, Rob Fender, Piergiorgio Casella

We present preliminary results from the analysis of simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the black hole candidate Swift J1753.5-0127. The source is still continuing its outburst started in May 2005, never leaving the Low/Hard State. In the X-ray energy spectra we confirm evidence for a thermal component at a very low luminosity possibly extending clo

Chiachi Huang, Syed A. Jafar

In this paper, we explore the benefits, in the sense of total (sum rate) degrees of freedom (DOF), of cooperation and cognitive message sharing for a two-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) Gaussian interference channel with $M_1$, $M_2$ antennas at transmitters and $N_1$, $N_2$ antennas at receivers. For the case of cooperation (including cooperation

Takahito Kuriya

We give a proof of the LMO conjecture which say that for any simply connectd simple Lie group $G$, the LMO invariant of rational homology 3-spheres recovers the perturvative invariant $τ^{PG}$. By Habiro-Le theorem, this implies that the LMO invariant is the universal quantum invariant of integral homology 3-spheres.

Karol Kampf, Jiri Novotny, Jaroslav Trnka

We study the problems related to the renormalization of propagators in Resonance Chiral Theory, concentrating on the case of vector $1^{--}$ resonances in the antisymmetric tensor formalism. We have found that renormalization of the divergences of the self-energy graphs needs new type of kinetic counterterms with two derivatives which are not present in the

A. L. Dmitriev

A brief review of experimental research of the influence of acceleration and temperatures of test mass upon gravitation force, executed between the 1990s and the beginning of 2000 is provided.Results of weighing a rotor of a mechanical gyroscope with a horizontal axis, an anisotropic crystal with the big difference of the speed of longitudinal acoustic waves

Narayani Choudhury, E. J. Walter, A. I. Kolesnikov, C. -K. Loong

We report first principles density functional perturbation theory calculations and inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the phonon density of states, dispersion relations and electromechanical response of PbTiO3, BaTiO3 and SrTiO3. The phonon density-of-states of the quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 is found to be fundamentally distinct from that of ferro

Salwani Abdullah, Uwe Aickelin, Edmund Burke, Aniza Din

Previous research has shown that artificial immune systems can be used to produce robust schedules in a manufacturing environment. The main goal is to develop building blocks (antibodies) of partial schedules that can be used to construct backup solutions (antigens) when disturbances occur during production. The building blocks are created based upon underpi

Georg Wolschin, Minoru Biyajima, Takuya Mizoguchi

The time evolution of pseudorapidity distributions of produced charged hadrons in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV is investigated. Results of a nonequilibrium-statistical Relativistic Diffusion Model with three sources are compared with a macroscopic &#34;bounce back&#34; model that does not allow for statistical equilibration at large times, but ins

Aa. Sandqvist, B. Larsson, Å. Hjalmarson, P. Bergman

The Odin satellite has been used to search for the 118.75-GHz line of molecular oxygen (O2)in the Galactic centre. Odin observations were performed towards the Sgr A* circumnuclear disk (CND), and the Sgr A +20 km/s and +50 km/s molecular clouds using the position-switching mode. Supplementary ground-based observations were carried out in the 2-mm band using

R. Walter, J. Zurita-Heras

Quantitative constraints on the wind clumping of massive stars can be obtained from the study of the hard X-ray variability of SFXTs. In these systems, a large fraction of the hard X-ray emission is emitted in the form of flares with typical duration of 3 ksec, frequency of 7 days and luminosity of $10^{36}$ ergs/s. Such flares are most probably emitted by t

Aihong Tan, Yu Wang, Xiaoli Jin, Xiaolong Su

We experimentally prepare a new type of continuous variable genuine four-partite entangled states, the quantum correlation property of which is different from that of the four-mode GHZ and cluster states, and which has not any qubit counterpart to be proposed at present. In the criterion inequalities for the full inseparability of the genuine four-partite en

D. Errandonea, D. Santamaria-Perez, A. Vegas, J. Nuss

We performed high-pressure angle dispersive x-ray diffraction measurements on Fe5Si3 and Ni2Si up to 75 GPa. Both materials were synthesized in bulk quantities via a solid-state reaction. In the pressure range covered by the experiments, no evidence of the occurrence of phase transitions was observed. On top of that, Fe5Si3 was found to compress isotropicall

D. Huber, H. Saio, M. Gruberbauer, W. W. Weiss

Context: We present 31.2 days of nearly continuous MOST photometry of the roAp star 10Aql. Aims:The goal was to provide an unambiguous frequency identification for this little studied star, as well as to discuss the detected frequencies in the context of magnetic models and analyze the influence of the magnetic field on the pulsation. Methods: Using traditio

Andrew R. Barron, Albert Cohen, Wolfgang Dahmen, Ronald A. DeVore

We consider the problem of approximating a given element $f$ from a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ by means of greedy algorithms and the application of such procedures to the regression problem in statistical learning theory. We improve on the existing theory of convergence rates for both the orthogonal greedy algorithm and the relaxed greedy algorithm, as well

Lokman I. Meho, Yvonne Rogers

This study examines the differences between Scopus and Web of Science in the citation counting, citation ranking, and h-index of 22 top human-computer interaction (HCI) researchers from EQUATOR--a large British Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration project. Results indicate that Scopus provides significantly more coverage of HCI literature than Web of Sci

Hans Zinnecker, Henrik Beuther

This paper presents a summary of a panel discussion to more directly confront theoretical models and observational constraints in massive star formation research. The panel was moderated by Hans Zinnecker, and panel members included Ian Bonnell, Chris McKee, Francesco Palla, Malcolm Walmsley, and Harold Yorke. Additional ample discussion with the audience is

P. Rödiger, P. Esquinazi, N. García

We show that the voltage drop of specially prepared normal-superconducting-normal nanostructures show quantum Andreev oscillations as a function of magnetic field or input current. These oscillations are due to the interference of the electron wave function between the normal parts of the structure that act as reflective interfaces, i.e. our devices behave a

John Lafferty, Larry Wasserman

We present a greedy method for simultaneously performing local bandwidth selection and variable selection in nonparametric regression. The method starts with a local linear estimator with large bandwidths, and incrementally decreases the bandwidth of variables for which the gradient of the estimator with respect to bandwidth is large. The method--called rode

J. E. Taylor, K. J. Worsley

Our data are random fields of multivariate Gaussian observations, and we fit a multivariate linear model with common design matrix at each point. We are interested in detecting those points where some of the coefficients are nonzero using classical multivariate statistics evaluated at each point. The problem is to find the $P$-value of the maximum of such a

M. S. Santhanam, Holger Kantz

The distribution of recurrence times or return intervals between extreme events is important to characterize and understand the behavior of physical systems and phenomena in many disciplines. It is well known that many physical processes in nature and society display long range correlations. Hence, in the last few years, considerable research effort has been

T. Matheson, R. P. Kirshner, P. Challis, S. Jha

We present 432 low-dispersion optical spectra of 32 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that also have well-calibrated light curves. The coverage ranges from 6 epochs to 36 epochs of spectroscopy. Most of the data were obtained with the 1.5m Tillinghast telescope at the F. L. Whipple Observatory with typical wavelength coverage of 3700-7400A and a resolution of ~7A.

Darryl D. Holm, Vakhtang Putkaradze

Time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics is derived for a curve (molecular strand) in $\mathbb{R}^3$ that experiences both nonlocal (for example, electrostatic) and elastic interactions. The dynamical equations in the symmetry-reduced variables are written on the dual of the semidirect-product Lie algebra $so(3) \circledS (\mathbb{R}^3\oplus\mathbb{R}^3\oplus\mat

Yang Sun

Nuclear isomer is a current research focus. To describe isomers, we present a method based on the Projected Shell Model. Two kinds of isomers, K-isomers and shape isomers, are discussed. For the K-isomer treatment, K-mixing is properly implemented in the model. It is found however that in order to describe the strong K-violation more efficiently, it may be n

S. Viznyuk

It is demonstrated that appropriately chosen computable metrics based on self-correlation properties provide a degree of determinism sufficient to segregate binary strings by level of information content.

Sungyun Kim

We investigate how undecidability enters into computations of classical physical systems and contributes to the increase of entropy and loss of information. In actual computation with finite bit of information capacity we accept inconsistency to avoid undecidability, which in turn affects entropy of the system. We apply the Shannon entropy to the discretized

Boris Hikin

A non-geometrical (but with curved space) theory of gravitation characterized by a vector field representing gravitational matter and a metric tensor presenting space is presented. It is derived from a more general theory of matter and space in which matter, described by a 3-index tensor potential, is the prime entity and space is deducible and cannot exist

Xi Chen, Zhi-Qiang Shen

We report the first Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of 43 GHz v=1, J=1-0 SiO masers in the circumstellar envelope of the M-type semi-regular supergiant variable star AH Sco at 2 epochs separated by 12 days in March 2004. These high-resolution VLBA images reveal that the distribution of SiO masers is roughly on a persistent elliptical ring with t

Liubin Pan, J. Craig Wheeler, John Scalo

We examine the effects of turbulent intermittency on the deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) in Type Ia supernovae. The Zel&#39;dovich mechanism for DDT requires the formation of a nearly isothermal region of mixed ash and fuel that is larger than a critical size. We primarily consider the hypothesis by Khokhlov et al. and Niemeyer and Woosley that t

Kun Xu, Zhaoli Guo

n an early approach, we proposed a kinetic model with multiple translational temperature [K. Xu, H. Liu and J. Jiang, Phys. Fluids {\bf 19}, 016101 (2007)], to simulate non-equilibrium flows. In this paper, instead of using three temperatures in $x-$, $y-$, and $z$-directions, we are going to further define the translational temperature as a second-order sym

Ka-Wah Wong, Craig L. Sarazin, Elizabeth L. Blanton, Thomas H. Reiprich

We present a detailed analysis of the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of Abell 2626 focused on the X-ray and radio interactions. Within the region of the radio mini-halo (~70 kpc), there are substructures which are probably produced by the central radio source and the cooling core. We find that there is no obvious correlation between the radio bars and t

Daniele Garrisi

We give a definition of the spectral flow for continuous paths in the space of bounded and essentially hyperbolic operators. We provide a homotopical characterization of the spectral flow in terms of a group homomorphism of the fundamental group of the projectors of the Calkin algebra with the infinite cyclic group Z. This characterization helps us to exhibi

Joseph Gubeladze

Recently Cortinas-Haesemayer-Walker-Weibel gave affirmative answer to Bass&#39; 1972 question on NK-groups for algebras of essentially finite type over large fields of characteristic 0. Here we give an alternative short proof of this result for algebras of finite type over such fields. Our approach is based on classical techniques in higher K-theory of rings

Xinyu Dai, Christopher S. Kochanek

We analyzed Chandra observations of three gravitational lenses, SBS0909+523, FBQS0951+2635, and B1152+199, to measure the differential X-ray absorption and the dust-to-gas ratio of the lens galaxies. We successfully detected the differential X-ray absorption in SBS0909+523 and B1152+199, and failed to detect it in FBQS0951+2635 due to the dramatic drop in it

Matthias Imboden, Pritiraj Mohanty

We report kelvin to millikelvin-temperature measurements of dissipation and frequency shift in megahertz-range resonators fabricated from ultra-nanocrystalline diamond. Frequency shift $δf/f_0$ and dissipation $Q^{-1}$ demonstrate temperature dependence in the millikelvin range similar to that predicted by the glass model of tunneling two level systems. The

Boldizsar Kalmar

We give complete geometric invariants of cobordisms of fold maps with oriented singular set and cobordisms of even codimensional fold maps. These invariants are given in terms of cobordisms of stably framed manifolds and cobordisms of immersions with prescribed normal bundles defined by the author in his earlier works.

Bruno Schapira

We consider a random walk on integers where at the first visits to a site the walker gets a positive drift, but where after a certain number of visits the walker gets a negative drift. We prove that the walker is almost surely transient to the left with positive speed.

B. Horton, J. Sieber, J. M. T. Thompson, M. Wiercigroch

Dynamically stable periodic rotations of a driven pendulum provide a unique mechanism for generating a uniform rotation from bounded excitations. This paper studies the effects of a small ellipticity of the driving, perturbing the classical parametric pendulum. The first finding is that the region in the parameter plane of amplitude and frequency of excitati

H. Itoyama, A. Mironov, A. Morozov

If the Alday-Maldacena version of string/gauge duality is formulated as an equivalence between double loop and area integrals a la arXiv: 0708.1625, then this pure geometric relation can be tested for various choices of n-side polygons. The simplest possibility arises at n=infinity, with polygon substituted by an arbitrary continuous curve. If the curve is a

Samuel Monnier

We take a worldsheet point of view on the relation between Ramond-Ramond charges, invariants of boundary renormalization group flows and K-theory. In compact super Wess-Zumino-Witten models, we show how to associate invariants of the generalized Kondo renormalization group flows to a given supersymmetric boundary state. The procedure involved is reminiscent

Daniel G. Barci, Zochil González Arenas

We analyze the experimental observation of metastable anisotropy resistance orientation at half filled quantum Hall fluids by means of a model of a quantum nematic liquid in an explicit symmetry breaking potential. We interpret the observed ``rotation&#39;&#39; of the anisotropy axis as a process of nucleation of nematic domains and compute the nucleation ra

Hao-Yi Wu, Eduardo Rozo, Risa H. Wechsler

Self-calibration techniques for analyzing galaxy cluster counts utilize the abundance and the clustering amplitude of dark matter halos. These properties simultaneously constrain cosmological parameters and the cluster observable-mass relation. It was recently discovered that the clustering amplitude of halos depends not only on the halo mass, but also on va

Peter Barmettler, Ana Maria Rey, Eugene Demler, Mikhail D. Lukin

We propose a method for controllable generation of non-local entangled pairs using spinor atoms loaded in an optical superlattice. Our scheme iteratively increases the distance between entangled atoms by controlling the coupling between the double wells. When implemented in a finite linear chain of 2N atoms, it creates a triplet valence bond state with large

Christian Lübbe

In this article we describe the formulation of null geodesics as null conformal geodesics and their description in the tractor formalism. A conformal extension theorem through an isotropic singularity is proven by requiring the boundedness of the tractor curvature and its derivatives to sufficient order along a congruence of null conformal geodesic. This art

F. Bou, F. Esteva, J. M. Font, A. Gil

Let K be a variety of (commutative, integral) residuated lattices. The substructural logic usually associated with K is an algebraizable logic that has K as its equivalent algebraic semantics, and is a logic that preserves truth, i.e., 1 is the only truth value preserved by the inferences of the logic. In this paper we introduce another logic associated with

Benoit Vicedo

We perform a first principle semiclassical quantisation of the general finite-gap solution to the equations of a string moving on R x S^3. The derivation is only formal as we do not regularise divergent sums over stability angles. Moreover, with regards to the AdS/CFT correspondence the result is incomplete as the fluctuations orthogonal to this subspace in

G. La Vacca, L. P. L. Colombo

Upcoming Weak Lensing (WL) surveys can be used to constrain Dark Energy (DE) properties, namely if tomographic techniques are used to improve their sensitivity. In this work, we use a Fisher matrix technique to compare the power of CMB anisotropy and polarization data with tomographic WL data, in constraining DE parameters. Adding WL data to available CMB da

James F. Davis, Qayum Khan, Andrew Ranicki

We prove that the Waldhausen nilpotent class group of an injective index 2 amalgamated free product is isomorphic to the Farrell-Bass nilpotent class group of a twisted polynomial extension. As an application, we show that the Farrell-Jones Conjecture in algebraic K-theory can be sharpened from the family of virtually cyclic subgroups to the family of finite

Jacob Fox, Po-Shen Loh, Benny Sudakov

For a graph G, let t(G) denote the maximum number of vertices in an induced subgraph of G that is a tree. In this paper, we study the problem of bounding t(G) for graphs which do not contain a complete graph K_r on r vertices. This problem was posed twenty years ago by Erdos, Saks, and Sos. Substantially improving earlier results of various researchers, we p

L. Ya. Glozman

It has recently been suggested that at a reasonably large chemical potential a confining quarkyonic matter is formed that consists of the quark Fermi sea and confined hadrons on top of this Fermi sea. We study some properties of this matter. It is demonstrated that below the chiral restoration point there are gapless excitations of this matter through excita

Vincenzo Di Gennaro, Davide Franco

Let $Y$ be an $(m+1)$-dimensional irreducible smooth complex projective variety embedded in a projective space. Let $Z$ be a closed subscheme of $Y$, and $δ$ be a positive integer such that $\mathcal I_{Z,Y}(δ)$ is generated by global sections. Fix an integer $d\geq δ+1$, and assume the general divisor $X \in |H^0(Y,\ic_{Z,Y}(d))|$ is smooth. Denote by $H^m(

D. F. Figer

The Galactic center is a hotbed of star formation activity, containing the most massive star formation site and three of the most massive young star clusters in the Galaxy. Given such a rich environment, it contains more stars with initial masses above 100 \Msun than anywhere else in the Galaxy. This review concerns the young stellar population in the Galact

Feng Li, Xin-Qi Li, Wei-Min Zhang, S. A. Gurvitz

We show that the Coulomb blockade in parallel dots pierced by magnetic flux $Φ$ completely blocks the resonant current for any value of $Φ$ except for integer multiples of the flux quantum $Φ_0$. This non-analytic (switching) dependence of the current on $Φ$ arises only when the dot states that carry the current are of the same energy. The time needed to rea

A. Beelen, A. Omont, N. Bavouzet, A. Kovacs

We present observations aimed at exploring both the nature of Lya emitting nebulae (Lya blobs) at z=2.38 and the way they trace large scale structure (LSS), by exploring their proximity to maximum starbursts through submillimeter emission. Our most important objectives are to make a census of associated submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), check their properties,

Gábor Székelyhidi

We consider the Kähler-Ricci flow on a Fano manifold. We show that if the curvature remains uniformly bounded along the flow, the Mabuchi energy is bounded below, and the manifold is K-polystable, then the manifold admits a Kähler-Einstein metric. The main ingredient is a result that says that a sufficiently small perturbation of a cscK manifold admits a csc

Jim Hinton

Very-high-energy (>100 GeV) gamma-ray astronomy is emerging as an important discipline in both high energy astrophysics and astro-particle physics. This field is currently dominated by Imaging Atmospheric-Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and arrays of these telescopes. Such arrays have achieved the best angular resolution and energy flux sensitivity in the gamma

Yang Li, Kirill Tuchin

We calculate spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-heavy nucleus collisions at high energies. We show that it exhibits a characteristic dependence on nucleus atomic number A and energy/rapidity. We argue that this dependence offers a unique possibility for determining the low-x structure of nuclear matter. Applications to RHIC, LHC and EIC exper

Ali Ulas Ozgur Kisisel, Ozgur Sarioglu, Bayram Tekin

Using the conformally invariant Cotton tensor, we define a geometric flow, the &#34;Cotton flow&#34;, which is exclusive to three dimensions. This flow tends to evolve the initial metrics into conformally flat ones, and is somewhat orthogonal to the Yamabe flow, the latter being a flow within a conformal class. We define an entropy functional, and study the

Aziz El Kaabouchi, Laurent Nivanen, Qiuping A. Wang, Jean-Pierre Badiali

An abstract mathematical framework is presented in this paper as a unification of several deformed or generalized algebra proposed recently in the context of generalized statistical theories intended to treat certain complex thermodynamic or statistical systems. It is shown that, from mathematical point of view, any bijective function can be used in principl

M. Buchmeier, R. Schreiber, D. E. Bürgler, C. M. Schneider

Magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) magnetometry is one of the most widely employed techniques for the characterization of ferromagnetic thin-film samples. Some information, such as coercive fields or anisotropy strengths can be obtained without any knowledge of the optical and magneto-optical (MO) properties of the material. On the other hand, a quantitative

A. Aguglia, L. Giuzzi

No regular hyperoval of the Desarguesian affine plane $AG(2,2^{2h})$, with $h>1$, is inherited by a dual André plane of order $2^{2h}$ with dimension 2 over its centre.

Inga Kuznetsova, Dietrich Habs, Johann Rafelski

We study production and equilibration of pions and muons in relativistic electron-positron-photon plasma at a temperature $T\ll m_μ, m_π$. We argue that the observation of pions and muons can be a diagnostic tool in the study of the initial properties of such a plasma formed by means of strong laser fields. Conversely, properties of muons and pions in therma