March 2008 arXiv papers — page 43

H. T. Liu, J. M. Bai, X. H. Zhao, L. Ma

In this paper, standard accretion disk models of AGNs are tested using light curves of 26 objects well observed for reverberation mapping. Time scales of variations are estimated by the most common definition of the variability time scale and the zero-crossing time of the autocorrelation function of the optical light curves for each source. The measured time

Dmitri Uzdensky, Jeremy Goodman

We present a physics-based statistical theory of a force-free magnetic field in the corona above a turbulent accretion disk. The field is represented by a statistical ensemble of loops tied to the disk. Each loop evolves under several physical processes: Keplerian shear, turbulent random walk of the disk footpoints, and reconnection with other loops. To buil

Eric W. Peng, Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote, Marianne Takamiya

The fraction of stellar mass contained in globular clusters (GCs), also measured by number as the specific frequency, is a fundamental quantity that reflects both a galaxy's early star formation and its entire merging history. We present specific frequencies, luminosities, and mass fractions for the globular cluster systems of 100 early-type galaxies in

Russell J. Smith, Ronald O. Marzke, Ann E. Hornschemeier, Terry J. Bridges

We analyse the stellar populations of 75 red-sequence dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster, based on high signal-to-noise spectroscopy from the 6.5m MMT. The sample covers a luminosity range 3-4 magnitudes below M*, in the cluster core and in a field centred 1 deg to the south-west. We find a strong dependence of the absorption line strengths with location in

Roland Griesse, Dirk A. Lorenz

Minimization problems in $\ell^2$ for Tikhonov functionals with sparsity constraints are considered. Sparsity of the solution is ensured by a weighted $\ell^1$ penalty term. The necessary and sufficient condition for optimality is shown to be slantly differentiable (Newton differentiable), hence a semismooth Newton method is applicable. Local superlinear con

Damiano Testa, Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, Mauricio Velasco

Let X be a del Pezzo surface of degree one over an algebraically closed field (of any characteristic), and let Cox(X) be its total coordinate ring. We prove the missing case of a conjecture of Batyrev and Popov, which states that Cox(X) is a quadratic algebra. We use a complex of vector spaces whose homology determines part of the structure of the minimal fr

Joonwoo Bae

The quantum states corresponding to a secret key are characterized using the so-called private states, where the key part consisting of a secret key is shielded by the additional systems. Based on the construction, it was shown that a secret key can be distilled from bound entangled states. In this work, I consider the shielded two-qubit states in a key-dist

Mithat Unsal, Laurence G. Yaffe

We examine a double trace deformation of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory which, for large $N$ and large volume, is equivalent to unmodified Yang-Mills theory up to $O(1/N^2)$ corrections. In contrast to the unmodified theory, large $N$ volume independence is valid in the deformed theory down to arbitrarily small volumes. The double trace deformation prevents the spo

Dustin A. Cartwright, Daniel Erman, Mauricio Velasco, Bianca Viray

The Hilbert scheme H^d_n of n points in A^d contains an irreducible component R^d_n which generically represents n distinct points in A^d. We show that when n is at most 8, the Hilbert scheme H^d_n is reducible if and only if n = 8 and d >= 4. In the simplest case of reducibility, the component R^4_8 \subset H^4_8 is defined by a single explicit equation whi

An-Chun Ji, W. M. Liu, Jun Liang Song, Fei Zhou

We investigate dynamic creation of fractionalized half-quantum vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates of sodium atoms. Our simulations show that both individual half-quantum vortices and vortex lattices can be created in rotating optical traps when additional pulsed magnetic trapping potentials are applied. We also find that a distinct periodically modulated

J. Sabater, S. Leon, L. Verdes-Montenegro, U. Lisenfeld

We present a study of the nuclear activity in a well-defined sample of the most isolated galaxies in the local Universe traced by their far-infrared (FIR) and radio continuum emission. We use the well-known radio continuum-FIR correlation to select radio-excess galaxies that are candidates to host an active galactic nucleus (AGN), as well as the FIR colours

J. David Brown

The ADM Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity with prescribed lapse and shift is a weakly hyperbolic system of partial differential equations. In general weakly hyperbolic systems are not mathematically well posed. For well posedness, the theory should be reformulated so that the complete system, evolution equations plus gauge conditions, is (at leas

Stefan Giller

In the case of polynomial potentials all solutions to 1-D Schroedinger equation are entire functions totally determined by loci of their roots and their behaviour at infinity. In this paper a description of the first of the two properties is given for fundamental solutions for the high complex energy limit when the energy is quantized or not. In particular d

Diana Battefeld, Shinsuke Kawai

We study preheating in N-flation, assuming the Marčenko-Pastur mass distribution, equal energy initial conditions at the beginning of inflation and equal axion-matter couplings, where matter is taken to be a single, massless bosonic field. By numerical analysis we find that preheating via parametric resonance is suppressed, indicating that the old theory of

Hilke E. Schlichting, Re'em Sari

With the discovery of Kuiper Belt binaries that have wide separations and roughly equal masses new theories were proposed to explain their formation. Two formation scenarios were suggested by Goldreich and collaborators: In the first, dynamical friction that is generated by a sea of small bodies enables a transient binary to become bound ($L^2s$ mechanism);

Carolin N. Cardamone, C. Megan Urry, Maaike Damen, Pieter van Dokkum

We present the mid-infrared colors of X-ray-detected AGN and explore mid-infrared selection criteria. Using a statistical matching technique, the likelihood ratio, over 900 IRAC counterparts were identified with a new MUSYC X-ray source catalog that includes ~1000 published X-ray sources in the Chandra Deep Field-South and Extended Chandra Deep Field-South.

Marco Frasca

We prove that Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model is an exact description of infrared QCD deriving it from QCD Lagrangian. The model we obtain is renormalizable and confining but, taking very small momenta fixes completely all the parameters of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model through those of QCD. The choice of the infrared propagator is done consistently with recent nume

S. Knysh, V. N. Smelyanskiy

We study the quantum version of the random $K$-Satisfiability problem in the presence of the external magnetic field $Γ$ applied in the transverse direction. We derive the replica-symmetric free energy functional within static approximation and the saddle-point equation for the order parameter: the distribution $P[h(m)]$ of functions of magnetizations. The o

Keun-Young Kim, Sang-Jin Sin, Ismail Zahed

We investigate the response of dense and hot holographic QCD (hQCD) to a static and baryonic electric field E using the chiral model of Sakai and Sugimoto. Strong fields with E>(\sqrtλM_{KK})^2 free quark pairs, causing the confined vacuum and matter state to decay. We generalize Schwinger's QED persistence function to dense hQCD. At high temperature and

Pranesh A. Sundararajan, Gaurav Khanna, Scott A. Hughes, Steve Drasco

This is the second in a series of papers whose aim is to generate ``adiabatic'' gravitational waveforms from the inspiral of stellar-mass compact objects into massive black holes. In earlier work, we presented an accurate (2+1)D finite-difference time-domain code to solve the Teukolsky equation, which evolves curvature perturbations near rotating (Ke

Jonah Kanner, Tracy L. Huard, Szabolcs Marka, David C. Murphy

Gravitational wave (GW) bursts (short duration signals) are expected to be associated with highly energetic astrophysical processes. With such high energies present, it is likely these astrophysical events will have signatures in the EM spectrum as well as in gravitational radiation. We have initiated a program, "Locating and Observing Optical Counterparts t

M. Kruczenski, A. Tirziu

We compute the 1-loop correction to the effective action for the string solution in AdS_5 x S^5 dual to the circular Wilson loop. More generically, the method we use can be applied whenever the two dimensional spectral problem factorizes, to regularize and define the fluctuation determinants in terms of solutions of one-dimensional differential equations. A

Francis Halzen, Alexander Kappes, Aongus O'Murchadha

We quantitatively address whether IceCube, a kilometer-scale neutrino detector under construction at the South Pole, can observe neutrinos pointing back at the accelerators of the Galactic cosmic rays. The photon flux from candidate sources identified by the Milagro detector in a survey of the TeV sky is consistent with the flux expected from a typical cosmi

Gregory D. Mack, Thomas D. Jacques, John F. Beacom, Nicole F. Bell

Using gamma-ray data from observations of the Milky Way, Andromeda (M31), and the cosmic background, we calculate conservative upper limits on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section to monoenergetic gamma rays, <sigma_A v>_{gamma gamma}, over a wide range of dark matter masses. (In fact, over most of this range, our results are unchanged if one cons

Rafael Torrealba

In this work there are proposed several new 6D brane worlds based on exact topological solutions to the vortex equations for the Abelian Higgs model, with suitable boundary conditions and symmetry breaking potentials similar to the mexican hat. Just as happens for RS domain wall brane worlds, it is shown that the massless mode of linearized gravity is locali

Maciej Blaszak, Artur Sergyeyev

Using a (1,1)-tensor L with zero Nijenhuis torsion and maximal possible number (equal to the number of dependent variables) of distinct, functionally independent eigenvalues we define, in a coordinate-free fashion, the seed systems which are weakly nonlinear semi-Hamiltonian systems of a special form, and an infinite set of conservation laws for the seed sys

Maxime Boissonneault, J. M. Gambetta, Alexandre Blais

Systems in the dispersive regime of cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) are approaching the limits of validity of the dispersive approximation. We present a model which takes into account nonlinear corrections to the dressing of the atom by the field. We find that in the presence of pure dephasing, photons populating the cavity act as a heat bath on the ato

P. Starowicz, C. Liu, R. Khasanov, T. Kondo

We measured the Fermi surface (FS), band dispersion and superconducting gap in LuNi2B2C using Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy. Experimental data were compared with the tight-binding version of the Linear Muffin-Tin Orbital (LMTO) method and Linearized Augmented Plane-Wave (LAPW) calculations. We found reasonable agreement between the two calculatio

G. De Chiara, T. Calarco, M. Anderlini, S. Montangero

By means of optimal control techniques we model and optimize the manipulation of the external quantum state (center-of-mass motion) of atoms trapped in adjustable optical potentials. We consider in detail the cases of both non interacting and interacting atoms moving between neighboring sites in a lattice of a double-well optical potentials. Such a lattice c

Eugen Paal

Concept of a birepresentation for the Moufang loops is elaborated.

Letícia F. Palhares, Eduardo S. Fraga

Yukawa theory at vanishing temperature provides (one of the ingredients for) an effective description of the thermodynamics of a variety of cold and dense fermionic systems. We study the role of masses and the renormalization group flow in the calculation of the equation of state up to two loops within the MSbar scheme. Two-loop integrals are computed analyt

Jean Ruppenthal

Let Y be a pure dimensional analytic variety in C^n with an isolated singularity at the origin such that the exceptional set X of a desingularization of Y is regular. The main objective of this paper is to present a technique which allows to determine obstructions to the solvability of the d-bar-equation in the $L^2$ respectively $L^\infty$ sense on Y^*=Y-{0

Peter J. Cameron, Daniel Johannsen, Thomas Prellberg, Pascal Schweitzer

Suppose that $n$ drivers each choose a preferred parking space in a linear car park with $m$ spaces. Each driver goes to the chosen space and parks there if it is free, and otherwise takes the first available space with larger number (if any). If all drivers park successfully, the sequence of choices is called a parking function. In general, if $k$ drivers f

V. G. Bagrov, M. C. Baldiotti, D. M. Gitman, A. D. Levin

We describe some new exact solutions for two- and four-level systems. In all the cases, external fields have a restricted behavior in time. First, we consider two types of new solutions for one-spin equation, one of them is in a external magnetic field that acts during a finite time interval. A new solution for two interacting spins is found in the case when

F. R. Klinkhamer

The near-zero value of the cosmological constant Λin an equilibrium context may be due to the existence of a self-tuning relativistic vacuum variable q. Here, a cosmological nonequilibrium context is considered with a corresponding time-dependent cosmological parameter Λ(t) or vacuum energy density ρ_V(t). A specific model of a closed Friedmann-Robertson-Wal

Jean Ruppenthal

Let $Q$ be a first-order differential operator on a compact, smooth oriented Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary. Then, Friedrichs&#39; extension lemma states that the minimal closed extension $Q_{min}$ (the closure of the graph) and the maximal closed extension $Q_{max}$ (in the sense of distributions) of $Q$ in $L^p$-spaces ($1\leq p<\infty$) coincide

A. B. Goncharov

Hodge correlators are complex numbers given by certain integrals assigned to a smooth complex curve. We show that they are correlators of a Feynman integral, and describe the real mixed Hodge structure on the pronilpotent completion of the fundamental group of the curve. We introduce motivic correlators, which are elements of the motivic Lie algebra and whos

Nigel Cundy, Stefan Krieg, Thomas Lippert, Andreas Schaefer

Tunneling between different topological sectors with dynamical chiral fermions is difficult because of a poor mass scaling of the pseudo-fermion estimate of the determinant. For small fermion masses it is virtually impossible using standard methods. However, by projecting out the small Wilson eigenvectors from the overlap operator, and treating the correctio

Esteban Guevara Hidalgo

Quantum games have proposed a new point of view for the solution of the classical problems and dilemmas in game theory. Certain quantization relationships can be proposed with the objective that a game can be generalized into a quantum domain where the linear superposition of actions is allowed. This quantization let us describe and solution problems origina

Camillo De Lellis, Emanuele Nunzio Spadaro

In this note we revisit Almgren&#39;s theory of Q-valued functions, that are functions taking values in the space of unordered Q-tuples of points in R^n. In particular: 1) we give shorter versions of Almgren&#39;s proofs of the existence of Dir-minimizing Q-valued functions, of their Hoelder regularity and of the dimension estimate of their singular set; 2)

Alexey V. Bolsinov, Vladimir S. Matveev, Giuseppe Pucacco

We discuss pseudo-Riemannian metrics on 2-dimensional manifolds such that the geodesic flow admits a nontrivial integral quadratic in velocities. We construct local normal forms of such metrics. We show that these metrics have certain useful properties similar to those of Riemannian Liouville metrics, namely: 1) they admit geodesically equivalent metrics; 2)

M. A. N. Araujo, P. D. Sacramento

The Andreev reflection between a normal metal (N) and a heavy-fermion superconductor (HFS) is studied and the boundary conditions for the electron&#39;s wave function in the two systems are established in the framework of a two band model for the HFS. Hence we show in a simple and explicit way that the mass enhancement factors in the heavy-fermion (HF) metal

M. Shifman, A. Yung

We consider non-Abelian BPS-saturated flux tubes (strings) in N=2 supersymmetric QCD deformed by superpotential terms of a special type breaking N=2 supersymmetry down to N=1. Previously it was believed that worldsheet supersymmetry is &#34;accidentally&#34; enhanced due to the facts that N =(1,1) SUSY is automatically elevated up to N=(2,2) on CP(N-1) and,

Claude Sabbah

We propose a definition of (polarized) wild twistor D-modules, generalizing to objects with irregular singularities that of (polarized) regular twistor D-modules. We give a precise analysis in dimension one.

Oksana Yakimova

Let $g$ be a classical Lie algebra, i.e., either $gl_n$, $sp_n$, or $so_n$ and let $e\in g$ be a nilpotent element. We study various properties of centralisers $g_e$. The first four sections deal with rather elementary questions, like the centre of $g_e$, commuting varieties associated with $g_e$, or centralisers of commuting pairs. The second half of the pa

Dibyendu Roy

Through an exact analysis using quantum Langevin dynamics, we demonstrate the crossover from ballistic to diffusive thermal transport in a harmonic chain with each site connected to Ohmic heat reservoirs. The temperatures of the two heat baths at the boundaries are specified from before whereas the temperatures of the interior heat reservoirs are determined

Pierre Teyssandier, Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte

Modeling most of the tests of general relativity requires to know the function relating light travel time to the coordinate time of reception and to the spatial coordinates of the emitter and the receiver. We call such a function the reception time transfer function. Of course, an emission time transfer function may as well be considered. We present here a r

Maarten van Hoven, Yuri Levin

Neutron-star cores may be hosts of a unique mixture of a neutron superfluid and a proton superconductor. Compelling theoretical arguments have been presented over the years that if the proton superconductor is of type II, than the superconductor fluxtubes and superfluid vortices should be strongly coupled and hence the vortices should be pinned to the proton

N. Paar

In a recent article by C. Barbieri, E. Caurier, K. Langanke, and G. Martínez-Pinedo \cite{Bar.08}, low-energy dipole excitations were studied in proton-rich $^{32,34}$Ar with random-phase approximation (RPA) and no-core shell model (NCSM) using correlated realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions obtained by the unitary correlation operator method (UCOM) \cite{

Austin G. Fowler, Ashley M. Stephens, Peter Groszkowski

We present a comprehensive and self-contained simplified review of the quantum computing scheme of Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 190504 (2007), which features a 2-D nearest neighbor coupled lattice of qubits, a threshold error rate approaching 1%, natural asymmetric and adjustable strength error correction and low overhead arbitrarily long-range logical gates. These

Franziska Synatschke, Andreas Wipf, Kurt Langfeld

Spectral sums of the Dirac-Wilson operator and their relation to the Polyakov loop are thoroughly investigated. The approach by Gattringer is generalized to mode sums which reconstruct the Polyakov loop locally. This opens the possibility to study the mode sum approximation to the Polyakov loop correlator. The approach is re-derived for the ab initio continu

Alex Gomez-Marin, Tim Schmiedl, Udo Seifert

For systems in an externally controllable time-dependent potential, the optimal protocol minimizes the mean work spent in a finite-time transition between two given equilibrium states. For overdamped dynamics which ignores inertia effects, the optimal protocol has been found to involve jumps of the control parameter at the beginning and end of the process. I

Eduardo I. Guendelman, Nobuyuki Sakai

We consider the model of a false vacuum bubble with a thin wall where the surface energy density is composed of two different components, &#34;domain-wall&#34; type and &#34;dust&#34; type, with opposite signs. We find stably oscillating solutions, which we call &#34;breathing bubbles&#34;. By decay to a lower mass state, such a breathing bubble could become

Betti Hartmann, Brandon Carter

This investigation follows up the suggestion that the equation of state for superconducting cosmic strings provided by Witten&#39;s prototype biscalar field model can be well represented by an effective Lagrangian of simple logarithmic form depending on only 3 independent parameters. The numerical work described here confirms the validity of this approximati

Richard S. Ellis, Jonathan Machta, Peter Tak-Hun Otto

For the mean-field version of an important lattice-spin model due to Blume and Capel, we prove unexpected connections among the asymptotic behavior of the magnetization, the structure of the phase transitions, and a class of polynomials that we call the Ginzburg-Landau polynomials. The model depends on the parameters n, beta, and K, which represent, respecti

Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We develop a theory of fluctuations for Brownian systems with weak long-range interactions. For these systems, there exists a critical point separating a homogeneous phase from an inhomogeneous phase. Starting from the stochastic Smoluchowski equation governing the evolution of the fluctuating density field, we determine the expression of the correlation fun

Kei-Ichi Kondo, Toru Shinohara, Takeharu Murakami

We propose a new version of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory reformulated in terms of new field variables which are obtained by a nonlinear change of variables from the original Yang-Mills gauge field. The reformulated Yang-Mills theory enables us to study the low-energy dynamics by explicitly extracting the topological degrees of freedom such as magnetic monopoles a

Jane Gilman, Linda Keen

We give a unified geometric approach to some theorems about primitive elements and palindromes in free groups of rank 2. The geometric treatment gives new proofs of the theorems. Dedicated to Bill Harvey on his 65th birthday.

Oscar Cata, Maarten Golterman, Santi Peris

There are some indications from recent determinations of the strong coupling constant alpha_s and the gluon condensate that the Operator Product Expansion may not be accurate enough to describe non-perturbative effects in hadronic tau decays. This breakdown of the Operator Product Expansion is usually referred to as being due to ``Duality Violations.&#39;&#3

Ph. Boucaud, P. Dimopoulos, F. Farchioni, R. Frezzotti

In a recent paper [hep-lat/0701012] we presented precise lattice QCD results of our European Twisted Mass Collaboration (ETMC). They were obtained by employing two mass-degenerate flavours of twisted mass fermions at maximal twist. In the present paper we give details on our simulations and the computation of physical observables. In particular, we discuss t

Luigi Accardi, Farrukh Mukhamedov

In this paper we study unique ergodicity of $C^*$-dynamical system $(\ga,T)$, consisting of a unital $C^*$-algebra $\ga$ and a Markov operator $T:\ga\mapsto\ga$, relative to its fixed point subspace, in terms of Riesz summation which is weaker than Cesaro one. Namely, it is proven that $(\ga,T)$ is uniquely ergodic relative to its fixed point subspace if and

Ariel Daliot, Danny Dolev, Hanna Parnas

We define the ``Pulse Synchronization&#39;&#39; problem that requires nodes to achieve tight synchronization of regular pulse events, in the settings of distributed computing systems. Pulse-coupled synchronization is a phenomenon displayed by a large variety of biological systems, typically overcoming a high level of noise. Inspired by such biological models

R. Misra, A. A. Zdziarski

We develop a model of an accretion disc in which the variability induced at a given radius is governed by a damped harmonic oscillator at the corresponding epicyclic frequency. That variability induces both linear and non-linear responses in the locally emitted radiation. The total observed variability of a source is the sum of these contributions over the d

Serge F. Timashev

The general theory of relativity is used to show that the total energy-mass of the visible Universe could be produced by an energy-mass source with the Planck power. The source was supposedly born at the phase of cosmic inflation and acts continuously throughout the lifetime of our Universe. The model allows one to treat dark energy as a real form of energy

Jan Harms, Christoph Mahrdt, Markus Otto, Malte Priess

In this paper, we present a successful implementation of a subtraction-noise projection method into a simple, simulated data analysis pipeline of a gravitational-wave search. We investigate the problem to reveal a weak stochastic background signal which is covered by a strong foreground of compact-binary coalescences. The foreground which is estimated by mat

Alessandro Bacchetta, Daniel Boer, Markus Diehl, Piet J. Mulders

We investigate the transverse-momentum-dependence in semi-inclusive deep inelastic leptoproduction of hadrons. There are two different theoretical approaches to study this dependence, one for low and one for high transverse momentum of the observed hadron. We systematically investigate their connection, paying special attention to azimuthal distributions and

Tsiriniaina Andriamampianina

Hypergraphs are structures that can be decomposed or described; in other words they are recursively countable. Here, we get exact and asymptotic enumeration results on hypergraphs by means of exponential generating functions. The number of hypergraph component is bounded, as a generalisation of Wright inequalities for graphs: the proof is a combinatorial und

E. Schachinger, C. C. Homes, R. P. S. M. Lobo, J. P. Carbotte

We analyze optical spectroscopy data of the electron-doped superconductor (Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$)CuO$_4$ (PCCO) to investigate the coupling of the charge carriers to bosonic modes. The method of analysis is the inversion of the optical scattering rate $τ^{-1}_{\rm op}(ω,T)$ at different temperatures $T$ by means of maximum entropy technique combined with Eliashbe

S. Tarnopolski, M. Bzowski

Context: Reconnaissance of feasibility of detection of interstellar neutral D by the forthcoming NASA SMEX mission IBEX. Aims: To investigate by numerical simulations the absolute density and flux at Earth orbit of neutral interstellar D and to check its detectability by IBEX. Methods: The simulations were performed with the use of the Warsaw 3D time-depende

J. H. van der Walt

In this paper we presents further developments regarding the enrichment of the basic Theory of Order Completion. In particular, spaces of generalized functions are constructed that contain generalized solutions to all systems of continuous, nonlinear PDEs. In terms of the existence and uniqueness results previously obtained for such systems of equations, one

Thorsten Renk

The basic idea of jet tomography is to infer information about the density evolution of the medium created in heavy-ion (A-A) collisions by studying the suppression of hard probes in an A-A environment as compared to the baseline process known from p-p collisions. The suppression of back-to-back correlations in heavy-ion collisions allows, due to a different

Natalia Shuhmaher

We discuss the entropy and the size/homogeneity/horizon problems in power-law expanding universes with one scale initial conditions. We set the minimal scale $Λ= 10^{25}$ GeV at which a non-inflationary solution is possible and show that the radiation dominated epoch alone technically is not able to explain the issue. An earlier paper on the subject, [1], at

K. Gazeas, K. Stepien

Various scenarios of contact binary evolution have been proposed in the past, giving hints of (sometimes contradictory) evolutionary sequence connecting A-type and W-type systems. As the components of close detached binaries approach each other and contact binaries are formed, following evolutionary paths transform them into systems of two categories: A-type

Takashi Hara

In this paper, we prove the Iwasawa main conjecture of totally real fields for certain specific non-commutative $p$-adic Lie extensions, using the integral logarithms introduced by Oliver and Taylor. Our result gives certain generalization of Kazuya Kato&#39;s proof of the main conjecture for Galois extensions of Heisenberg type.

Bijan Bagchi, Toshiaki Tanaka

A generalized non-Hermitian oscillator Hamiltonian is proposed that consists of additional linear terms which break PT-symmetry explicitly. The model is put into an equivalent Hermitian form by means of a similarity transformation and the criterion of N-fold supersymmetry with a position-dependent mass is shown to reside in it.

Yanjun Chen, Jie Liu, Bambi Hu

We investigate the orientation dependence of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from H$_2^+$ with different internuclear distances irradiated by intense laser fields both numerically and analytically. The calculated molecular HHG spectra are found to be sensitive to molecular axis orientation relative to incident laser field polarization and internuclear s

H. Then, B. Thidé

Angular momentum densities of electromagnetic beams are connected to helicity (circular polarization) and topological charge (azimuthal phase shift and vorticity). Computing the electromagnetic fields emitted by a circular antenna array, analytic expressions are found for the densities of energy, linear and angular momentum in terms of helicity and vorticity

Frederic Paugam

We define, answering a question of Sarnak in his letter to Bombieri, a symplectic pairing on the spectral interpretation (due to Connes and Meyer) of the zeroes of Riemann&#39;s zeta function. This pairing gives a purely spectral formulation of the proof of the functional equation due to Tate, Weil and Iwasawa, which, in the case of a curve over a finite fie

Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Sébastien Tixeuil

This paper considers gossiping among mobile agents in graphs: agents move on the graph and have to disseminate their initial information to every other agent. We focus on self-stabilizing solutions for the gossip problem, where agents may start from arbitrary locations in arbitrary states. Self-stabilization requires (some of the) participating agents to kee

Azar I. Ahmadov, Coskun Aydin, Sh. M. Nagiev, Yilmaz A. Hakan

In this article, we investigate the contribution of the higher twist Feynman diagrams to the large-$p_T$ inclusive pion production cross section in proton-proton collisions and present the general formulae for the higher twist differential cross sections in the case of the running coupling and frozen coupling approaches. The structure of infrared renormalon

Daniel Bonamy, Pierre-Henri Chavanis, Pierre Philippe Cortet, François Daviaud

General conservation equations are derived for 2D dense granular flows from the Euler equation within the Boussinesq approximation. In steady flows, the 2D fields of granular temperature, vorticity and stream function are shown to be encoded in two scalar functions only. We checked such prediction on steady surface flows in a rotating drum simulated through

Daniel Bonamy, Stéphane Santucci, Laurent Ponson

We derive here a linear elastic stochastic description for slow crack growth in heterogeneous materials. This approach succeeds in reproducing quantitatively the intermittent crackling dynamics observed recently during the slow propagation of a crack along a weak heterogeneous plane of a transparent Plexiglas block [Måløy {\it et al.}, PRL {\bf 96} 045501].

Aiichi Iwazaki

We analyze the behavior of unstable modes in the glasma produced in high energy heavy ion collisions, using a simple model with effective homogeneous longitudinal color electric and magnetic fields. The unstable modes are approximately described as Nielsen-Olesen unstable modes under the homogeneous longitudinal gauge fields. We find that the Nielsen-Olesen

Koichi Hashimoto, Taku Izubuchi

We explore flavor singlet pseudoscalar meson, eta&#39;, spectrum in two-flavor (Nf=2) lattice QCD. The continuum-like relation between the topology of the QCD vacuum and the U(1)_A anomaly, that prevents eta&#39; meson from being a would-be Nambu-Goldstone boson, are expected to hold in the domain wall fermions (DWF) used as a lattice quark field in this wor

Florian Herzig

We formulate a Serre-type conjecture for n-dimensional Galois representations that are tamely ramified at p. The weights are predicted using a representation-theoretic recipe. For n = 3 some of these weights were not predicted by the previous conjecture of Ash, Doud, Pollack, and Sinnott. Computational evidence for these extra weights is provided by calculat

Z. Papp, S. Moszkowski

Two body data alone cannot determine the potential uniquely, one needs three-body data as well. A method is presented here which simultaneously fits local or nonlocal potentials to two-body and three-body observables. The interaction of composite particles, due to the Pauli effect and the indistinguishability of the constituent particles, is genuinely nonloc

James M. Nester, Lau Loi So, T. Vargas

An energy for the homogeneous cosmological models is presented. More specifically, using an appropriate natural prescription, we find the energy within any region with any gravitational source for a large class of gravity theories--namely those with a tetrad description--for all 9 Bianchi types. Our energy is given by the value of the Hamiltonian with homoge

Colin Ingalls, Madeeha Khalid

Let X be a K3 surface of degree 8 in P^5 with hyperplane section H. We associate to it another K3 surface M which is a double cover of P^2 ramified on a sextic curve C. In the generic case when X is smooth and a complete intersection of three quadrics, there is a natural correspondence between M and the moduli space M&#39; of rank two vector bundles on X wit

Hiroyuki Hata, Masaki Murata, Shinichiro Yamato

We analyze static properties of nucleons in the two flavor holographic QCD model of Sakai and Sugimoto described effectively by a five-dimensional U(2) Yang-Mills theory with the Chern-Simons term on a curved background. The baryons are represented in this model as a soliton, which at a time slice is approximately the BPST instanton with a fixed size. First,

Muhan Choi, Susumu Shinohara, Takahisa Harayama

We study spectral and far-field characteristics of lasing emission from stadium-shaped semiconductor (InGaAsP) microlasers. We demonstrate that the correspondence between a lasing far-field emission pattern and the result of a ray simulation becomes better as the number of lasing modes increases. This phenomenon is reproduced in the wave calculation of the c

Akinori Tanaka

We propose a concrete model which exhibits ferromagnetism and electron-pair condensation simultaneously. The model is defined on two chains and consists of the electron hopping term, the on-site Coulomb repulsion, and a ferromagnetic interaction which describes ferromagnetic coupling between two electrons, one on a bond in a chain and the other on a site in

Michio Hashimoto

We study the gluonic color-spin locked (GCSL) phase in dense two-flavor quark matter. In this phase, the color and spatial rotational symmetries are spontaneously broken down to SO(2)_{diag} with the generator being an appropriate linear combination of the color and rotational ones. The Meissner masses of gluons and the mass of the radial mode of the diquark

Soon-Jo Chung, Umair Ahsun, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine

This article presents a unified synchronization framework with application to precision formation flying spacecraft. Central to the proposed innovation, in applying synchronization to both translational and rotational dynamics in the Lagrangian form, is the use of the distributed stability and performance analysis tool, called contraction analysis that yield

Bence Kocsis, Abraham Loeb

Mergers of supermassive black hole binaries release peak power of up to ~10^57 erg/s in gravitational waves (GWs). As the GWs propagate through ambient gas, they induce shear and a small fraction of their power is dissipated through viscosity. The dissipated heat appears as electromagnetic (EM) radiation, providing a prompt EM counterpart to the GW signal. F

G. F. Chen, Z. Li, G. Li, J. Zhou

We have employed a new route to synthesize single phase F-doped LaOFeAs compound and confirmed the superconductivity above 20 K in this Fe-based system. We show that the new superconductor has a rather high upper critical field of about 54 T. A clear signature of superconducting gap opening below T$_c$ was observed in the far-infrared reflectance spectra, wi

Oleg Golubitsky, Marina Kondratieva, Alexey Ovchinnikov, Agnes Szanto

We give the first known bound for orders of differentiations in differential Nullstellensatz for both partial and ordinary algebraic differential equations. This problem was previously addressed by A. Seidenberg but no complete solution was given. Our result is a complement to the corresponding result in algebraic geometry, which gives a bound on degrees of

Frederic Paugam

We define a new type of valuation of a ring that combines the notion of Krull valuation with that of multiplicative seminorm. This definition partially restores the broken symmetry between archimedean and non-archimedean valuations. This also allows us to define a notion of global analytic space that reconciles Berkovich&#39;s notion of analytic space of a (

M. W. Haverkort, I. S. Elfimov, L. H. Tjeng, G. A. Sawatzky

We present a first-principle study of spin-orbit coupling effects on the Fermi surface of Sr2RuO4 and Sr2RhO4. For nearly degenerate bands, spin-orbit coupling leads to a dramatic change of the Fermi surface with respect to non-relativistic calculations; as evidenced by the comparison with experiments on Sr2RhO4, it cannot be disregarded. For Sr2RuO4, the Fe

Aimee McNamara, Zdenka Kuncic, Kinwah Wu

Compton scattering within the accretion column of magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) can induce a net polarization in the X-ray emission. We investigate this process using Monte Carlo simulations and find that significant polarization can arise as a result of the stratified flow structure in the shock-ionized column. We find that the degree of linear pola

Sander Pronk, Phillip L. Geissler, Daniel A. Fletcher

Filopodia are long, finger-like membrane tubes supported by cytoskeletal filaments. Their shape is determined by the stiffness of the actin filament bundles found inside them and by the interplay between the surface tension and bending rigidity of the membrane. Although one might expect the Euler buckling instability to limit the length of filopodia, we show