April 2008 arXiv papers — page 38

J. Benhelm, G. Kirchmair, C. F. Roos, R. Blatt

For quantum information processing (QIP) with trapped ions, the isotope 43Ca+ offers the combined advantages of a quantum memory with long coherence time, a high fidelity read out and the possibility of performing two qubit gates on a quadrupole transition with a narrow-band laser. Compared to other ions used for quantum computing, 43Ca+ has a relatively com

Michael Wohlgenannt

We discuss the calculation of the 1-loop effective action on four dimensional, canonically deformed Euclidean space. The theory under consideration is a scalar $ϕ^4$ model with an additional oscillator potential. This model is known to be re normalisable. Furthermore, we couple an exterior gauge field to the scalar field and extract the dynamics for the gaug

Li Luo

Xu introduced a family of root-tree-diagram nilpotent Lie algebras of differential operators, in connection with evolution partial differential equations. We generalized his notion to more general oriented tree diagrams. These algebras are natural analogues of the maximal nilpotent Lie subalgebras of finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras. In this paper, we

Ralf Kotulla, Uta Fritze, Peter Anders

We here present our first attempt to use Globular Clusters as tracers of their parent galaxy's formation history. Globular Cluster Systems of most early-type galaxies feature two peaks in their optical colour distributions. Blue-peak Globular Clusters are generally believed to be old and metal-poor. The ages, metallicities, and the origin of the red-peak

Sergey Leble, Anatolij Zaitsev

A general algebraic method of quantum corrections evaluation is presented. Quantum corrections to a few classical solutions (kinks and periodic) of Ginzburg-Landau (phi-in-quadro) and Sin-Gordon models are calculated in arbitrary dimensions. The Green function for heat equation with a soliton potential is constructed by means of Laplace transformation theory

L. A. Bokut, Yuqun Chen

In this paper, we review Shirshov's method for free Lie algebras invented by him in 1962 which is now called the Groebner-Shirshov bases theory.

L. Affer, G. Micela, T. Morel

X-ray surveys allow to identify young, main-sequence stars in the solar neighborhood. Young, stellar samples, selected according to their activity, can be used to determine the stellar birthrate in the last billion years. The ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole survey (NEP), with its moderately deep sensitivity (fluxes ~10^(-14) erg cm^(-2) sec^(-1)), is the best surv

F. J. Vanhecke, C. Sigaud, A. R. da Silva

In earlier work (*) we studied an extension of the canonical symplectic structure in the cotangent bundle of an affine space ${\cal Q}={\bf R}^N$, by additional terms implying the Poisson non-commutativity of both configuration and momentum variables. In this article, we claim that such an extension can be done consistently when ${\cal Q}$ is a Lie group $G$

I. L. Bogolubsky, V. G. Bornyakov, G. Burgio, E. -M. Ilgenfritz

We present clear evidence of strong effects of Gribov copies in Landau gauge gluon and ghost propagators computed on the lattice at small momenta by employing a new approach to Landau gauge fixing and a more effective numerical algorithm. It is further shown that the new approach substantially decreases notorious finite-volume effects.

Eran Palti, Gianmassimo Tasinato, John Ward

We study compactifications of type IIA string theory on Calabi-Yau manifolds that are mirror to a subset of the type IIB LARGE-volume models. A combination of flux, alpha' corrections and non-perturbative effects stabilises the moduli in a non-supersymmetric AdS vacuum. This vacuum has the feature that the (ten-dimensional) string coupling is exponentially s

Anupam Singh, Maneesh Thakur

Let $G$ be an algebraic group defined over a field $k$. We call $g\in G$ {\bf real} if $g$ is conjugate to $g^{-1}$ and $g\in G(k)$ as {\bf $k$-real} if $g$ is real in $G(k)$. An element $g\in G$ is {\bf strongly real} if $\exists h\in G$, $h^{2}=1$ (i.e. $h$ is an {\bf involution}) such that $hgh^{-1}=g^{-1}$. Clearly, strongly real elements are real and ar

Fionn Murtagh

Review of: Brigitte Le Roux and Henry Rouanet, Geometric Data Analysis, From Correspondence Analysis to Structured Data Analysis, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2004, xi+475 pp.

Anupam Singh, Maneesh Thakur

Let $G$ be an algebraic group over a field $k$. We call $g\in G(k)$ {\bf real} if $g$ is conjugate to $g^{-1}$ in $G(k)$. In this paper we study reality for groups of type $G_2$ over fields of characteristic different from 2. Let $G$ be such a group over $k$. We discuss reality for both semisimple and unipotent elements. We show that a semisimple element in

E. Milakis, T. Toro

We study the boundary regularity of solutions of elliptic operators in divergence form with $C^{0,α}$ coefficients or operators which are small perturbations of the Laplacian in non-smooth domains. We show that, as in the case of the Laplacian, there exists a close relationship between the regularity of the corresponding elliptic measure and the geometry of

J. A. Gracey

We compute the four loop term of the mass anomalous dimension in the two dimensional Gross-Neveu model in the MSbar scheme. The absence of multiplicative renormalizability which results when using dimensional regularization means that the effect of the evanescent operator, which first appears at three loops in the 4-point Green's function, has to be prop

I. A. Nekrasov, Z. V. Pchelkina, M. V. Sadovskii

We have performed an extensive ab initio LDA and LSDA+U calculations of electronic structure of newly discovered high-temperature superconducting series ReO(1-x)F(x)FeAs (Re=La,Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm and hypothetical case of Re=Y). In all cases we obtain almost identical electronic spectrum (both energy dispersions and the densities of states) in rather wide energy

P. J. Bushby, S. M. Houghton, M. R. E. Proctor, N. O. Weiss

Kilogauss-strength magnetic fields are often observed in intergranular lanes at the photosphere in the quiet Sun. Such fields are stronger than the equipartition field $B_e$, corresponding to a magnetic energy density that matches the kinetic energy density of photospheric convection, and comparable with the field $B_p$ that exerts a magnetic pressure equal

Werner Bernreuther, Michael Fuecker, Zong-Guo Si

As an addendum to our previous evaluation of the weak-interaction corrections to hadronic top-quark pair production we determine the leading weak-interaction contributions due to the subprocesses $b {\bar b} \to t {\bar t}$ and $g q ({\bar q}) \to t {\bar t} q ({\bar q})$. For several distributions in $t {\bar t}$ production at the LHC we find that these con

Daniel Soto, Francisco Alvarado Hernandez, Horacio Flores, Xavier Moya

We have studied the effect of Fe addition on the structural and magnetic transitions in the magnetic shape memory alloy Ni-Mn-Ga by substituting systematically each atomic species by Fe. Calorimetric and AC susceptibility measurements have been carried out in order to study the magnetic and structural transformation properties. We find that the addition of F

Anupam Singh

Let $F$ be a field of characteristic $\neq 2$. Let $G$ be an algebraic group defined over $F$. An element $t\in G(F)$ is called {\bf real} if there exists $s\in G(F)$ such that $sts^{-1}=t^{-1}$. A semisimple element $t$ in $GL_n(F), SL_n(F), O(q), SO(q), Sp(2n)$ and the groups of type $G_2$ over $F$ is real if and only if $t=τ_1τ_2$ where $τ_1^2=\pm 1=τ_2^2

Daniel Fritsch, Klaus Koepernik, Manuel Richter, Helmut Eschrig

Dimers are the smallest chemical objects that show magnetic anisotropy. We focus on 3$d$ and 4$d$ transition metal dimers that have magnetic ground states in most cases. Some of these magnetic dimers have a considerable barrier against re-orientation of their magnetization, the so-called magnetic anisotropy energy, MAE. The height of this barrier is importan

Agata Różańska, Jerzy Madej

We present a full set of model atmosphere equations for the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole irradiated by hard X-ray lamp of power-law spectral distribution. Model equations allow for multiple Compton scattering of radiation on free electrons, and for large relative photon-electron energy exchange at the time of scattering. We present spectra

M. Hashemi, S. Heinemeyer, R. Kinnunen, A. Nikitenko

The search for MSSM Higgs bosons will be an important goal at the LHC. In order to analyze the search reach of the CMS experiment for the charged MSSM Higgs bosons, we combine the latest results for the CMS experimental sensitivities based on full simulation studies with state-of-the-art theoretical predictions of MSSM Higgs-boson production and decay proper

A. Mercurio, F. La Barbera, C. P. Haines, P. Merluzzi

This paper is aimed at giving an overview of the global properties of the rich cluster of galaxies ABCG 209. This is achieved by complementing the already available data with new medium resolution spectroscopy and NIR photometry which allow us to i) analyse in detail the cluster dynamics, distinguishing among galaxies belonging to different substructures and

Paul-Emile Paradan, Michèle Vergne

In 1996, Berline and Vergne gave a cohomological formula for the index of a transversally elliptic operator. In this paper we propose a new point of view where the cohomological formulae make use of equivariant Chern characters with generalized coefficients and with compact suppport. This kind of Chern characters was studied by the authors in a previous pape

David Novoa, Humberto Michinel, Daniele Tommasini, María I. Rodas-Verde

We show that a gas-to-liquid phase transition at zero temperature may occur in a coherent gas of bosons in the presence of competing nonlinear effects. This situation can take place both in atomic systems like Bose-Einstein Condensates in alkalii gases with two and three-body interactions of opposite signs, as well as in laser beams which propagate through o

Gavin Ramsay, Peter J. Wheatley, A. J. Norton, Pasi Hakala

Intermediate Polars (IPs) are a group of cataclysmic variables (CVs) which are thought to contain white dwarfs which have a magnetic field strength in the range ~0.1-10MG. A significant fraction of the X-ray sources detected in recent deep surveys has been postulated to consist of IPs. Until now two of the defining characteristics of IPs have been the presen

R. Acciarri, M. Antonello, B. Baibussinov, M. Baldo-Ceolin

A dedicated test of the effects of Oxygen contamination in liquid Argon has been performed at the INFN-Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS, Italy) within the WArP R&D program. Two detectors have been used: the WArP 2.3 lt prototype and a small (0.7 lt) dedicated detector, coupled with a system for the injection of controlled amounts of gaseous Oxygen. Purpose of the

Francois Couchot

Let $R$ be a commutative local ring. It is proved that $R$ is Henselian if and only if each $R$-algebra which is a direct limit of module finite $R$-algebras is strongly clean. So, the matrix ring $\mathbb{M}_n(R)$ is strongly clean for each integer $n>0$ if $R$ is Henselian and we show that the converse holds if either the residue class field of $R$ is alge

N. Koumakis, A. B. Schofield, G. Petekidis

The rheological properties of highly concentrated suspensions of hard-sphere particles are studied with particular reference to the rheological response of shear induced crystals. Using practically monodisperse hard spheres, we prepare shear induced crystals under oscillatory shear and examine their linear and non-linear mechanical response in comparison wit

R. Acciarri, M. Antonello, B. Baibussinov, M. Baldo-Ceolin

A dedicated test of the effects of Nitrogen contamination in liquid Argon has been performed at the INFN-Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS, Italy) within the WArP R&D program. A detector has been designed and assembled for this specific task and connected to a system for the injection of controlled amounts of gaseous Nitrogen into the liquid Argon. Purpose of the

M. Haridas, S. Srivastava, J. K. Basu

Optical properties of polymer capped gold nanoparticles of various sizes (diameter 3-6 nm) have been studied. We present a new scheme to extract size dependent variation of total dielectric function of gold nanoparticles from measured UV-Vis absorption data. The new scheme can also be used, in principle, for other related systems as well. We show how quantum

Kazuhiko Kusano, Wataru Matsubara, Akira Ishino, Hideo Bannai

We show a new lower bound for the maximum number of runs in a string. We prove that for any e > 0, (a -- e)n is an asymptotic lower bound, where a = 56733/60064 = 0.944542. It is superior to the previous bound 0.927 given by Franek et al. Moreover, our construction of the strings and the proof is much simpler than theirs.

Marcin Dumnicki

In the paper we prove Harbourne-Hirschowitz conjecture for quasi-homogeneous linear systems on $\mathbb P^2$ for $m=7$, 8, 9, 10, i.e. systems of curves of given degree passing through points in general position with multiplicities at least $m,...,m,m_0$, where $m=7$, 8, 9, 10, $m_0$ is arbitrary.

Ruben Manvelyan, Karapet Mkrtchyan, Werner Ruehl

The ultraviolet singular structure of the bulk-to-bulk propagators for higher spin gauge fields in $AdS_{4}$ space is analyzed in details. Possible interactions with the Higgs scalar and the corresponding one loop mass renormalization are studied. This mass renormalization is finite and connected with the anomalous dimensions of those currents in the corresp

L. Roca, T. Hyodo, D. Jido

We study the behavior with the number of colors ($N_c$) of the $Λ(1405)$ and $Λ(1670)$ resonances obtained dynamically within the chiral unitary approach. The leading order meson-baryon interaction, used as the kernel of the unitarization procedure, manifests a nontrivial $N_c$ dependence of the flavor SU(3) representation for baryons. As a consequence, the

H. Nakada

We extensively develop a method of implementing mean-field calculations for deformed nuclei, using the Gaussian expansion method (GEM). This GEM algorithm has the following advantages: (i) it can efficiently describe the energy-dependent asymptotics of the wave functions at large $r$, (ii) it is applicable to various effective interactions including those wi

Edan Lerner, Itamar Procaccia

We present a quantitative theory for a relaxation function in a simple glass-forming model (binary mixture of particles with different interaction parameters). It is shown that the slowing down is caused by the competition between locally favored regions (clusters) which are long lived but each of which relaxes as a simple function of time. Without the clust

Brahim Lamine, Claude Fabre, Nicolas Treps

Exchanging light pulses to perform accurate space-time positioning is a paradigmatic issue of physics. It is ultimately limited by the quantum nature of light, which introduces fluctuations in the optical measurements and leads to the so-called Standard Quantum Limit (SQL). We propose a new scheme combining homodyne detection and mode-locked femtosecond lase

Jean-Charles Boisson, Laetitia Jourdan, El-Ghazali Talbi

Protein identification is one of the major task of Proteomics researchers. Protein identification could be resumed by searching the best match between an experimental mass spectrum and proteins from a database. Nevertheless this approach can not be used to identify new proteins or protein variants. In this paper an evolutionary approach is proposed to discov

Jean-Charles Boisson, Laetitia Jourdan, El-Ghazali Talbi, Christian Rolando

In Proteomics, only the de novo peptide sequencing approach allows a partial amino acid sequence of a peptide to be found from a MS/MS spectrum. In this article a preliminary work is presented to discover a complete protein sequence from spectral data (MS and MS/MS spectra). For the moment, our approach only uses MS spectra. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been

Fabienne Chouraqui

Every tame, prime and alternating knot is equivalent to a tame, prime and alternating knot in regular position, with a common projection. In this work, we show that the Dehn presentation of the knot group of a tame, prime, alternating knot, with a regular and common projection has a finite and complete rewriting system. Although there are rules in the rewrit

C. Boersma, J. Bouwman, F. Lahuis, C. van Kerckhoven

Herbig Ae/Be stars are a class of young pre-main sequence stellar objects of intermediate mass and are known to have varying amounts of natal cloud material still present in their direct vicinity. We characterise the IR emission bands, due to fluorescence by PAH molecules, in the spectra of Herbig Ae/Be stars and link observed variations to spatial aspects o

Eaman Eftekhary

We give a precise description of splicing formulas from a previous paper in terms of knot Floer complex associated with a knot in homology sphere.

Elchanan Zwecher, Dana Porrat

Wideband communications are impossible with signals that are spread over a very large band and are transmitted over multipath channels unknown ahead of time. This work exploits the I-mmse connection to bound the achievable data-rate of spreading signals in wideband settings, and to conclude that the achievable data-rate diminishes as the bandwidth increases

D. Bockelée-Morvan, N. Biver, E. Jehin, A. L. Cochran

From millimeter and optical observations of the Jupiter-family comet 17P/Holmes performed soon after its huge outburst of October 24, 2007, we derive 14 N/15N = 139 +/- 26 in HCN, and 14N/15N = 165 +/- 40 in CN, establishing that HCN has the same non-terrestrial isotopic composition as CN. The same conclusion is obtained for the long-period comet C/1995 O1 (

Akira Hitachi

The directional detection of low-energy recoil ions can provide strong possibility for observation of dark matter in the Galaxy. Quenching factors for 5-200 keV recoil ions in N2, CO2, CF4 and CS2 gases are evaluated and Bragg-like curves, the electronic energy deposition as a function of the projected range, are presented. The Bragg-like curves are intended

M. Bhattacharya, P. Meystre

We investigate theoretically the extension of cavity optomechanics to multiple membrane systems. We describe such a system in terms of the coupling of the collective normal modes of the membrane array to the light fields. We show these modes can be optically addressed individually and be cooled, trapped and characterized, e.g. via quantum nondemolition measu

Alain Celisse, Stéphane Robin

In the multiple testing context, a challenging problem is the estimation of the proportion $π_0$ of true-null hypotheses. A large number of estimators of this quantity rely on identifiability assumptions that either appear to be violated on real data, or may be at least relaxed. Under independence, we propose an estimator $\hatπ_0$ based on density estimatio

Adam Korányi, Fulvio Ricci

A relatively simple algebraic framework is given, in which all the compact symmetric spaces can be described and handled without distinguishing cases. We also give some applications and further results.

Marianne Viallet, Gérald Poumérol, Olivier Dessombz, Louis Jezequel

In the automotive industry, predicting noise during design cycle is a necessary step. Well-known methods exist to answer this issue in low frequency domain. Among these, Finite Element Methods, adapted to closed domains, are quite easy to implement whereas Boundary Element Methods are more adapted to infinite domains, but may induce singularity problems. In

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Choong Seon Hong

In 2005, Yang, Wang, and Chang proposed an improved timestamp-based password authentication scheme in an attempt to overcome the flaws of Yang-Shieh_s legendary timestamp-based remote authentication scheme using smart cards. After analyzing the improved scheme proposed by Yang-Wang-Chang, we have found that their scheme is still insecure and vulnerable to fo

Md. Mokammel Haque, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Choong Seon Hong

Recent emergence of electronic culture uplifts healthcare facilities to a new era with the aid of wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. Due to the sensitiveness of medical data, austere privacy and security are inevitable for all parts of healthcare systems. However, the constantly evolving nature and constrained resources of sensors in WSN inflict unava

Jun Muramatsu, Shigeki Miyake

The aim of this paper is to prove the achievability of fixed-rate universal coding problems by using our previously introduced notion of hash property. These problems are the fixed-rate lossless universal source coding problem and the fixed-rate universal channel coding problem. Since an ensemble of sparse matrices satisfies the hash property requirement, it

Leonid Gurvits

R. Pemantle conjectured, and T.M. Liggett proved in 1997, that the convolution of two ultra-logconcave is ultra-logconcave. Liggett's proof is elementary but long. We present here a short proof, based on the mixed volume of convex sets.

Zhongzu Wu, Minfeng Gu, D. R. Jiang

We estimate the intrinsic luminosities and synchrotron peak frequency using the derived Doppler factor for a sample of 170 BL Lac objects, of which the synchrotron peak frequency are derived by fitting the SED constructed with the collected multi-band data from literatures. We find that the debeamed radio and optical core luminosities follow the same correla

F. La Barbera, R. R. de Carvalho, J. L. Kohl-Moreira, R. R. Gal

We describe 2DPHOT, a general purpose analysis environment for source detection and analysis in deep wide-field images. 2DPHOT is an automated tool to obtain both integrated and surface photometry of galaxies in an image, to perform reliable star-galaxy separation with accurate estimates of contamination at faint flux levels, and to estimate completeness of

Peter Brass, Ferran Hurtado, Benjamin Lafreniere, Anna Lubiw

Given a set of unit-disks in the plane with union area $A$, what fraction of $A$ can be covered by selecting a pairwise disjoint subset of the disks? Rado conjectured 1/4 and proved $1/4.41$. Motivated by the problem of channel-assignment for wireless access points, in which use of 3 channels is a standard practice, we consider a variant where the selected s

Jaspreet Singh, Onkar Dabeer, Upamanyu Madhow

Modern communication receiver architectures center around digital signal processing (DSP), with the bulk of the receiver processing being performed on digital signals obtained after analog-to-digital conversion (ADC). In this paper, we explore Shannon-theoretic performance limits when ADC precision is drastically reduced, from typical values of 8-12 bits use

J. Oitmaa, C. J. Hamer

We calculate ground state properties (energy, magnetization, susceptibility) and one-particle spectra for the $S = 1$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet with easy-axis or easy-plane single site anisotropy, on the square lattice. Series expansions are used, in each of three phases of the system, to obtain systematic and accurate results. The location of the quantum p

Satyaki Mahalanabis, Daniel Stefankovic

We consider the problem of computing L1-distances between every pair ofcprobability densities from a given family. We point out that the technique of Cauchy random projections (Indyk'06) in this context turns into stochastic integrals with respect to Cauchy motion. For piecewise-linear densities these integrals can be sampled from if one can sample from

N. F. Sparveris, P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, D. Baumann

We report on new H$(e,e^\prime p)γ$ measurements in the $Δ(1232)$ resonance at $Q^2=0.06$ (GeV/c) carried out simultaneously with H$(e,e^\prime p)π^0$. It is the lowest $Q^2$ for which the virtual Compton scattering (VCS) reaction has been studied in the first resonance region. The VCS measured cross sections are well described by dispersion-relation calcula

Yury P. Bliokh, Sergey Savel'ev, Franco Nori

We predict that two electron beams can develop an instability when passing through a slab of left-handed media (LHM). This instability, which is inherent only for LHM, originates from the backward Cherenkov radiation and results in a self-modulation of the beams and radiation of electromagnetic waves. These waves leave the sample via the rear surface of the

T. Shimizu, B. W. Lites, Y. Katsukawa, K. Ichimoto

We report on new spectro-polarimetric measurements with simultaneous filter imaging observation, revealing the frequent appearance of polarization signals indicating high-speed, probably supersonic, downflows that are associated with at least three different configurations of magnetic fields in the solar photosphere. The observations were carried out with th

Ilya Grigorenko, Stephan Haas, Alexander Balatsky, A. F. J. Levi

The dielectric properties of metallic nanoclusters in the presence of an applied electromagnetic field are investigated using non-local linear response theory. In the quantum limit we find a non-trivial dependence of the induced field and charge distribution on the spatial separation between the clusters and on the frequency of the driving field. Using a gen

David P. Sanders, Hernán Larralde

We study the time until first occurrence, the first-passage time, of rare density fluctuations in diffusive systems. We approach the problem using a model consisting of many independent random walkers on a lattice. The existence of spatial correlations makes this problem analytically intractable. However, for a mean-field approximation in which the walkers c

H. Lu, Jianwei Mei, C. N. Pope

We construct new stationary Ricci-flat metrics of cohomogeneity 2 in five dimensions, which generalise the Myers-Perry rotating black hole metrics by adding a further non-trivial parameter. We obtain them via a construction that is analogous to the construction by Plebanski and Demianski in four dimensions of the most general type D metrics. Limiting cases o

Paulo F. Bedaque, Michael I. Buchoff, Brian C. Tiburzi, Andre Walker-Loud

Fermions moving in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice (graphene) have, at low energies, chiral symmetry. Generalizing this construction to four dimensions potentially provides fermions with chiral symmetry and only the minimal fermion doubling demanded by the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem. The practical usefulness of such fermions hinges on whether the act

Dmitri Orlov

In this paper we prove that the dimension of the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on a smooth quasi-projective curve is equal to one. We also discuss dimension spectrums of these categories.

Ricardo Eusebi

The precise measurement of the top quark properties is a stringent test of the Standard Model of Particles and Fields. This reports presents the latest results from the CDF and D0 collaborations with an integrated data sample of up to 2.3/fb.

Roberto De Leo

We associate a fractal in $\RPn$ to each vector basis of $\bR^{n+1}$ and we study its measure and asymptotic properties. Then we discuss and study numerically in detail the cases $n=1,2,3$, evaluating in particular their Hausdorff dimension.

V. I. Gerasimenko

The aim of this work is to study the properties of groups of operators for evolution equations of quantum many-particle systems, namely, the von Neumann hierarchy for correlation operators, the BBGKY hierarchy for marginal density operators and the dual BBGKY hierarchy for marginal observables. We show that the concept of cumulants (semi-invariants) of group

Wolfgang Kastaun

In this article, we investigate inertial modes of rigidly rotating neutron stars, i.e. modes for which the Coriolis force is dominant. This is done using the assumption of a fixed spacetime (Cowling approximation). We present frequencies and eigenfunctions for a sequence of stars with a polytropic equation of state, covering a broad range of rotation rates.

Thomas G. Beatty, B. Scott Gaudi

We develop a method for predicting the yield of transiting planets from a photometric survey given the parameters of the survey (nights observed, bandpass, exposure time, telescope aperture, locations of the target fields, observational conditions, and detector characteristics), as well as the underlying planet properties (frequency, period and radius distri

Zhishen Ye, Jie Yang

We propose a new method for dimension reduction in regression using the first two inverse moments. We develop corresponding weighted chi-squared tests for the dimension of the regression. The proposed method considers linear combinations of Sliced Inverse Regression (SIR) and the method using a new candidate matrix which is designed to recover the entire inv

Adam P. Willard, David Chandler

Using coarse grained models we investigate the behavior of water adjacent to an extended hydrophobic surface peppered with various fractions of hydrophilic patches of different sizes. We study the spatial dependence of the mean interface height, the solvent density fluctuations related to drying the patchy substrate, and the spatial dependence of interfacial

J. Hansen, M. Sato, P. Kharecha, D. Beerling

Paleoclimate data show that climate sensitivity is ~3 deg-C for doubled CO2, including only fast feedback processes. Equilibrium sensitivity, including slower surface albedo feedbacks, is ~6 deg-C for doubled CO2 for the range of climate states between glacial conditions and ice-free Antarctica. Decreasing CO2 was the main cause of a cooling trend that began

J. Hansen, M. Sato, P. Kharecha, D. Beerling

Additional material supporting the article "Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim?"

Jacob L. Bourjaily, Sam Espahbodi

We present a classification of the massless chiral matter representations that can arise locally in M-theory on G(2) through geometrically engineered singularities. We will find that several of the more exceptional singularities could have applications for model building.

Rowan Killip, Dong Li, Monica Visan, Xiaoyi Zhang

Let $d\geq 4$ and let $u$ be a global solution to the focusing mass-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation $iu_t+Δu=-|u|^{\frac 4d}u$ with spherically symmetric $H_x^1$ initial data and mass equal to that of the ground state $Q$. We prove that if $u$ does not scatter then, up to phase rotation and scaling, $u$ is the solitary wave $e^{it}Q$. Combining this

Suvi Gezari, Luc Dessart, Stephane Basa, D. Chris Martin

We report the serendipitous detection by GALEX of fast (<1 day) rising (>1 mag) UV emission from two Type II plateau (II-P) supernovae (SNe) at z=0.185 and 0.324 discovered by the Supernova Legacy Survey. Optical photometry and VLT spectroscopy 2 weeks after the GALEX detections link the onset of UV emission to the time of shock breakout. Using radiation hyd

Boris Kayser

We explain the physics of neutrino oscillation in vacuum and in matter. We attempt to clarify several features of oscillation that can be puzzling when neutrinos are their own antiparticles.

CDF Collaboration

We present the results of the first hadron collider search for heavy, long-lived neutralinos that decay via lightest neutralino to gamma gravitino in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking models. Using an integrated luminosity of $570\pm34 pb^{-1}$ of $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV, we select $γ$+jet+missing transverse energy candidate events b

A. V. Ershov

In the present paper we study bundles equipped with extra homotopy conditions, in particular so-called simplicial $n$-bundles. It is shown that (under some condition) the classifying space of 1-bundles is the double coset space of some finite dimensional Lie group. We also establish some relation between our bundles and C*-algebras.

Neil Lambert, David Tong

We harvest clues to aid with the interpretation of the recently discovered N=8 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory with SO(4) gauge symmetry. The theory is argued to describe two membranes moving in the orbifold R8/Z2. At level k=1 and k=2, the classical moduli space M coincides with the infra-red moduli space of SO(4) and SO(5) super Yang-Mills theory respec

Levon Pogosian, S. -H. Henry Tye, Ira Wasserman, Mark Wyman

Cosmic string networks generate cosmological perturbations actively throughout the history of the universe. Thus, the string sourced anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background is not affected by Silk damping as much as the anisotropy seeded by inflation. The spectrum of perturbations generated by strings does not match the observed CMB spectrum on large a

S. Gabriel, Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya, S. Nandi, Santosh Kumar Rai

We explore the signals of a charged Higgs arising in a two Higgs doublet model respecting SU(2)_L times U(1) times Z_2 symmetry with three singlet right handed neutrinos, N_R. The charged Higgs in this model has negligible coupling with quarks, and has unsuppressed coupling to leptons and neutrinos. This leads to novel signatures of the charged Higgs at the

P. R. Villas Boas, F. A. Rodrigues, G. Travieso, L. da F. Costa

Complex networks obtained from the real-world networks are often characterized by incompleteness and noise, consequences of limited sampling as well as artifacts in the acquisition process. Because the characterization, analysis and modeling of complex systems underlain by complex networks are critically affected by the quality of the respective initial stru

Frank Woittennek, Hugues Mounier

We discuss controllability of systems that are initially given by boundary coupled p.d.e. of second order. Those systems may be described by modules over a certain subring R of the ring of Mikusinski operators with compact support. We show that the ring R is a Bezout domain. This property is utilized in order to derive algebraic and trajectory related contro

T. F. Lagana, G. B. Lima Neto, F. Andrade-Santos, E. S. Cypriano

The luminous material in clusters of galaxies falls primarily into two forms: the visible galaxies and the X-ray emitting intra-cluster medium. The hot intra-cluster gas is the major observed baryonic component of clusters, about six times more massive than the stellar component. The mass contained within visible galaxies amounts to approximately 3% of the d

C. Sire, S. Redner

Can one understand the statistics of wins and losses of baseball teams? Are their consecutive-game winning and losing streaks self-reinforcing or can they be described statistically? We apply the Bradley-Terry model, which incorporates the heterogeneity of team strengths in a minimalist way, to answer these questions. Excellent agreement is found between the

Marta Sanz-Solé, Iván Torrecilla

We consider a stochastic boundary value elliptic problem on a bounded domain $D\subset \mathbb{R}^k$, driven by a fractional Brownian field with Hurst parameter $H=(H_1,...,H_k)\in[{1/2},1[^k$. First we define the stochastic convolution derived from the Green kernel and prove some properties. Using monotonicity methods, we prove existence and uniqueness of s

Michele Frigerio, Pierre Hosteins, Stephane Lavignac, Andrea Romanino

We point out that, in a class of SO(10) models with matter fields in 16 and 10 representations and type II realization of the seesaw mechanism, the light neutrino masses and the CP asymmetry needed for leptogenesis are controlled by one and the same set of couplings. The generated baryon asymmetry then directly depends on the low-energy neutrino parameters,

D0 Collaboration, V. Abazov

The process ppbar -> photon + jet + X is studied using 1.0 fb^-1 of data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. Photons are reconstructed in the central rapidity region |y_gamma|<1.0 with transverse momenta in the range 30<Pt_gamma<400 GeV while jets are reconstructed in either the ce

Magnus Aspenberg

In this paper we investigate the perturbation properties of rational Misiurewicz maps, when the Julia set is the whole sphere (the other case is treated in [1]). In particular, we show that if f is a Misiurewicz map and not a flexible Lattes map, then we can find a hyperbolic map arbitrarily close to f.

A. D. Supanitsky, J. C. D&#39;Olivo, G. Medina-Tanco

We derive an analytical description of neutrino oscillations in matter based on the Magnus exponential representation of the time evolution operator. Our approach is valid in a wide range of the neutrino energies and properly accounts for the modifications that the respective probability transitions suffer when neutrinos originated in different sources trave

Mercedes Martin-Benito, Luis J. Garay, Guillermo A. Mena Marugan

We quantize an inhomogeneous cosmological model using techniques that include polymeric quantization. More explicitly, we construct well defined operators to represent the constraints and find the physical Hilbert space formed by their solutions, which reproduces the conventional Fock quantization for the inhomogeneities. The initial singularity is resolved

Aleksey Cherman, Thomas D. Cohen, Elizabeth S. Werbos

Bottom-up holographic models of QCD, inspired by the AdS/CFT correspondence, have shown a remarkable degree of phenomenological success. However, they rely on a number of bold assumptions. We investigate the reliability of one of the key assumptions, which involves matching the parameters of these models to QCD at high 4D momentum $q^2$ and renormalization s

I. Leonov, N. Binggeli, Dm. Korotin, V. I. Anisimov

A computational scheme for the investigation of complex materials with strongly interacting electrons is formulated which is able to treat atomic displacements, and hence structural relaxation, caused by electronic correlations. It combines ab initio band structure and dynamical mean-field theory and is implemented in terms of plane-wave pseudopotentials. Th

Roland Bacher

We give an easy proof of Schützenberger&#39;s Theorem stating that non-commutative formal power series are rational if and only if they are recognisable. A byproduct of this proof is a natural metric on a subgroup of invertible rational non-commutative power series. We describe a few features of this metric group.