May 2008 arXiv papers — page 28

Michael Winklhofer, Joseph L. Kirschvink

Recently, a putative magnetoreceptor in the upper-beak skin of homing pigeons was chemically characterized using X-ray flourescence and absorbtion studies [Fleissner et al., 2007. A novel concept of Fe-mineral based magnetoreception: histological and physiochemical data from the upper beak of homing pigeons. Naturwissenschaften 94 (8), 631-642]. In this shor

G. H. Arakelyan, C. Merino, C. Pajares, Yu. M. Shabelski

The midrapidity inclusive densities of different secondaries are calculated in the framework of the Quark-Gluon String Model. The transfer of baryon number in rapidity space due to the gluon string junction propagation leads to a significant effect on the net baryon production. The numerical results are in reasonable agreement with RHIC experimental data.

N. Armesto, C. Merino, G. Parente, E. Zas

We evaluate both the tau lepton energy loss produced by photonuclear interactions and the neutrino charged current cross section at ultra-high energies, both relevant to neutrino bounds with Earth-skimming tau neutrinos.

Satrajit Roychoudhury, Manish C. Bhattacharjee

We explore conditions for a class of functions defined via an integral representation to be a probability generating function of some positive integer valued random variable. Interest in and research on this question is motivated by an apparently surprising connection between a family of classic shock models due to Esary et. al. (1973) and the negatively agi

B. Bartova, N. Wiese, D. Schryvers, J. N. Chapman

The microstructure of a CoNiAl FSMA was determined by conventional transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction studies together with advanced microscopy techniques and in-situ Lorentz microscopy. 10 to 60 nm sized rod-like precipitates of hcp $ε$-Co were confirmed to be present by HRTEM. The orientation relationship between the precipitates and B2

Eric Teoh, Abraham Nyska, Uri Wormser, Shyamal D. Peddada

We present a general methodology for performing statistical inference on the components of a real-valued matrix parameter for which rows and columns are subject to order restrictions. The proposed estimation procedure is based on an iterative algorithm developed by Dykstra and Robertson (1982) for simple order restriction on rows and columns of a matrix. For

Nicolas Bernal

We study the possibility of identifying dark matter properties from direct (XENON100) and indirect (GLAST) detection experiments. In the same way, we examine the perspectives given by the next generation of colliders (ILC). All this analysis is done following a model-independent approach. We have shown that the three detection techniques can act in a highly

B. H. Lavenda

The longitudinal Doppler shift is a measure of hyperbolic distance. Transformations of uniform motion are determined by the Doppler shift, while its square root transforms to a uniformly accelerated frame. A time-velocity space metric is derived, by magnifying the Beltrami coordinates with the geometric time, which is similar to the one obtained by Friedmann

Hammou El Barmi, Subhash Kochar, Hari Mukerjee

There is a substantial literature on testing for the equality of the cumulative incidence functions associated with one specific cause in a competing risks setting across several populations against specific or all alternatives. In this paper we propose an asymptotically distribution-free test when the alternative is that the incidence functions are linearly

Cheng-Jiun Ma, Harald Ebeling, David Donovan, Elizabeth Barrett

We present the results of a wide-field spectroscopic analysis of the galaxy population of the massive cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745 and the surrounding filamentary structure (z=0.55), as part of our systematic study of the 12 most distant clusters in the MACS sample. Of 1368 galaxies spectroscopically observed in this field, 563 are identified as cluster members;

Xiao-Ming Wang, Bang-Rong Zhou

We study a typical complete gluonic phase (LGP) in two-flavor color superconductivity (2SC) by calculating the essential cubic and quartic interfering term between the gluonic condensates $<A^{(8)}_{z}>$ and $<A^{(6)}_{z}>$ with a gauged NJL model. It is proven that the coefficient of the cubic interfering term and the vacuum contributions of the cubic and q

F. L. Bezrukov

We describe how non-minimal coupling term between the Higgs boson and gravity can lead to the chaotic inflation in the Standard Model without introduction of any additional degrees of freedom. Produced cosmological perturbations are predicted to be in accordance with observations. The tensor modes of perturbations are practically vanishing in the model.

Daniela Kraus, Oliver Roth

This paper surveys some selected topics in the theory of conformal metrics and their connections to complex analysis, partial differential equations and conformal differential geometry.

Thomas Schwetz

I give a brief overview over various attempts to reconcile the LSND evidence for oscillations with all other global neutrino data, including the results from MiniBooNE. I discuss the status of oscillation schemes with one or more sterile neutrinos and comment on various exotic proposals.

Shigeo Yamauchi, Masaru Ueno, Katsuji Koyama, Aya Bamba

X-ray images and spectra of 5 cataloged supernova remnants (SNRs), G12.0-0.1, G346.6-0.2, G348.5+0.1, G348.7+0.3, and G355.6-0.0, observed in the ASCA galactic plane survey are presented. The sizes of X-ray emission from G12.0-0.1, G348.5+0.1, G348.7+0.3, and G355.6-0.0 are comparable to their radio structures, while that of G346.6-0.2 is smaller than the ra

Yogendra P. Chaubey, Arusharka Sen

We propose here a smooth estimator of the mean residual life function based on randomly censored data. This is derived by smoothing the product-limit estimator using the Chaubey-Sen technique (Chaubey and Sen (1998)). The resulting estimator does not suffer from boundary bias as is the case with standard kernel smoothing. The asymptotic properties of the est

C. Rossler, K. -D. Hof, S. Manus, S. Ludwig

We report on optically induced transport phenomena in freely suspended channels containing a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). The submicron devices are fabricated in AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures by etching techniques. The photoresponse of the devices can be understood in terms of the combination of photogating and a photodoping effect. The hereby enhance

N. Balakrishnan, Edsel A. Peña, Mervyn J. Silvapulle

In this article, we describe briefly the highlights and various accomplishments in the personal as well as the academic life of Professor Pranab Kumar Sen.

Jerzy A. Filar, Irene Hudson, Thomas Mathew, Bimal Sinha

In this paper we provide a comprehensive study of statistical inference in linear and allied models which exhibit some analytic perturbations in their design and covariance matrices. We also indicate a few potential applications. In the theory of perturbations of linear operators it has been known for a long time that the so-called ``singular perturbations&#

M. Dehghani, S. Rouhani, M. V. Takook, M. R. Tanhayi

&#39;&#39;Massless&#39;&#39; spin-2 field equation in de Sitter space, which is invariant under the conformal transformation, has been obtained. The frame work utilized is the symmetric rank-2 tensor field of the conformal group. Our method is based on the group theoretical approach and six-cone formalism, initially introduced by Dirac. Dirac&#39;s six-cone

Gary S. Varner, Larry L. Ruckman

Recent advances in photon detectors have resulted in high-density imaging arrays that offer many performance and cost advantages. In particular, the excellent transit time spread of certain devices show promise to provide tangible benefits in applications such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Meanwhile, high-density, high-performance readout techniques

Yi-Fang Chang

A new differential test for series of positive terms is proved. Let f(x) be a positive continuous function corresponded to a series of positive terms f(k), and g(x) is a derivative of reciprocal of f(x). Then, the convergence and divergence of the series may be determined from a value of fgx for enough large x. The rest may make the limit form, and is univer

Nikolaos Kidonakis

I present NNNLO collinear and soft gluon corrections for Higgs production via the process b bbar -> H. I show that the collinear corrections dominate and contribute large enhancements to the cross section at both the Tevatron and the LHC.

Ignacio Cascos, Miguel López-Díaz

The sequence of $α$-trimmings of empirical probabilities is shown to converge, in the Painlevé--Kuratowski sense, on the class of probability measures endowed with the weak topology, to the $α$-trimming of the population probability. Such a result is applied to the study of the asymptotic behaviour of central regions based on the trimming of a probability.

D. Klimm, S. Ganschow, D. Schulz, R. Uecker

Commercially available gases contain residual impurities leading to a background oxygen partial pressure of typically several 10^{-6} bar, independent of temperature. This oxygen partial pressure is inappropriate for the growth of some single crystals where the desired oxidation state possesses a narrow stability field. Equilibrium thermodynamic calculations

Aurore Delaigle, Alexander Meister

It is common, in deconvolution problems, to assume that the measurement errors are identically distributed. In many real-life applications, however, this condition is not satisfied and the deconvolution estimators developed for homoscedastic errors become inconsistent. In this paper, we introduce a kernel estimator of a density in the case of heteroscedastic

T. Shibauchi, L. Krusin-Elbaum, M. Hasegawa, Y. Kasahara

In high transition temperature (T_c) superconductivity, charge doping is a natural tuning parameter that takes copper oxides from the antiferromagnet to the superconducting region. In the metallic state above T_c the standard Landau&#39;s Fermi-liquid theory of metals as typified by the temperature squared (T^2) dependence of resistivity appears to break dow

Siegfried Hörmann

The augmented GARCH model is a unification of numerous extensions of the popular and widely used ARCH process. It was introduced by Duan and besides ordinary (linear) GARCH processes, it contains exponential GARCH, power GARCH, threshold GARCH, asymmetric GARCH, etc. In this paper, we study the probabilistic structure of augmented $\mathrm {GARCH}(1,1)$ sequ

Sangkook Choi, Byoung Wook Jeong, Seungchul Kim, Gunn Kim

Vacancy-induced magnetism in graphene bilayers is investigated using spin-polarized density functional theory calculations. One of two graphene layers has a monovacancy. Two atomic configurations for bilayers are considered with respect to the position of the monovacancy. We find that spin magnetic moments localized at the vacancy site decreases by ~10 % for

S. Turcotte, S. Larouche, J. -N. Beaudry, L. Martinu

The contribution of the fundamental gap E_ as well as those of the E_ + Delta(so) and E+ transitions to the dielectric function of GaAs1-xNx alloys near the band edge were determined from variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometry and modulated photoreflectance spectroscopy analyses. The oscillator strength of the E_ optical transition increases weakly with n

Hiroki Saito, Hiroyuki Hyuga

Magnon excitation in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate by a driven magnetic field is shown to have a close analogy with the dynamical Casimir effect. A time-dependent external magnetic field amplifies quantum fluctuations in the magnetic ground state of the condensate, leading to magnetization of the system. The magnetization occurs in a direction perpendicu

Kenji Bekki

Recent observations have reported that some gas-rich dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxies appear to have spherical distributions in the outer underlying old and intermediate-age stellar populations (e.g., NGC 6822). These observations imply that some dIrr&#39;s have two distinct (or ``two-component&#39;&#39;) structures, i.e., inner disky and outer spherical ones

Yifei Zhang

We present a study on the spectra for heavy flavor (charm and bottom) decayed electrons in 200 GeV $p+p$ collisions and provide the relative contributions of charm and bottom hadrons from the PYTHIA calculations. The results suggest that the crossing point of the electron spectra from charm and bottom decays is above 7 GeV/$c$ and bottom contribution is not

Masakazu Shiraishi, Shigeru Ida

We have investigated the planetesimal accretion rate onto giant planets that are growing through gas accretion, using numerical simulations and analytical arguments. We derived the condition for gap opening in the planetesimal disk, which is determined by a competition between the expansion of the planet&#39;s Hill radius due to the planet growth and the dam

Navin Kashyap

A graphical realization of a linear code C consists of an assignment of the coordinates of C to the vertices of a graph, along with a specification of linear state spaces and linear ``local constraint&#39;&#39; codes to be associated with the edges and vertices, respectively, of the graph. The $\k$-complexity of a graphical realization is defined to be the l

Yong Zhang

We present an analysis of physical conditions in planetary nebulae (PNe) in terms of collisionally-excited line (CEL) and optical-recombination line (ORL) profiles. We aim to investigate whether line profiles could be used to study the long-standing CEL/ORL abundance-discrepancy problem in nebular astrophysics. Using 1D photoionization models and their assum

Geraint F. Lewis, Matthew J. Francis, Luke A. Barnes, Juliana Kwan

While modern cosmology, founded in the language of general relativity, is almost a century old, the meaning of the expansion of space is still being debated. In this paper, the question of radar ranging in an expanding universe is examined, focusing upon light travel times during the ranging; it has recently been claimed that this proves that space physicall

Tian Qiu, Liang Guo, Guang Chen

We investigate the probability distribution of the volatility return intervals $τ$ for the Chinese stock market. We rescale both the probability distribution $P_{q}(τ)$ and the volatility return intervals $τ$ as $P_{q}(τ)=1/\barτ f(τ/\barτ)$ to obtain a uniform scaling curve for different threshold value $q$. The scaling curve can be well fitted by the stret

A. Gayler Harford, Andrew J. S. Hamilton, Nickolay Y. Gnedin

Using a high resolution cosmological simulation of reionization we have examined the differing structures formed by gas and dark matter at a redshift of 5.1. Baryon-rich regions form a small number of filaments, which connect the largest galaxies in the simulation. More detailed examination of the ten largest galaxies reveals long, slender gaseous filaments

Ying Chen, Hock Chuan Chan

The difference between surface and deep structures of a spreadsheet is a major cause of difficulty in checking spreadsheets. After a brief survey of current methods of checking (or debugging) spreadsheets, new visual methods of showing the deep structures are presented. Illustrations are given on how these visual methods can be employed in various interactiv

Olivia Caramello

In this paper, we first introduce a technique that we call &#34;Yoneda representation of flat functors&#34;, based on ideas from indexed category theory; then we provide applications of this technique to the theory of classifying toposes. Specifically, we obtain results characterizing the models of a theory classified by a topos of the form Sh(C,J) in terms

J. Seiwert, C. Morize, F. Moisy

The scaling of the longitudinal velocity structure functions, $S_q(r) = < | δu (r) |^q > \sim r^{ζ_q}$, is analyzed up to order $q=8$ in a decaying rotating turbulence experiment from a large Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) dataset. The exponent of the second-order structure function, $ζ_2$, increases throughout the self-similar decay regime, up to the Ekma

Andrea De Simone, Alan H. Guth, Michael P. Salem, Alexander Vilenkin

It is well known that anthropic selection from a landscape with a flat prior distribution of cosmological constant Lambda gives a reasonable fit to observation. However, a realistic model of the multiverse has a physical volume that diverges with time, and the predicted distribution of Lambda depends on how the spacetime volume is regulated. We study a simpl

fedwa El-Mellouhi, Normand Mousseau, Laurent J. Lewis

Many materials science phenomena, such as growth and self-organisation, are dominated by activated diffusion processes and occur on timescales that are well beyond the reach of standard-molecular dynamics simulations. Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) schemes make it possible to overcome this limitation and achieve experimental timescales. However, most KMC approach

A. Zee

I gave a rambling talk about gravity and its many mysteries at Chen-Ning Yang&#39;s 85th Birthday Celebration held in November 2007. I don&#39;t have any answers.

Greg Norgard, Kamran Mohseni

This document provides a proof that the solutions to the convectively filtered Burgers equation, will converge to the entropy solution of the inviscid Burgers equation when certain restrictions are put on the initial conditions. It does so by first establishing convergence to a weak solution of the inviscid Burgers equation and then showing that the weak sol

Gilles Champenois

We add commutativity to axioms defining mnesors and substitute a bitrop for the lattice. We show that it can be applied to relational database querying: set union, intersection and selection are redifined only from the mnesor addition and the granular multiplication. Union-compatibility is not required.

K. C. Steenbrugge, K. M. Blundell, P. Duffy

The duty-cycle of powerful radio galaxies and quasars such as the prototype Cygnus A is poorly understood. X-ray observations of inverse-Compton scattered Cosmic Microwave Background (ICCMB) photons probe lower Lorentz-factor particles than radio observations of synchrotron emission. Comparative studies of the nearer and further lobes, separated by many 10s

Jerrald Meek

This is the third article in a series of four articles dealing with the P vs. NP question. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate that the methods used in the first two articles of this series are not affected by oracle relativizations. Furthermore, the solution to the P vs. NP problem is actually independent of oracle relativizations.

David P. Blecher, Matthew Neal

We give some new characterizations of unitaries, isometries, unital operator spaces, unital function spaces, operator systems, C*-algebras, and related objects. These characterizations only employ the vector space and operator space structure.

Jiansheng Wu, Philip Phillips, A. H. Castro-Neto

We show that the combined effects of spin-orbit, monoclinic distortion, and p-d hybridization in tetrahedrally coordinated Fe in LaOFeAs invalidates the naive Hund&#39;s rule filling of the Fe d-levels. The two highest occupied levels have one electron each but as a result of the p-d hybridization have very different on-site repulsions. As a result, electron

Eduardo V. Castro, N. M. R. Peres, J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos

We report the existence of zero energy surface states localized at zigzag edges of $N$-layer graphene. Working within the tight-binding approximation, and using the simplest nearest-neighbor model, we derive the analytic solution for the wavefunctions of these peculiar surface states. It is shown that zero energy edge states in multilayer graphene can be div

András Pál

In this paper a set of analytic formulae are presented with which the partial derivatives of the flux obscuration function can be evaluated -- for planetary transits and eclipsing binaries -- under the assumption of quadratic limb darkening. The knowledge of these partial derivatives is crucial for many of the data modeling algorithms and estimates of the li

Jaiyul Yoo, Matias Zaldarriaga

We develop a new method for reconstructing cluster mass profiles and large-scale structure from the cosmic microwave background (CMB). By analyzing the likelihood of CMB lensing, we analytically prove that standard quadratic estimators for CMB lensing are unbiased and achieve the optimal condition only in the limit of no lensing; they become progressively bi

Hiranya V. Peiris, Richard Easther

We consider constraints on inflation driven by a single, minimally coupled scalar field in the light of the WMAP5 dataset, as well as ACBAR and the SuperNova Legacy Survey. We use the Slow Roll Reconstruction algorithm to derive optimal constraints on the inflationary parameter space. The scale dependence in the slope of the scalar spectrum permitted by WMAP

W. T. Giele, G. Zanderighi

We develop an algorithm of polynomial complexity for evaluating one-loop amplitudes with an arbitrary number of external particles. The algorithm is implemented in the Rocket program. Starting from particle vertices given by Feynman rules, tree amplitudes are constructed using recursive relations. The tree amplitudes are then used to build one-loop amplitude

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

We calculate the average single particle density of states in graphene with disorder due to impurity potentials. For unscreened short-ranged impurities, we use the non-self-consistent and self-consistent Born and $T$-matrix approximations to obtain the self-energy. Among these, only the self-consistent $T$-matrix approximation gives a non-zero density of sta

QUaD collaboration, J. R. Hinderks, P. Ade, J. Bock

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a cryogenically cooled receiver containing an array of 62 polarization-sensitive bolometers. The focal plane contains pixels at two d

Luigi Del Debbio, Agostino Patella, Claudio Pica

We discuss the lattice formulation of gauge theories with fermions in arbitrary representations of the color group, and present in detail the implementation of the HMC/RHMC algorithm for simulating dynamical fermions. We discuss the validation of the implementation through an extensive set of tests, and the stability of simulations by monitoring the distribu

Vincent Desjacques, Robert E. Smith

Large-scale structures originate from coherent motions induced by inhomogeneities in the primeval gravitational potential. Here, we investigate the two-point statistics of the second derivative of the potential, the tidal shear, under the assumption of Gaussianity. We derive an exact closed form expression for the angular averaged, two-point distribution of

Ulrich Haisch

We present a concise review of the recent theoretical progress concerning the standard model calculation of the inclusive radiative anti-B --> X(s) gamma decay. Particular attention is thereby devoted to the calculations of the next-to-next-to-leading order fixed-order O(alpha_s^2) contributions, non-local O(alpha_s Lambda/m_b) power corrections, and logarit

Jennifer C. Yee, B. Scott Gaudi

Kepler will monitor a sufficient number of stars that it is likely to detect single transits of planets with periods longer than the mission lifetime. We show that by combining the exquisite Kepler photometry of such transits with precise radial velocity observations taken over a reasonable timescale (~ 6 months) after the transits, and assuming circular orb

Vladimir Mikhailets, Volodymyr Molyboga

The behaviour of the lengths of spectral gaps $\{γ_{n}(q)\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ of the Hill-Schrödinger operators S(q)u=-u&#39;&#39;+q(x)u,\quad u\in \mathrm{Dom}(S(q)) with real-valued 1-periodic distributional potentials $q(x)\in H_{1{-}per}^{-1}(\mathbb{R})$ is studied. We show that they exhibit the same behaviour as the Fourier coefficients $\{\widehat{q}(n)

Michael E. Crenshaw

The macroscopic quantum theory of the electromagnetic field in a dielectric medium interacting with a dense collection of embedded two-level atoms fails to reproduce a result that is obtained from an application of the classical Lorentz local-field condition. Specifically, macroscopic quantum electrodynamics predicts that the Lorentz redshift of the resonanc

QUaD collaboration, C. Pryke, P. Ade, J. Bock

We report results from the second and third seasons of observation with the QUaD experiment. Angular power spectra of the Cosmic Microwave Background are derived for both temperature and polarization at both 100 GHz and 150 GHz, and as cross frequency spectra. All spectra are subjected to an extensive set of jackknife tests to probe for possible systematic c

Avraham Aizenbud, Frol Zapolsky

We develop functoriality for Morse theory, namely, to a pair of Morse-Smale systems and a generic smooth map between the underlying manifolds we associate a chain map between the corresponding Morse complexes, which descends to the correct map on homology. This association does not in general respect composition. We give sufficient conditions under which com

Barak Bringoltz, Stephen R. Sharpe

We study the validity of the large-N equivalence between four-dimensional SU(N) lattice gauge theory and its momentum quenched version--the Quenched Eguchi-Kawai (QEK) model. We find that the assumptions needed for the proofs of equivalence do not automatically follow from the quenching prescription. We use weak-coupling arguments to show that large-N equiva

Larsen Louder

This is the second paper in a sequence on Krull dimension for limit groups, answering a question of Z. Sela. In it we develop the notion of a resolution of a sequence of limit groups and show how to derive resolutions of low complexity from resolutions of high complexity.

Nathan Cole, Heidi Jo Newberg, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Travis Desell

We present a maximum likelihood method for determining the spatial properties of tidal debris and of the Galactic spheroid. With this method we characterize Sagittarius debris using stars with the colors of blue F turnoff stars in SDSS stripe 82. The debris is located at (alpha, delta, R) = (31.37 deg +/- 0.26 deg, 0.0 deg, 29.22 +/- 0.20 kpc), with a (spati

Jerzy Krzempek

Fedorchuk&#39;s fully closed (continuous) maps and resolutions are applied in constructions of non-metrizable higher-dimensional analogues of Anderson, Choquet, and Cook&#39;s continua. Certain theorems on dimension-lowering maps are proved for inductive dimensions and fully closed maps from spaces that need not be hereditarily normal, and some examples of c

C. Brenner Mariotto, M. C. Rodriguez

In this article we review the mechanisms in several supersymmetric models for producing gluinos at the LHC and its potential for discovering them. We focus on the MSSM and its left-right extensions. We study in detail the strong sector of both models. Moreover, we obtain the total cross section and differential distributions. We also make an analysis of thei

K. Yu. Arutyunov, D. S. Golubev, A. D. Zaikin

Superconducting properties of metallic nanowires can be entirely different from those of bulk superconductors because of the dominating role played by thermal and quantum fluctuations of the order parameter. For superconducting wires with diameters below $ \sim 50$ nm quantum phase slippage is an important process which can yield a non-vanishing wire resista

C. Quimbay, J. Morales

We present an approach of mass generation for Standard Model particles in which fermions acquire masses from their interactions with physical vacuum and gauge bosons acquire masses from charge fluctuations of vacuum. A remarkable fact of this approach is that left-handed neutrinos are massive because they have a weak charge. We obtain consistently masses of

L. Motyka, G. Watt

We provide predictions for the rapidity distributions of exclusive photoproduced J/psi and Upsilon mesons, and Z^0 bosons, at the Tevatron and LHC. We use the equivalent-photon approximation with the photon-proton cross sections given by the impact parameter dependent dipole saturation model, which has already been shown to give a good description of a wide

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen

We report a search for the flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) decay of the top quark \tZq ($q=u,c$) in \ppbar collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96\tev$ using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.9\invfb collected by the CDF II detector. This decay is strongly suppressed in the standard model (SM) and an observation of a signal at the Te

A. Bershadskii

Solar activity is studied using a cluster analysis of the time-fluctuations of the sunspot number. It is shown that in an Historic period the high activity components of the solar cycles exhibit strong clustering, whereas in a Modern period (last seven solar cycles: 1933-2007) they exhibit a white-noise (non-)clustering behavior. Using this observation it is

Brando Bellazzini, Stefan Pokorski, Vyacheslav S. Rychkov, Alvise Varagnolo

We investigate the idea of the Higgs doublet as a pseudo-Goldstone boson in perturbative extensions of the Standard Model, motivated by the desire to ameliorate its hierarchy problem without conflict with the electroweak precision data. Two realistic supersymmetric models with global SU(3) symmetry are proposed, one for large and another for small values of

C. F. C. Brandt, R. Chan, M. F. A. da Silva, J. F. Villas da Rocha

Considering the evolution of a perfect fluid with self-similarity of the second kind, we have found that an initial naked singularity can be trapped by an event horizon due to collapsing matter. The fluid moves along time-like geodesics with a self-similar parameter $α= -3$. Since the metric obtained is not asymptotically flat, we match the spacetime of the

Aleksandra Petkovic, Thomas Nattermann

The influence of randomly distributed point impurities \emph{and} planar defects on the order and transport in type-II superconductors and related systems is considered theoretically. For planar defects of identical orientation the flux line lattice exhibits a new glassy phase dominated by the planar defects with a finite compressibility, a transverse Meissn

Izumi Hachisu, Mariko Kato, Ken&#39;ichi Nomoto

We present a theoretical delay time distribution (DTD) of Type Ia supernovae on the basis of our new evolutionary models of single degenerate (SD) progenitor systems. Our model DTD has almost a featureless power law shape (\propto t^{-n} with n \approx 1) for the delay time from t \sim 0.1 to 10 Gyr. This is in good agreement with the recent direct measureme

Vitor Araujo, Stefano Luzzatto, Marcelo Viana

We prove that, under a mild summability condition on the growth of the derivative on critical orbits any piecewise monotone interval map possibly containing discontinuities and singularities with infinite derivative (cusp map) admits an ergodic invariant probability measures which is absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure.

Genevieve Paquin

In a recent paper, Brlek, Jamet and Paquin showed that some extremal infinite smooth words are also infinite Lyndon words. This result raises a natural question: are they the only ones? If no, what do the infinite smooth words that are also Lyndon words look like? In this paper, we give the answer, proving that the only infinite smooth Lyndon words are $m_{\

Tomas Hruz, Madhuresh Agrawal, Michal Natora

This paper has been withdrawn.

N. Besson, M. Boonekamp, E. Klinkby, T. Petersen

We present a study of the LHC sensitivity to the W boson mass based on simulation studies. We find that both experimental and phenomenological sources of systematic uncertainties can be strongly constrained with Z measurements: the lineshape is robustly predicted, and its analysis provides an accurate measurement of the detector resolution and absolute scale

B. C. Allanach

We provide a bestiary of public codes and other algorithmic tools that can be used for analysing supersymmetric phenomenology. We also describe the organisation of the different tools and communication between them. Tools exist that calculate supersymmetric spectra and decay widths, simulate Monte Carlo events as well as those that make predictions of dark m

Alexey V. Popov

We propose pure quantum parton model of soft interactions. The model is based on soft partons which interact eikonally and locally in a transverse plane. We directly construct S-matrix operator and partons Fock space using developed method of discretization of a transverse plane. Counting inelastic states we explicitly derive AGK cancellations and cutting ru

J. Pursley

Heavy quark production probes QCD at the interface of the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes. Studying the production of heavy quarks is an important test of models in both regimes. In this article, recent results on beauty and charm production from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron are reported. These include measurements of correlated b-bba

Pavel A. Belov, Yan Zhao, Yang Hao, Clive Parini

Significant enhancement of evanescent spatial harmonics inside the slabs of media with extreme optical anisotropy is revealed. This phenomenon results from the pumping of standing waves and has the feature of being weakly sensitive to the material losses. Such characteristics may enable subwavelength imaging at considerable distances away from the objects.

K. Rapedius, H. J. Korsch

In this communication we report on a peculiar property of barrier transmission that systems governed by the nonlinear Schroedinger equation share with the linear one: For unit transmission the potential can be divided at an arbitrary point into two sub-potentials, a left and a right one, which have exactly the same transmission. This is a rare case of an exa

Luis G. Moyano, Angel Sánchez

In the evolutionary Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma (PD) game, agents play with each other and update their strategies in every generation according to some microscopic dynamical rule. In its spatial version, agents do not play with every other but, instead, interact only with their neighbors, thus mimicking the existing of a social or contact network that defines wh

A. Borras, A. Majtey, M. Casas

We review the generation of random pure states using a protocol of repeated two qubit gates. We study the dependence of the convergence to states with Haar multipartite entanglement distribution. We investigate the optimal generation of such states in terms of the physical (real) time needed to apply the protocol, instead of the gate complexity point of view

Carla Novelli, Gianluca Occhetta

Let $X$ be a smooth complex projective variety and let $H \in \pic(X)$ be an ample line bundle. Assume that $X$ is covered by rational curves with degree one with respect to $H$ and with anticanonical degree greater than or equal to $(\dim X -1)/2$. We prove that there is a covering family of such curves whose numerical class spans an extremal ray in the con

Cristina Manolache

We propose a generalization of Gysin maps for DM-type morphisms of stacks $F\to G$ that admit a perfect relative obstruction theory $E_{F/G}^{\bullet}$, which we call a &#34;virtual pull-back&#34;. We prove functoriality properties of virtual pull-backs. As applications, we analyze Gromov-Witten invariants of blow-ups and projective bundles.

Paul Levy

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic not equal to 2 or 3, let $G$ be an almost simple algebraic group of type $F_4$, $G_2$ or $D_4$ and let $θ$ be an automorphism of $G$ of finite order, coprime to the characteristic. In this paper we consider the $θ$-group (in the sense of Vinberg) associated to these choices; we classify the positive

Genta Ito

We present a construction of a certain infinite complete partial order (CPO) that differs from the standard construction used in Scott&#39;s denotational semantics. In addition, we construct several other infinite CPO&#39;s. For some of those, we apply the usual Fixed Point Theorem (FPT) to yield a fixed point for every continuous function $μ:2\to 2$ (where

Hiroyuki Fuji, Seiji Terashima, Masahito Yamazaki

We propose a new Lagrangian describing N=4 superconformal field theory in three dimensions. This theory is believed to describe interacting field theory on the worldvolume of a M2-brane on an orbifold, and is obtained as a Z_2-quotient of the theory proposed by Bagger and Lambert. Despite unusual Chan-Paton structures, we can take Z_2-orbifold by using SU(2)

Marcos Craizer

Asymptotic net is an important concept in discrete differential geometry. In this paper, we show that we can associate affine discrete geometric concepts to an arbitrary non-degenerate asymptotic net. These concepts include discrete affine area, mean curvature, normal and co-normal vector fields and cubic form, and they are related by structural and compatib

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The Standard Model correctly describes all interactions at (and below) the electroweak scale. However it does not explain the peculiar pattern of quark, lepton and neutrino masses. Also charge quantization is not understood. These are well known motivations to go beyond the Standard Model and to build a Grand Unified Theory. This extension has several good p

Florian Kuhnel, Dominik J. Schwarz

We present a replica field-theoretic approach to stochastic inflation in which a manifestation of dimensional reduction is found. The scale above which the latter dominates grows exponentially fast with time and thus affects largest super-horizon scales. We find inevitable modifications of the spectral index on those scales. An explicit relation between the

Jaya NN Iyer

In this paper, we investigate Murre&#39;s conjecture on the existence of a Chow--Kuenneth decomposition for a rational homogeneous bundle $Z\to S$ over a smooth variety, defined over complex numbers. Chow-Künneth decomposition is exhibited for $Z$ whenever $S$ has a Chow--Kuenneth decomposition. The same conclusion holds for a class of log homogeneous variet