May 2008 arXiv papers — page 42

Jun Pan, Yougang Wang, Xuelei Chen, Luis Teodoro

The excursion set theory of halo formation is modified by adopting the fractional Brownian motion, to account for possible correlation between merging steps. We worked out analytically the conditional mass function, halo merging rate and formation time distribution in the spherical collapse model. We also developed an approximation for the ellipsoidal collap

Grover A. Swartzlander,, Erin L. Ford, Rukiah S. Abdul-Malik, Laird M. Close

Using an optical vortex coronagraph and simple adaptive optics techniques we have made the first convincing demonstration of an optical vortex coronagraph that is coupled to a star gazing telescope. In particular we suppressed by 97% the primary star of a barely resolvable binary system, Cor Caroli, having an effective angular separation of only 1.4 lambda/D

M. V. Entin, M. M. Mahmoodian

One-dimensional tight-binding lattice, single site of which possesses harmonically vibrating level is studied. The states of non-interacting electrons incident with fixed energy from infinity are considered. It is shown that at definite conditions the site reflects electrons {\it absolutely and elastically} (high-frequency blockade states). The problem is tr

Kohei Eguchi, Mitsumasa Yoda, Tomoki P. Terada, Masaki Sasai

By incubating the mixture of three cyanobacterial proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, with ATP in vitro, Kondo and his colleagues reconstituted the robust circadian rhythm of the phosphorylation level of KaiC (Science, 308; 414-415 (2005)). This finding indicates that protein-protein interactions and the associated hydrolysis of ATP suffice to generate the circa

Guoliang Lu, Chunhua Zhu, Zhanwen Han, Zhaojun Wang

We have carried out a study of the chemical abundances of $^1$H, $^4$He, $^{12}$C, $^{13}$C, $^{14}$N, $^{15}$N, $^{16}$O, $^{17}$O, $^{20}$Ne and $^{22}$Ne in symbiotic stars (SSs) by means of a population synthesis code. We find that the ratios of the number of O-rich SSs to that of C-rich SSs in our simulations are between 3.4 and 24.1, depending on the t

M. M. Mahmoodian, M. V. Entin, L. S. Braginsky

We study systems with local vibrating potentials, one-dimensional single and double wells and the tight-binding 1D model with single vibrating site. In general, these systems transmit, or reflect particles inelastically, with absorption or emission of several frequency quanta. Nevertheless, we have found that at some conditions these systems can perfectly an

C. Lageman, J. Trumpf, R. Mahony

This paper proposes a design methodology for non-linear state observers for invariant kinematic systems posed on finite dimensional connected Lie groups, and studies the associated fundamental system structure. The concept of synchrony of two dynamical systems is specialised to systems on Lie groups. For invariant systems this leads to a general factorisatio

Guillaume van Baalen, Dirk Kreimer, David Uminsky, Karen Yeats

We discuss the structure of beta functions as determined by the recursive nature of Dyson--Schwinger equations turned into an analysis of ordinary differential equations, with particular emphasis given to quantum electrodynamics. In particular we determine when a separatrix for solutions to such ODEs exists and clarify the existence of Landau poles beyond pe

Brian Maurizi, Herve Queffelec

We examine the algebra of all Dirichlet Series bounded on the right half plane. We consider the analogue of the Corona theorem in this setting, and show that it is false, i.e. the right half-plane is not dense in the maximal ideal space. We also prove some refinements of the Hille-Bohnenblust theorem, where both probabilistic and deterministic devices are us

G. S. Da Costa, M. G. Coleman

We have used the two-degree field (2dF) multi-fibre spectrograph of the Anglo-Australian Telescope to search for candidate members of the unusual globular cluster omega Centauri at and beyond the cluster tidal radius. Velocities with an accuracy of ~10 kms-1 were obtained for 4105 stars selected to lie in the vicinity of the lower giant branch in the cluster

Jose J. Lunazzi

Directionality in a holographic screen may be useful for projecting images to be seen in complete horizontal parallax. The continuous sequence of views from an object may be transferred from the object and enlarged at the screen giving the same appearence of a holographic image. Due to the actual movement of the object, images in four dimensions may now be p

T. Westmeier, B. S. Koribalski

Searching the HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS) and its northern extension, we detected a population of very compact high-velocity clouds (HVCs) with similar velocities in the Galactic standard-of-rest frame which appear to be arranged in several filaments aligned with the nearby Magellanic Stream. A comparison with published OVI/CaII absorption and HI emiss

Luis Augusto Trevisan, Fabiano Meira de Moura Luz

In this work we propose a mathematical model, based in a modified version of the Lotka-Volterra prey-predator equations, to predict the increasing in CO2 atmospheric concentration. We consider how the photosynthesis rate has changed with the increase of CO2 and how this affects plant reproduction and CO2 absorptions rates. Total CO2 emissions (natural and ma

Jose J. Lunazzi, Daniel S. F. Magalhaes, Maria C. I. Amon, Noemi I. R. Rivera

We introduce some new experiments where light diffraction is demonstrated with simple elements: white light diffraction with a coin, construction of a diffractive lens by holography, diffraction properties in digital discs and an interesting experiment that generates images with them. This experiments lead to the idea of a new optics that is entirely diffrac

Ivan S. Grudinin, Andrey B. Matsko, Lute Maleki

Stimulated Brillouin scattering with both pump and Stokes beams in resonance with whispering gallery modes of an ultra high Q CaF_2 resonator is demonstrated for the first time. The resonator is pumped with 1064 nm light and has a Brillouin lasing threshold of 3.5 microwatt. Potential applications include optical generation of microwaves and sensitive gyros.

Daniel Krefl, Johannes Walcher

We study open string mirror symmetry for one-parameter Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in weighted projective space. We identify mirror pairs of D-brane configurations, derive the corresponding inhomogeneous Picard-Fuchs equations, and solve for the domainwall tensions as analytic functions over moduli space. Our calculations exemplify several features that had not

I. A. G. Snellen, S. Albrecht, E. J. W. de Mooij, R. S. Le Poole

[Context] The first detection of an atmosphere around an extrasolar planet was presented by Charbonneau and collaborators in 2002. In the optical transmission spectrum of the transiting exoplanet HD209458b, an absorption signal from sodium was measured at a level of 0.023+-0.006%, using the STIS spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. Despite several att

Peter Petersen, Frederick Wilhelm

We show that there is a metric on the Gromoll-Meyer sphere with positive sectional curvature.

V. P. Goncalves, F. S. Navarra, T. Ullrich

The complete understanding of the basic constituents of hadrons and the hadronic dynamics at high energies are two of the main challenges for the theory of strong interactions. In particular, the existence of intrinsic heavy quark components in the hadron wave function must be confirmed (or disproved). In this paper we propose a new mechanism for the product

Ferenc Sikler

The CMS experiment will provide good quality measurements of yields and spectra of identified charged and neutral particles, both in p-p and heavy-ion collisions, thus contributing to the study of soft hadronic physics at the LHC energies.

Andrew Crabbe, Janet Striuli

Let $R$ be local Noetherian ring of depth at least two. We prove that there are indecomposable $R$-modules which are free on the punctured spectrum of constant, arbitrarily large, rank.

Zesheng Chen, Chuanyi Ji

This work investigates three aspects: (a) a network vulnerability as the non-uniform vulnerable-host distribution, (b) threats, i.e., intelligent malwares that exploit such a vulnerability, and (c) defense, i.e., challenges for fighting the threats. We first study five large data sets and observe consistent clustered vulnerable-host distributions. We then pr

Xiaobo Liu

In this paper, we study some vanishing identities for Gromov-Witten invariants conjectured by K. Liu and H. Xu. We will prove these conjectures in the case that the summation range is large compare to genus. In fact, in such cases, we can obtain a vanishing identity which is stronger than their conjectures. Moreover we will also prove their conjectures in lo

N. P. Hathi, I. Ferreras, A. Pasquali, S. Malhotra

We combine the exceptional depth of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) images and the deep GRism ACS Program for Extragalactic Science (GRAPES) grism spectroscopy to explore the stellar populations of 34 bulges belonging to late-type galaxies at z=0.8-1.3. The sample is selected based on the presence of a noticeable 4000A break in their GRAPES spectra, and b

B. El-Bennich, J. P. B. C. de Melo, B. Loiseau, J. -P. Dedonder

The electromagnetic form factors of light and heavy pseudoscalar mesons are calculated within two covariant constituent-quark models, a light-front and a dispersion relation approach. We investigate the details and physical origins of the model dependence of various hadronic observables: the weak decay constant, the charge radius and the elastic electromagne

David Sanchez

We determine the shot noise asymmetry of a quantum dot under reversal of an external magnetic field. The dot is coupled to edge states which invert their chirality when the field is reversed, leading to a magnetoasymmetric electrochemical potential in the nanostructure. Surprisingly, we find an exact relation between the magnetoasymmetries corresponding to t

Michael Hilker, Christoph Schommer

If a computer node is infected by a virus, worm or a backdoor, then this is a security risk for the complete network structure where the node is associated. Existing Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) provide a certain amount of support for the identification of such infected nodes but suffer from the need of plenty of communication and computational

Lars Birkedal, Hongseok Yang

Separation logic is a recent extension of Hoare logic for reasoning about programs with references to shared mutable data structures. In this paper, we provide a new interpretation of the logic for a programming language with higher types. Our interpretation is based on Reynolds's relational parametricity, and it provides a formal connection between sepa

Michael Hilker, Christoph Schommer

In the today's Internet and TCP/IP-networks, the queueing of packets is commonly implemented using the protocol FIFO (First In First Out). Unfortunately, FIFO performs poorly in the Adversarial Queueing Theory. Other queueing strategies are researched in this model and better results are performed by alternative queueing strategies, e.g. LIS (Longest In

Brett Altschul

Recent evidence appears to confirm that the ultra-high-energy primary cosmic ray spectrum consists mostly of protons. The fact that these protons can traverse large distances to reach Earth allows us to place bounds on Lorentz violations. The protons neither emit vacuum Cerenkov radiation nor $β$-decay into neutrons, and this constrains six previously unmeas

Rychard J. Bouwens, Garth D. Illingworth, Larry D. Bradley, Holland Ford

We conduct a search for z>~7 dropout galaxies behind 11 massive lensing clusters using 21 arcmin**2 of deep HST NICMOS, ACS, and WFPC2 image data. In total, over this entire area, we find only one robust z~7 z-dropout candidate (previously reported around Abell 1689). Four less robust z-dropout and J-dropout candidates are also found. The nature of the four

R. Debbe

The BRAHMS collaboration ended its data collection program in 2006. We are now well advanced in the analysis of a comprehensive set of data that spans systems ranging in mass from p+p to Au+Au and in energy from $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 62.4$ to 200 GeV. Our analysis has taken two distinct paths: we explore the rapidity dependence of intermediate and high-transverse

Mkrtych Khudaverdyan, Wolfgang Alt, Igor Dotsenko, Tobias Kampschulte

We experimentally investigate the interaction between one and two atoms and the field of a high-finesse optical resonator. Laser-cooled caesium atoms are transported into the cavity using an optical dipole trap. We monitor the interaction dynamics of a single atom strongly coupled to the resonator mode for several hundred milliseconds by observing the cavity

K. Haule, G. Kotliar

A new class of high temperature superconductors based on iron and arsenic was recently discovered, with superconducting transition temperature as high as 55 K. Here we show, using microscopic theory, that the normal state of the iron pnictides at high temperatures is highly anomalous, displaying a Curie Weiss susceptibility and a linear temperature dependenc

Philip Nutzman, David Charbonneau, Joshua N. Winn, Heather A. Knutson

We present Spitzer 8 micron transit observations of the extrasolar planet HD 149026b. At this wavelength, transit light curves are weakly affected by stellar limb-darkening, allowing for a simpler and more accurate determination of planetary parameters. We measure a planet-star radius ratio of Rp/Rs = 0.05158 +/- 0.00077, and in combination with ground-based

Jeffrey Wang

In this paper we present the results of computer searches using a variation of an energy minimization algorithm used by Kottwitz for finding good spherical codes. We prove that exact codes exist by representing the inner products between the vectors as algebraic numbers. For selected interesting cases, we include detailed discussion of the configurations. Of

Sven Herrmann, Michael Joswig

A split of a polytope $P$ is a (regular) subdivision with exactly two maximal cells. It turns out that each weight function on the vertices of $P$ admits a unique decomposition as a linear combination of weight functions corresponding to the splits of $P$ (with a split prime remainder). This generalizes a result of Bandelt and Dress [Adv. Math. 92 (1992)] on

K. G. Boreskov, A. V. Turbiner, J. C. Lopez Vieyra

It is conjectured that any trigonometric Olshanetsky-Perelomov Hamiltonian written in Fundamental Trigonometric Invariants (FTI) as coordinates takes an algebraic form and preserves an infinite flag of spaces of polynomials. It is shown that try-and-guess variables which led to the algebraic form of trigonometric Olshanetsky-Perelomov Hamiltonians related to

Sourish Dutta, Robert J. Scherrer

Oscillating scalar fields, with an oscillation frequency much greater than the expansion rate, have been proposed as models for dark energy. We examine these models, with particular emphasis on the evolution of the ratio of the oscillation frequency to the expansion rate. We show that this ratio always increases with time if the dark energy density declines

J. R. Nascimento, A. Yu. Petrov, E. O. Silva

We apply the noncommutative fields method to the three-dimensional non-Abelian gauge theory. We find that, first, implementing the noncommutativity between the canonical momenta implies in generation of the non-Abelian Chern-Simons term, second, if one introduces the noncommutativity between the field operators, the higher derivative terms would arise.

Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard, Dominique Manchon

We investigate solutions for a particular class of linear equations in dendriform algebras. Motivations as well as several applications are provided. The latter follow naturally from the intimate link between dendriform algebras and Rota-Baxter operators, e.g. the Riemann integral or Jackson's q-integral.

Alexander E. Dorokhov, Wojciech Broniowski

We calculate the pion pole term of the light-by-light contribution to the $g-2$ of the muon in the framework of an effective chiral quark model with instanton-like nonlocal quark--quark interaction. The full kinematic dependence of the pion-photon transition form factors is taken into account. The dependence of form factors on the pion virtuality decreases t

R. Carretero-Gonzalez, D. J. Frantzeskakis, P. G. Kevrekidis

The aim of the present review is to introduce the reader to some of the physical notions and of the mathematical methods that are relevant to the study of nonlinear waves in Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs). Upon introducing the general framework, we discuss the prototypical models that are relevant to this setting for different dimensions and different pote

Massimo Bianchi, Henriette Elvang, Daniel Z. Freedman

We study n-point tree amplitudes of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and N=8 supergravity for general configurations of external particles of the two theories. We construct generating functions for n-point MHV and NMHV amplitudes with general external states. Amplitudes derived from them obey SUSY Ward identities, and the generating functions characterize and cou

Pierluigi Contucci, Cristian Giardina, Hidetoshi Nishimori

For a general spin glass model with asymmetric couplings we prove a family of identities involving expectations of generalized overlaps and magnetizations in the quenched state. Those identities holds pointwise in the Nishimori line and are reached at the rate of the inverse volume while, in the general case, they can be proved in integral average.

B. N. Zakhariev

The fundamental fact is revealed that in the old good quantum mechanics there is possible such unexpected inversion: potential barriers can drag in wave-particles and wells can push them off.

A Bueno, M C Carmona, A J Melgarejo

We evaluate background rejection capabilities and physics performance of a detector composed of two diverse elements: a sensitive target (filled with one or two species of liquefied noble gasses) and an active veto (made of Gd-doped ultra-pure water). A GEANT4 simulation shows that for a direct WIMP search, this device can reduce the neutron background to O(

S. G. Mashnik, K. K. Gudima, R. E. Prael, A. J. Sierk

A description of the IntraNuclear Cascade (INC), preequilibrium, evaporation, fission, coalescence, and Fermi breakup models used by the latest versions of our CEM03.03 and LAQGSM03.03 event generators is presented, with a focus on our most recent developments of these models. The recently developed "S" and "G" versions of our codes, that con

M. E. Zhitomirsky

Classical Heisenberg antiferromagnets on two-dimensional kagome and three-dimensional hyperkagome lattices are investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. For both models the symmetry-breaking states at low temperatures are described by non-zero octupole moments or third-rank spin tensor order parameters. In the case of the two-dimensional kagome antiferromagne

D. A. Ryndyk, R. Gutierrez, B. Song, G. Cuniberti

The theoretical investigation of charge (and spin) transport at nanometer length scales requires the use of advanced and powerful techniques able to deal with the dynamical properties of the relevant physical systems, to explicitly include out-of-equilibrium situations typical for electrical/heat transport as well as to take into account interaction effects

Oleg R. Musin

Discrete analogs of extrema of curvature and generalizations of the four-vertex theorem to the case of polygons and polyhedra are suggested and developed. For smooth curves and polygonal lines in the plane, a formula relating the number of extrema of curvature to the winding numbers of the curves (polygonal lines) and their evolutes is obtained. Also are con

Conor Henderson

Data collected in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron are searched for indications of new electroweak-scale physics. Rather than focusing on particular new physics scenarios, CDF data are analyzed for discrepancies with the Standard Model prediction. A model-independent approach (Vista) considers gross features of the data, and is sensitive to new large cross-se

Joël De Coninck, François Dunlop, Thierry Huillet

We consider a random walk X_n in Z_+, starting at X_0=x>= 0, with transition probabilities P(X_{n+1}=X_n+1|X_n=y>=1)=1/2-δ/(4y+2δ) P(X_{n+1}=X_n+1|X_n=y>=1)=1/2+δ/(4y+2δ) and X_{n+1}=1 whenever X_n=0. We prove that the expectation value of X_n behaves like n^{1-(δ/2)} as n goes to infinity when δis in the range (1,2). The proof is based upon the Karlin-McGre

Amy Glen, Florence Levé, Gwénaël Richomme

Recently the second two authors characterized quasiperiodic Sturmian words, proving that a Sturmian word is non-quasiperiodic if and only if it is an infinite Lyndon word. Here we extend this study to episturmian words (a natural generalization of Sturmian words) by describing all the quasiperiods of an episturmian word, which yields a characterization of qu

J. M. Adams, P. D. Olmsted

In 1975 Doi and Edwards predicted that entangled polymer melts and solutions can have a constitutive instability, signified by a decreasing stress for shear rates greater than the inverse of the reptation time. Experiments did not support this, and more sophisticated theories incorporated Marrucci's idea (1996) of removing constraints by advection; this

V. S. Khrapai, S. Ludwig, J. P. Kotthaus, H. P. Tranitz

We briefly overview our recent results on nonequilibrium interactions between neighboring electrically isolated nanostructures. One of the nanostructures is represented by an externally biased quantum point contact (drive-QPC), which is used to supply energy quanta to the second nanostructure (detector). Absorption of these nonequilibrium quanta of energy ge

Alexey Belov, Roman Mikhailov

We prove that for every automata algebra of exponential growth, the associated Lie algebra contains a free subalgebra. For n\geq 1, let L_{n+2} be a Lie algebra with generator set x_1,..., x_{n+2} and the following relations: for k\leq n, any commutator of length $k$ which consists of fewer than k different symbols from {x_1,...,x_{n+2}} is zero. As an appli

Jean-Baptiste Pomet

If two control systems on manifolds of the same dimension are dynamic equivalent, we prove that either they are static equivalent --i.e. equivalent via a classical diffeomorphism-- or they are both ruled; for systems of different dimensions, the one of higher dimension must ruled. A ruled system is one whose equations define at each point in the state manifo

Inaki Garcia-Etxebarria, Fernando Marchesano, Angel M. Uranga

We consider non-perturbative terms in the 4d effective action due to BPS D-brane instantons, and study their continuity properties in moduli space as instantons cross lines of BPS stability, potentially becoming non-BPS. We argue that BPS instantons contributing to the superpotential cannot become non-BPS anywhere in moduli space, since they cannot account f

Katarina Uzelac, Zvonko Glumac, Osor S. Barisic

We present numerical investigations of the short-time dynamics at criticality in the 1D Potts model with power-law decaying interactions of the form 1/r^{1+sigma}. The scaling properties of the magnetization, autocorrelation function and time correlations of the magnetization are studied. The dynamical critical exponents theta' and z are derived in the c

Stefano Foffa, Riccardo Sturani

We have set up and tested a pipeline for processing the data from a spherical gravitational wave detector with six transducers. The algorithm exploits the multichannel capability of the system and provides a list of candidate events with their arrival direction. The analysis starts with the conversion of the six detector outputs into the scalar and the five

Jean-Christophe Mourrat

Let $(τ_x)_{x \in \Z^d}$ be i.i.d. random variables with heavy (polynomial) tails. Given $a \in [0,1]$, we consider the Markov process defined by the jump rates $ω_{x \to y} = {τ_x}^{-(1-a)} {τ_y}^a$ between two neighbours $x$ and $y$ in $\Z^d$. We give the asymptotic behaviour of the principal eigenvalue of the generator of this process, with Dirichlet boun

A. Rybarska, W. Schäfer, A. Szczurek

The forward photoproduction amplitude for gamma p to Upsilon p is calculated in a pQCD k_t-factorization approach with an unintegrated gluon distribution constrained by inclusive deep-inelastic structure functions. The total cross section for diffractive Upsilons is compared with a recent HERA data. We also discuss the 2S/1S ratio in diffractive Upsilon-prod

H. Chamati

A detailed analysis of the finite-size effects on the bulk critical behaviour of the $d$-dimensional mean spherical model confined to a film geometry with finite thickness $L$ is reported. Along the finite direction different kinds of boundary conditions are applied: periodic $(p)$, antiperiodic $(a)$ and free surfaces with Dirichlet $(D)$, Neumann $(N)$ and

Emil Avsar, Yoshitaka Hatta

We examine both analytically and numerically the validity of factorization for the double dipole scattering amplitude T^{(2)} which appears on the right hand side of the BK--JIMWLK equation. We demonstrate that, if one uses a dilute object (e.g., a proton in DIS) as the initial condition, the correlation in the transverse plane induced by the leading order B

Y. Higashi, H. Kubo, T. Yoshida, R. Enomoto

We observed the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1804-216 with the CANGAROO-III atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes from May to July in 2006. We detected very high energy gamma rays above 600 GeV at the 10 sigma level in an effective exposure of 76 hr. We obtained a differential flux of (5.0+/-1.5_{stat}+/-1.6_{sys})\times 10^{-12}(E/1 TeV)^{-\alpha} cm^{

C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, M. Polletta, G. Zamorani

We present the broad-band Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of the largest available highly (72%) complete spectroscopic sample of mid-infrared (MIR) selected galaxies and AGN at intermediate redshift. The sample contains 203 extragalactic sources from the 15-micron survey in the ELAIS-SWIRE field S1, all with measured spectroscopic redshift. Most of thes

Christian Baer, Frank Pfaeffle

Let $H_h = h^2 L +V$ where $L$ is a self-adjoint Laplace type operator acting on sections of a vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold and $V$ is a symmetric endomorphism field. We derive an asymptotic expansion for the heat kernel of $H_h$ as $h \to 0$. As a consequence we get an asymptotic expansion for the quantum partition function and we see th

Anton Deitmar

Higher order cohomology of arithmetic groups is expressed in terms of (g,K)-cohomology. Generalizing results of Borel, it is shown that the latter can be computed using functions of (uniform) moderate growth. A higher order versions of Borel's conjecture is stated, asserting that the cohomology can be computed using automorphic forms.

O. Stahl, G. Wade, V. Petit, B. Stober

The young O-type star theta1 OriC, the brightest star of the Trapezium cluster in Orion, is one of only two known magnetic rotators among the O stars. However, not all spectroscopic variations of this star can be explained by the magnetic rotator model. We present results from a long-term monitoring to study these unexplained variations and to improve the st

Cecilia Tarantino

We discuss the status of the theoretical predictions of some interesting b-physics observables that are sensitive to New Physics and can be measured at the LHC.

Antonio De Maio, Marco Lops, Luca Venturino

In this work, a MIMO detection problem is considered. At first, we derive the Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) for arbitrary transmitted signals and arbitrary time-correlation of the disturbance. Then, we investigate design criteria for the transmitted waveforms in both power-unlimited and power-limited systems and we study the interplay among the ra

E. Z. Kurmaev, R. G. Wilks, A. Moewes, N. A. Skorikov

The densities of the valence and conduction band electronic states of the newly discovered layered superconductors LaOFeAs, LaO$_{0.87}$F$_{0.13}$FeAs (Tc=26 K), SmO$_{0.95}$F$_{0.05}$FeAs and SmO$_{0.85}$F$_{0.15}$FeAs (Tc=43 K) are studied using soft X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy combined with FP LAPW calculations of LaOFeAs, LaO$_{0.875}$FeAs

M. M. Ettefaghi, M. Dehghani

We consider the unparticle physics introduced by Georgi and show that if the standard model is extended to include a singlet scalar as a dark matter candidate, there is a channel which leads to its decay to photon and unparticle. We calculate the decay rate for this new channel and find a lower bound on unparticle physics scale by demanding the stability of

Sadataka Furui

The results of Coulomb gauge and Landau gauge lattice QCD simulation do not agree completely with continuum theory. There are indications that the ghost propagator in the infrared region is not purely color diagonal as in high energy region. After presenting lattice simulation of configurations produced with Kogut-Susskind fermion (MILC collaboration) and th

Hyunchul Nha, M. Suhail Zubairy

In this Letter, we show that the fulfillment of uncertainty relations is a sufficient criterion for a quantum-mechanically permissible state. We specifically construct two pseudo-spin observables for an arbitrary non-positive Hermitian matrix whose uncertainty relation is violated. This method enables us to systematically derive separability conditions for a

V. A. Yerokhin

A large-scale relativistic configuration-interaction (CI) calculation is performed for the magnetic-dipole and the electric-quadrupole hyperfine structure splitting in ^{7,6}Li and ^9Be^+. Numerical results for the 2^2S, 3^2S, 2^2P_{1/2}, and 2^2P_{3/2} states are reported. The CI calculation based on the Dirac-Coulomb-Breit Hamiltonian is supplemented with

A. V. Razumov, Yu. G. Stroganov

In 1970 Baxter considered the statistical three-coloring lattice model for the case of toroidal boundary conditions. He used the Bethe ansatz and found the partition function of the model in the thermodynamic limit. We consider the same model but use other boundary conditions for which one can prove that the partition function satisfies some functional equat

Levente Molnar

ALICE has been specifically optimized to study heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, up to a charged particle density of 8000 per unit of rapidity in central heavy-ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 5.5 TeV. The High Momentum Particle Identification Detector (HMPID) has a proximity focusing geometry with a liquid $\rm C_{6}F_{14}$ Cherenkov radiator coupled to M

M. Bina, F. Casagrande, A. Lulli

We solve the dynamics of an open quantum system where N strongly driven two-level atoms are equally coupled on resonance to a dissipative cavity mode. Analytical results are derived on decoherence, entanglement, purity, atomic correlations and cavity field mean photon number. We predict decoherence-free subspaces for the whole system and the N-qubit subsyste

Mauro Costantini

Let G be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and X be a spherical conjugacy class of G. We determine the decomposition of the coordinate ring of X into simple G-modules.

Kazuo Fujikawa, Ming-Guang Hu

The geometric (Berry) phase of a two-level system in a dissipative environment is analyzed by using the second-quantized formulation, which provides a unified and gauge-invariant treatment of adiabatic and nonadiabatic phases and is thus applicable to a quantitative analysis of transitional regions away from ideal adiabaticity. In view of the recent experime

L. A. Bokut, Yuqun Chen, Jianjun Qiu

In this paper, we establish the Composition-Diamond lemma for associative algebras with multiple linear operators. As applications, we obtain Groebner-Shirshov bases of free Rota-Baxter algebra, $λ$-differential algebra and $λ$-differential Rota-Baxter algebra, respectively. In particular, linear bases of these three free algebras are respectively obtained,

H. B. Ann, Changbom Park, Yun-Young Choi

We have studied the radial distribution of the early (E/S0) and late (S/Irr) types of satellites around bright host galaxies. We made a volume-limited sample of 4,986 satellites brighter than M_r = -18.0 associated with 2,254 hosts brighter than M_r =-19.0 from the SDSS DR5 sample. The morphology of satellites is determined by an automated morphology classif

Tian Lan, Tong-Jie Zhang, Bao-Quan Wang

Recent observations show that our universe is accelerating by dark energy, so it is important to investigate the thermodynamical properties of it. The Undulant Universe is a model with equation of state $ω(a)=-\cos(b\ln a)$ for dark energy, where we show that there neither the event horizon nor the particle horizon exists. However, as a boundary of keeping t

Frederick A. Matsen, Steven N. Evans

Recent statistical and computational analyses have shown that a genealogical most recent common ancestor (MRCA) may have lived in the recent past. However, coalescent-based approaches show that genetic most recent common ancestors for a given non-recombining locus are typically much more ancient. It is not immediately clear how these two perspectives interac

Erwin Suazo, Sergei Suslov

We discuss an integral form of the Cauchy initial value problem for the nonlinear Schroedinger equation with variable coefficients. Some special and limiting cases are outlined.

Jian-Ping Lv, Qing-Hu Chen

We report the theoretical study of the flux-lattice melting in the novel iron-based superconductor $LaO_{0.9}F_{0.1}FeAs$ and $LaO_{0.925}F_{0.075}FeAs$. Using the Hypernetted-Chain closure and an efficient algorithm, we calculate the two-dimensional one-component plasma pair distribution functions, static structure factors and direct correlation functions a

Jing Li

This paper is devoted to a study of linear, differential and topological classifications for linear controlled systems governed by ordinary differential equations. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the linear and topological equivalence are given. It is also shown that the differential equivalence is the same as the linear equivalence for the linea

Hrayr H. Matevosyan, Adam P. Szczepaniak, Patrick O. Bowman

We calculate the ghost two-point function in Coulomb gauge QCD with a simple model vacuum gluon wavefunction using Monte Carlo integration. This approach extends the previous analytic studies of the ghost propagator with this ansatz, where a ladder-rainbow expansion was unavoidable for calculating the path integral over gluon field configurations. The new ap

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Three-particle azimuthal correlation measurements with a high transverse momentum trigger particle are reported for pp, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV by the STAR experiment. Dijet structures are observed in pp, d+Au and peripheral Au+Au collisions. An additional structure is observed in central Au+Au data, signaling conical emission of correlated cha

A. L. Kataev

Considering massless axial-vector-vector triangle diagram in the conformal invariant limit and the the results of recent distinguished analytical calculations of the 5-loop single-fermion loop corrections to the QED $\beta$-function, we derive the analytical expressions for the $C_F^4\alpha_s^4$-contributions to the Bjorken polarized and Gross-Llewellyn Smit

Ce Zhang, Fang Zhang, Jeroen A. van Kan, Johan R. C. van der Maarel

Single T4-DNA molecules were confined in rectangular-shaped channels with a depth of 300 nm and a width in the range 150-300 nm casted in a poly(dimethylsiloxane) nanofluidic chip. The extensions of the DNA molecules were measured with fluorescence microscopy as a function of the ionic strength and composition of the buffer as well as the DNA intercalation l

Alex Iosevich, Doowon Koh

In this paper we study the $L^p-L^r$ boundedness of the extension operators associated with paraboloids in vector spaces over finite fields.In higher even dimensions, we estimate the number of additive quadruples in the subset $E$ of the paraboloids, that is the number of quadruples $(x,y,z,w) \in E^4$ with $x+y=z+w.$ As a result, in higher even dimensions,

Mark Brodwin, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Adam Stanford

We have identified 335 galaxy cluster and group candidates spanning 0<z<2, using a 4.5um selected sample of galaxies in a 7.25 deg^2 region in the Spitzer/IRAC Shallow Survey. Using full redshift probability distributions for all galaxies, clusters were identified as 3-dimensional overdensities using a wavelet algorithm. To date 12 clusters at z>1, and over

Petra Schmidt, Ilya Grigorenko, A. F. J. Levi

By optimizing the design we show that inhomogeneous electromagnetic resonators with almost uniform field intensity and up to twice the energy density of conventional structures are possible by exploiting the properties of negative refractive index materials. materials. We demonstrate that using negative refractive index materials it is possible to make full

Melanie A. Gendre, Jasper V. Wall

The Combined NVSS-FIRST Galaxy (CoNFIG) survey was defined by selecting all sources with S_1.4GHz > 1.3Jy from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) in the north field of the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST) survey. We carried out FRI/FRII morphology classification from NVSS and FIRST survey data; to complete this process, new 8GHz VLA observation

J. Mauricio Campuzano, James P. Bagrow, Daniel ben-Avraham

We study the Kleinberg problem of navigation in Small World networks when the underlying lattice is stretched along a preferred direction. Extensive simulations confirm that maximally efficient navigation is attained when the length $r$ of long-range links is taken from the distribution $P({\bf r})\sim r^{-α}$, when the exponent $α$ is equal to 2, the dimens

Francis Bernardeau, Patrick Valageas

It has been found recently that propagators, e.g. the cross-correlation spectra of the cosmic fields with the initial density field, decay exponentially at large-k in an Eulerian description of the dynamics. We explore here similar quantities defined for a Lagrangian space description. We find that propagators in Lagrangian space do not exhibit the same prop

F. Heitsch, L. Hartmann, A. Burkert, ;

The observed rapid onset of star formation in molecular clouds requires rapid formation of dense fragments which can collapse individually before being overtaken by global gravitationally-driven flows. Many previous investigations have suggested that supersonic turbulence produces the necessary fragmentation, without addressing however the source of this tur