October 2008 arXiv papers — page 24

C. Glasman

Recent results from HERA and TevaTron on precision tests of QCD with jets, W and Z bosons and photons associated with jets and heavy flavours are presented. The measurements were used to probe QCD at the highest energies, to provide experimental constraints on SM processes that constitute background to new physics, to extract values of the coupling of the st

Amos Lapidoth, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Vinodh Venkatesan, Ligong Wang

The asymptotic capacity at low input powers of an average-power limited or an average- and peak-power limited discrete-time Poisson channel is considered. For a Poisson channel whose dark current is zero or decays to zero linearly with its average input power $E$, capacity scales like $E\log\frac{1}{E}$ for small $E$. For a Poisson channel whose dark current

B. Sbarufatti, S. Ciprini, J. Kotilainen, R. Decarli

We present results of an ongoing program at the ESO VLT for spectroscopy of BL Lac objects lacking a firm redshift estimate and here we report on 15 objects. For 11 sources we confirm the BL Lac classification, and we determine new redshifts for 3 objects, 1 with weak emission lines (PKS 1057-79, z=0.569) and 2 with absorptions from the host galaxy (RBS 1752

A. D. Martin, V. A. Khoze, M. G. Ryskin

We discuss recent calculations of the survival probability of the large rapidity gaps in exclusive processes of the type pp --> p+A+p at high energies. Absorptive or screening effects are important, and one consequence is that the total cross section at the LHC is predicted to be only about 90 mb.

B. Bernu, F. Delyon, M. Duneau, M. Holzmann

We determine numerically the ground state of the two-dimensional, fully polarized electron gas within the Hartree-Fock approximation without imposing any particular symmetries on the solutions. At low electronic densities, the Wigner crystal solution is stable, but for higher densities ($r_s$ less than $\sim 2.7$) we obtain a ground state of different symmet

Lucy Macnay

We use the correspondence between the $f(R)$ theory and an Einstein-scalar field system to study late-time dynamics of solutions of $f(R)$ theory. We discuss how reasonable assumptions on the potential of the scalar field lead to restrictions on the function $f(R)$ and use known results for the scalar field system to gain results on solutions of the $f(R)$ t

Alastair Kay, Roger Colbeck

In this paper, we explicitly construct (Abelian) anyonic excitations of arbitrary stabilizer Hamiltonians which are local on a 2D lattice of qubits. This leads directly to the conclusion that, in the presence of local thermal noise, such systems cannot be used for the fault-tolerant storage of quantum information by self-correction i.e. they are ruled out as

M. Del Santo, T. M. Belloni, J. Homan, A. Bazzano

We report on X-ray and soft gamma-ray observations of the black-hole candidate GX 339-4 during its 2007 outburst, performed with the RXTE and INTEGRAL satellites. The hardness-intensity diagram of all RXTE/PCA data combined shows a q-shaped track similar to that observed in previous outbursts.The evolution in the diagram suggested that a transition from hard

Maria Moreno Llacer

Looking towards first LHC collisions, the ATLAS detector is being commissioned using the physics data available: cosmic rays and data taken during the LHC single beam operations at 450 GeV. During the installation of the ATLAS detector in the cavern, cosmic rays were collected with the different parts of the detector that were available. Combined cosmic runs

E. Di Nardo, H. Niederhausen, D. Senato

Following the approach of Rota and Taylor \cite{SIAM}, we present an innovative theory of Sheffer sequences in which the main properties are encoded by using umbrae. This syntax allows us noteworthy computational simplifications and conceptual clarifications in many results involving Sheffer sequences. To give an indication of the effectiveness of the theory

Debasish Banerjee, Jajati K. Nayak, Raju Venugopalan

These introductory lectures present a broad overview of the physics of high parton densities in QCD and its application to our understanding of the early time dynamics in heavy ion collisions.

G. H. Bordbar, M. J. Karimi, J. Vahedi

We have investigated some of the thermodynamic properties of spin polarized liquid $^3\mathrm{He}$ at finite temperature using the lowest order constrained variational method. For this system, the free energy, entropy and pressure are calculated for different values of the density, temperature and polarization. We have also presented the dependence of specif

Miriam Siebenbuerger, Matthias Fuchs, Henning Winter, Matthias Ballauff

We present a comprehensive rheological study of a suspension of thermosensitive particles dispersed in water. The volume fraction of these particles can be adjusted by the temperature of the system in a continuous fashion. Due to the finite polydispersity of the particles (standard deviation: 17%), crystallization is suppressed and no fluid-crystal transitio

Fulvia De Fazio

I discuss possible identification of the recently discovered mesons $D_{sJ}(2860)$ and $D_{sJ}(2700)$. This paper is dedicated to the memory of my professor, colleague and friend Beppe Nardulli.

C. T. H. Davies, E. Gregory, I. Kendall, C. McNeile

We present an update of results from the HPQCD collaboration on charm physics using the Highly Improved Staggered Quark action. This includes a precise determination of m_c using moments of current-current correlators combined with high-order continuum QCD perturbation theory. We also include an update on the determination of alpha_s from lattice QCD, prelim

Georg Bergner, Falk Bruckmann, Jan M. Pawlowski

We introduce a lattice symmetry relation for field theories with general linear symmetries. For chiral symmetry the well-known Ginsparg-Wilson relation is reproduced. The new relation encodes the remnant of the original symmetry on the lattice and guides the construction of invariant lattice actions. We apply this approach to lattice supersymmetry. There, an

G. H. Bordbar, S. M. Zebarjad, F. Shojaei

We investigate the liquid-gas second-order phase transition in liquid $^3He$ using the variational calculations based on the cluster expansion of the energy functional. We also compute the critical point exponents of liquid $^3He$ which are in agreement with experimental data.

M. Semel, J. C. Ramirez Velez, M. J. Stift, M. J. Martinez Gonzalez

In order to get a significant Zeeman signature in the polarised spectra of a magnetic star, we usually 'add' the contributions of numerous spectral lines; the ultimate goal is to recover the spectropolarimetric prints of the magnetic field in these line additions. Here we want to clarify the meaning of these techniques of line addition; in particular

H. L. Ma

About 33, 6.5 and 1.0 pb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data were, respectively, taken around the center-of-mass energies of $\sqrt s=$ 3.773 GeV, at $\sqrt s=$ 3.650 GeV and at $\sqrt s=$ 3.6648 GeV with the BES-II detector at the BEPC collider. By analyzing these data sets, we measure the branching fraction for $ψ(3770)\to$ non-$D\bar D$; observe an anoma

Marco Merkli, Shannon Starr

We develop a resonance theory to describe the evolution of open systems with time-dependent dynamics. Our approach is based on piecewise constant Hamiltonians: we represent the evolution on each constant bit using a recently developed dynamical resonance theory, and we piece them together to obtain the total evolution. The initial state corresponding to one

N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, K. Marinov, A. D. Boardman

In this letter, we present the first experimental study of a new chiral metamaterial consisting of toroidal wire windings. We show that the metamaterial exhibits three bands of circular dichroism in the GHz range. We discuss the response of the structure in terms of multipole moments, including the (magnetic) toroidal dipole moment.

Teiko Heinosaari, Mario Ziman

Quantum Theory is one of the pillars of modern science developed over the last hundred years. In this review paper we introduce, step by step, the quantum theory understood as a mathematical model describing quantum experiments. We start with splitting the experiment into two parts: a preparation process and a measurement process leading to a registration of

Julia Schafferhans, Andreas Baumann, Carsten Deibel, Vladimir Dyakonov

The trap distribution in the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) was investigated by fractional thermally stimulated current measurements. Two defect states with activation energies of about 50 meV and 105 meV and Gaussian energy distributions were revealed. The first is assigned to the tail of the intrinsic density of states, whereas the concentration

M. Hareter, O. Kochukhov, H. Lehmann, V. Tsymbal

A field star, HD 61199 (V ~ 8), simultaneously observed with Procyon by the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) satellite in continuous runs of 34, 17, and 34 days in 2004, 2005, and 2007, was found to pulsate in 11 frequencies in the delta Scuti range with amplitudes from 1.7 down to 0.09 mmag. The photometry also showed variations with a period

A. A. Raduta, F. D. Aaron, E. Moya de Guerra, Amand Faessler

A sixth-order quadrupole boson Hamiltonian is used to describe the states $0^+$ and $2^+$ identified in several nuclei by various types of experiments. Two alternative descriptions of energy levels are proposed. One corresponds to a semi-classical approach of the model Hamiltonian while the other one provides the exact eigenvalues. Both procedures yield clos

N. P. Gibson, D. Pollacco, E. K. Simpson, Y. C. Joshi

Some of the first results are reported from RISE - a new fast camera mounted on the Liverpool Telescope primarily designed to obtain high time resolution light curves of transiting extrasolar planets for the purpose of transit timing. A full and partial transit of WASP-3 are presented, and a Monte Carlo Markov Chain analysis is used to update the parameters

L. Masisi, V. Nelwamondo, T. Marwala

In this paper entropy based methods are compared and used to measure structural diversity of an ensemble of 21 classifiers. This measure is mostly applied in ecology, whereby species counts are used as a measure of diversity. The measures used were Shannon entropy, Simpsons and the Berger Parker diversity indexes. As the diversity indexes increased so did th

G. Zanderighi

We review selected recent theoretical activity in perturbative QCD. We focus on progress in the description of parton densities, including latest developments in neural network parton densities, on the description of high multiplicity final states at the LHC at leading and next-to-leading order, on progress in next-to-next-to-leading order, and on novel deve

Rhaana L. C. Starling

Gamma-ray Bursts are the most powerful objects in the Universe. Discovered in the 1960's as brief flashes of gamma-radiation, we now know they emit across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, are located in distant galaxies and comprise two distinct populations, one of which may originate in the deaths of massive stars. The launch of the Swift satellite

The CDF Collaboration

A search for new physics using three-lepton (trilepton) data collected with the CDF II detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 976 pb-1 is presented. The standard model predicts a low rate of trilepton events, which makes some supersymmetric processes, such as chargino-neutralino production, measurable in this channel. The mu+mu+l signature

Paul A Crowther, James P Furness

Aims: A near-infrared study of the main ionizing star of the ultracompact HII region G23.96+0.15 (IRAS 18317-0757) is presented, along with a re-evaluation of the distance to this source, and a re-assessment of H- and K-band classification diagnostics for O dwarfs; Methods: We have obtained near-IR VLT/ISAAC imaging and spectroscopy of G23.96+0.15, plus arch

Michele Maltoni

In this talk I will review the present status and future perspectives of some popular extensions of the conventional three-neutrino oscillation scenario, from a purely phenomenological point of view. For concreteness I will focus only on three specific scenarios: non-standard neutrino interactions with matters, models with extra sterile neutrinos, and neutri

M. Aldaya, P. Garcia-Abia

We have performed the measurement of the cosmic ray muon charge ratio, as a function of the muon momentum, using data collected by the CMS experiment, exploiting the capabilities of the muon barrel drift tube (DT) chambers. The cosmic muon charge ratio is defined as the ratio of the number of positive- to negative-charge muons. Cosmic ray muons result from t

Thomas Schucker

On october 21st 1983 took place in Sèvres on the western outskirts of Paris the official funeral of the meter. With it the notion of distance as a physical observable was buried.

G. H. Bordbar, S. M. Zebarjad, M. R. Vahdani, M. Bigdeli

We have employed the constrained variational method to study the influence of spin polarization on the ground state properties of liquid $^3{\rm He}$. The spin polarized phase, we have found, has stronger correlation with respect to the unpolarized phase. It is shown that the internal energy of liquid $^3{\rm He}$ increases by increasing polarization with no

Nitika Sharma, Avinash Sharma

Some of the non-relativistic QQ/bar interaction potentials and its isospectral partner-potentials have been employed to evaluate the masses and leptonic decay widths of Charmonium and Upsilon states. An attempt has been made to develop a prescription to provide a simultaneous fit to Masses and leptonic decay widths of Quarkonia. Preliminary calculation shows

Toni Ivas

We present differential equation for evolution of interface based on continuous approximation of Temkin's model

M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, G. Jerse, E. Mocchiutti

On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator an

R. Smolec

The longstanding problem of modeling double-mode behaviour of classical pulsators was solved with the incorporation of turbulent convection into pulsation hydrocodes. However, the reasons for the computed double-mode behaviour were never clearly identified. In our recent papers (Smolec & Moskalik 2008a,b) we showed that the double-mode behaviour results from

Raul Jimenez, Alan F. Heavens, Ben Panter, Rita Tojeiro

The availability of high-quality spectra for a large number of galaxies in the SDSS survey allows for a more sophisticated extraction of information about their stellar populations than, e.g., the luminosity weighted age. Indeed, sophisticated and robust techniques to fully analyze galaxy spectra have now reached enough maturity as to trust their results and

B. Fuchs

I describe how the dynamics of galactic disks can be inferred by imaging and spectroscopy. Next I demonstrate that the decomposition of the rotation curves of spiral galaxies into the contributions by the various components of the galaxies is highly degenerate. Constraints on the decomposition can be found by considering implications for the dynamics of the

A. Karmakar, S. Majumdar, S. Giri

Dc and ac transport properties as well as electric modulus spectra have been investigated for the samples LaMn$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$O$_3$ with compositions 0 $\leq x \leq$ 1.0. The bulk dc resistivity shows a temperature variation consistent with the variable range hopping mechanism at low temperature and Arrhenius mechanism at high temperatures. The ac conductivi

Hans Hermann Otto

A simple empirical relation has been found to exist between optimum Tc and the formal mean cation charge <qc> of perovskite-related superconductors, covering both conventional superconductors and superconducting cuprates. Tc is shown to increase exponentially with decreasing <qc>. It is suggested that a Ba-based cuprate with <qc> about 2 reach a Tc around 20

I. R. Shein, A. L. Ivanovskii

By means of first-principle FLAPW-GGA calculations, we have investigated the electronic properties of the newly discovered layered quaternary systems SrFeAsF and CaFeAsF as parent phases for a new group of oxygen-free FeAs superconductors. The electronic bands, density of states, Fermi surfaces, atomic charges, together with Sommerfeld coefficients and molar

Guillaume Ovarlez, Stéphane Rodts, Alexandre Ragouilliaux, Philippe Coussot

Flows of dense emulsions show many complex features among which long range nonlocal effects pose a problem for macroscopic characterization. In order to get around this problem, we study the flows of several dense emulsions in a wide-gap Couette geometry. We couple macroscopic rheometric experiments and local velocity measurements through MRI techniques. As

D. Cordier, O. Mousis, I. J. Lunine, A. Moudens

Cassini-Huygens data are used to re-examine the potential sources of the D/H enhancement over solar, measured in methane, in Titan&#39;s atmosphere. Assuming that the system is closed with respect to carbon, the use of constraints from the Huygens probe for the determination of the current mass of atmospheric methane and the most up-to-date determination of

Minoru Eto, Toshiaki Fujimori, Takayuki Nagashima, Muneto Nitta

Configurations of vortex-strings stretched between or ending on domain walls were previously found to be 1/4 Bogomol&#39;nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield(BPS) states in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in 3+1 dimensions. Among zero modes of string positions, the center of mass of strings in each region between two adjacent domain walls is shown to be non-normalizable

José F. Cariñena, Javier de Lucas, Manuel F. Rañada

The theory of superposition rules for solutions of a Lie system of first-order differential equations is extended to deal with analogous systems of second-order and the theory is illustrated with the very rich example of Ermakov-like systems.

Sébastien Verel, Gabriela Ochoa, Marco Tomassini

We propose a network characterization of combinatorial fitness landscapes by adapting the notion of inherent networks proposed for energy surfaces. We use the well-known family of NK landscapes as an example. In our case the inherent network is the graph where the vertices represent the local maxima in the landscape, and the edges account for the transition

D. S. McNeil, R. P. Nelson

Modern N-body techniques for planetary dynamics are generally based on symplectic algorithms specially adapted to the Kepler problem. These methods have proven very useful in studying planet formation, but typically require the timestep for all objects to be set to a small fraction of the orbital period of the innermost body. This computational expense can b

Guillaume Ovarlez, Xavier Chateau

We study the solid mechanical properties of several thixotropic suspensions as a function of the shear stress history applied during their flow stoppage and their aging in their solid state. We show that their elastic modulus and yield stress depend strongly on the shear stress applied during their solid-liquid transition (i.e., during flow stoppage) while a

Alejandro F. Rozenfeld, Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Emilio Hernandez-Garcia, Victor M. Eguiluz

The identification of key populations shaping the structure and connectivity of metapopulation systems is a major challenge in population ecology. The use of molecular markers in the theoretical framework of population genetics has allowed great advances in this field, but the prime question of quantifying the role of each population in the system remains un

Fabien Mahaut, Xavier Chateau, Philippe Coussot, Guillaume Ovarlez

We study experimentally the behavior of isotropic suspensions of noncolloidal particles in yield stress fluids. This problem has been poorly studied in the literature, and only on specific materials. In this paper, we manage to develop procedures and materials that allow us to focus on the purely mechanical contribution of the particles to the yield stress f

Roman Novikov

By developing the d-bar approach to global "inverse scattering" at zero energy we give a principal effectivization of the global reconstruction method for the Gel'fand-Calderon inverse boundary value problem in three dimensions. This work goes back to results published by the author in 1987, 1988 and proceeds from recent progress in the d-bar approach to inv

Gabriela Ochoa, Marco Tomassini, Sébastien Verel, Christian Darabos

We propose a network characterization of combinatorial fitness landscapes by adapting the notion of inherent networks proposed for energy surfaces (Doye, 2002). We use the well-known family of $NK$ landscapes as an example. In our case the inherent network is the graph where the vertices are all the local maxima and edges mean basin adjacency between two max

G. H. Bordbar, M. Hayati

Using the modern equations of state derived from microscopic calculations, we have calculated the neutron star structure. For the neutron star, we have obtained a minimum mass about $0.1 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ which is nearly independent of the equation of state, and a maximum mass between $1.47 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ and $1.98 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ which is strongly depende

Babette Döbrich, Maarten DeKieviet, Holger Gies

We investigate the Dirichlet-scalar equivalent of Casimir-Polder forces between an atom and a surface with arbitrary uniaxial corrugations. The complexity of the problem can be reduced to a one-dimensional Green&#39;s function equation along the corrugation which can be solved numerically. Our technique is fully nonperturbative in the height profile of the c

Volodymyr Mazorchuk

We give a complete picture of the interaction between Koszul and Ringel dualities for quasi-hereditary algebras admitting linear tilting (co)resolutions of standard and costandard modules. We show that such algebras are Koszul, that the class of these algebras is closed with respect to both dualities and that on this class these two dualities commute. All ar

Zheng Ran, Yupeng Xu

Among the existing models for compressible fluids, the one by Kataoka and Tsutahara (KT model, Phys. Rev. E 69, 056702, 2004) has a simple and rigorous theoretical background. The drawback of this KT model is that it can cause numerical instability if the local Mach number exceeds 1. The precise mechanism of this instability has not yet been clarified. In th

Zhen Hua Ni, Ting Yu, Yun Hao Lu, Ying Ying Wang

Graphene was deposited on a transparent and flexible substrate and tensile strain up to ~0.8% was loaded by stretching the substrate in one direction. Raman spectra of strained graphene show significant redshifts of 2D and G band (-27.8 cm^-1 and -14.2 cm^-1per 1% strain, respectively), because of the elongation of the carbon-carbon bonds. This indicates tha

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

In the past few decades, several models have predicted an energy-dependence of the speed of light in the context of quantum gravity. For cosmological sources such as active galaxies, this minuscule effect can add up to measurable photon-energy dependent time lags. In this paper a search for such time lags during the H.E.S.S. observations of the exceptional v

Vukosi N. Marivate, Tshilidzi Marwala

This paper discusses the effects of social learning in training of game playing agents. The training of agents in a social context instead of a self-play environment is investigated. Agents that use the reinforcement learning algorithms are trained in social settings. This mimics the way in which players of board games such as scrabble and chess mentor each

Moti Fridman, Vardit Eckhouse, Nir Davidson, Asher A. Friesem

Configurations for efficient free space coherent addition of four separate fiber lasers arranged in two dimensional array are presented. They include compact and robust interferometric combiners that can be inserted either inside or outside the cavity of the combined lasers system. The results reveal that over 85% combining efficiency can be obtained.

M. Haberreiter, W. Schmutz, I. Hubeny

Modeling the variability of the solar spectral irradiance is a key factor for understanding the solar influence on the climate of the Earth. As a first step to calculating the solar spectral irradiance variations we reproduce the solar spectrum for the quiet Sun over a broad wavelength range with an emphasis on the UV. We introduce the radiative transfer cod

T. Higuchi, Y. Hotta, T. Susaki, A. Fujimori

We present evidence for hole injection into LaAlO3/LaVO3/LaAlO3 quantum wells near a polar surface of LaAlO3 (001). As the surface is brought in proximity to the LaVO3 layer, an exponential drop in resistance and a decreasing positive Seebeck coefficient is observed below a characteristic coupling length of 10-15 unit cells. We attribute this behavior to a c

Muthiah Annamalai, Leela Velusamy

We report the design and implementation of a call-graph profiler for GNU Octave, a numerical computing platform. GNU Octave simplifies matrix computation for use in modeling or simulation. Our work provides a call-graph profiler, which is an improvement on the flat profiler. We elaborate design constraints of building a profiler for numerical computation, an

I. L. Buchbinder, V. A. Krykhtin, L. L. Ryskina

We apply the BRST approach, previously developed for higher spin field theories, to gauge invariant Lagrangian construction for antisymmetric massive and massless bosonic fields in arbitrary d-dimensional curved space. The obtained theories are reducible gauge models both in massless and massive cases and the order of reducibility grows with the value of the

M. T. Kato, K. Nakamura, R. Tandokoro, M. Fujimoto

We have investigated evolution of magneto-rotational instability (MRI) in protoplanetary disks that have radially non-uniform magnetic field such that stable and unstable regions coexist initially, and found that a zone in which the disk gas rotates with a super-Keplerian velocity emerges as a result of the non-uniformly growing MRI turbulence. We have carri

K. Inami

We present a study of hadronic tau decays, especially decay into three-hadron final states with kaon(s), using more than 500fb^-1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We measure the branching ratios both inclusively and exclusively while considering the intermediated states of K(892)^*0. The following results

Ezequiel Alvarez, Leandro Da Rold, Carlos Schat, Alejandro Szynkman

We present the constraints on the parameter space of the Lee-Wick Standard Model coming from electroweak precision observables. The model predicts a large positive S and a negative T. We show that it is possible to find some regions in parameter space with a fermionic state as light as 2.4-3.5 TeV. We also propose a simple extension of the model including a

L. S. Li, X. S. Chen

The phase transition of hard-sphere Heisenberg and Neutral Hard spheres mixture fluids has been investigated with the density functional theory in mean-field approximation (MF). The matrix of second derivatives of the grand canonical potential $Ω$ with respect to the total density, concentration, and the magnetization fluctuations has been investigated and d

Carl M. Bender, Fred Cooper, Avinash Khare, Bogdan Mihaila

In an earlier paper Cooper, Shepard, and Sodano introduced a generalized KdV equation that can exhibit the kinds of compacton solitary waves that were first seen in equations studied by Rosenau and Hyman. This paper considers the PT-symmetric extensions of the equations examined by Cooper, Shepard, and Sodano. From the scaling properties of the PT-symmetric

Edward N Taylor, Marijn Franx, Pieter G van Dokkum, Eric F Bell

We present the color-magnitude and color-stellar mass diagrams for galaxies with z_phot < ~2, based on a K < 22 (AB) catalog of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS) from the MUltiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC). Our main sample of 7840 galaxies contains 1297 M_* > 10^11 M_Sol galaxies in the range 0.2 < z_phot < 1.8. We show empirically that

Akinori Awazu, Kunihiko Kaneko

Relaxation dynamics in reversible catalytic reaction networks is studied, revealing two salient behaviors that are reminiscent of glassy behavior: slow relaxation with log(time) dependence of the correlation function, and emergence of a few plateaus in the relaxation. The former is explained by the eigenvalue distribution of a Jacobian matrix around the equi

Stuart Wyithe, Abraham Loeb

Recently, a very large clustering length has been measured for quasars at a redshift of z~4. In combination with the observed quasar luminosity function we assess the implications of this clustering for the relationship between quasar luminosity and dark matter halo mass. Our analysis allows for non-linearity and finite scatter in the relation between quasar

Douglas P. Benjamin

The computing model for the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) scientific experiment has evolved since the beginning of the experiment. Initially CDF computing was comprised of dedicated resources located in computer farms around the world. With the wide spread acceptance of grid computing in High Energy Physics, CDF computing has migrated to using grid com

Hyung Ju Hwang, Juan J. L. Velazquez

In this paper we prove global existence for solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system in convex bounded domains with specular boundary conditions and with a prescribed outward electrical field at the boundary.

István Szita, András Lőrincz

The exploration-exploitation dilemma has been an intriguing and unsolved problem within the framework of reinforcement learning. &#34;Optimism in the face of uncertainty&#34; and model building play central roles in advanced exploration methods. Here, we integrate several concepts and obtain a fast and simple algorithm. We show that the proposed algorithm fi

Ed Bueler, Jed Brown

The shallow shelf approximation is a better ``sliding law'' for ice sheet modeling than those sliding laws in which basal velocity is a function of driving stress. The shallow shelf approximation as formulated by \emph{Schoof} [2006a] is well-suited to this use. Our new thermomechanically coupled sliding scheme is based on a plasticity assumption about the s

Artur M. Ankowski

Precise knowledge of the cross sections for neutrino interactions with nuclei is important not only for existing experiments but also for development of future detectors. When momentum transferred to the nucleus by the probe is high enough, the impulse approximation is valid, i.e. the nucleus can be described as composed of independent nucleons and the inter

W. Trischuk, the RD42 collaboration

With the commissioning of the LHC expected in 2009, and the LHC upgrades expected in 2012, ATLAS and CMS are planning for detector upgrades for their innermost layers requiring radiation hard technologies. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamond has been used extensively in beam conditions monitors as the innermost detectors in the highest radiation areas of

J. R. Williams, D. A. Abanin, L. DiCarlo, L. S. Levitov

Measurement and theory of the two-terminal conductance of monolayer and bilayer graphene in the quantum Hall regime are compared. We examine features of conductance as a function of gate voltage that allow monolayer, bilayer, and gapped samples to be distinguished, including N-shaped distortions of quantum Hall plateaus and conductance peaks and dips at the

N. Nishizuka, M. Shimizu, T. Nakamura, K. Otsuji

Hinode discovered a beautiful giant jet with both cool and hot components at the solar limb on 2007 February 9. Simultaneous observations by the Hinode SOT, XRT, and TRACE 195 satellites revealed that hot (5x10^6 K) and cool (10^4 K) jets were located side by side and that the hot jet preceded the associated cool jet (1-2 minutes). A current-sheet-like struc

Christoph Pahl

We report results on measurements of the strong coupling \as from event shape data at \Petra and \Lep. These include analyses of their distributions employing the recent NLLO calculations and analyses of their moments using NLO and power correction predictions.

V. A. Khoze, A. D. Martin, M. G. Ryskin

We present a triple-Regge analysis of the available pp --> p + X high-energy data accounting for absorptive corrections. We describe a model for high-energy soft interactions which includes the whole set of multi-Pomeron (n --> m) vertices, and give predictions for the LHC.

Jean-Pierre Julien, R. C. Albers

We have developed a new efficient and accurate impurity solver for the single impurity Anderson model (SIAM), which is based on a non-perturbative recursion technique in a space of operators and involves expanding the self-energy as a continued fraction. The method has no special occupation number or temperature restrictions; the only approximation is the nu

S. Akbari, Behrooz Bagheri Gh

Let G be a graph. It was proved that if G is a planar graph without {4, 6, 7}-cycles and without two 5-cycles sharing exactly one edge, then G 3-colorable. We observed that the proof of this result is not correct.

Tomasz Bold, for Atlas Tdaq

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in $pp$ collisions at 14 TeV centre-of-mass energy, whilst rejecting the enormous number of background events. Therefore it is equipped with a three level trigger system. The first level is is hardware based and uses coarse gr

Jason Alicea, Leon Balents

Recent experiments on bismuth have uncovered remarkably rich magnetization structure at fields well beyond the regime in which all carriers are expected to reside in the lowest Landau level. Motivated by these findings, we start from a microscopic tight-binding model and derive a low-energy Hamiltonian for the holes and three Dirac electrons pockets in bismu

Kelly D. Denney, Bradley M. Peterson, Matthias Dietrich, Marianne Vestergaard

We explore the nature of systematic errors that can arise in measurement of black hole masses from single-epoch spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by utilizing the many epochs available for NGC 5548 and PG1229+204 from reverberation mapping databases. In particular, we examine systematics due to AGN variability, contamination due to constant spectral c

Benoit Charbonneau, Yuriy Svyrydov, P. F. Tupper

We consider the weak convergence of numerical methods for stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Weak convergence is usually expressed in terms of the convergence of expected values of test functions of the trajectories. Here we present an alternative formulation of weak convergence in terms of the well-known Prokhorov metric on spaces of random variables

Adam Lipowski, Dorota Lipowska

We examine a naming game with two agents trying to establish a common vocabulary for n objects. Such efforts lead to the emergence of language that allows for an efficient communication and exhibits some degree of homonymy and synonymy. Although homonymy reduces the communication efficiency, it seems to be a dynamical trap that persists for a long, and perha

Rolf Bienert, Benjamin Klopsch

In this article we study the automorphism groups of binary cyclic codes. In particular, we provide explicit constructions for codes whose automorphism groups can be described as (a) direct products of two symmetric groups or (b) iterated wreath products of several symmetric groups. Interestingly, some of the codes we consider also arise in the context of reg

B. Sciascia

This paper is devoted to the first analyses based on the complete data sample collected by the KLOE detector at DAPHNE, the Frascati \phi-factory. The result for the BR(K_S -> \gamma\gamma) and the search for the decay K_S->e+e- are presented. Particular emphasis is put on the measurement of the ratio of Ke2 and Kmu2 BR's.

Gustavo E. Scuseria, Thomas M. Henderson, Danny C. Sorensen

We present an analytic proof demonstrating the equivalence between the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) to the ground state correlation energy and a ring-diagram simplification of the Coupled Cluster Doubles (CCD) equations. In the CCD framework, the RPA equations can be solved in $\mathcal{O}(N^4)$ computational effort, where $N$ is proportional to the numb

Anil N. Hirani, Kalyana B. Nakshatrala, Jehanzeb H. Chaudhry

We derive a numerical method for Darcy flow, hence also for Poisson&#39;s equation in mixed (first order) form, based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC). Exterior calculus is a generalization of vector calculus to smooth manifolds and DEC is one of its discretizations on simplicial complexes such as triangle and tetrahedral meshes. DEC is a coordinate invar

Dragan Slavkov Hajdukovic

We suggest that the eventual gravitational repulsion between matter and antimatter may be a key for understanding of the nature of dark matter and dark energy. If there is gravitational repulsion, virtual particle-antiparticle pairs in the vacuum, may be considered as gravitational dipoles. We use a simple toy model to reveal a first indication that the grav

Dennis Garity, Dušan Repovš, David Wright, Matjaž Željko

Bing-Whitehead Cantor sets were introduced by DeGryse and Osborne in dimension three and greater to produce examples of Cantor sets that were non standard (wild), but still had simply connected complement. In contrast to an earlier example of Kirkor, the construction techniques could be generalized to dimensions bigger than three. These Cantor sets in $S^{3}

Inkang Kim, Georg Schumacher

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors.

Bobby S. Acharya, Konstantin Bobkov

The G2-MSSM is a model of particle physics coupled to moduli fields with interesting phenomenology both for colliders and astrophysical experiments. In this paper we consider a more general model - whose moduli Kahler potential is a completely arbitrary G2-holonomy Kahler potential and whose matter Kahler potential is also more general. We prove that the vac