October 2008 arXiv papers — page 52

Andre Walker-Loud

I will review heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory for the nucleon delta degrees of freedom and then examine the recent dynamical lattice calculations of the nucleon mass from the BMW, ETM, JLQCD, LHP, MILC, NPLQCD, PACS-CS, QCDSF/UKQCD and RBC/UKQCD Collaborations. Performing the chiral extrapolations of these results, one finds remarkable agreement with

Jyotishman Bhowmick, Debashish Goswami

For $μ\in (0,1), c> 0,$ we identify the quantum group $SO_μ(3)$ as the universal object in the category of compact quantum groups acting by `orientation and volume preserving isometries' in the sense of \cite{goswami2} on the natural spectral triple on the Podles sphere $S^2_{μ, c}$ constructed by Dabrowski, D'Andrea, Landi and Wagner in \cite{Dabrow

M. R. Setare, E. N. Saridakis

We investigate canonical, phantom and quintom models, with the various fields being non-minimally coupled to gravity, in the framework of holographic dark energy. We classify them and we discuss their cosmological implications. In particular, we examine the present value of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter and the crossing through the phantom divi

Gelu Popescu

In this paper we introduce a hyperbolic distance $δ$ on the noncommutative open ball $[B(H)^n]_1$, where $B(H)$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space $H$, which is a noncommutative extension of the Poincare-Bergman metric on the open unit ball of $C^n$. We prove that $δ$ is invariant under the action of the group $Aut([B(H)^n]_1)$

Niklas Teichmann, Dennis Hinrichs, Martin Holthaus, Andre Eckardt

We study the transition from a Mott insulator to a superfluid in both the two- and the three-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model at zero temperature, employing the method of the effective potential. Converting Kato's perturbation series into an algorithm capable of reaching high orders, we obtain accurate critical parameters for any integer filling factor. Ou

Robert Stadler

We present density functional theory (DFT) based non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) calculations for the conductance through a nitrobenzene molecule, which is anchored by pyridil-groups to Au electrodes. This work is building up on earlier theoretical studies where quantum interference effects (QIE) have been identified both in qualitative tight bin

G. Kontrym-Sznajd

Investigations of the Fermi surface via the electron momentum distribution reconstructed from either angular correlation of annihilation radiation (or Compton scattering) experimental spectra are presented. The basis of these experiments and mathematical methods applied in reconstructing three-dimensional densities from line (or plane) projections measured i

T. H. Hansson, M. Hermanns, N. Regnault, S. Viefers

The quasiparticles in Quantum Hall liquids carry fractional charge and obey fractional quantum statistics. Of particular recent interest are those with non-Abelian statistics, since their braiding properties could in principle be used for robust coding of quantum information. There is already a good theoretical understanding of quasiholes both in Abelian and

Anne-Marie Aubert, Paul Baum, Roger Plymen

In the representation theory of reductive $p$-adic groups $G$, the issue of reducibility of induced representations is an issue of great intricacy. It is our contention, expressed as a conjecture in [3], that there exists a simple geometric structure underlying this intricate theory. We will illustrate here the conjecture with some detailed computations in t

Ibrahim Semiz

We look for "static" spherically symmetric solutions of Einstein's Equations for perfect fluid source with equation of state $p=wρ$. In order to include the possibilities of recently popularized dark energy and phantom energy possibly pervading the spacetime, we put no constraints on the constant $w$. We consider all four cases compatible with th

Irina Nasteva

The NEMO 3 experiment searches for neutrinoless double beta decay and makes precision measurements of two-neutrino double beta decay in seven isotopes. The latest two-neutrino half-life results are presented, together with the limits on neutrinoless half-lives and the corresponding effective Majorana neutrino masses. Also given are the limits obtained on neu

Atsumi Ohara, Tatsuaki Wada

This paper presents new geometric aspects of the behaviors of solutions to the porous medium equation (PME) and its associated equation. First we discuss the Legendre structure with information geometry on the manifold of generalized exponential densities. Next by considering such a structure in particular on the q-Gaussian densities, we derive several physi

Grigory Tkachov, Martina Hentschel

Extended defects in graphene, such as linear edges, break the translational invariance and can also have an impact on the symmetries specific to massless Dirac-like quasiparticles in this material. The paper examines the consequences of a broken Dirac fermion parity in the framework of the effective boundary conditions varying from the Berry-Mondragon mass c

Omer Bromberg, Amir Levinson

Recent observations of M87 and some blazars reveal violent activity in small regions located at relatively large distances from the central engine. Motivated by these considerations, we study the hydrodynamic collimation of a relativistic cooling outflow using a semi-analytical model developed earlier. We first demonstrate that radiative cooling of the shock

Andrej Gendiar, Roman Krcmar, Tomotoshi Nishino

System-size dependence of the ground-state energy E^N is investigated for N-site one-dimensional (1D) quantum systems with open boundary condition, where the interaction strength decreases towards the both ends of the system. For the spinless Fermions on the 1D lattice we have considered, it is shown that the finite-size correction to the energy per site, wh

Thomas J. Humanic

A simple kinematic model based on superposition of p+p collisions, relativistic geometry and final-state hadronic rescattering is used to calculate various hadronic observables in s(NN)**(1/2) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions and s(NN)**(1/2) = 5.5 TeV Pb+Pb collisions. The model calculations are compared with experimental results from several s(NN)**(1/2) = 200 G

Junya Shibata, Hiroshi Kohno

The spin Hall effect is a phenomenon that an electric field induces a spin Hall current. In this Letter, we examine the inverse effect that, in a ferromagnetic conductor, a charge Hall current is induced by a spin motive force, or a spin-dependent effective ` electric' field ${\bm E}_{\rm s}$, arising from the time variation of magnetization texture. By

G. Jannes

An increasingly popular approach to quantum gravity rests on the idea that gravity (and maybe electromagnetism and the other gauge fields) might be an 'emergent phenomenon', in the sense of representing a collective behaviour resulting from a very different microscopic physics. A prominent example of this approach is the condensed matter scheme for q

N. J. Tarrant, W. J. Chaplin, Y. P. Elsworth, S. A. Spreckley

Aims: As g-mode pulsators, gamma-Doradus-class stars may naively be expected to show a large number of modes. Taking advantage of the long photometric time-series generated by the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) instrument, we have studied the star gamma Doradus to determine whether any other modes than the three already known are present at observable amp

Yu-Ming Wang, M. Jamil Aslam, Cai-Dian Lu

The exclusive weak decay of $Λ_b \to Λγ$ and $Λ_b \to Λl^{+} l^{-}$ are investigated in the Applequist-Cheng-Dobrescu model, which is an extension of the standard model in presence of universal extra dimensions. Employing the transition form factors obtained in the light-cone sum rues, we analyze how the invariant mass distribution, forward-backward asymmetr

Stefan Hild, Simon Chelkowski, Andreas Freise

Recently, the design study `Einstein gravitational wave Telescope' (ET) has been funded within the European FP7 framework. The ambitious goal of this project is to provide a conceptual design of a detector with a hundred times better sensitivity than currently operating instruments. It is expected that this will require the development and implementation

K. Belkacem, R. Samadi, M. J. Goupil, M. A. Dupret

Detection of solar gravity modes remains a major challenge to our understanding of the innerparts of the Sun. Their frequencies would enable the derivation of constraints on the core physical properties while their amplitudes can put severe constraints on the properties of the inner convective region. Our purpose is to determine accurate theoretical amplitud

H. Sekiya

The recent results on the oscillation analyses of solar neutrino and the atmospheric neutrino measurements in Super-Kamiokande are presented. Recent status of the detector is also reported.

J. Esteve, C. Gross, A. Weller, S. Giovanazzi

Entanglement, a key feature of quantum mechanics, is a resource that allows the improvement of precision measurements beyond the conventional bound reachable by classical means. This is known as the standard quantum limit, already defining the accuracy of the best available sensors for various quantities such as time or position. Many of these sensors are in

H. Socas-Navarro, S. W. McIntosh, R. Centeno, A. G. de Wijn

High-resolution imaging observations from the Hinode spacecraft in the CaII H line are employed to study the dynamics of the chromosphere above a sunspot. We find that umbral flashes and other brightenings produced by the oscillation are extremely rich in fine structure, even beyond the resolving limit of our observations (0.22"). The umbra is tremendous

Piotr M. Soltan

We show that a continuous action of a quantum semigroup $\mathcal{S}$ on a finite quantum space (finite dimensional $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebra) preserving a faithful state comes from a continuous action of the quantum Bohr compactification $\mathfrak{b}\mathcal{S}$ of $\mathcal{S}$. Using the classification of continuous compact quantum group actions on $M_2$ we

A. Lupascu, P. Bertet, E. F. C. Driessen, C. J. P. M. Harmans

We observed the dynamics of a superconducting flux qubit coupled to an extrinsic quantum system (EQS). The presence of the EQS is revealed by an anticrossing in the spectroscopy of the qubit. The excitation of a two-photon transition to the third excited state of the qubit-EQS system allows us to extract detailed information about the energy level structure

Gang Chen, Leon Balents, Andreas P. Schnyder

We present a theory of spin and orbital physics in the A-site spinel compound FeSc2S4, which experimentally exhibits a broad "spin-orbital liquid" regime. A spin-orbital Hamiltonian is derived from a combination of microscopic consideration and symmetry analysis. We demonstrate a keen competition between spin-orbit interactions, which favor formation

K. Hidaka

We perform a systematic study of sneutrino production and decays in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) with lepton flavour violation (LFV). We study bosonic decays of sneutrinos as well as fermionic ones. We show that the effect of slepton generation mixing on the sneutrino production and decays can be quite large in a significant part of the M

A. Assadi, H. Haghshenas, H. Hosseini Guive

In this paper, we study a part of approximation theory that presents the conditions under which a \Ceby\sev set in a Banach space is convex. To do so, we use Gateaux differentiability of the distance function.

J. Kluson

We construct an action for unstable M3-brane in M-theory. We argue that in order to find M3-brane action that upon direct dimensional reduction leads to non-BPS D3-brane action in type IIA theory we have to presume that the background possesses Killing isometry and that this isometry has to be gauged on the world-volume of M3-brane. Then we construct singula

Hadi Haghshenas

the main goal of this paper is to prove that any Banach space X, that every dual ball in X** is weak* -separable, or every weak* -closed convex subset in X** is weak* -separable, or every norm-closed convex set in X* is constructible, admits an equivalent Frechet differentiable norm.

Jie Zhou, Haijun Zhou

Counting the number of ground states for a spin-glass or NP-complete combinatorial optimization problem is even more difficult than the already hard task of finding a single ground state. In this paper the entropy of minimum vertex-covers of random graphs is estimated through a set of iterative equations based on the cavity method of statistical mechanics. D

Robert N. C. Pfeifer, Glen Evenbly, Guifre Vidal

The use of entanglement renormalization in the presence of scale invariance is investigated. We explain how to compute an accurate approximation of the critical ground state of a lattice model, and how to evaluate local observables, correlators and critical exponents. Our results unveil a precise connection between the multi-scale entanglement renormalizatio

Spencer R. Klein

IceCube is a 1 km$^3$ neutrino detector now being built at the South Pole. Its 4800 optical modules will detect Cherenkov radiation from charged particles produced in neutrino interactions. IceCube will search for neutrinos of astrophysical origin, with energies from 100 GeV up to $10^{19}$ eV. It will be able to separate $\nu_e$, $\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\tau$. I

M. Batygov, S. T. Dye, J. G. Learned, S. Matsuno

This paper presents the science potential of a deep ocean antineutrino observatory being developed at Hawaii and elsewhere. The observatory design allows for relocation from one site to another. Positioning the observaory some 60 km distant from a nuclear reactor complex enables preecision measurement of neutrino mixing parameters, leading to a determination

Gheorghe Craciun, Casian Pantea, Grzegorz A. Rempala

We present a novel method for identifying a biochemical reaction network based on multiple sets of estimated reaction rates in the corresponding reaction rate equations arriving from various (possibly different) experiments. The current method, unlike some of the graphical approaches proposed in the literature, uses the values of the experimental measurement

Peng Wang

We show that isothermic surfaces and S-Willmore surfaces are also the solutions to the corresponding Blaschke's problem for both spacelike and timelike surfaces in pseudo-Riemannian space forms. For timelike surfaces both Willmore and isothermic, we obtain a description by minimal surfaces similar to the classical results of Thomsen.

Ashish Goel, Sanjeev Khanna, Brad Null

In the budgeted learning problem, we are allowed to experiment on a set of alternatives (given a fixed experimentation budget) with the goal of picking a single alternative with the largest possible expected payoff. Approximation algorithms for this problem were developed by Guha and Munagala by rounding a linear program that couples the various alternatives

L. V. Bogdanov, Jen-Hsu Chang, Yu-Tung Chen

We study Manakov-Santini equation, starting from Lax-Sato form of associated hierarchy. The waterbag reduction for Manakov-Santini hierarchy is introduced. Equations of reduced hierarchy are derived.We construct new coordinates transforming non-hydrodynamic evolution of waterbag reduction to non-homogeneous Riemann invariants form of hydrodynamic type.

Ismael Tereno, Carlo Schimd, Jean-Philippe Uzan, Martin Kilbinger

We use measurements of cosmic shear from CFHTLS, combined with WMAP-5 cosmic microwave background anisotropy data, baryonic acoustic oscillations from SDSS and 2dFGRS and supernovae data from SNLS and Gold-set, to constrain the neutrino mass. We obtain a 95% confidence level upper limit of 0.54 eV for the sum of the neutrino masses, and a lower limit of 0.03

Helmut Hofer, Kris Wysocki, Eduard Zehnder

We describe a very general (nonlinear) Fredholm theory for a new class of ambient spaces, called polyfolds. The basic feature of these new spaces is that in general they may have locally varying dimensions. These new spaces are needed for a functional analytic treatment of nonlinear problems involving analytic limiting behavior. This theory is applicable to

Alexander Usvyatsov

We characterize nonforking (Morley) sequences in dependent theories in terms of a generalization of Poizat's special sequences and show that average types of Morley sequences are stationary over their domains. We characterize generically stable types in terms of the structure of the "eventual" type. We then study basic properties of "strict M

J. Bulava, R. Edwards, K. J. Juge, C. J. Morningstar

Hadron spectroscopy on dynamical configurations are faced with the difficulties of dealing with the mixing of single particle states and multi-hadron states (for large spatial volumes and light dynamical quarks masses). It is conceivable that explicit multi-hadron interpolating operators will be necessary for obtaining sufficiently good overlap onto multi-ha

S. Shadrin

We study the structure of the Goulden-Jackson-Vakil formula that relates Hurwitz numbers to some conjectural "intersection numbers" on a conjectural family of varieties $X_{g,n}$ of dimension $4g-3+n$. We give explicit formulas for the properly arranged generating function for these "intersection numbers", and prove that it satisfies Hirota e

S. Heinemeyer, M. Mondragon, G. Zoupanos

Finite Unified Theories (FUTs) are N=1 supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) which can be made finite to all-loop orders, leading to a drastic reduction in the number of free parameters. By confronting the predictions of SU(5) FUTs with the top and bottom quark masses we are able to discriminate among different models. Including further low-energy phe

F. Fiore, S. Puccetti, M. Brusa, M. Salvato

(abridged) We take advantage of the deep Chandra and Spitzer coverage of a large area (more than 10 times the area covered by the Chandra deep fields, CDFs in the COSMOS field, to extend the search of highly obscured, Compton-thick active nuclei to higher luminosity. These sources have low surface density and large samples can be provided only through large

Cedric Yen-Yu Lin, Ian Affleck

The thermal fluctations of vortices in a superconductor can be usefully mapped onto the quantum fluctations of a collection of bosons at T=0 moving in 2 dimensions. When the superconductor is a thin platelet with the magnetic field parallel to its surface, the interacting quantum bosons are effectively moving in 1 dimension, allowing for powerful Luttinger l

Monika Sharma, Claude A. Pruneau

We introduce and compare three differential correlation functions for the study of transverse momentum correlation in $p+p$ and $A+A$ collisions. These consist of {\it inclusive}, {\it event-wise} and a differential version of the correlation measure $\tilde C$ introduced by Gavin \cite{Gavin} for experimental study of the viscosity per unit entropy of the m

A. Codello, R. Percacci

Using Wilsonian methods, we study the renormalization group flow of the Nonlinear Sigma Model in any dimension $d$, restricting our attention to terms with two derivatives. At one loop we always find a Ricci flow. When symmetries completely fix the internal metric, we compute the beta function of the single remaining coupling, without any further approximati

A. Koch, A. McWilliam, E. K. Grebel, D. B Zucker

We report on the abundance analysis of two red giants in the faint Hercules dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy. These stars show a remarkable deficiency in the neutron-capture elements, while the hydrostatic alpha-elements (O, Mg) are strongly enhanced. Our data indicate [Ba/Fe] and [Mg/Fe] abundance ratios of <-2 dex and ~+0.8 dex, respectively, with essentiall

M. J. Jee, J. A. Tyson

We present a weak-lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster CL J1226+3332 at z=0.89 using Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys images. The cluster is the hottest (>10 keV), most X-ray luminous system at z>0.6 known to date. The relaxed X-ray morphology, as well as its high temperature, is unusual at such a high redshift. Our mass reconstruction sh

Stefan J. Kautsch, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Christian A. Soto, Kim-Vy H. Tran

We study a unique proto-cluster of galaxies, the supergroup SG1120-1202. We quantify the degree to which morphological transformation of cluster galaxies occurs prior to cluster assembly in order to explain the observed early-type fractions in galaxy clusters at z=0. SG1120-1202 at z~0.37 is comprised of four gravitationally bound groups that are expected to

N. A. Logoboy, E. B. Sonin

Domain walls in a tetragonal chiral p-wave superconductors with broken time reversal symmetry are analyzed in the framework of the Ginsburg-Landau theory. The energy and the jump of the magnetic induction on the wall were determined for different types of walls as functions of the parameters of the Ginzburg-Landau theory and orientation of the domain wall wi

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare

The PHENIX experiment presents results from the RHIC 2006 run with polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 62.4 GeV for inclusive pi^0 production at mid-rapidity. Unpolarized cross section results are measured for transverse momenta p_T = 0.5 to 7 GeV/c. Next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations are compared with the data, and w

Shigeki Matsumoto, Joe Sato, Masato Senami, Masato Yamanaka

Relic abundance of dark matter is investigated in the framework of universal extra dimension (UED) models with right-handed neutrinos. These models are free from the KK graviton problem in the minimal UED model. The first KK particle of the right-handed neutrino is a dark matter candidate in this framework. When ordinary neutrino masses are large enough such

J. R. Morris

A generic theory of a single real scalar field is considered, and a simple method is presented for obtaining a class of solutions to the equation of motion. These solutions are obtained from a simpler equation of motion that is generated by replacing a set of the original coordinates by a set of generalized coordinates, which are harmonic functions in the sp

Fjodor V. Kusmartsev, Eckehard W. Mielke, Franz E. Schunck

We investigate the stability of general-relativistic boson stars by classifying singularities of differential mappings and compare it with the results of perturbation theory. Depending on the particle number, the star has the following regimes of behavior: stable, metastable, pulsation, and collapse.

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare

The double helicity asymmetry in neutral pion production for p_T = 1 to 12 GeV/c has been measured with the PHENIX experiment in order to access the gluon spin contribution, Delta-G, to the proton spin. Measured asymmetries are consistent with zero, and at a theory scale of μ^2 = 4 GeV^2 give Delta-G^[0.02,0.3] = 0.1 to 0.2, with a constraint of -0.7 < Delta

Tsuyoshi Ito, Hirotada Kobayashi, Keiji Matsumoto

A central problem in quantum computational complexity is how to prevent entanglement-assisted cheating in multi-prover interactive proof systems. It is well-known that the standard oracularization technique completely fails in some proof systems under the existence of prior entanglement. This paper studies two constructions of two-prover one-round interactiv

G. Brunetti

FERMI (formely GLAST) and LOFAR will shortly provide crucial information on the non-thermal components (relativistic particles and magnetic field) in galaxy clusters. After discussing observational facts that already put constraints on the properties and origin of non-thermal components, I will report on the emission spectrum from galaxy clusters as expected

O. Bogopolski, E. Ventura

We give an explicit recursive presentation for Mihailova&#39;s subgroup $M(H)$ of $F_n \times F_n$ corresponding to a finite, concise and Peiffer aspherical presentation $H=< x_1,..., x_n \mid R_1,..., R_m>$. This partially answers a question of R.I. Grigorchuk, [8, Problem 4.14]. As a corollary, we construct a finitely generated recursively presented orbit

Kenneth G. Libbrecht

We examine the molecular dynamics of crystal growth in the presence of surface melting and surface impurities, and from this propose a detailed microscopic model for the growth of ice from the vapor phase. Our model naturally accounts for many aspects of the experimental data that are otherwise difficult to explain, and it suggests a variety of measurements

Dan Barbasch

In this paper I explore the relationship between regular functions associated to local systems on nilpotent orbits and unipotent representations in the complex groups.

M. Combescot, D. W. Snoke

It is known that elementary bosons condense in a unique state, not so much because this state has the lowest free particle energy but because it costs a macroscopic amount of energy to put the particles into different states which can then interact through quantum particle exchanges. Since individual exchanges between the two fermions of a composite boson ar

Martin Hasenbusch, Francesco Parisen Toldin, Andrea Pelissetto, Ettore Vicari

We report our Monte Carlo results on the critical and multicritical behavior of the +- J Ising model [with a random-exchange probability P(J_{xy}) = p δ(J_{xy} - J) + (1-p) δ(J_{xy} + J)], in two and three dimensions. We study the transition line between the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic phase, which extends from p=1 to a multicritical (Nishimori) point. By

Cesar R. de Oliveira, Marciano Pereira

It is presented, in the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, a justification of the usual Aharonov-Bohm hamiltonian (with solenoid of radius greater than zero). This is obtained by way of increasing sequences of finitely long solenoids together with a natural impermeability procedure; further, both limits commute. Such rigorous limits are in the s

P. Kaaret, A. A. Abdo, J. Arons, M. Baring

This is a report on the findings of the Galactic compact objects working group for the white paper on the status and future of TeV gamma-ray astronomy. The white paper is an APS commissioned document, and the full version has also been released and can be found on astro-ph. This section of the white paper discusses the potential of future ground-based gamma-

M. Zorotovic, M. Catelan, M. Zoccali, B. J. Pritzl

We present BV photometry of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 5286, based on 128 V frames and 133 B frames, and covering the entire face of the cluster. Our photometry reaches almost two magnitudes below the turn-off level, and is accordingly suitable for an age analysis. Field stars were removed statistically from the cluster&#39;s color-magnitude diagram (

Antonio M. Puertas, Matthias Fuchs

In this chapter, a study of the glass transitions in colloidal systems is presented, in connection with gelation, mainly from theoretical and simulation results. Mode Coupling Theory, which anticipated the existence of attraction driven glasses, is reviewed, and its predictions concerning attractive glasses discussed. Results from computer simulations will b

D. Nissenbaum, L. Spanu, C. Attaccalite, B. Barbiellini

We have performed Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of Li clusters showing that Resonating-Valence-Bond (RVB) pairing correlations between electrons provide a substantial contribution to the cohesive energy. The RVB effects are identified in terms of electron transfers from s- to p-like character, constituting a possible explanation for the breakdown

V. Gnezdilov, P. Lemmens, A. A. Zvyagin, V. O. Cheranovskii

We report magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and Raman scattering investigations of alpha-TeVO4 containing V-O edge-sharing chains. These chains promote a system of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg alternating exchange chains with pronounced spin frustration. The magnetic susceptibility and Raman scattering evidence a crossover at T*

Roman Naryshkin, Matt Davison

The &#34;standard&#34; Merton formulation of optimal investment and consumption involves optimizing the integrated lifetime utility of consumption, suitably discounted, together with the discounted future bequest. In this formulation the utility of consumption at any given time depends only on the amount consumed at that time. However, it is both theoretical

Thomas DeGrand

I apply a recently developed algorithm for reweighting simulations of lattice QCD from one quark mass to another to simulations performed with overlap fermions in the epsilon regime. I test it by computing the condensate from distributions of the low lying eigenvalues of the Dirac operator. Results seem favorable.

Olga Alexandrova, Catherine Lacombe, Andre Mangeney

We investigate the spectral shape, the anisotropy of the wave vector distributions and the anisotropy of the amplitudes of the magnetic fluctuations in the Earth&#39;s magnetosheath within a broad range of frequencies. We present the first observations of a Kolmogorov-like inertial range of Alfvenic fluctuations in the magnetosheath flanks, below fci. In the

Siddharth Barman, Shuchi Chawla

We consider the following &#34;multiway cut packing&#34; problem in undirected graphs: we are given a graph G=(V,E) and k commodities, each corresponding to a set of terminals located at different vertices in the graph; our goal is to produce a collection of cuts {E_1,...,E_k} such that E_i is a multiway cut for commodity i and the maximum load on any edge i

M. Pohl, A. Abdo, A. Atoyan, M. Baring

This is a report on the findings of the SNR/cosmic-ray working group for the white paper on the status and future of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. The white paper is an APS commissioned document, and the overall version has also been released and can be found on astro-ph. This detailed section of the white paper discusses the status of past and current a

Mayeul Arminjon, Frank Reifler

We present a recent work on the Dirac equation in a curved spacetime. In addition to the standard equation, two alternative versions are considered, derived from wave mechanics, and based on the tensor representation of the Dirac field. The latter considers the Dirac wave function as a spacetime vector and the set of the Dirac matrices as a third-order tenso

Robert W. Neel

We prove that minimal graphs (other than planes) are parabolic in the sense that any bounded harmonic function is determined by its boundary values. The proof relies on using the coupling introduced in the author&#39;s earlier paper &#34;A martingale approach to minimal surfaces&#34; to show that Brownian motion on such a minimal graph almost surely strikes

F. Mezzadri, G. Calestani, M. Calicchio, E. Gilioli

We report on the high pressure synthesis of BiMn$_7$O$_{12}$, a manganite displaying a &#34;quadruple perovskite&#34; structure. Structural characterization of single crystal samples shows a distorted and asymmetrical coordination around the Bi atom, due to presence of the $6s^{2}$ lone pair, resulting in non-centrosymmetric space group Im, leading to a perm

Federico Becca, Luca F. Tocchio, Sandro Sorella

We study the phase diagram of the frustrated $t{-}t^\prime$ Hubbard model on the square lattice by using a novel variational wave function. Taking the clue from the backflow correlations that have been introduced long-time ago by Feynman and Cohen and have been used for describing various interacting systems on the continuum (like liquid $^3$He, the electron

J. Ruggiero, T. Chanelière, J. -L. Le Gouët

We investigate coherent propagation through a large optical density Tm$^{3+}$:YAG crystal. Using an ultra-stable laser, fiber filtering and site selection, we investigate the transmitted pulse temporal profile. The plane wave condition is satisfied by selection of the illuminated spot central area. We pay special attention to $π$-pulse transmission in the pr

Sabir Ramazanov

We obtain tree-level estimates of various differential branching ratios of heavy baryon decays with massive sterile neutrinos $ν_{x}$ in the final state. Heavy sterile neutrinos can be searched for in heavy baryon decays with missing mass as a signature as well as in fixed target experiments, where heavy baryon decays contribute to sterile neutrino productio

Jérôme Ruggiero, Jean-Louis Le Gouët, Christoph Simon, Thierry Chanelière

We consider in this paper a two-pulse photon echo sequence as a potential quantum light storage protocol. It is widely believed that a two-pulse scheme should lead to very low efficiency and is then not relevant for this specific application. We show experimentally by using a Tm${}^{3+}$:YAG crystal that such a protocol is on contrary very efficient and even

A. Maeder, G. Meynet, S. Ekstrom, C. Georgy

Recently, the concept of rotational mixing has been challenged by some authors (e.g. Hunter et al. 2008). We show that the excess N/H is a multivariate function f(M, age, v, sin i, multiplicity,Z). To find a correlation of a multivariate function with some parameter, it is evidently necessary to limit as much as possible the range of the other involved param

Gelu Popescu

In this paper we continue our investigation concerning the hyperbolic geometry on the noncommutative ball $[B(H)^n]_1^-$, where $B(H)$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space $H$, and its implications to noncommutative function theory. The central object is an intertwining operator $L_{B,A}$ of the minimal isometric dilations of $A,

S. Uehara, Y. Watanabe

We have measured the cross section for pi^0 pi^0 production in two-photon collisions using a data sample with an ntegrated luminosity of 95 fb^-1 collected with the Belle detector. We find at least four resonant structures including a peak from f_0(980), and a fitting of the result to partial-wave amplitudes assuming some resonances are applied. We also make

Marie-Françoise Bidaut-Véron

We study the self-similar solutions of any sign of the equation u_{t}-div(|&#8711;u|^{p-2}&#8711;u)=|u|^{q-1}u, in R^{N}, where p,q>1. We extend the results of Haraux-Weissler obtained for p=2 to the case q>p-1>0. In particular we study the existence of slow or fast decaying solutions. For given t>0, the fast solutions u(t,.) have a compact support in R^{N}

E. Mazzilli

We study germs of J-Holomorphic curves contained in $M$, a real analytic hypersurface of an symplectic manifold of dimension 4. We show, under topological hypothesis on $M$, that if $M$ is compact then $M$ is of finite type and so there is no germs of $J$-holomorphic curves on $M$(with $J$ adapted with the symplectic form). In $\Bbb{C}^2$ with the standard c

Georges Meynet, Cristina Chiappini, Cyril Georgy, Marco Pignatari

We review general characteristics of massive stars, present the main observable constraints that stellar models should reproduce. We discuss the impact of massive star nucleosynthesis on the early phases of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way (MW). We show that rotating models can account for the important primary nitrogen production needed at low metall

Claire Chavaudret

Let G be a linear Lie group. We define the G-reducibility of a continuous or discrete cocycle modulo N. We show that a G-valued continuous or discrete cocycle which is GL(n,C)-reducible is in fact G-reducible modulo 2 if G=GL(n,R),SL(n,R),Sp(n,R) or O(n) and modulo 1 if G=U(n).

Samuel Herrmann, Pierre Vallois

We study a family of memory-based persistent random walks and we prove weak convergences after space-time rescaling. The limit processes are not only Brownian motions with drift. We have obtained a continuous but non-Markov process $(Z_t)$ which can be easely expressed in terms of a counting process $(N_t)$. In a particular case the counting process is a Poi

Sergei K. Godunov

This preprint appeared firstly in Russian in 1997. Some truncated versions of this preprint were published in English and French, here a fully translated version is presented. The translation in English was done by O. V. Feodoritova and V. Deledicque to whom I express my gratitude. In the present paper I will describe how the first variant of the Godunov&#39

T. J. M. Boyd, R. Ondarza-Rovira

Laser light incident on targets at intensities such that the electron dynamics is ultrarelativistic gives rise to a harmonic power spectrum extending to high orders and characterized by a relatively slow decay with the harmonic number m that follows a power law dependence, m^{-p}. Relativistic similarity theory predicts a universal value for p = 8/3 up to so

Laurent Veron

We present the moste recent results dealing with the theory of semilinear elliptic equations with measures data

E. Jourdain, D. Gotz, N. J. Westergaard, L. Natalucci

We present results of Crab observations by the INTEGRAL instruments. A simultaneous fit allows us to demonstrate that INTEGRAL provides reliable spectra over its wide energy range.

C. Lazarou, B. M. Garraway

We analyse the problem of a single mode field interacting with a pair of two level atoms. The atoms enter and exit the cavity at different times. Instead of using constant coupling, we use time dependent couplings which represent the spatial dependence of the mode. Although the system evolution is adiabatic for most of the time, a previously unstudied energy

J. Portoles

The recent measurement of the tau -> Ks pion nu_tau spectrum by the Belle Collaboration provides the frame to set forth a theoretical description of the decay, which is based on the contributing vector F_+(s) and scalar F_0(s) form factors. We show that a good representation of data is obtained through the use of form factors calculated within resonance chir

I. Agnoletto, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, L. Zampieri

We present an optical photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. In photometry, a broad, bright (M_R~-21.7) peak characterizes all BVRI light curves. Afterwards, a rapid luminosity fading is followed by a phase of slow luminosity decline between day ~170 and ~237. At late phases

Ryosuke Yano, Kojiro Suzuki, Hisayasu Kuroda

The relativistic shock layer problem was numerically analyzed by using two relativistic Boltzmann-kinetic equations. One is Marle model, and the other is Anderson-Witting model. As with Marle model, the temperature of the gain term was determined from its relation with the dynamic pressure in the framework of 14-moments theory. From numerical results of the