November 2008 arXiv papers — page 13

M. K. Volkov, Yu. M. Bystritskiy, E. A. Kuraev

In the framework of the local Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model the radiative decay widths of the scalar mesons $f_0(980)$ and $a_0(980)$ into $ργ$ and $ωγ$ are calculated. The contributions of the quark loops and the meson loops are taken into account. For the radiative decays of the scalar meson $f_0(980)$ the contribution of the meson loops plays the dominant role

Sean M. Carroll

Despite the obvious utility of the concept, it has often been argued that time does not exist. I take the opposite perspective: let's imagine that time does exist, and the universe is described by a quantum state obeying ordinary time-dependent quantum mechanics. Reconciling this simple picture with the known facts about our universe turns out to be a no

Denis Burgarella, Veronique Buat, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, Takehiko Wada

Deep observations of the CDFS have been secured at 15um with AKARI/IRC infrared space telescope (ESA open time). From these observations, we define a sample of MIR-selected galaxies at 15um and we also obtain 15um flux densities for a sample of LBGs at z=1 already observed at 24um with Spitzer/MIPS. Number counts for the MIR-selected sample show a bump aroun

C. Hein, P. Imkeller, I. Pavlyukevich

In this paper we study the asymptotic properties of the power variations of stochastic processes of the type X=Y+L, where L is an alpha-stable Levy process, and Y a perturbation which satisfies some mild Lipschitz continuity assumptions. We establish local functional limit theorems for the power variation processes of X. In case X is a solution of a stochast

Gerd Pühlhofer

A large fraction of the recently discovered Galactic Very High Energy (VHE) source population remains unidentified to date. VHE gamma-ray emission traces high energy particles in these sources, but for example in case of hadronic processes also the gas density at the emission site. Moreover, the particles have sufficiently long lifetimes to be able to escape

M. S. Laad

The quantum critical point (QCP) in $YbRh_{2}Si_{2}$ is an enigma for the itinerant view of QCP. In an alternative view, this QCP is intimately linked to the selective Mott localization of the heavy $f$ electrons. Following a perusal of this unusual QCP, I study an Extended Periodic Anderson Model (EPAM) within DMFT. A quantum phase transition (FQPT), accomp

F. Becattini, J. Manninen

It is shown that data on strange particle production as a function of centrality in Au-Au collisions at \sqrt(s)_{NN}= 200 GeV can be explained with a superposition of emission from a hadron gas at full chemical equilibrium (core) and from nucleon-nucleon collisions at the boundary (corona) of the overlapping region of the two colliding nuclei. This model ni

Franz E. Schunck, Andrew R. Liddle

We investigate the possible gravitational redshift values for boson stars with a self-interaction, studying a wide range of possible masses. We find a limiting value of z_lim \simeq 0.687 for stable boson star configurations. We can exclude the direct observation of boson stars. X-ray spectroscopy is perhaps the most interesting possibility.

Krzysztof Wohlfeld, Maria Daghofer, Andrzej M. Oles, Peter Horsch

We address the spectral properties of Mott insulators with orbital degrees of freedom, and investigate cases where the orbital symmetry leads to Ising-like superexchange in the orbital sector. The paradigm of a hole propagating by its coupling to quantum fluctuations, known from the spin t-J model, then no longer applies. We find instead that when one of the

Dario Gerace, Hakan E. Tureci, A. Imamoglu, Vittorio Giovannetti

The interplay between coherent tunnel coupling and on-site interactions in dissipation-free bosonic systems has lead to many spectacular observations, ranging from the demonstration of number-phase uncertainty relation to quantum phase transitions. To explore the effect of dissipation and coherent drive on tunnel coupled interacting bosonic systems, we propo

W. Florkowski, W. Broniowski, M. Chojnacki, Adam Kisiel

It is argued that the use of the initial Gaussian energy density profile for hydrodynamics leads to much better uniform description of the RHIC heavy-ion data than the use of the standard initial condition obtained from the Glauber model. With the modified Gaussian initial conditions we successfully reproduce the transverse-momentum spectra, v2, and the pion

Stéphane Devismes, Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Sébastien Tixeuil

Self-stabilization is a general paradigm to provide forward recovery capabilities to distributed systems and networks. Intuitively, a protocol is self-stabilizing if it is able to recover without external intervention from any catastrophic transient failure. In this paper, our focus is to lower the communication complexity of self-stabilizing protocols \emph

Zbigniew J. Jurek

In infinite dimensional Banach spaces there is no complete characterization of the Lévy exponents of infinitely divisible probability measures. Here we propose \emph{a calculus on Lévy exponents} that is derived from some random integrals. As a consequence we prove that \emph{each} selfdecomposable measure can by factorized as another selfdecomposable measur

Brian M. Andersen, P. J. Hirschfeld

Recent scanning tunnelling spectroscopy measurements [Y. Koksaka et al., Nature 454, 1072 (2008)] have shown that dispersing quasiparticle interference peaks in Fourier transformed conductance maps disappear as the bias voltage exceeds a certain threshold corresponding to the coincidence of the contour of constant quasiparticle energy with the antiferromagne

Przemyslaw Klusik, Zbigniew Palmowski, Jakub Zwierz

In this paper we consider the problem of the quantile hedging from the point of view of a better informed agent acting on the market. The additional knowledge of the agent is modelled by a filtration initially enlarged by some random variable. By using equivalent martingale measures introduced in Amendinger (2000) and Amendinger, Imkeller and Schweizer (1998

M. Marx, H. Najar

In this paper we study spectral properties of a family of quasi-periodic Schrödinger operators on the real line in the adiabatic limit. We assume that the adiabatic iso-energetic curve has a real branch that is extended along the momentum direction. In the energy intervals where this happens, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the Lyapunov exponent and show

Jean Ruppenthal, Eduardo S. Zeron

Let Y be a weighted homogeneous (singular) subvariety of C^n. The main objective of this paper is to present a class of explicit integral formulae for solving the d-bar-equation $ω=\dbarλ$ on the regular part of Y, where $ω$ is a d-bar-closed (0,q)-form with compact support and degree q>=1. Particular cases of these formulae yield L^p-bounded solution operat

Radu A. Ionas

We consider a general 4n-dimensional quaternionic Kahler geometry with a free action of the torus T^(n+1). The toric action lifts onto the Swann bundle of the quaternionic Kahler space to a tri-holomorphic action that commutes with the standard H* action on the bundle. By matching Pedersen and Poon's generalized Gibbons-Hawking Ansatz description of the

Juhani Riihentaus

It is a classical result that every subharmonic function, defined and ${\mathcal{L}}^p$-integrable for some $p$, $0<p<+\infty$, on the unit disk $\mathbb{D}$ of the complex plane ${\mathbb{C}}$ is for almost all $θ$ of the form $o((1-| z|)^{-1/p})$, uniformly as $z\to e^{iθ}$ in any Stolz domain. Recently Pavlović gave a related integral inequality for absol

Pedro Lacerda

We present time-resolved near-infrared (J and H) photometry of the extreme Kuiper belt object (136108) Haumea (formerly 2003 EL61) taken to further investigate rotational variability of this object. The new data show that the near-infrared peak-to-peak photometric range is similar to the value at visible wavelengths, Δm_R = 0.30+/-0.02 mag. Detailed analysis

Byung-Yoon Park, Hee-Jung Lee, Vicente Vento

The Skyrme model, an effective low energy theory rooted in large $N_c$ QCD, has been applied to the study of dense matter. Matter is described by various crystal structures of skyrmions. When this system is heated, the dominating thermal degrees of freedom are the fluctuating pions. Taking these mechanisms jointly produces a description of the chiral phase t

Prasanna D. Kulkarni, U. V. Vaidya, S. K. Dhar, P. Manfrinetti

Rare earth based intermetallics, SmScGe and NdScGe, are shown to exhibit near zero net magnetization with substitutions of 6 to 9 atomic percent of Nd and 25 atomic percent of Gd, respectively. The notion of magnetic compensation in them is also elucidated by the crossover of zero magnetization axis at low magnetic fields (less than 103 Oe) and field-induced

Xiaoping Xu

In this paper, we use various anstazes motivated from our earlier works on transonic gas flows, boundary layer problems and Navier-Stokes equations to find new explicit exact solutions with multiple parameter functions for the equation of geopotential forecast and the equations of nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics.

Mesfin Asfaw, Hsuan-Yi Chen

We present a theoretical study for adhesion-induced lateral phase separation for a membrane with short stickers, long stickers and repellers confined between two hard walls. The effects of confinement and repellers on lateral phase separation are investigated. We find that the critical potential depth of the stickers for lateral phase separation increases as

Xiaoping Xu

Short wave equations were introduced in connection with the nonlinear reflection of weak shock waves. They also relate to the modulation of a gas-fluid mixture. Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya equation are used to describe the propagation of a diffraction sound beam in a nonlinear medium. We give a new algebraic method of solving these equations by using certain finit

Mingyu Xiao, Leizhen Cai, Andrew C. Yao

For an edge-weighted connected undirected graph, the minimum $k$-way cut problem is to find a subset of edges of minimum total weight whose removal separates the graph into $k$ connected components. The problem is NP-hard when $k$ is part of the input and W[1]-hard when $k$ is taken as a parameter. A simple algorithm for approximating a minimum $k$-way cut i

Lopatkin Viktor

We consider the torsion of homology groups of right pointed sets over a partially commutative monoid M(E,I)

Daniel Fraiman, Pablo Balenzuela, Jennifer Foss, Dante R. Chialvo

Brain &#34;rest&#34; is defined -more or less unsuccessfully- as the state in which there is no explicit brain input or output. This work focuss on the question of whether such state can be comparable to any known \emph{dynamical} state. For that purpose, correlation networks from human brain Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) are constrasted with

M. R. Connolly, M. V. Milosevic, S. J. Bending, J. R. Clem

Scanning Hall probe and local Hall magnetometry measurements have been used to investigate flux distributions in large mesoscopic superconducting disks with sizes that lie near the crossover between the bulk and mesoscopic vortex regimes. Results obtained by directly mapping the magnetic induction profiles of the disks at different applied fields can be quit

Massimiliano Esposito, Upendra Harbola, Shaul Mukamel

Fluctuation theorems (FTs), which describe some universal properties of nonequilibrium fluctuations, are examined from a quantum perspective and derived by introducing a two-point measurement on the system. FTs for closed and open systems driven out of equilibrium by an external time-dependent force, and for open systems maintained in a nonequilibrium steady

Silvere Bonnabel

Aghannan and Rouchon proposed a new design method of asymptotic observers for a class of nonlinear mechanical systems: Lagrangian systems with configuration (position) measurements. The observer is based on the Riemannian structure of the configuration manifold endowed with the kinetic energy metric and is intrinsic. They proved local convergence. When the s

I. Soszynski, A. Udalski, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak

In the second part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars (OIII-CVS) we present 197 type II Cepheids and 83 anomalous Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The sample of type II Cepheids consists of 64 BL Her stars, 96 W Vir stars and 37 RV Tau stars. Anomalous Cepheids are divided into 62 fundamental-mode and 21 first-overtone pulsators. These ar

Eduardo Gonzalez, Chris Woodward

We prove a gluing theorem for a symplectic vortex on a compact complex curve and a collection of holomorphic sphere bubbles. Using the theorem we show that the moduli space of regular stable symplectic vortices on a fixed curve with varying markings has the structure of a stratified-smooth topological orbifold. In addition, we show that the moduli space has

Zhong-Bo Kang, Jian-Wei Qiu, Werner Vogelsang

We study the transverse momentum distribution of low-mass lepton pairs produced in hadronic scattering, using the perturbative QCD factorization approach. We argue that the distribution at large transverse momentum, $Q_T \gg Q$, with the pair&#39;s invariant mass $Q$ as low as $Q \sim Λ_{\mathrm{QCD}}$, can be systematically factorized into universal parton-

Jean-Paul Cardinal

In this paper we explore a family of congruences over $\N^\ast$ from which one builds a sequence of symmetric matrices related to the Mertens function. From the results of numerical experiments, we formulate a conjecture about the growth of the quadratic norm of these matrices, which implies the Riemann hypothesis. This suggests that matrix analysis methods

Agostino Prastaro

In this paper we show that between PDE&#39;s and crystallographic groups there is an unforeseen relation. In fact we prove that integral bordism groups of PDE&#39;s can be considered extensions of crystallographic subgroups. In this respect we can consider PDE&#39;s as {\em extended crystals}. Then an algebraic-topological obstruction ({\em crystal obstructi

Yu. N. Kudrya, V. E. Karachentseva, I. D. Karachentsev, S. N. Mitronova

We compare infrared Tully-Fisher (TF) distances and peculiar velocities derived for spiral galaxies from the two largest datasets: the 2MASS selected Flat Galaxy Catalog, 2MFGC [19, 20] and the Arecibo General Catalog with I-band photometry, SFI++ [30,7]. These samples contain peculiar velocities for ~3000 and ~4000 objects, respectively. Based on a sub-samp

Theo van Uem

We obtain expected number of arrivals, absorption probabilities and expected time until absorption for an asymmetric discrete random walk on a graph in the presence of multiple function barriers. On each edge of the graph and in each vertex (barrier) specific probabilities are defined.

Ming Ding, Jie Xiao, Fan Xu

The canonical bases of cluster algebras of finite types and rank 2 are given explicitly in \cite{CK2005} and \cite{SZ} respectively. In this paper, we will deduce $\mathbb{Z}$-bases for cluster algebras for affine types $\widetilde{A}_{n,n},\widetilde{D}$ and $\widetilde{E}$. Moreover, we give an inductive formula for computing the multiplication between two

R. Okazaki, M. Konczykowski, C. J. van der Beek, T. Kato

We have studied the lower critical fields H_{c1} of superconducting iron oxipnictide PrFeAsO_{1-y} single crystals for H parallel and perpendicular to the ab-planes. Measurements of the local magnetic induction at positions straddling the sample edge by using a miniature Hall-sensor array clearly resolve the first flux penetration from the Meissner state. Th

K. Tatsumi, N. Fujiwara, H. Okada, H. Takahashi

75As-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) on an iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO1-xFx (x=0.14) was performed under a pressure of 3GPa. Enhancement of superconducting transition temperature Tc was confirmed from the relaxation rate 1/T1; Tc goes up to 40K by applying pressure up to 3GPa. 1/T1T, which is temperature independent just above Tc and gives a measure o

J. Dalseno

We present a time-dependent Dalitz plot measurement of CP violation parameters in B0 --> Ks Pi+ Pi- decays. These results are obtained from a large data sample that contains 657 million BBbar pairs collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. For the CP violation parameters, we obtain two consistent so

Hiroki Sumi

We investigate the dynamics of semigroups generated by a family of polynomial maps on the Riemann sphere such that the postcritical set in the complex plane is bounded. The Julia set of such a semigroup may not be connected in general. We show that for such a polynomial semigroup, if $A$ and $B$ are two connected components of the Julia set, then one of $A$

A. Languasco, A. Zaccagnini

We refine a recent result of Parsell on the values of the form $λ_1p_1 + λ_2p_2 + μ_1 2^{m_1} + ...m + μ_s 2^{m_s}, $ where $p_1,p_2$ are prime numbers, $m_1,...c, m_s$ are positive integers, $λ_1 / λ_2$ is negative and irrational and $λ_1 / μ_1$, $λ_2/μ_2 \in \Q$.

Liljana Babinkostova, Marion Scheepers

The Continuum Hypothesis implies an Erdös-Sierpiński like duality between the ideal of first category subsets of $\reals^{\naturals}$, and the ideal of countable dimensional subsets of $\reals^{\naturals}$. The algebraic sum of a Hurewicz subset - a dimension theoretic analogue of Sierpinski sets and Lusin sets - of $\reals^{\naturals}$ with any compactly co

Bo Li, Sheng-Hao Li, Huan-Qiang Zhou

A systematic analysis is performed for quantum phase transitions in a two-dimensional anisotropic spin 1/2 anti-ferromagnetic XYX model in an external magnetic field. With the help of an innovative tensor network algorithm, we compute the fidelity per lattice site to demonstrate that the field-induced quantum phase transition is unambiguously characterized b

A. Baldi, W. Forman, C. Jones, P. Nulsen

We present an analysis of a 40 ksec Chandra observation of the galaxy group AWM 5. It has a small ($\sim8$ kpc) dense cool core with a temperature of $\sim1.2$ keV and the temperature profile decreases at larger radii, from $\sim3.5$ keV just outside the core to $\sim2$ keV at $\sim300$ kpc from the center. The abundance distribution shows a &#34;hole&#34; i

Shinji Watanabe, Takahiro Mizusaki, Masatoshi Imada

We show that the phase boundary between the paramagnetic metal and the nonmagnetic Mott insulator for the Hubbard model on a triangular lattice obtained by Yoshioka et al. in arXiv:0811.1575 does not correctly represent that of the thermodynamic limit but is an artifact of the 6 by 6 lattice they rely on. After the system size extrapolation, the phase bounda

Gabriel Villar, Alex W. Wilber, Alex J. Williamson, Parvinder Thiara

We introduce a simple &#34;patchy particle&#34; model to study the thermodynamics and dynamics of self-assembly of homomeric protein complexes. Our calculations allow us to rationalize recent results for dihedral complexes. Namely, why evolution of such complexes naturally takes the system into a region of interaction space where (i) the evolutionarily newer

Don H. Johnson

We derive conditions under which alternating renewal processes can be used to construct correlated Poisson processes. The pairwise correlation function is also derived, showing that the resulting correlations can be negative. The technique and the analysis can be extended to the generation of two or more dependent renewal processes.

Kui Wu, Yuming Jiang, Guoqiang Hu

Information-driven networks include a large category of networking systems, where network nodes are aware of information delivered and thus can not only forward data packets but may also perform information processing. In many situations, the quality of service (QoS) in information-driven networks is provisioned with the redundancy in information. Traditiona

Pierre Mathonet, Fabian Radoux

A quantization over a manifold can be seen as a way to construct a differential operator with prescribed principal symbol. The quantization map is moreover required to be a linear bijection. It is known that there is in general no natural quantization procedure. However, considering manifolds endowed with additional structures, such as projective or pseudo-c

Tino S. Nyawelo, Paolo Gondolo

We apply the supergraph with spurion technique to compute the renormalization of one-loop diagrams that contributes to electron and selectron self energies in a softly broken Supersymmetric Quantum Electrodynamics (SQED). In particular, we calculate the one-loop gauge superfield contribution to the two-point function.

Pavel Exner, Olaf Post

We discuss approximations of vertex couplings of quantum graphs using families of thin branched manifolds. We show that if a Neumann type Laplacian on such manifolds is amended by suitable potentials, the resulting Schrödinger operators can approximate non-trivial vertex couplings. The latter include not only the delta-couplings but also those with wavefunct

Michel Broniatowski, Amor Keziou

We introduce estimation and test procedures through divergence optimization for discrete or continuous parametric models. This approach is based on a new dual representation for divergences. We treat point estimation and tests for simple and composite hypotheses, extending maximum likelihood technique. An other view at the maximum likelihood approach, for es

Olivier Finkel

Altenbernd, Thomas and Wöhrle have considered acceptance of languages of infinite two-dimensional words (infinite pictures) by finite tiling systems, with usual acceptance conditions, such as the Büchi and Muller ones [1]. It was proved in [9] that it is undecidable whether a Büchi-recognizable language of infinite pictures is E-recognizable (respectively, A

Bernard Host

Recently, T. Tao gave a finitary proof a convergence theorem for multiple averages with several commuting transformations and soon later, T. Austin gave an ergodic proof of the same result. Although we give here one more proof of the same theorem, this is not the main goal of this paper. Our main concern is to provide some tools for the case of several commu

Amir Baklouti, Said Benayadi

A Jordan algebra J is said to be pseudo-euclidean if J is endowed with an associative non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form B. B is said an associative scalar product on J. First, we provide a description of the pseudo-euclidean Jordan K-algebras in terms of double extensions and generalized double extensions. In particular, we shall use this description to

J. C. Yoon

Parity-violating asymmetries in polarized electron scattering have been interpreted as the asymmetries between opposite helicities of incoming fermion based on the approximation of the spin polarization operator. Here exact calculations of cross sections for parity-violating asymmetries in SLAC E158 and SLD have been performed using spin projection operators

Jinqiao Duan

Model uncertainties and simulation uncertainties occur in mathematical modeling of multiscale complex systems, since some mechanisms or scales are not represented (i.e., &#34;unresolved&#34;) due to lack in our understanding of these mechanisms or limitations in computational power. The impact of these unresolved scales on the resolved scales needs to be par

Chengming Bai, Mo-Lin Ge, Naihuan Jing

Motivated to simplify the structure of tensor representations we give a new set of generators for the Yangian $Y(sl(n))$ using the principal realization in simple Lie algebras. The isomorphism between our new basis and the standard Cartan-Weyl basis is also given. We show by example that the principal basis simplifies the Yangian action significantly in the

Jinqiao Duan

Nonlinear systems with model uncertainty are often described by stochastic differential equations. Some techniques from random dynamical systems are discussed. They are relevant to better understanding of solution processes of stochastic differential equations and thus may shed lights on predictability in nonlinear systems with model uncertainty.

Vassilios Karakostas

Standard quantum mechanics undeniably violates the notion of separability that classical physics accustomed us to consider as valid. By relating the phenomenon of quantum nonseparability to the all-important concept of potentiality, we effectively provide a coherent picture of the puzzling entangled correlations among spatially separated systems. We further

M. Lagha, P. Manneville

Numerical simulations of a model of plane Couette flow focusing on its in-plane spatio-temporal properties are used to study the dynamics of turbulent spots.

M. Lagha, P. Manneville

The Galerkin method is used to derive a realistic model of plane Couette flow in terms of partial differential equations governing the space-time dependence of the amplitude of a few cross-stream modes. Numerical simulations show that it reproduces the globally sub-critical behavior typical of this flow. In particular, the statistics of turbulent transients

I. Grosu, L. Tugulan

We calculate the plasmon dispersion in quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires, in the presence of non-magnetic impurities, taking into consideration the memory function formalism and the role of the forward scattering. The plasma frequency is reduced by the presence of impurities. We also calculate, analytically, the plasmon dispersion in the Born approximation

Leticia Gomez, Bart Kuijpers, Alejandro Vaisman

Classic algorithms for sequential pattern discovery, return all frequent sequences present in a database, but, in general, only a few ones are interesting for the user. Languages based on regular expressions (RE) have been proposed to restrict frequent sequences to the ones that satisfy user-specified constraints. Although the support of a sequence is comput

Tobias Galla

Demographic oscillators are individual-based systems exhibiting temporal cycles sustained by the stochastic dynamics of the microscopic interacting particles. We here use the example of coupled predator-prey oscillators to show that synchronization to a common frequency can occur between two such systems, even if they oscillate at different frequencies in th

David Andrieux, Pierre Gaspard, Takaaki Monnai, Shuichi Tasaki

A quantum-mechanical framework is set up to describe the full counting statistics of particles flowing between reservoirs in an open system under time-dependent driving. A symmetry relation is obtained which is the consequence of microreversibility for the probability of the nonequilibrium work and the transfer of particles and energy between the reservoirs.

I-Kun Chen

The endpoint Strichartz estimates for two-dimensional Schrodinger equations were recovered by averaging the solutions in L^2 in the angular variable by Tao. For Schrodinger equations with defocusing inverse square potential, we proved that the homogeneous endpoint estimates hold under this setting. In particular, the original versions of endpoint estimates h

Neelima Gupte, N. Nirmal Thyagu

We study the dynamics of inertial particles in two dimensional incompressible flows. The Maxey-Riley equation describing the motion of inertial particles is used to construct a four dimensional dissipative bailout embedding map. This map models the dynamics of the inertial particles while the base flow is represented by a 2-d area preserving map. The dynamic

V. O. Nesterenko, A. N. Novikov, F. F. de Souza Cruz, E. L. Lapolli

The irreversible transport of multi-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is investigated within the Stimulated Adiabatic Raman Passage (STIRAP) scheme. A general formalism for a single BEC in M-well trap is derived and analogy between multi-photon and tunneling processes is demonstrated. STIRAP transport of BEC in a cyclic triple-well trap is explored fo

Orfeu Bertolami

The character Mr. Palomar, the alter-ego of the Italian author Italo Calvino, appeared for the first time in 1975 on the pages of the &#34;Il Corriere della Sera&#34;, and then more or less regularly till its debut as a book in 1983. Through illuminating thoughts and reflections based on observations, for instance, of sea waves, Mr. Palomar discovers that th

Tanwi Ghosh, Soumitra SenGupta

Considering a generalised action for Einstein Maxwell theory in four dimensions coupled to scalar and pseudo-scalar fields, the thermodynamic properties of asymptotically flat black holes solutions in such a background are investigated. Bekenstein-Hawking area-entropy law is verified for these class of black holes. From the property of specific heat, it is s

M. Bauer, S. Casagrande, L. Gruender, U. Haisch

A detailed phenomenological analysis of neutral kaon mixing in &#34;little Randall-Sundrum&#34; models is presented. It is shown that the constraints arising from the CP-violating quantity epsilon_K can, depending on the value of the ultra-violet cutoff, be even stronger than in the original Randall-Sundrum scenario addressing the hierarchy problem up to the

A. K. Zvezdin, A. P. Pyatakov

There is a profound analogy between inhomogeneous magnetoelectric effect in multiferroics and flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals. This similarity gives rise to the flexomagnetoelectric polarization induced by spin modulation. The theoretical estimations of flexomagnetoelectric polarization agree with the value of jumps of polarization in magnetoelectric

Fedor Herbut

Decomposition of any N-partite state (density operator) into clusters (that do not overlap) is studied in detail with a view to learn as much as possible about the correlations implied by the state. The Wootters-Mermin theorem, stating that the totality of all strings of cluster events (projectors) determines the state in any finite- or infinite-dimensional

Francois Liot, Christopher A. Hooley

Certain alloys of iron and nickel (so-called &#39;Invar&#39; alloys) exhibit almost no thermal expansion over a wide range of temperature. It is clear that this is the result of an anomalous contraction upon heating which counteracts the normal thermal expansion arising from the anharmonicity of lattice vibrations. This anomalous contraction seems to be rela

Yu. A. Markov, M. A. Markova, A. N. Vall

In general line with our early works [Yu.A. Markov, M.A. Markova, Nucl. Phys. A770 (2006) 162; 784 (2007) 443] within the framework of a semiclassical approximation the general theory of calculation of effective currents and sources generating bremsstrahlung of an arbitrary number of soft quarks and soft gluons at collision of a high-energy color-charged par

M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, A. Tureanu

The Cohen-Glashow Very Special Relativity (VSR) algebra [arXiv:hep-ph/0601236] is defined as the part of the Lorentz algebra which upon addition of CP or T invariance enhances to the full Lorentz group, plus the space-time translations. We show that noncommutative space-time, in particular noncommutative Moyal plane, with light-like noncommutativity provides

Pouria Pedram

We propose a new initial condition for the homogeneous and isotropic quantum cosmology, where the source of the gravitational field is a conformally coupled scalar field, and the maximally symmetric hypersurfaces have positive curvature. After solving corresponding Wheeler-DeWitt equation, we obtain exact solutions in both classical and quantum levels. We pr

A. Lakhtakia

When the electrically thin unit cell of a laminated composite material is made of two bianisotropic sheets whose constitutive properties in the thickness direction are decoupled from the constitutive properties in the interfacial planes, the laminated composite material can be homogenized into a material not all of whose constitutive parameters are independe

Silvia Onofrei, Radu Stancu

As a counterpart for the prime 2 to Glauberman&#39;s $ZJ$-theorem, Stellmacher proves that any nontrivial 2-group $S$ has a nontrivial characteristic subgroup $W(S)$ with the following property. For any finite $Σ_4$-free group $G$, with $S$ a Sylow 2-subgroup of $G$ and with $O_2(G)$ self-centralizing, the subgroup $W(S)$ is normal in $G$. We generalize Stel

G. A. White, J. A. Vaccaro, H. M. Wiseman

Under the operational restriction of the U(1)-superselection rule, states that contain coherences between eigenstates of particle number constitute a resource. Such resources can be used to facilitate operations upon systems that otherwise cannot be performed. However, the process of doing this consumes reference resources. We show this explicitly for an exa

E. Grimpampi, A. Pasculli, A. Sacripanti

The objective of the present study is to present a computational model of the motion of a single athlete in a team and to compare the resulting trajectory with experimental data obtained in the field during competitions by match analysis software. To this purpose, some results related to a paths ensemble of a single player are discussed. Between each interac

Hao Wang, Wendy Morrison, Abhinav Singh, Howard Weiss

Although the existence of robust inverted biomass pyramids seem paradoxical, they have been observed in planktonic communities, and more recently, in pristine coral reefs. Understanding the underlying mechanisms which produce inverted biomass pyramids provides new ecological insights, and for coral reefs, may help mitigate or restore damaged reefs. We presen

C. D. Batista, G. Ortiz, A. A. Aligia

We present a geometric characterization of the ferrotoroidic moment in terms of a set of Abelian Berry phases. We also introduce a fundamental complex quantity which provides an alternative way to calculate the ferrotoroidic moment and its moments, and is derived from a second order tensor. This geometric framework defines a natural computational approach fo

Laura Ghezzi

We consider a set $X$ of distinct points in the $n$-dimensional projective space over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $A$ denote the coordinate ring of $X$, and let $a_i(X)=\dim_k [{\rm Tor}_i^R(A,k)]_{i+1}$. Green&#39;s Strong Castelnuovo Lemma (SCL) shows that if the points are in general position, then $a_{n-1}(X)\neq 0$ if and only if the points a

Shi V. Liu

Darwin&#39;s hypothesis that all extant life forms are descendants of a last common ancestor cell and diversification of life forms results from gradual mutation plus natural selection represents a mainstream view that has influenced biology and even society for over a century. However, this Darwinian view on life is contradicted by many observations and lac

Zeev Rudnick

The zeta function of a curve over a finite field may be expressed in terms of the characteristic polynomial of a unitary symplectic matrix, called the Frobenius class of the curve. We compute the expected value of the trace of the n-th power of the Frobenius class for an ensemble of hyperelliptic curves of genus g over a fixed finite field in the limit of la

Daniel M. Kane, Jelani Nelson, David P. Woodruff

The problem of estimating the pth moment F_p (p nonnegative and real) in data streams is as follows. There is a vector x which starts at 0, and many updates of the form x_i <-- x_i + v come sequentially in a stream. The algorithm also receives an error parameter 0 < eps < 1. The goal is then to output an approximation with relative error at most eps to F_p =

Bryan C. Daniels, Scott Forth, Maxim Y. Sheinin, Michelle D. Wang

While slowly turning the ends of a single molecule of DNA at constant applied force, a discontinuity was recently observed at the supercoiling transition, when a small plectoneme is suddenly formed. This can be understood as an abrupt transition into a state in which stretched and plectonemic DNA coexist. We argue that there should be discontinuities in both

Nataliya V. Malyshkina, Fred L. Mannering

In this study, a two-state Markov switching count-data model is proposed as an alternative to zero-inflated models to account for the preponderance of zeros sometimes observed in transportation count data, such as the number of accidents occurring on a roadway segment over some period of time. For this accident-frequency case, zero-inflated models assume the

Justin Khoury, Federico Piazza

We show that curvature perturbations acquire a scale invariant spectrum for any constant equation of state, provided the fluid has a suitably time-dependent sound speed. In order for modes to exit the physical horizon, and in order to solve the usual problems of standard big bang cosmology, we argue that the only allowed possibilities are inflationary (albei

D. Agboola

An approximate solution of the Schrodinger equation with the Hulth$\acute{e}$n potential is obtained in D-dimensions with an exponential approximation of the centrifugal term. Solution to the corresponding hyper-radial equation is given using the conventional Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The normalization constants for the Hulth$\acute{e}$n potential are also co

T. Paananen

In this paper we study the superfluid density of the two component Fermi gas in optical lattices with population imbalance. Three different type of phases, the BCS-state (Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer), the FFLO-state (Fulde, Ferrel, Larkin, and Ovchinnikov), and the Sarma state, are considered. We show that the FFLO superfluid density differs from the BCS

Vinith Misra, Vivek K Goyal, Lav R. Varshney

Communication of quantized information is frequently followed by a computation. We consider situations of \emph{distributed functional scalar quantization}: distributed scalar quantization of (possibly correlated) sources followed by centralized computation of a function. Under smoothness conditions on the sources and function, companding scalar quantizer de

D. Agboola

An approximate solution of the $D$-dimensional Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger equation with the modified P$\ddot{o}$schl-Teller potential is obtained with an approximation of the centrifugal term. Solution to the corresponding hyper-radial equation is given using the conventional Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The normalization constants for the P$\ddot{o}$schl-Teller poten

Remco C. E. van den Bosch, Glenn van de Ven

We investigate how well the intrinsic shape of early-type galaxies can be recovered when both photometric and two-dimensional stellar kinematic observations are available. We simulate these observations with galaxy models that are representative of observed oblate fast-rotator to triaxial slow-rotator early-type galaxies. By fitting realistic triaxial dynami

Sushilee Raganathan, Dmitry Izotov, Elfi Kraka, Dieter Cremer

A new method for the Automated Protein Structure Analysis (APSA) is derived, which simplifies the protein backbone to a smooth curve in 3-dimensional space. For the purpose of obtaining this smooth line each amino acid is represented by its C$_α$ atom, which serves as suitable anchor point for a cubic spline fit. The backbone line is characterized by arc len