December 2008 arXiv papers — page 3

Yong-Chang Huang, Qiu-Hong Huo

Using Faddeev-Senjanovic path integral quantization for constrained Hamilton system, we quantize SU(n) N=2 supersymmetric gauge field system with non-abelian Chern-Simons topological term in 2+1 dimensions, and use consistency of a gauge condition naturally to deduce another gauge condition. Further, we get the generating functional of Green function in phas

Clovis Jacinto de Matos

In 1989 Cabrera and Tate reported an anomalous excess of mass of the Cooper pairs in rotating thin Niobium rings. So far, this experimental result never received a proper theoretical explanation in the context of superconductor's physics. In the present work we argue that what Cabrera and Tate interpreted as an anomalous excess of mass can also be associ

Stephen E. Fienberg, Alessandro Rinaldo, Yi Zhou

There has been an explosion of interest in statistical models for analyzing network data, and considerable interest in the class of exponential random graph (ERG) models, especially in connection with difficulties in computing maximum likelihood estimates. The issues associated with these difficulties relate to the broader structure of discrete exponential f

V. D. Ivashchuk, S. A. Kononogov, V. N. Melnikov

Electric S-brane solutions with two non-composite electric branes and a set of l scalar fields are considered. The intersection rules for branes correspond to Lie algebras A_2, C_2 and G_2. The solutions contain five factor spaces. One of them, M_0, is interpreted as our 3-dimensional space. It is shown that there exists a time interval where accelerated exp

Indranil Biswas, Tomas L. Gomez, Norbert Hoffmann, Marina Logares

Fix integers $g\geq 3$ and $r\geq 2$, with $r\geq 3$ if $g=3$. Given a compact connected Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g$, let $\MDH(X)$ denote the corresponding $\text{SL}(r, {\mathbb C})$ Deligne--Hitchin moduli space. We prove that the complex analytic space $\MDH(X)$ determines (up to an isomorphism) the unordered pair $\{X, \overline{X}\}$, where $\over

Tin-Lun Ho, Qi Zhou

At present, many laboratories are performing experiments to simulate theoretical models of strongly correlated systems using cold atoms in optical lattices, a program referred to as "Quantum Simulation". It is hoped that these experiments will shed light on some long standing problems in condensed matter physics. The goal of Quantum Simulation is to

Chee Sheng Fong, M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia

We study the contributions to CP violation in right-handed sneutrino decays induced by soft supersymmetry-breaking gaugino masses including flavour effects and paying special attention to the role of thermal corrections. Using a field-theoretical as well as a quantum mechanical approach we compute the CP asymmetries and we conclude that for all the soft-supe

Denis Krotov

We list all perfect colorings of $Z^2$ by 9 or less colors. Keywords: perfect colorings, equitable partitions

Andrei Galiautdinov

We establish theoretical bounds on qubit detuning for high fidelity controlled-NOT logic gate implementations with weakly coupled Josephson phase qubits. It is found that the value of qubit detuning during the entangling pulses must not exceed 2g for two-step, and g for single-step control sequences, where g is the relevant coupling constant.

E. M. Beniaminov

This work is an extended version of the paper arXiv:0803.2669v1[math-ph], in which the main results were announced. We consider certain classical diffusion process for a wave function on the phase space. It is shown that at the time of order $10^{-11}$ {\it sec} this process converges to a process considered by quantum mechanics and described by the Schrodin

Oded Kenneth, Israel Klich

We present two novel models for repulsive Casimir interaction between positive perturbations. One example relies on non locality of the dielectric response and one relies on interference between (attractive) modes. Such examples are impossible to achieve in 1d massless theories, as they are prohibited by a generalization of the result of Lambrecht, Jaekel an

Peter J Waddell

Divergence time estimation requires the reconciliation of two major sources of data. These are fossil and/or biogeographic evidence that give estimates of the absolute age of nodes (ancestors) and molecular estimates that give us estimates of the relative ages of nodes in a molecular evolutionary tree. Both forms of data are often best characterized as yield

Claus Leitherer

The new generation of 8 to 10m class telescope is providing us with high-quality spectral information on the rest-frame ultraviolet region of star-forming galaxies at cosmological distances. The data can be used to address questions such as, e.g., the star-formation histories, the stellar initial mass function, the dust properties, and the energetics and che

Seong-Kook Lee, Rafal Idzi, Henry C. Ferguson, Rachel S. Somerville

We investigate the biases and uncertainties in estimates of physical parameters of high-redshift Lyman break galaxies (LBGs), such as stellar mass, mean stellar population age, and star formation rate (SFR), obtained from broad-band photometry. By combining LCDM hierarchical structure formation theory, semi-analytic treatments of baryonic physics, and stella

Denis Ullmo, Steven Tomsovic, Arnd Baecker

In a recent letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 100}, 164101 (2008)] and within the context of quantized chaotic billiards, random plane wave and semiclassical theoretical approaches were applied to an example of a relatively new class of statistical measures, i.e. measures involving both complete spatial integration and energy summation as essential ingredients.

Er'el Granot, Nisim Cohen, Shmuel Sternklar

The Fourier law and the diffusion equation are derived from the Schrodinger equation of a diffusive medium (consisting of a random potential). The theoretical model is backed by numerical simulation. This derivation can easily be generalized to demonstrate the transition from any random wave equation to the diffusive equation.

Steven S. Gubser

I reconsider asymmetrically warped compactifications, in which time and space have different warp factors. I call such compactifications time warps if the bulk geometry has neither entropy nor temperature. I provide an example starting from an asymptotically AdS_5 spacetime where the speed of light, measured in a fixed coordinate system, is larger near the b

Salah A. Aly

It is conjectured that quantum computers are able to solve certain problems more quickly than any deterministic or probabilistic computer. A quantum computer exploits the rules of quantum mechanics to speed up computations. However, it is a formidable task to build a quantum computer, since the quantum mechanical systems storing the information unavoidably i

Dmitri V. Gal'tsov, Evgeny A. Davydov

We investigate extremal charged black hole solutions in the four-dimensional string frame Gauss-Bonnet gravity with the Maxwell field and the dilaton. Without curvature corrections, the extremal electrically charged dilatonic black holes have singular horizon and zero Bekenstein entropy. When the Gauss-Bonnet term is switched on, the horizon radius expands t

Vsevolod E. Adler, Alexander I. Bobenko, Yuri B. Suris

We consider discrete nets in Grassmannians $\mathbb{G}^d_r$ which generalize Q-nets (maps $\mathbb{Z}^N\to\mathbb{P}^d$ with planar elementary quadrilaterals) and Darboux nets ($\mathbb{P}^d$-valued maps defined on the edges of $\mathbb{Z}^N$ such that quadruples of points corresponding to elementary squares are all collinear). We give a geometric proof of i

Katarzyna Paluch, Marcin Mucha, Aleksander Madry

We give a 7/9 - Approximation Algorithm for the Maximum Traveling Salesman Problem.

Alexander Brudnyi

We solve the center problem for ODEs \frac{dv}{dx}=\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}a_{i}(x) v^{i+1} such that the first integrals of vectors of their coefficients determine rectangular paths in finite dimensional complex vector spaces.

Michael Grosser

26 different concrete representations of the space of vector valued distributions on a smooth manifold of dimension n are presented systematically, most of them new. In the particular case of representations as module homomorphisms acting on sections of the dual bundle resp. on n-forms, the continuity of these homomorphisms is already a consequence of their

Areejit Samal

In this thesis, we have studied the large scale structure and system level dynamics of certain biological networks using tools from graph theory, computational biology and dynamical systems. We study the structure and dynamics of large scale metabolic networks inside three organisms, Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Staphylococcus aureus. We al

Djamel Rouymi

The question about modular forms have recently received a lot of attention; concerning the non-vanishing of automorphic L-functions Michel, Kowalski and Vanderkam proved (among others results) that there's positive proportion of non-vanishing of primitives forms at the critical point. This result was proved by these authors in the prime level case; on th

Boaz Tsaban

This festive issue concludes the civilian year 2008 with details on a special issue of Topology and its Applications dedicated to SPM, and with a quite large list of research announcements.

Jorn B. Olsson

A special type of conjugacy classes in symmetric groups is studied and used to answer a question about odd-degree irreducible characters

Nick S. Jones

A scheme is presented to extract detailed dynamical signatures from successive measurements of complex systems. Relative entropy based time series tools are used to quantify the gain in predictive power of increasing past knowledge. By lossy compression, data is represented by increasingly coarsened symbolic strings. Each compression resolution is modeled by

Soren Meibom

Our ability to determine stellar ages from measurements of stellar rotation, hinges on how well we can measure the dependence of rotation on age for stars of different masses. Rotation periods for stars in open clusters are essential to determine the relations between stellar age, rotation, and mass (color). Until recently, ambiguities in vsini data and lack

P. Michetti, G. C. La Rocca

We have developed a model accounting for the photo-excitation dynamics and the photoluminescence of strongly coupled J-aggregate microcavities. Our model is based on a description of the J-aggregate film as a disordered Frenkel exciton system in which relaxation occurs due to the presence of a thermal bath of molecular vibrations. In a strongly coupled micro

WB Vasantha Kandasamy, Florentin Smarandache

In this book, the authors introduce the notion of set codes, set bicodes and set n-codes. These are the most generalized notions of semigroup n-codes and group n-codes. Several types of set n-codes are defined. Several examples are given to enable the reader to understand the concept. These new classes of codes will find applications in cryptography, compute

Nathan Berkovits

Although the AdS_5xS^5 worldsheet action is not quadratic, some features of the pure spinor formalism are simpler in an AdS_5xS^5 background than in a flat background. The BRST operator acts geometrically, the left and right-moving pure spinor ghosts can be treated as complex conjugates, the zero mode measure factor is trivial, and the b ghost does not requi

Rogério M. da Silva, Clécio C. de Souza Silva, Sérgio Coutinho

The transport of interacting Brownian particles in a periodic asymmetric (ratchet) substrate is studied numerically. In a zero-temperature regime, the system behaves as a reversible step motor, undergoing multiple sign reversals of the particle current as any of the following parameters are varied: the pinning potential parameters, the particle occupation nu

Johann G. Danzl, Manfred J. Mark, Elmar Haller, Mattias Gustavsson

We demonstrate efficient transfer of ultracold molecules into a deeply bound rovibrational level of the singlet ground state potential in the presence of an optical lattice. The overall molecule creation efficiency is 25%, and the transfer efficiency to the rovibrational level |v=73,J=2> is above 80%. We find that the molecules in |v=73,J=2> are trapped in t

A. Sergyeyev

We present changes of variables that transform new integrable hierarchies found by Szablikowski and Błaszak using the $R$-matrix deformation technique [J. Math. Phys. 47 (2006), paper 043505, nlin.SI/0501044] into known Harry-Dym-type and mKdV-type hierarchies.

J. Martin, B. Georgeot, D. L. Shepelyansky

We study numerically the coupling between a qubit and a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) moving in a kicked optical lattice, using Gross-Pitaevskii equation. In the regime where the BEC size is smaller than the lattice period, the chaotic dynamics of the BEC is effectively controlled by the qubit state. The feedback effects of the nonlinear chaotic BEC dynamic

P Antonini, G Bimonte, G Bressi, G Carugno

An experimental set-up for the measurement of the Casimir effect at separations larger than a few microns is presented. The apparatus is based on a mechanical resonator and uses a homodyne detection technique to sense the Casimir force in the plane-parallel configuration. First measurements in the 3-10 micrometer range show an unexpected large force probably

Sergey Krivonos, Olaf Lechtenfeld, Kirill Polovnikov

We revisit the (untwisted) superfield approach to one-dimensional multi-particle systems with N=4 superconformal invariance. The requirement of a standard (flat) bosonic kinetic energy implies the existence of inertial (super-)coordinates, which is nontrivial beyond three particles. We formulate the corresponding integrability conditions, whose solution dire

Émilien Azema, Farhang Radjaï, Gilles Saussine

Dense packings composed of irregular polyhedral particles are investigated by numerical simulations under quasistatic triaxial compression. The Contact Dynamics method is used for this investigation with 40 000 particles. The effect of particle shape is analyzed by comparing this packing with a packing of similar particle size distribution but with spherical

Manoranjan Kumar, Sujit Sarkar, S. Ramasesha

We use Abelian Bosonization and density matrix renormalization group method to study the effect of density on quantum phases of long range 1-D Bose-Hubbard model. We predict the existence of supersolid phase and also other quantum phases for this system. We have analyzed the role of long range interaction parameter on solitonic phase near half filling. We di

Bing-Long Chen, Philippe G. LeFloch

We investigate the local regularity of pointed spacetimes, that is, time-oriented Lorentzian manifolds in which a point and a future-oriented, unit timelike vector (an observer) are selected. Our main result covers the class of Einstein vacuum spacetimes. Under curvature and injectivity bounds only, we establish the existence of a local coordinate chart defi

Marek J. Sarna

We perform evolutionary calculations of binary stars to find progenitors of system with parameters similar to the eclipsing binary system V228. We show that a V228 binary system may be formed starting with an initial binary system which has a low main sequence star as an accretor. The initial parameters for the evolutionary model are as follow: $M_{1,i} = 0.

T. Chwiej, B. Szafran

We study the pinning of few-electron charge densities by weak perturbations to circular quantum ring potentials. We find that the pinning by weak defects is only allowed when the symmetry of the classical few-electron lowest-energy configuration agrees with the symmetry of the external potential. We indicate that whenever the pinning is allowed by the symmet

Steven D. Bass

Axial U(1) dynamics are characterised by large OZI violations. Here we review the phenomenology of eta and eta-prime production and decay processes, and its connection to the anomalous glue that generates a large part of the masses of these pseudoscalar mesons.

N. Srivastava, S. Mathew, R. Louis, T. Wiegelmann

The super-storm of November 20, 2003 was associated with a high speed coronal mass ejection which originated in the NOAA AR 10501 on November 18. This coronal mass ejection had severe terrestrial consequences leading to a geomagnetic storm with DST index of -472 nT, the strongest of the current solar cycle. In this paper, we attempt to understand the factors

Kuldeep Kumar

We study certain aspects of noncommutativity in field theory, strings and membranes. We analyse the dynamics of an open membrane whose boundary is attached to p-branes. Noncommutative features of the boundary string coordinates are revealed by algebraic consistency arguments. Next, we derive Seiberg-Witten-type maps relating currents and their divergences in

Günter Houdek, Douglas Gough

We recalibrate a standard solar model seismologically to estimate the main-sequence age of the Sun. Our procedure differs from what we have done in the past by removing from the observed frequencies the effect of hydrogen ionization and the superadiabatic convective boundary layer. Our preliminary result is $t_\odot=4.63 \pm 0.02$ Gy.

Pulak Ranjan Giri, T. Shreecharan

We consider both the co-ordinates and momenta to be non-commutative and define a non-commutative version of Lorentz symmetry which has a smooth limit to the standard Lorentz symmetry. The Poincar\acute{e} algebra in this spacetime has also been discussed.

Bernard Helffer, Yuri A. Kordyukov

We give a survey of some results, mainly obtained by the authors and their collaborators, on spectral properties of the magnetic Schrödinger operators in the semiclassical limit. We focus our discussion on asymptotic behavior of the individual eigenvalues for operators on closed manifolds and existence of gaps in intervals close to the bottom of the spectrum

Paolo Azzurri

The expected performance of track reconstruction with LHC events using the CMS silicon tracker is presented. Track finding and fitting is accomplished with Kalman Filter techniques that achieve efficiencies above 99% on single muons with pT>1 GeV/c. Difficulties arise in the context of standard LHC events with a high density of charged particles, where the r

Qiang Li, Yan He, Jing-ping Jiang

We have proposed a model based upon flocking on a complex network, and then developed two clustering algorithms on the basis of it. In the algorithms, firstly a \textit{k}-nearest neighbor (knn) graph as a weighted and directed graph is produced among all data points in a dataset each of which is regarded as an agent who can move in space, and then a time-va

Young-Sea Huang

A new relativistic transformation in the velocity space (here named the differential Lorentz transformation) is formulated solely from the principle of relativity and the invariance of the speed of light. The differential Lorentz transformation is via transforming physical quantities, instead of space-time coordinates, to make laws of nature form-invariant.

A. K. Kwasniewski

A calculus of sequences started by professor morgan ward constitutes the general scheme for extensions of classical operator calculus of the distinguished gian carlo rota considered by many afterwards and after ward morgan. Because of the historically now established notation we call the wardian calculus of sequences in its afterwards elaborated form a psi c

Shamgar Gurevich, Ronny Hadani, Nir Sochen

In this survey a novel system, called the oscillator system, consisting of order of p^3 functions (signals) on the finite field F_{p}, is described and studied. The new functions are proved to satisfy good auto-correlation, cross-correlation and low peak-to-average power ratio properties. Moreover, the oscillator system is closed under the operation of discr

M. Eshaghi Gordji

In this paper, we obtain the general solution and the generalized Hyers-Ulam Rassias stability of the functional equation $$f(2x+y)+f(2x-y)=4(f(x+y)+f(x-y))-{3/7}(f(2y)-2f(y))+2f(2x)-8f(x).$$

M. Eshaghi Gordji

Let $A,B$ be two rings and let $ X$ be an $ A-$module. An additive map $h: A\to B$ is called n-ring homomorphism if $h(Π^n_{i=1}a_i)=Π^n_{i=1}h(a_i),$ for all $a_1,a_2, ...,a_n \in {A}$. An additive map $D: A\to X$ is called $n$-ring derivation if $$D(Π^n_{i=1}a_i)=D(a_1)a_2... a_n+a_1D(a_2)a_3... a_n+... +a_1a_2... a_{n-1}D(a_n),$$ for all $a_1,a_2, ...,a_n

Raphael Rouquier

We construct a 2-category associated with a Kac-Moody algebra and we study its 2-representations. This generalizes earlier work with Chuang for type A. We relate categorifications relying on K_0 properties and 2-representations.

M. Eshaghi Gordji, H. Khodaei

In this paper, we achieve the general solution and the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability for the quadratic type functional equation &f(x+y+2cz)+f(x+y-2cz)+c^2f(2x)+c^2f(2y) &=2[f(x+y)+c^2f(x+z)+c^2f(x-z)+c^2f(y+z)+c^2f(y-z)] {2.6 cm} for fixed integers $c$ with $c\neq0,\pm1$, by using the fixed point alternative.

Debarati Chatterjee, Debades Bandyopadhyay

We discuss bulk viscosity due to non-leptonic processes involving hyperons and Bose-Einstein condensate of negatively charged kaons in neutron stars. It is noted that the hyperon bulk viscosity coefficient is a few order of magnitude larger than that of the case with the condensate. Further it is found that the hyperon bulk viscosity is suppressed in a super

M. Eshaghi Gordji, A. Ebadian, S. Zolfaghari

In this paper, we obtain the general solution and the generalized Ulam-Hyers stability of the cubic and quartic functional equation &4(f(3x+y)+f(3x-y))=-12(f(x+y)+f(x-y)) &+12(f(2x+y)+f(2x-y))-8f(y)-192f(x)+f(2y)+30f(2x).

A. B. Popov, T. Yu. Tretyakova

We discuss the experimental data on the n,e-scattering length bne and the values of mean square charge radius of the neutron <r^2> obtained from them. It is shown that the accumulated during the last 50 years most significant experimental estimates of the bne are not contradictory and lead to the average value <r^2>=-0.1178+-0.0037 fm^2. Assuming that all th

Emanuele Alesci, Eugenio Bianchi, Carlo Rovelli

In the first article of this series, we pointed out a difficulty in the attempt to derive the low-energy behavior of the graviton two-point function, from the loop-quantum-gravity dynamics defined by the Barrett-Crane vertex amplitude. Here we show that this difficulty disappears when using the corrected vertex amplitude recently introduced in the literature

S. Abbaszadeh, M. Eshaghi Gordji

In this paper, we establish the general solution of the functional equation $$f(nx+y)+f(nx-y)=n^2f(x+y)+n^2f(x-y)+2(f(nx)-n^2f(x))-2(n^2-1)f(y)\eqno {0 cm}$$for fixed integers $n$ with $n\neq0,\pm1$ and investigate the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of this equation in quasi-Banach spaces.

M. Eshaghi Gordji, N. Ghobadipour

Let $A$ be an algebra and let $X$ be an $A$-bimodule. A $\Bbb C-$linear mapping $d:A \to X$ is called a generalized Jordan derivation if there exists a Jordan derivation (in the usual sense) $δ:A \to X$ such that $d(a^2)=ad(a)+δ(a)a$ for all $a \in A.$ The main purpose of this paper to prove the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability and superstability of the generali

M. Eshaghi Gordji, M. Bavand Savadkouhi

We prove generalized Hyres-Ulam-Rassias stability of the cubic functional equation $f(kx+y)+f(kx-y)=k[f(x+y)+f(x-y)]+2(k^3-k)f(x)$ for all $k\in \Bbb N$ and the quartic functional equation $f(kx+y)+f(kx-y)=k^2[f(x+y)+f(x-y)]+2k^2(k^2-1)f(x)-2(k^2-1)f(y)$ for all $k\in \Bbb N$ in non-Archimedean normed spaces.

C. X. Cong, T. Yu, Z. H. Ni, L. Liu

Ordered graphene nanodisk arrays have been successfully fabricated by combining nanosphere lithography (NSL) and reactive ion etching (RIE) processes. The dimension of graphene nanodisks can be effectively tuned by varying the size of polystyrene spheres, which function as masks during RIE. Low voltage scanning electron microscopy shows that the graphene she

Yuan K. Ha

Are black holes elementary particles? Are they fermions or bosons? We investigate the remarkable possibility that quantum black holes are the smallest and heaviest elementary particles. We are able to construct various fundamental quantum black holes: the spin-0, spin 1/2, spin-1, and the Planck-charge cases, using the results in general relativity. Quantum

M. C. Chiu, Y. Tian, C. M. Ko

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and its relativistic version - TeVeS offer us an alternative perspective to understand the universe without the demand of the elusive cold dark matter. This MONDian paradigm is not only competitive with the conventional CDM in a large range of scales, but also even more successful in the galactic scale. Recently, by studyin

S. M. Kozyrev, S. V. Sushkov

New classes composite vacuum wormhole solutions of Jordan-Brans-Dicke gravitation is presented and analysed. It is shown that such solution holds for both, a bridge between separated Schwarzschild and Brans Universes and for a bridge connecting two Schwarzschild asymptotically flat regions joined by Brans throat. We have also noticed that there are some new

Chang-shui Yu, He-shan Song

In this paper, an intuitive mathematical formulation is provided to generalize the residual entanglement for tripartite systems of qubits [Phys. Rev. A 61, 052306 (2000)] to the tripartite systems in higher dimension. The spirit lies in the tensor treatment of tripartite pure states [Phys. Rev. A 72, 022333 (2005)]. A distinct characteristic of the present g

A. Bulmahn, M. H. Reno

We reevaluate electron-positron pair production from electromagnetic interactions of muons in transit through materials. Our approach, through the use of structure functions for inelastic and elastic scattering and including hadronic recoil, make the formalism useful for tau pair production at high energies. Our results for electron-positron pair production

A. C. Walters, T. G. Perring, J. -S. Caux, A. T. Savici

The importance of covalent bonding for the magnetism of 3d metal complexes was first noted by Pauling in 1931. His point became moot, however, with the success of the ionic picture of Van Vleck, where ligands influence magnetic electrons of 3d ions mainly through electrostatic fields. Anderson&#39;s theory of spin superexchange later established that covalen

Peter J. Waddell, Rissa Ota, David Penny

Testing fit of data to model is fundamentally important to any science, but publications in the field of phylogenetics rarely do this. Such analyses discard fundamental aspects of science as prescribed by Karl Popper. Indeed, not without cause, Popper (1978) once argued that evolutionary biology was unscientific as its hypotheses were untestable. Here we tra

Lifang Lin, Huanxia Fa, Jianhua Zhou

Lie superbialgebra structures on the centerless topological N=2 superconformal algebra $\TT$ are considered, all of which are proved to be coboundary triangular.

Huanxia Fa, Junbo Li

In this paper, Lie superbialgebra structures on the centerless twisted N=2 superconformal algebra $\LL$ are considered which are proved to be coboundary triangular.

Junbo Li, Yucai Su, Linsheng Zhu

In this paper, a classification of modules of the intermediate series over the twisted N=2 superconformal algebra is obtained.

V. B. Naik, R. Mahendiran

We investigated temperature and magnetic field dependent radio-frequency electromagnetic absorption in La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 by monitoring changes in resonance frequency (fr) and current (II) through a LC resonant circuit powered by an integrated chip oscillator. The ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition at Tc in zero external magnetic field is accompanied by

W. Guzmán, M. Sabido, J. Socorro

Using the factorization approach of quantum mechanics, we obtain a family of iso-spectral scalar potentials for noncommutative quantum cosmology. The family we build is based on a scattering Wheeler-DeWitt solution for the potential $V(ϕ)=V_0e^{-λϕ}$. We analyze the effects of noncommutativity on the iso-potentials and the possible relationship between nonco

M. L. Mayo, Yu. N. Gartstein

Using long C_{N}H_{2} conjugated carbon chains with the polyynic structure as prototypical examples of one-dimensional (1D) semiconductors, we discuss self-localization of excess charge carriers into 1D large polarons in the presence of the interaction with a surrounding polar solvent. The solvation mechanism of self-trapping is different from the polaron fo

Stefan Gruenendahl

Searches for Physics beyond the Standard Model have entered an exciting new phase: the complete HERA data samples obtained until the end of operations in the Summer of 2007 are now available for analysis. ZEUS and H1 have each collected about 0.5 fb^{-1} of lepton proton data, distributed over electron and positron running, and over different lepton beam pol

Robin M. Canup, William R. Ward

Europa is believed to have formed near the very end of Jupiter&#39;s own accretion, within a circumplanetary disk of gas and solid particles. We review the formation of the Galilean satellites in the context of current constraints and understanding of giant planet formation, focusing on recent models of satellite growth within a circumjovian accretion disk p

Lei Fu, Daqing Wan

We determine the (arithmetic) local monodromy at 0 and at $\infty$ of the Kloosterman sheaf using local Fourier transformations and Laumon&#39;s stationary phase principle. We then calculate $ε$-factors for symmetric products of the Kloosterman sheaf. Using Laumon&#39;s product formula, we get functional equations of $L$-functions for these symmetric product

Lucas Platter

A large two-body scattering length leads to universal behavior in few-body systems. In particular, the three-body system displays interesting features such as exact discrete scale invariance in the bound state spectrum in the limit of infinite scattering length. Here, I will discuss how an effective field theory (EFT) can be used to study these features and

M. A. Tanatar, N. Ni, C. Martin, R. T. Gordon

Anisotropies of electrical resistivity, upper critical field, London penetration depth and critical currents have been measured in single crystals of the optimally doped iron pnictide superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, $x$=0.074 and $T_c \sim$23 K. The normal state resistivity anisotropy was obtained by employing both the Montgomery technique and

Nitesh Saxena, Md. Borhan Uddin

To establish secure (point-to-point and/or broadcast) communication channels among the nodes of a wireless sensor network is a fundamental task. To this end, a plethora of (socalled) key pre-distribution schemes have been proposed in the past. All these schemes, however, rely on shared secret(s), which are assumed to be somehow pre-loaded onto the sensor nod

S. Iblisdir, D. Perez-Garcia, M. Aguado, J. Pachos

A study of the thermal properties of two-dimensional topological lattice models is presented. This work is relevant to assess the usefulness of these systems as a quantum memory. For our purposes, we use the topological mutual information $I_{\mathrm{topo}}$ as a "topological order parameter". For Abelian models, we show how $I_{\mathrm{topo}}$ depends on th

Kh. M. Beshtoev

The aim of this work was to answer the question: Is the direct physical realization of the Higgs mechanism possible? It is shown that this mechanism cannot have a direct physical realization since the condition for this realization is not fulfilled. It means that if in the new collider at CERN a scalar particle is detected, it does not mean that it is a Higg

Marianne Akian, Stephane Gaubert, Vassili Kolokoltsov

Given a square matrix B=(b_{ij}) with real entries, the optimal assignment problem is to find a bijection s between the rows and the columns maximising the sum of the b_{is(i)}. In discrete optimal control and in the theory of discrete event systems, one often encounters the problem of solving the equation Bf=g for a given vector g, where the same symbol B d

John C. Baez, Alexander E. Hoffnung, Christopher D. Walker

Groupoidification is a form of categorification in which vector spaces are replaced by groupoids, and linear operators are replaced by spans of groupoids. We introduce this idea with a detailed exposition of &#39;degroupoidification&#39;: a systematic process that turns groupoids and spans into vector spaces and linear operators. Then we present two applicat

A. Widom, Y. N. Srivastava, J. Swain, S. Sivasubramanian

A cylindrical flexible cable made up of pure fluid water can be experimentally spanned across a spatial gap with cable endpoints fixed to the top edges of two glass beakers. The cable has been called a water bridge in close analogy to iron cables employed to build ordinary span bridges. A necessary condition for the construction of a water bridge is that a l

Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Vladimir Rubtsov

We study pairs of structures, such as the Poisson-Nijenhuis structures, on the tangent bundle of a manifold or, more generally, on a Lie algebroid or a Courant algebroid. These composite structures are defined by two of the following, a closed 2-form, a Poisson bivector or a Nijenhuis tensor, with suitable compatibility assumptions. We establish the relation

S. Shklyaev, A. A. Alabuzhev, M. Khenner

We consider the dynamics of a thin liquid film in the attractive substrate potential and under the action of a longitudinal or a tilted vibration. Using a multiscale technique we split the film motion into the oscillatory and the averaged parts. The frequency of the vibration is assumed high enough for the inertial effects to become essential for the oscilla

L. Yu. Barash, T. P. Bigioni, V. M. Vinokur, L. N. Shchur

Theoretical description and numerical simulation of an evaporating sessile drop are developed. We jointly take into account the hydrodynamics of an evaporating sessile drop, effects of the thermal conduction in the drop and the diffusion of vapor in air. A shape of the rotationally symmetric drop is determined within the quasistationary approximation. Nonsta

Jasper Chan, Matt Eichenfield, Ryan Camacho, Oskar Painter

Design of a doubly-clamped beam structure capable of localizing mechanical and optical energy at the nanoscale is presented. The optical design is based upon photonic crystal concepts in which patterning of a nanoscale-cross-section beam can result in strong optical localization to an effective optical mode volume of 0.2 cubic wavelengths ((λ_{c})^3). By pla

H. Y. Sun, P. L. Shu, C. Li, X. X. Yi

The effect of feedback on a two-level dissipative system is studied in this paper. The results show that it is possible to control the phase in the open system even if its state can not be manipulated from an arbitrary initial one to an arbitrary final one. The dependence of the geometric phase on the control parameters is calculated and discussed.

E. W. Bonning, C. Bailyn, C. M. Urry, M. Buxton

The blazar 3C 454.3 was revealed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to be in an exceptionally high flux state in July 2008. Accordingly, we performed a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign on this blazar using IR and optical observations from the SMARTS telescopes, optical, UV and X-ray data from the Swift satellite, and public-release gamma-ray data fro

Roman Barankov

The Higgs boson in fermionic condensates with the BCS pairing interaction describes the dynamics of the pairing amplitude. I show that the existence and properties of this mode are sensitive to the energy dispersion of the interaction. Specifically, when the pairing is suppressed at the Fermi level, the Higgs mode may become unphysical (virtual) state or a r

Andrei Shytov, Dmitry Abanin, Leonid Levitov

We present a theory of electron-mediated interaction between adatoms in graphene. In the case of resonant scattering, relevant for hydrogentated graphene, a long-range 1/r interaction is found. This interaction can be viewed as a fermionic analog of the Casimir interaction, in which massless fermions play the role of photons. The interaction is an attraction

I. P. Ivanov

We consider the scalar sector of the most general renormalizable two-Higgs-doublet model at non-zero temperature. We calculate the largest finite temperature corrections to the free-energy density and study thermal evolution of the ground state. Within the approximation chosen, we establish all possible sequences of thermal phase transitions and study their

Zhengjun Jiang, Martijn Pistorius

We investigate the problem of optimal dividend distribution for a company in the presence of regime shifts. We consider a company whose cumulative net revenues evolve as a Brownian motion with positive drift that is modulated by a finite state Markov chain, and model the discount rate as a deterministic function of the current state of the chain. In this set