December 2008 arXiv papers — page 36

Takeshi Oota, Yukinori Yasui

Generalized Kerr-NUT-de Sitter spacetime is the most general spacetime which admits a rank-2 closed conformal Killing-Yano tensor. It contains the higher-dimensional Kerr-de Sitter black holes with partially equal angular momenta. We study the separability of gravitational perturbations in the generalized Kerr-NUT-de Sitter spacetime. We show that a certain

S. Andreon, B. Maughan, G. Trinchieri, J. Kurk

[Abridged] We report the discovery of JKCS041, a massive near-infrared selected cluster of galaxies z=1.9. The cluster was originally discovered using a modified red-sequence method and was also detected in follow-up Chandra data as extended X-ray source. Optical and near-infrared imaging data alone allow us to show that the detection of JKCS041 is as secure

Junjie Cao, Zhaoxia Heng, Lei Wu, Jin Min Yang

In the minimal supersymmetric model the R-parity violating top quark interactions, which are so far weakly constrained, can induce various flavor-changing neutral-current (FCNC) productions for the top quark at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this work we assume the presence of the B-violating couplings and examine their contributions to the FCNC product

Paolo Michetti, Giorgio Mugnaini, Giuseppe Iannaccone

The intermediate transport regime in nanoscale transistors between the fully ballistic case and the quasi equilibrium case described by the drift-diffusion model is still an open modeling issue. Analytical approaches to the problem have been proposed, based on the introduction of a backscattering coefficient, or numerical approaches consisting in the MonteCa

S. Caenepeel, A. Marcus

Let $H$ be a Hopf algebra, and $A$ an $H$-Galois extension. We investigate $H$-Morita autoequivalences of $A$, introduce the concept of $H$-Picard group, and we establish an exact sequence linking the $H$-Picard group of $A$ and the Picard group of $A^{{\rm co}H}$.

Joseph Bernstein, Bernhard Krötz

An elementary and self-contained approach to smooth Frechet globalizations of Harish-Chandra modules is presented. We provide applications to the theory of Eisenstein series and Automatic Continuity.

Lucia Caporaso

The dimension of spaces of global sections for line bundles on semistable curves parametrized by the compactified Picard scheme is studied. The theorem of Riemann is shown to hold. The theorem of Clifford is shown to hold in the following cases: the curve has two components; the curve is any semistable curve and the degree is either 0 or 2g-2; the curve is s

Bibbona Enrico, Fatibene Lorenzo, Francaviglia Mauro

We calculate the relative conserved currents, superpotentials and conserved quantities between two homogeneous and isotropic universes. In particular we prove that their relative "energy" (defined as the conserved quantity associated to cosmic time coordinate translations for a comoving observer) is vanishing and so are the other conserved quantities

Simeon Zamkovoy

In this paper paraSasakian manifolds with a constant paraholomorphic section curvature are considered.

Christoph Wockel

Lie's Third Theorem, asserting that each finite-dimensional Lie algebra is the Lie algebra of a Lie group, fails in infinite dimensions. The modern account on this phenomenon is the integration problem for central extensions of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, which in turn is phrased in terms of an integration procedure for Lie algebra cocycles. This

Hari K. Kunduri, James Lucietti

We consider stationary extremal black hole solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations with a negative cosmological constant in four dimensions. We determine all non-static axisymmetric near-horizon geometries (with non-toroidal horizon topology) and all static near-horizon geometries for black holes of this kind. This allows us to deduce that the most gener

S. S. Gabriyelyan

A Polish group $G$ is called a group of quasi-invariance or a QI-group, if there exist a locally compact group $X$ and a probability measure $μ$ on $X$ such that 1) there exists a continuous monomorphism of $G$ to $X$, and 2) for each $g\in X$ either $g\in G$ and the shift $μ_g$ is equivalent to $μ$ or $g\not\in G$ and $μ_g$ is orthogonal to $μ$. It is prove

S. Takeshita, R. Kadono, M. Hiraishi, M. Miyazaki

The presence of macroscopic phase separation between the superconducting and magnetic phases in \cfcaf is demonstrated by muon spin rotation (muSR) measurements conducted across their phase boundaries (x=0.05-0.15). The magnetic phase tends to retain the high transition temperature (T_m > T_c), while Co-doping induces strong randomness. The volumetric fracti

S. Perina, P. Barmby, M. A. Beasley, M. Bellazzini

{Aims.} We introduce our imaging survey of possible young massive globular clusters in M31 performed with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We present here details of the data reduction pipeline that is being applied to all the survey data and describe its application to the brightest among our targets, van de

Anthony C. L Ashton, A. S. Fokas

We study the Cauchy problem associated with the equations governing a fluid loaded plate formulated on either the line or the half-line. We show that in both cases the problem can be solved by employing the unified approach to boundary value problems introduced by on of the authors in the late 1990s. The problem on the full line was analysed by Crighton et.

Suman Ghosh, Sayan Kar

We explore the possibilities of constructing bulk spacetimes in five dimensions for warped braneworld models with a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) line element on the 3-brane and with a time-dependent extra dimension. Our first step in this direction involves looking at the status of energy conditions when such a bulk line element is assumed

Gianluca Casseses

We prove results on the existence of Doléans-Dade measures and of the Doob-Meyer decomposition for supermartingales indexed by a general index set

Maarten Solleveld

Let H be a graded Hecke algebra with complex deformation parameters and Weyl group W. We show that the Hochschild, cyclic and periodic cyclic homologies of H are all independent of the parameters, and compute them explicitly. We use this to prove that, if the deformation parameters are real, the collection of irreducible tempered H-modules with real central

Francis Comets, Serguei Popov, Gunter M. Schütz, Marina Vachkovskaia

We consider transport diffusion in a stochastic billiard in a random tube which is elongated in the direction of the first coordinate (the tube axis). Inside the random tube, which is stationary and ergodic, non-interacting particles move straight with constant speed. Upon hitting the tube walls, they are reflected randomly, according to the cosine law: the

William Nelson, Mairi Sakellariadou

We study cosmological consequences of the noncommutative approach to the standard model. Neglecting the nonminimal coupling of the Higgs field to the curvature, noncommutative corrections to Einstein's equations are present only for inhomogeneous and anisotropic space-times. Considering the nominimal coupling however, we obtain corrections even for backg

Fabienne Castell

Let $(X_t,t\geq0)$ be a continuous time simple random walk on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ ($d\geq3$), and let $l_T(x)$ be the time spent by $(X_t,t\geq0)$ on the site $x$ up to time $T$. We prove a large deviations principle for the $q$-fold self-intersection local time $I_T=\sum_{x\in\mathbb{Z}^d}l_T(x)^q$ in the critical case $q=\frac{d}{d-2}$. When $q$ is integer, we

Paul Kabaila, Khageswor Giri

Consider a two-by-two factorial experiment with more than 1 replicate. Suppose that we have uncertain prior information that the two-factor interaction is zero. We describe new simultaneous frequentist confidence intervals for the 4 population cell means, with simultaneous confidence coefficient 1-alpha, that utilize this prior information in the following s

C. A. Ballon Bayona, Cristine N. Ferreira

We investigate the spectroscopy of scalar and vector Kaluza-Klein modes that arise in a deformed Randall-Sundrum model that is constructed from Brans-Dicke theory. The non-minimal coupling in the Brans Dicke theory translates into a deformation of the Randall-Sundrum geometry that depends on the Brans-Dicke parameter $ω$. We find that the $ω$ parameter has a

Igor B. Frenkel, Anton M. Zeitlin

We obtain the quantum group $SL_q(2)$ as semi-infinite cohomology of the Virasoro algebra with values in a tensor product of two braided vertex operator algebras with complementary central charges $c+\bar{c}=26$. Each braided VOA is constructed from the free Fock space realization of the Virasoro algebra with an additional q-deformed harmonic oscillator degr

Jun He, B. Saghai

Within a chiral constituent quark model approach, $η$-meson production on the proton {\it via} electromagnetic and hadron probes are studied. With few parameters, differential cross-section and polarized beam asymmetry for γp \to ηp$ and differential cross section for $π^- p\to ηn$ processes are calculated and successfully compared with the data in the cente

Andrea Dainese

The phenomenology of gluon saturation at small parton momentum fraction, Bjorken-x, in the proton and in the nucleus is introduced. The experimentally-accessible kinematic domains at the nucleus-nucleus colliders RHIC and LHC are discussed. Finally, the saturation hints emerging from measurements at RHIC and the perspectives for LHC are described.

Robert Foot, Archil Kobakhidze, Kristian L. McDonald

We propose a model where the role of the electroweak Higgs field is played by the dilaton. The model contains terms which explicitly violate gauge invariance, however it is shown that this violation is fictitious, so that the model is a consistent low energy effective theory. In the simplest version of the idea the resulting low energy effective theory is th

David Jordan, Eric Larson

We advance the classification of fusion categories in two directions. Firstly, we completely classify integral fusion categories -- and consequently, semi-simple Hopf algebras -- of dimension $pq^2$, where $p$ and $q$ are distinct primes. This case is especially interesting because it is the simplest class of dimensions where not all integral fusion categori

Gabriele Mondello

In this paper two Poisson structures on the moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces with conical points are compared: the Weil-Petersson one and the ηcoming from the representation variety. We show that they are multiple of each other, if the angles do not exceed 2π. Moreover, we exhibit an explicit formula for ηin terms of hyperbolic lengths of a suitable syste

Shiva Kintali

Scarf's lemma is one of the fundamental results in combinatorics, originally introduced to study the core of an N-person game. Over the last four decades, the usefulness of Scarf's lemma has been demonstrated in several important combinatorial problems seeking "stable" solutions. However, the complexity of the computational version of Scarf&#

C. K. Li, Y. T. Poon, T. Schulte-Herbrueggen

Let $S(A)$ denote the orbit of a complex or real matrix $A$ under a certain equivalence relation such as unitary similarity, unitary equivalence, unitary congruences etc. Efficient gradient-flow algorithms are constructed to determine the best approximation of a given matrix $A_0$ by the sum of matrices in $S(A_1), ..., S(A_N)$ in the sense of finding the Eu

H. U. Rahman, F. J. Wessel, N. Rostoker, P. Ney

We simulate fusion in a Z-pinch; where the load is a xenon-plasma liner imploding onto a deuterium-tritium plasma target and the driver is a 2 MJ, 17 MA, 95 ns risetime pulser. The implosion system is modeled using the dynamic, 2-1/2 D, radiation-MHD code, MACH2. During implosion a shock forms in the Xe liner, transporting current and energy radially inward.

E. Fernandez-Lajus, C. Farina, A. F. Torres, M. A. Schwartz

The periodicity of 5.5 years for some observational events occurring in Eta Carinae manifests itself across a large wavelength range and has been associated with its binary nature. These events are supposed to occur when the binary components are close to periastron. To detect the previous periastron passage of Eta Car in 2003, we started an intensive, groun

Ganna Rozhnova, Ana Nunes

The standard pair approximation equations (PA) for the Susceptible-Infective-Recovered-Susceptible (SIRS) model of infection spread on a network of homogeneous degree $k$ predict a thin phase of sustained oscillations for parameter values that correspond to diseases that confer long lasting immunity. Here we present a study of the dependence of this oscillat

H. E. Lomelí, J. D. Meiss

We study exact, volume-preserving diffeomorphisms that have heteroclinic connections between a pair of normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds. We develop a general theory of lobes, showing that the lobe volume is given by an integral of a generating form over the primary intersection, a subset of the heteroclinic orbits. Our definition reproduces the classi

Neven Simicevic

The Dirac equation is solved using three-dimensional Finite Difference-Time Domain (FDTD) method. $Zitterbewegung$ and the dynamics of a well-localized electron are used as examples of FDTD application to the case of free electrons.

E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden

We study the force vs extension behaviour of a helical spring made of a thin torsionally-stiff anisotropic elastic rod. Our focus is on springs of very low helical pitch. For certain parameters of the problem such a spring is found not to unwind when pulled but rather to form hockles that pop-out one by one and lead to a highly non-monotonic force-extension

Prakash Sarkar, Somnath Bharadwaj

It is now well accepted that the galaxies are distributed in filaments, sheets and clusters all of which form an interconnected network known as the Cosmic Web. It is a big challenge to quantify the shapes of the interconnected structural elements that form this network. Tools like the Minkowski functionals which use global properties, though well suited for

M. Rabus, R. Alonso, J. A. Belmonte, H. J. Deeg

We investigate the origin of a flux increase found during a transit of TrES-1, observed with the HST. This feature in the HST light curve cannot be attributed to noise and is supposedly a dark area on the stellar surface of the host star eclipsed by TrES-1 during its transit. We investigate the likeliness of two possible hypothesis for its origin: A starspot

Shufang Su, Brooks Thomas

In this work, we examine the process at the LHC in which a Higgs boson is produced in association with a t t-bar pair and subsequently decays to a pair of muons. We show that the statistical significance for the discovery of a light, Standard-Model Higgs boson with a mass around 120 GeV in this channel is comparable to those for other processes (gluon fusion

Roland de Putter, Eric V. Linder

Principal component analysis is considered as an addition to the well-tested parametrization w(a)=w_0+w_a(1-a) for the dark energy equation of state. This brief note cautions against some unjustified assumptions in interpretation of PCA calculations, giving quantified examples.

Matthew W. Kunz, Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias

We formulate the problem of the formation and subsequent evolution of fragments (or cores) in magnetically-supported, self-gravitating molecular clouds in two spatial dimensions. The six-fluid (neutrals, electrons, molecular and atomic ions, positively-charged, negatively-charged, and neutral grains) physical system is governed by the radiative, nonideal mag

Jens Eggers, Jens Hoppe

We derive self-similar string solutions in a graph representation, near the point of singularity formation, which can be shown to extend to point-like singularities on M-branes, as well as to the radially symmetric case.

Francesco Sannino

I briefly review the basic challenges and virtues of models breaking the electroweak symmetry dynamically. I will then introduce the (ultra) minimal walking technicolor models whose construction has been made possible thanks to recent progress in the understanding of the phase diagram for strongly coupled theories as function of number of flavors, colors and

Christoph Kirst, Marc Timme

Pulse-coupled threshold units serve as paradigmatic models for a wide range of complex systems. When the state variable of a unit crosses a threshold, the unit sends a pulse that is received by other units, thereby mediating the interactions. At the same time, the state variable of the sending unit is reset. Here we study pulse-coupled models with a reset th

Christopher J Leininger, Dan Margalit

We show that any two elements of the pure braid group either commute or generate a free group, settling a question of Luis Paris. Our proof involves the theory of 3-manifolds and the theory of group actions on trees.

Iain A. Brown

Magnetic fields have been observed in galaxies, clusters of galaxies and probably in superclusters. While mechanisms exist to generate these in the late universe, it is possible that magnetic fields have existed since very early times. This thesis is concerned with methods to predict the form of such imprints. We review in detail a standard, linearised cosmo

Mustafa Cenk Gursoy

In this paper, transmission over the additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, and coherent and noncoherent fading channels using M-ary orthogonal frequency-shift keying (FSK) or on-off frequency-shift keying (OOFSK) is considered. The receiver is assumed to perform hard-decision detection. In this setting, energy required to reliably send one bit of inf

Yevgeniy Kovchegov

In this article, we will explore why Karlin-McGregor method of using orthogonal polynomials in the study of Markov processes was so successful for one dimensional nearest neighbor processes, but failed beyond nearest neighbor transitions. We will proceed by suggesting and testing possible fixtures.

Deli Qiao, Mustafa Cenk Gursoy, Senem Velipasalar

Transmission over wireless fading channels under quality of service (QoS) constraints is studied when only the receiver has channel side information. Being unaware of the channel conditions, transmitter is assumed to send the information at a fixed rate. Under these assumptions, a two-state (ON-OFF) transmission model is adopted, where information is transmi

Yevgeniy Kovchegov, Nick Meredith, Eyal Nir

This study of occupation time densities for continuous-time Markov processes was inspired by the work of E.Nir et al (2006) in the field of Single Molecule FRET spectroscopy. There, a single molecule fluctuates between two or more states, and the experimental observable depends on the state's occupation time distribution. To mathematically describe the o

Jaemann Kyeong, Sang Chul Kim, David Hiriart, Eon-Chang Sung

We present UBVI photometry of the old open cluster NGC 1193. Color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of this cluster show a well defined main sequence and a sparse red giant branch. For the inner region of r<50 arcsec, three blue straggler candidates are newly found in addition to the objects Kaluzny (1988) already found. The color-color diagrams show that the redde

P. Amore, F. M. Fernandez

An appropriate rational approximation to the eigenfunction of the Schrödinger equation for anharmonic oscillators enables one to obtain the eigenvalue accurately as the limit of a sequence of roots of Hankel determinants. The convergence rate of this approach is greater than that for a well--established method based on a power--series expansions weighted by

Lasse Rempe

We show that the points that converge to infinity under iteration of the exponential map form a connected subset of the complex plane.

Mark W. Coffey

We evaluate binomial series with harmonic number coefficients, providing recursion relations, integral representations, and several examples. The results are of interest to analytic number theory, the analysis of algorithms, and calculations of theoretical physics, as well as other applications.

Federico L. Bottesi, Guillermo R. Zemba

We describe the two-dimensional Mott transition in a Hubbard-like model with nearest neighbors interactions based on a recent solution to the Zamolodchikov tetrahedron equation, which extends the notion of integrability to two-dimensional lattice systems. At the Mott transition, we find that the system is in a d-density wave or staggered flux phase that can

Nathanial P. Brown

These days it is common for young operator algebraists to know a lot about C*-algebras, or a lot about von Neumann algebras -- but not both. Though a natural consequence of the breadth and depth of each subject, this is unfortunate as the interplay between the two theories has deep historical roots and has led to many beautiful results. We review some of the

Patryk Mach, Edward Malec

Analytic methods show stability of the stationary accretion of test fluids but they are inconclusive in the case of self-gravitating stationary flows. We investigate numerically stability of those stationary flows onto compact objects that are transonic and rich in gas. In all studied examples solutions appear stable. Numerical investigation suggests also th

Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll, Mari Carmen Bañuls

We show enough evidence that a structured version of Adiabatic Quantum Computation (AQC) is efficient for most satisfiability problems. More precisely, when the success probability is fixed beforehand, the computational resources grow subexponentially in the number of qubits. Our study focuses on random satisfiability and exact cover problems, developing a m

Dragoljub A. Cucic

There is often a bond between two great men of a society at the time when one is at the peak of his life and the other at its beginning. The great Serbian 19th century poet, clergyman and educator father Vasa Zivkovic, interceding in favour of his student Mihajlo Pupin, significantly influenced the conditions necessary for Pupin`s development into the person

M. R. M. Leao, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, D. Falceta-Goncalves, C. Melioli

In this work, considering the impact of a SNR with a neutral magnetized cloud we derived analytically a set of conditions which are favorable for driving gravitational instability in the cloud and thus star formation. We have built diagrams of the SNR radius, versus the cloud density, that constrain a domain in the parameter space where star formation is all

B. A. Trubnikov

A hypothesis is presented for explanation of the dark matter and dark energy properties in terms of a new interaction field with spin 3.

J. Brian Conrey, David W. Farmer, Özlem Imamoglu

We show that if a real trigonometric polynomial has few real roots, then the trigonometric polynomial obtained by writing the coefficients in reverse order must have many real roots. This is used to show that a class of random trigonometric polynomials has, on average, many real roots. In the case that the coefficients of a real trigonometric polynomial are

A. C. D. van Enter, C. Kuelske, A. A. Opoku, W. M. Ruszel

We review some recent developments in the study of Gibbs and non-Gibbs properties of transformed n-vector lattice and mean-field models under various transformations. Also, some new results for the loss and recovery of the Gibbs property of planar rotor models during stochastic time evolution are presented.

Lluis Bel

We discuss two space-time models: one is expanding, the other is static. They are both derived from Schwarzschild&#39;s exterior solution. But they differ in the implementation of the parallelism at a distance and the choice of their master frame of reference.

J. M. Adams, M. Warner

At the A to C transition, smectic elastomers have recently been observed to undergo $\sim$35% spontaneous shear strains. We first explicitly describe how strains of up to twice this value could be mechanically or electrically induced in Sm-$C$ elastomers by rotation of the director on a cone around the layer normal at various elastic costs depending on const

Godofredo Iommi

In this note we study the multifractal spectrum of Lyapunov exponents for interval maps with infinitely many branches and a parabolic fixed point. It turns out that, in strong contrast with the hyperbolic case, the domain of the spectrum is unbounded and points of non-differentiability might exist. Moreover, the spectrum is not concave. We establish conditio

S. Dickmann, Y. Levinson

Auger relaxation in 2D strongly correlated electron gas can be represented as an Auger-like process for neutral magnetoplasmon excitations. The case of &#34;dielectric&#34; state with lack of free electrons (i.e. at integer filling $ν$) is considered. Really the Auger-like process is a coalescence of two magnetoplasmons which are converted into a single one

Michael J. Williams, Martin Bureau, Michele Cappellari

We examine a sample of 30 edge-on spiral and S0 galaxies that have boxy and peanut-shaped bulges. We compute model stellar kinematics by solving the Jeans equations for axisymmetric mass distributions derived from K-band images. These simple models have only one free parameter: the dynamical mass-to-light ratio, which we assume is independent of radius. Give

Damon B. Farmer, Roksana Golizadeh-Mojarad, Vasili Perebeinos, Yu-Ming Lin

We investigate polyethylene imine and diazonium salts as stable, complementary dopants on graphene. Transport in graphene devices doped with these molecules exhibits asymmetry in electron and hole conductance. The conductance of one carrier is preserved, while the conductance of the other carrier decreases. Simulations based on nonequilibrium Green&#39;s fun

Sungtae Cho, Ismail Zahed

We construct the equation of a state of the classical QGP valid for all values of Gamma=V/K, the ratio of the mean Coulomb to kinetic energy. By enforcing the Gibbs relations, we derive the pertinent pressure and entropy densities for all Gamma. For the case of an SU(2) classical gluonic plasma our results compare well with lattice simulations. We show that

Israel Quiros, Ricardo Garcia-Salcedo, Claudia Moreno

It is demonstrated that the claim in the paper &#34;Crossing $ω=-1$ by a single scalar field on a Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati brane&#34; by H Zhang and Z-H Zhu [Phys.Rev.D75,023510(2007)], about a prove that there do not exist scaling solutions in a universe with dust in a Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) braneworld scenario, is incorrect.

Peter O. Hess, Walter Greiner

An extension of the theory of General Relativity is proposed, based on pseudo-complex space-time coordinates. The new theory corresponds to the introduction of two, in general different, metrics which are connected through specific conditions. A pseudo-complex Schwarzschild solution is constructed, which does not suffer any more by a singularity. The solutio

Sungtae Cho, Ismail Zahed

We explore further the classical QGP using methods from classical liquids. The partition function of an ensemble of SU(N_c) colored charge spheres is constructed. We analyze it using a cumulant expansion (low density) and a loop expansion (high temperature) after resumming the Debye screening effects. The pertinent free energies are derived in both limits an

Dušan Budjáš, Marik Barnabé Heider, Oleg Chkvorets, Stefan Schönert

To reduce background in experiments looking for rare events, such as the GERDA double beta decay experiment, it is necessary to employ active background-suppression techniques. One of such techniques is the pulse shape analysis of signals induced by the interaction of radiation with the detector. Analysis of the time-development of the impulses can distingui

Tame Gonzalez, Tonatiuh Matos, Israel Quiros, Alberto Vazquez-Gonzalez

We apply the dynamical systems tools to study the linear dynamics of a self-interacting scalar field trapped on a Randall-Sundrum brane. The simplest kinds of self-interaction potentials are investigated: a) constant potential, and b) exponential potential. It is shown that the dynamics of the Randall-Sundrum model significantly differs from the standard fou

Israel Quiros, Tonatiuh Matos

We study Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati braneworlds with finite thickness. In respect to standard (thin) DGP Friedmann equation, finite thickness of the brane causes a subtle modification of the cosmological equations that can lead to significant physical consequences. The resulting cosmology is governed by two length scales which are associated with the brane thic

Serena Criscuoli, Mark Rast

We investigate the photometric signature of magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We developed two dimensional, static numerical models of isolated and clustered magnetic flux tubes. We investigated the emergent intensity profiles at different lines-of-sight for various spatial resolutions and opacity models. We found that both geometric and photomet

N. A. J. M. Kleemans, J. van Bree, M. Bozkurt, P. J. van Veldhoven

We have studied the size dependence of the exciton g-factor in self-assembled InAs/InP quantum dots. Photoluminescence measurements on a large ensemble of these dots indicate a multimodal height distribution. Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy measurements have been performed and support the interpretation of the macro photoluminescence spectra. M

Gilbert Muraz, Jean-Louis Verger-Gaugry

We investigate, by &#34;a la Marcinkiewicz&#34; techniques applied to the (asymptotic) density function, how dense systems of equal spheres of $\rb^{n}, n \geq 1,$ can be partitioned at infinity in order to allow the computation of their density as a true limit and not a limsup. The density of a packing of equal balls is the norm 1 of the characteristic func

Quansheng Liu, Frédérique Watbled

The objective of the present paper is to establish exponential large deviation inequalities, and to use them to show exponential concentration inequalities for the free energy of a polymer in general random environment, its rate of convergence, and an expression of its limit value in terms of those of some multiplicative cascades.

C. D. Wilson, B. E. Warren, F. P. Israel, S. Serjeant

We present large-area maps of the CO J=3-2 emission obtained at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope for four spiral galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. We combine these data with published CO J=1-0, 24 micron, and Halpha images to measure the CO line ratios, molecular gas masses, and instantaneous gas depletion times. For three galaxies in our sample (NGC 4254, NGC

Gerolf Ziegenhain, Herbert M. Urbassek, Alexander Hartmaier

Using molecular-dynamics simulation and finite-element modelling, we simulate nanoindentation into the three principal surfaces -- the (100), (110) and (111) surface -- of Cu and Al. In the elastic regime, the simulation data agree fairly well with the linear elastic theory of indentation into an elastically anisotropic substrate. With increasing indentation

Deniz Gunduz, D. Richard Brown, H. Vincent Poor

Secure communication with feedback is studied. An achievability scheme in which the backward channel is used to generate a shared secret key is proposed. The scenario of binary symmetric forward and backward channels is considered, and a combination of the proposed scheme and Maurer&#39;s coding scheme is shown to achieve improved secrecy rates. The scenario

Modesto Montoya

Using a time of flight technique, the maximal values of kinetic energy as a function of primary mass of fragments from low energy fission of U 234 and U 236 were measured by Signarbieux et al. From calculations of scission configurations, one can conclude that, for those two fissioning systems, the maximal value of total kinetic energy corresponding to fragm

L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi, F. L. Fabbri

Results from the gas gain monitoring (GGM) system for the muon detector using RPC in the CMS experiment at the LHC is presented. The system is designed to provide fast and accurate determination of any shift in the working point of the chambers due to gas mixture changes.

P. Schuck, T. Sogo, G. Röpke

A selfconsistent many body approach for the description of gases with quartets, trions, and pairs is presented. Applications to 3D Fermi systems at low density are discussed.

C. R. Purcell, S. N. Longmore, M. G. Burton, A. J. Walsh

We present the results of a targeted 3-mm spectral line survey towards the eighty-three 6.67 GHz methanol maser selected star forming clumps observed by Purcell et al. 2006. In addition to the previously reported measurements of HCO+ (1 - 0), H13CO+ (1 - 0), and CH3CN (5 - 4) & (6 -5), we used the Mopra antenna to detect emission lines of N2H+ (1 - 0), HCN (

Allan Greenleaf, Yaroslav Kurylev, Matti Lassas, Gunther Uhlmann

At any energy E > 0, we construct a sequence of bounded potentials $V^E_{n}, n\in\N$, supported in an annular region $B_{out}\setminus B_{inn}$ in three-space, which act as approximate cloaks for solutions of Schrödinger&#39;s equation: For any potential $V_0\in L^\infty(B_{inn})$ such that E is not a Neumann eigenvalue of $-Δ+V_0$ in $B_{inn}$, the scatteri

S. Dickmann, S. L. Artyukhin

We study spin wave relaxation in quantum Hall ferromagnet regimes. Spin-orbit coupling is considered as a factor determining spin nonconservation, and external random potential as a cause of energy dissipation making spin-flip processes irreversible. We compare this relaxation mechanism with other relaxation channels existing in a quantum Hall ferromagnet.

Igor T. Padilha, Mucio A. Continentino

In multi-band superconductors as inter-metallic systems and heavy fermions, external pressure can reduce the critical temperature and eventually destroy superconductivity driving these systems to the normal state. In many cases this transition is continuous and is associated with a superconducting quantum critical point (SQCP). In this work we study a two-ba

Pierre Le Doussal, Kay Jörg Wiese

Using results from Schramm Loewner evolution (SLE), we give the expression of the fluctuation-induced force exerted by a polymer on a small impenetrable disk, in various 2-dimensional domain geometries. We generalize to two polymers and examine whether the fluctuation force can trap the object into a stable equilibrium. We compute the force exerted on object

Sylvain Durand, Jalal Fadili, Mila Nikolova

We address the denoising of images contaminated with multiplicative noise, e.g. speckle noise. Classical ways to solve such problems are filtering, statistical (Bayesian) methods, variational methods, and methods that convert the multiplicative noise into additive noise (using a logarithmic function), shrinkage of the coefficients of the log-image data in a

Igor T. Padilha, Mucio A. Continentino

Multi-band systems as intermetallic and heavy fermion compounds have quasi-particles arising from different orbitals at their Fermi surface. Since these quasi-particles have different masses or densities, there is a natural mismatch of the Fermi wave-vectors associated with different orbitals. This makes these materials potential candidates to observe exotic

Remy Braive, Sylvain Barbay, Isabelle Sagnes, Audrey Miard

We report on a series of experiments on the dynamics of spontaneous emission controlled nanolasers. The laser cavity is a photonic crystal slab cavity, embedding self-assembled quantum dots as gain material. The implementation of cavity electrodynamics effects increases significantly the large signal modulation bandwidth, with measured modulation speeds of t

Anand Pillay

I prove that the generic type of the free nonabelian group has infinite weight (strengthening non superstability of the free group).

Michel Balazard, Anne De Roton

Baez-Duarte reformulated the Riemann hypothesis as a statement about a Hilbert space distance, involving the integer dilations of the &#34;fractional part&#34; function. Under the assumption of the Riemann hypothesis, we improve on the currently known estimate for this distance.

Rosario Ceravolo, Giacomo Demarie, Silvano Erlicher

This paper presents a technique for identification of non-linear hysteretic systems subjected to non-stationary loading. In the numerical simulations, a Bouc-Wen model was chosen for its ability to represent the properties of a wide class of real hysteretic systems. The parameters of the model are computed instantaneously by approximating the internal restor

Romain Validire

Let p be a prime number and F be a number field. We consider the Galois group G over the cyclotomic Z_p extension of F of the maximal unramified, p-decomposed, pro-p-extension of the cyclotomic Z_p extension of F. The question whether G is free pro-p was already asked by many authors. In this article, we highlight a link between the freeness of G and the Gal

Till Brönnle, Christine Laurent-Thiébaut, Jürgen Leiterer

Using functional analysis and a Friedrichs approximation lemma for first order differential operators, we derive a global homotopy formula in large degrees for the tangential Cauchy-Riemann operator from local homotopy formulas without loss of regularity.