February 2009 arXiv papers — page 2

Tsz Ho Chan, Angel Kumchev, Mate Wierdl

A classical additive basis question is Waring's problem. It has been extended to integer polynomial and non-integer power sequences. In this paper, we will consider a wider class of functions, namely functions from a Hardy field, and show that they are asymptotic bases.

M. C. Kumar, Prakash Mathews, V. Ravindran, Anurag Tripathi

The first results on next-to-leading order QCD corrections to production of direct photon pairs in hadronic collisions in the large extra dimension models- ADD and RS are presented. Various kinematical distributions are obtained to order alpha_s in QCD by taking into account all the parton level subprocesses. Our Monte Carlo based code incorporates all the e

A. Javier Cenarro, Ignacio Trujillo

Making use of public spectra from Cimatti et al (2008), we measure for the first time the velocity dispersion of spheroid-like massive (M_star ~ 10^11 M_sun) galaxies at z ~ 1.6. By comparing with galaxies of similar stellar mass at lower redshifts, we find evidence for a mild evolution in velocity dispersion, decreasing from ~240 km/s at z ~ 1.6 down to ~18

V. I. Kuksa

The method of factorization, based on the model of unstable particles with a smeared mass, is applied to the processes with an unstable particle in the intermediate state. It was shown, that in the framework of the method suggested, the decay rate and cross-section can be represented in the universal factorized form for an arbitrary set of particles. An exac

D. A. Tompsett, G. G. Lonzarich

We present detailed electronic structure calculations for CaFe2As2. We investigate in particular the `collapsed' tetragonal and orthorhombic regions of the temperature-pressure phase diagram and find properties that distinguish CaFe2As2 from other Fe-pnictide compounds. In contrast to the tetragonal phase of other Fe-pnictides the electronic structure in

Michael J. Pfenning

We quantize the massless p-form field that obeys the generalized Maxwell field equations in curved spacetimes of dimension n > 1. We begin by showing that the classical Cauchy problem of the generalized Maxwell field is well posed and that the field possess the expected gauge invariance. Then the classical phase space is developed in terms of gauge equivalen

J. Geraci, D. A. Lidar

We exploit a recently constructed mapping between quantum circuits and graphs in order to prove that circuits corresponding to certain planar graphs can be efficiently simulated classically. The proof uses an expression for the Ising model partition function in terms of quadratically signed weight enumerators (QWGTs), which are polynomials that arise natural

Razvan Gurau, Oliver J. Rosten

Drawing on analogies with the commutative case, the Wilsonian picture of renormalization is developed for noncommutative scalar field theory. The dimensionful noncommutativity parameter, theta, induces several new features. Fixed-points are replaced by `floating-points' (actions which are scale independent only up to appearances of theta written in cutof

Wessel Valkenburg

It has been argued that the Swiss-Cheese cosmology can mimic Dark Energy, when it comes to the observed luminosity distance-redshift relation. Besides the fact that this effect tends to disappear on average over random directions, we show in this work that based on the Rees-Sciama effect on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the Swiss-Cheese model can be

Adam Nyman

We study obstructions to a direct limit preserving right exact functor $F$ between categories of quasi-coherent sheaves on schemes being isomorphic to tensoring with a bimodule. When the domain scheme is affine, or if $F$ is exact, all obstructions vanish and we recover the Eilenberg-Watts Theorem. This result is crucial to the proof that the noncommutative

B. C. Allanach, G. Hiller, D. R. T. Jones, P. Slavich

We study squark flavour violation in the anomaly mediated supersymmetry broken (AMSB) minimal supersymmetric standard model. Analytical expressions for the three-generational squark mass matrices are derived. We show that the anomaly-induced soft breaking terms have a decreasing amount of squark flavour violation when running from the GUT to the weak scale.

Markus Bobrowski, Alexander Lenz, Johann Riedl, Jürgen Rohrwild

We perform an exploratory study of the allowed parameter range for the CKM-like mixing of hypothetical quarks of a fourth generation. As experimental constraints we use the tree-level determinations of the 3 $\times$ 3 CKM elements and FCNC processes ($K$-, $D$-, $B_d$-, $B_s$-mixing and the decay $b \to s γ$) under the assumption that the 4 $\times$ 4 CKM m

C. R. Das, L. V. Laperashvili, A. Tureanu

We have developed a concept of parallel existence of the ordinary (O) and mirror (M), or shadow (Sh) worlds. In the first part of the paper we consider a mirror world with broken mirror parity and the breaking $E_6\to SU(3)^3$ in both worlds. We show that in this case the evolutions of coupling constants in the O- and M-worlds are not identical, having diffe

J. Takahashi, B. M. Tavares, W. L. Qian, R. Andrade

The effects of fluctuating initial conditions are studied in the context of relativistic heavy ion collisions where a rapidly evolving system is formed. Two particle correlation analysis is applied to events generated with the NEXSPHERIO hydrodynamic code, starting with fluctuating non-smooth initial conditions (IC). Results show that the non-smoothness in t

Hwa-Long Gau, Chi-Kwong Li, Yiu-Tung Poon, Nung-Sing Sze

The higher rank numerical range is closely connected to the construction of quantum error correction code for a noisy quantum channel. It is known that if a normal matrix $A \in M_n$ has eigenvalues $a_1, \..., a_n$, then its higher rank numerical range $Λ_k(A)$ is the intersection of convex polygons with vertices $a_{j_1}, \..., a_{j_{n-k+1}}$, where $1 \le

Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota, Mario A. Rodriguez-Meza, Dario Nunez

We build a spherical halo model for galaxies using a general scalar-tensor theory of gravity in its Newtonian limit. The scalar field is described by a time-independent Klein-Gordon equation with a source that is coupled to the standard Poisson equation of Newtonian gravity. Our model, by construction, fits both the observed rotation velocities of stars in s

A. Bytsko, J. Teschner

Using the example of Liouville theory, we show how the separation into left- and rightmoving degrees of freedom of a nonrational conformal field theory can be made explicit in terms of its integrable structure. The key observation is that there exist separate Baxter Q-operators for left- and right-moving degrees of freedom. Combining a study of the analytic

Hannah Petersen, Jan Steinheimer, Marcus Bleicher, Horst Stoecker

An integrated Boltzmann+hydrodynamics transport approach is applied to investigate the dependence of the mean transverse mass on the freeze-out and the equation of state over the energy range from $E_{\rm lab}=2-160A $GeV. This transport approach based on the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) with an intermediate hydrodynamic stage allows

Alan J. Barr, Ben Gripaios, Christopher Gorham Lester

It is expected that hadron collider measurements of the Higgs boson mass using the decay h -> W^+W^-, followed by the leptonic decay of each W-boson, will be performed by fitting the shape of a distribution which is sensitive to the Higgs mass. We demonstrate that the variable most commonly used to measure the Higgs mass in this channel is not optimal as it

Sergey A. Cherkis

We present a construction of self-dual Yang-Mills connections on the Taub-NUT space. We illustrate it by finding explicit expressions for all SU(2) instantons of instanton number one and generic monodromy at infinity.

Dmitry Roytenberg

We introduce a new type of algebra, the Courant-Dorfman algebra. These are to Courant algebroids what Lie-Rinehart algebras are to Lie algebroids, or Poisson algebras to Poisson manifolds. We work with arbitrary rings and modules, without any regularity, finiteness or non-degeneracy assumptions. To each Courant-Dorfman algebra $(\R,\E)$ we associate a differ

F. J. Jiang, F. Kämpfer, M. Nyfeler

Motivated by the possible mechanism for the pinning of the electronic liquid crystal direction in YBCO as proposed in \cite{Pardini08}, we use the first principles Monte Carlo method to study the spin 1/2 Heisenberg model with antiferromagnetic couplings $J_{1}$ and $J_{2}$ on the square lattice. The corresponding low-energy constants, namely the spin stiffn

August Wierling

We present an approximation scheme for the dielectric response of thermal collisionless plasmas at arbitrary degeneracy. A T-fraction representation is obtained from the known expansions of the real part of the dielectric function for small and large arguments. The partial numerators and denominators of the continued fraction are generated by a modified Q-D

Ralf Meyer, Maarten Solleveld

Schneider-Stuhler and Vigneras have used cosheaves on the affine Bruhat-Tits building to construct natural finite type projective resolutions for admissible representations of reductive p-adic groups in characteristic not equal to p. We use a system of idempotent endomorphisms of a representation with certain properties to construct a cosheaf and a sheaf on

Roland Knevel

First we explain the concept of local deformation over a 'parameter' algebra P, in particular the notion of a P-lattice in a Lie group. Purpose of this article is to define the spaces of automorphic resp. cusp forms on the upper half plane H for a P- (!) lattice of SL(2, R) and to investigate their structure. It turns out that in almost all cases the

Helmut G. Katzgraber, H. Bombin, M. A. Martin-Delgado

We study the error threshold of color codes, a class of topological quantum codes that allow a direct implementation of quantum Clifford gates suitable for entanglement distillation, teleportation and fault-tolerant quantum computation. We map the error-correction process onto a statistical mechanical random 3-body Ising model and study its phase diagram via

N. G. Stefanis

The aim of this topical article is to outline the fundamental ideas underlying the recently developed Fractional Analytic Perturbation Theory (FAPT) of QCD and present its main calculational tools together with key applications. For this, it is first necessary to review previous methods to apply QCD perturbation theory at low spacelike momentum scales, where

Lifa Zhang, Jian-Sheng Wang, Baowen Li

Using an exact nonequilibrium Green's function formulism, the phonon Hall effect for paramagnetic dielectrics is studied in a four-terminal device setting. The temperature difference in the transverse direction of the heat current is calculated for two-dimensional models with the magnetic field perpendicular to the plane. We find a surprising result that

Axel Freyn, Serge Florens

Numerical renormalization group (NRG) calculations of quantum impurity models, based on a logarithmic discretization in energy of electronic or bosonic Hamiltonians, provide a powerful tool to describe physics involving widely separated energy scales, as typically encountered in nanostructures and strongly correlated materials. This main advantage of the NRG

Fabian Brau, Fabien Buisseret

We study a pure gluon plasma in the context of quasiparticle models, where the plasma is considered as an ideal gas of massive bosons. In order to reproduce SU(3) gauge field lattice data within such a framework, we review briefly the necessity to use a temperature-dependent gluon mass which accounts for color interactions between the gluons near $T_{\text{c

A. Marshakov

The main results for the two-dimensional quantum gravity, conjectured from the matrix model or integrable approach, are presented in the form to be compared with the world-sheet or Liouville approach. In spherical limit the integrable side for minimal string theories is completely formulated using simple manipulations with two polynomials, based on residue f

Recai Erdem

Fermions in a space with some extra dimensional reflection symmetries are considered. In this space only one Kaluza-Klein mode is observed at the scales larger than the sizes of the extra dimensions while at the smaller scales all modes become observable. The resulting picture suggests that this model has a built-in Pauli-Villars-like regularization as its i

A. I. Safonov, I. I. Safonova, I. S. Yasnikov

We propose the explanation of a surprisingly small hyperfine frequency shift in the two-dimensional (2D) atomic hydrogen bound to the surface of superfluid helium below 0.1 K. Owing to the symmetry considerations, the microwave-induced triplet-singlet transitions of atomic pairs in the fully spin-polarized sample are forbidden. The apparent nonzero shift is

V. V. Gvaramadze

The atmosphere of the extremely high-velocity (530-920 km/s) early B-type star HD271791 is enriched in $α$-process elements, which suggests that this star is a former secondary component of a massive tight binary system and that its surface was polluted by the nucleosynthetic products after the primary star exploded in a supernova. It was proposed that the (

P. Meessen, A. Palomo-Lozano

We characterise the (fake) supersymmetric solutions of Wick-rotated N=2 d=4 gauged supergravity coupled to non-Abelian vector multiplets. In the time-like case we obtain generalisations of Kastor & Traschen's cosmological black holes: they have a specific time-dependence and the base-space must be 3-dimensional hyperCR/Gauduchon-Tod space. In the null-case,

J. Bell, S. Launois

We study the topology of the prime spectrum of an algebra supporting a rational torus action. More precisely, we study inclusions between prime ideals that are torus-invariant using the $H$-stratification theory of Goodearl and Letzter on one hand and the theory of deleting derivations of Cauchon on the other. We apply the results obtained to the algebra of

S. Alexeyev, A. Barrau, K. A. Rannu

The influence of the Maxwell field on a static, asymptotically flat and spherically-symmetric Gauss-Bonnet black hole is considered. Numerical computations suggest that if the charge increases beyond a critical value, the inner determinant singularity is replaced by an inner singular horizon.

Kai Johannes Keller

In the framework of perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (pAQFT), recently introduced by Brunetti, Duetsch and Fredenhagen, I give a general construction of so-called "Euclidean time-ordered products", i.e. algebraic versions of the Schwinger functions, for scalar quantum field theories on spaces of Euclidean signature. This is done by generalizing th

Roland Diehl

Laboratory experiments to explore plasma conditions and stimulated particle acceleration can illuminate aspects of the cosmic particle acceleration process. Here we discuss the cosmic-ray candidate source object variety, and what has been learned about their particle-acceleration characteristics. We identify open issues as discussed among astrophysicists. --

Johannes Ebert

We show how the Atiyah-Singer family index theorem for both, usual and self-adjoint elliptic operators fits naturally into the framework of the Madsen-Tillmann-Weiss spectra. Our main theorem concerns bundles of odd-dimensional manifolds. Using completely functional-analytic methods, we show that for any smooth proper oriented fibre bundle $E \to X$ with odd

David Cubero, Joern Dunkel

Recent molecular dynamics simulations show that a dilute relativistic gas equilibrates to a Juettner velocity distribution if ensemble velocities are measured simultaneously in the observer frame. The analysis of relativistic Brownian motion processes, on the other hand, implies that stationary one-particle distributions can differ depending on the underlyin

Yuji Igarashi, Jan M. Pawlowski

The construction of massless Majorana fermions with chiral Yukawa couplings on the lattice is considered. We find topological obstructions tightly linked to those underlying the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem. In contradistinction to chiral fermions the obstructions originate only from the combination of the Dirac action and the Yukawa term. These findings a

Ambrus Pal

We study the p-adic valuation of the values of normalised Hecke eigenforms attached to non-isotrivial elliptic curves defined over function fields of transcendence degree one over finite fields of characteristic p. We derive upper bounds on the smallest attained valuation in terms of the minimal discriminant under a certain assumption on the function field a

Jian-Wen Dong, Kin Hung Fung, C. T. Chan, He-Zhou Wang

Using the eigen-decomposition method, we investigated the plasmonic modes in a two-dimensional quasicrystalline array of metal nanoparticles. Various properties of the plasmonic modes, such as their symmetry, radiation loss and spatial localization are studied. Some collective plasmonic modes are found to be leaky with out-of-plane radiation loss, but some m

Satoshi Shirai, Fuminobu Takahashi, T. T. Yanagida

We study a scenario that a U(1) hidden gaugino constitutes the dark matter in the Universe and decays into a lepton and slepton pair through a mixing with a U(1)B-L gaugino. We find that the dark-matter decay can account for the recent PAMELA and ATIC anomalies in the cosmic-ray positrons and electrons without an overproduction of antiprotons.

Kohkichi Konno, Toyoki Matsuyama, Satoshi Tanda

We investigate a slowly rotating black hole in four-dimensional extended Chern-Simons modified gravity. We obtain an approximate solution that reduces to the Kerr solution when a coupling constant vanishes. The Chern-Simons correction effectively reduces the frame-dragging effect around a black hole in comparison with that of the Kerr solution.

Kenji Yonemitsu

Suppression of rectification at metal--Mott-insulator interfaces, which is previously shown by numerical solutions to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation and experiments on real devices, is reinvestigated theoretically by nonequilibrium Green's functions. The one-dimensional Hubbard model is used for a Mott insulator. The effects of attached metallic

S. Eh. Shirmovsky

The time evolution of a charged spin 1/2 particle interacting with a magnetic field is analyzed in the framework of the complex spectral theory, based on Prigogine's principles that provide a rigorous description of irreversibility. A detailed survey of the irreversible relaxation process of the spin 1/2 particle is carried out on the basis of the subdyn

Liangping Tu, Ali Luo, Fuchao Wu, Chao Wu

The letter presents 25 discovered supernova candidates from SDSS-DR7 with our dedicated method, called Sample Decrease, and 10 of them were confirmed by other research groups, and listed in this letter. Another 15 are first discovered including 14 type Ia and one type II based on Supernova Identification (SNID) analysis. The results proved that our method is

E. Komatsu, N. Afshordi, N. Bartolo, D. Baumann

A new and powerful probe of the origin and evolution of structures in the Universe has emerged and been actively developed over the last decade. In the coming decade, non-Gaussianity, i.e., the study of non-Gaussian contributions to the correlations of cosmological fluctuations, will become an important probe of both the early and the late Universe. Specific

The Belle Collaboration, C. Liu, Z. P. Zhang

We report on a search for the X(1812) state in the decay $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} ωϕ$ with a data sample of $657\times10^6$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. No significant signal is observed. An upper limit ${\cal B}(B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X(1812),X(1812) \to ωϕ)<3.2\times 10^{-7}$ (90% C.L.) is determined. We also c

Xavier Bekaert, Jeong-Hyuck Park

We review in detail the Hamiltonian dynamics for constrained systems. Emphasis is put on the total Hamiltonian system rather than on the extended Hamiltonian system. We provide a systematic analysis of (global and local) symmetries in total Hamiltonian systems. In particular, in analogue to total Hamiltonians, we introduce the notion of total Noether charges

Lingwei Guo, Shouchuan Zhang, Junqin Li

The general theory of the radicals of Lie algebras are established. Baer radicals of untwisted affine Lie algebras are found.

Chu Z. K. Hua

We make remarks on Ristroph and Zhang&#39;s [{\it Phys. Rev. Lett.} 101, 194502 (2008)] paper.

L. A. Gutnik

New expansions of the number zeta(3) in continuous fractions are found.

Xiaofeng Luo, Ming Shao, Cheng Li, Hongfang Chen

We formulate the QCD critical point focusing effect on transverse velocity ($β_{t}$) dependence of antiproton to proton ($\bar{p}/p$) ratio, which was recently proposed by Asakawa {\it et al.} as an experimental signature of QCD critical point in high energy heavy ion collisions (HICs). For quantitative analysis, Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Istvan Berkes, Lajos Horvath, Shiqing Ling

We investigate the estimation of parameters in the random coefficient autoregressive model. We consider a nonstationary RCA process and show that the innovation variance parameter cannot be estimated by the quasi-maximum likelihood method. The asymptotic normality of the quasi-maximum likelihood estimator for the remaining model parameters is proven so the u

Lian-Ao Wu, Gershon Kurizki, Paul Brumer

Given a multilevel system coupled to a bath, we use a Feshbach P,Q partitioning technique to derive an exact trace-nonpreserving master equation for a subspace $\mathcal{S}_{i}$ of the system. The resultant equation properly treats the leakage effect from $\mathcal{S}_{i}$ into the remainder of the system space. Focusing on a second-order approximation, we s

U. Baur, E. Brewer

We consider the prospects for detecting effects due to the Higgs exchange diagram in high energy mu^+ mu^-$, e^+ e^-, and tau^+ tau^- collisions producing a pair of W bosons. The processes l^+l^- -> W^+W^- (with l=mu,e,tau) are analyzed, analytically and via numerical simulations, to determine the center of mass energy, sqrt{s}_H, where the effects from Higg

B. Lv, M. Gooch, B. Lorenz, F. Chen

The normal state and superconducting properties are investigated in the phase diagram of K_xSr_{1-x}Fe_2As_2 for 0<x<1. The ground state upper critical field, H_{c2}(0), is extrapolated from magnetic field dependent resistivity measurements. H_{c2}(0) scales with the critical temperature, T_c, of the superconducting transition. In the normal state the Seebec

Kevin Ann, Gregg Jaeger

Entanglement and non-locality are non-classical global characteristics of quantum states important to the foundations of quantum mechanics. Recent investigations have shown that environmental noise, even when it is entirely local in influence, can destroy both of these properties in finite time despite giving rise to full quantum state decoherence only in th

Arsen Subashiev, Serge Luryi

We analyze the transparency of a thin film of low refractive index (an optical glue or a bonding layer) placed between higher-index media and forming an opto-pair. Examples include a semiconductor light-emitting diode with attached lens or a semiconductor scintillator bonded to a photodiode. The transparency of an opto-pair is highly sensitive to the film th

Eli Dwek, Frederic Galliano, Anthony Jones

Models for the evolution of dust are used to show that the observed trend of the abundance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with metallicity is the result of the delayed injection of carbon dust that formed in low mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars into the interstellar medium. We also use our dust evolution models to examine the origin of du

R. Centeno, J. Trujillo Bueno, A. Asensio Ramos

Determining the magnetic field of solar spicules is vital for developing adequate models of these plasma jets, which are thought to play a key role in the thermal, dynamic, and magnetic structure of the chromosphere. Here we report on magnetic spicule properties in a very quiet region of the off-limb solar atmosphere, as inferred from new spectropolarimetric

J. Bernabeu, C. Espinoza, C. Orme, S. Palomares-Ruiz

The next generation of long baseline neutrino experiments will aim at determining the value of the unknown mixing angle, theta_{13}, the type of neutrino mass hierarchy and the presence of CP-violation in the lepton sector. Beta-beams and electron capture experiments have been studied as viable candidates for long baseline experiments. They use a very clean

Noah Arbesfeld, David Jordan

We continue the study of the lower central series and its associated graded components for a free associative algebra with n generators, as initiated by B. Feigin and B. Shoikhet. We establish a linear bound on the degree of tensor field modules appearing in the Jordan-Hoelder series of each graded component, which is conjecturally tight. We also bound the l

George Svetlichny

The quantum teleportation protocol can be used to probabilistically simulate a quantum circuit with backward-in-time connections. This allows us to analyze some conceptual problems of time travel in the context of physically realizable situations, to realize encrypted measurements of future states for which the decryption key becomes available only after the

W. Peng, N. Lemée, M. Karkut, B. Dkhil

We have made magnetization and x-ray diffraction measurements on an epitaxial Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 200 nm film. From the temperature dependence of the out-of-plane lattice parameter we can assign a Burns&#39; temperature at Td ~ 640 K, a temperature at T* ~ 510 K, related to the appearance of static polar nanoregions, and an anomaly occurring at 200 K. The latte

N. Christopher Phillips

We describe some of the forms of freeness of group actions on noncommutative C*-algebras that have been used, with emphasis on actions of finite groups. We give some indications of their strengths, weaknesses, applications, and relationships to each other. The properties discussed include the Rokhlin property, K-theoretic freeness, the tracial Rokhlin proper

M. Arnaud, H. Bohringer, C. Jones, B. McNamara

The large scale structure of the present Universe is determined by the growth of dark matter density fluctuations and by the dynamical action of dark energy and dark matter. While much progress has been made in recent years in constraining the cosmological parameters, and in reconstructing the evolution in the large--scale structure of the dark matter distri

Alexander Blum, Claudia Hagedorn

We construct a supersymmetric model with the flavor symmetry D14 in which the CKM matrix element |V_{ud}| can take the value |V_{ud}| =cos (pi/14) = 0.97493 implying that the Cabibbo angle theta_C is sin (theta_C) = |V_{us}| = sin (pi/14) = 0.2225. These values are very close to those observed in experiments. The value of |V_{ud}| (theta_C) is based on the f

Subhash Kak

This note reviews prospects for quantum computing. It argues that gates need to be tested for a wide range of probability amplitudes.

AAS WGLA, Nancy Brickhouse, John Cowan, Paul Drake

As the panel on Planetary Systems and Star Formation (PSF) is fully aware, the next decade will see major advances in our understanding of these areas of research. To quote from their charge, these advances will occur in studies of solar system bodies (other than the Sun) and extrasolar planets, debris disks, exobiology, the formation of individual stars, pr

Gautam Pendse, David Borsook, Lino Becerra

In this article, we develop an algorithm for probabilistic and constrained projection pursuit. Our algorithm called ADIS (automated decomposition into sources) accepts arbitrary non-linear contrast functions and constraints from the user and performs non-square blind source separation (BSS). In the first stage, we estimate the latent dimensionality using a c

W. Peng, N. Lemée, J Holc, M. Kosec

We have grown lead iron niobate thin films with composition Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PFN) on (0 0 1) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The influence of the deposition conditions on the phase purity was studied. Due to similar thermodynamic stability spaces, a pyrochlore phase often coexists with the PFN perovskite phase. By optimizing the kinetic parame

Lukasz Skowronek, Erling Stormer, Karol Zyczkowski

The structure of cones of positive and k-positive maps acting on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space is investigated. Special emphasis is given to their duality relations to the sets of superpositive and k-superpositive maps. We characterize k-positive and k-superpositive maps with regard to their properties under taking compositions. A number of results obta

Katsuhiko Kuribayashi, Toshihiro Yamaguchi

Let F_*(X, Y) be the space of base-point-preserving maps from a connected finite CW complex X to a connected space Y. Consider a CW complex of the form X cup_{alpha}e^{k+1} and a space Y whose connectivity exceeds the dimension of the adjunction space. Using a Quillen-Sullivan mixed type model for a based mapping space, we prove that, if the bracket length o

Fedor Bogomolov, Yuri Tschinkel

We prove that the function field of an algebraic variety of dimension greater than 1 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero is determined by its first and second Milnor K-groups.

Frank Nijhoff, James Atkinson, Jarmo Hietarinta

In recent years there have been new insights into the integrability of quadrilateral lattice equations, i.e. partial difference equations which are the natural discrete analogues of integrable partial differential equations in 1+1 dimensions. In the scalar (i.e. single-field) case there now exist classification results by Adler, Bobenko and Suris (ABS) leadi

M. Catelan, F. Grundahl, A. V. Sweigart, A. A. R. Valcarce

It has recently been suggested that the presence of multiple populations showing various amounts of helium enhancement is the rule, rather than the exception, among globular star clusters. An important prediction of this helium enhancement scenario is that the helium-enhanced blue horizontal branch (HB) stars should be brighter than the red HB stars which ar

Josep M. Pons

In the framework of classical field theory, we first review the Noether theory of symmetries, with simple rederivations of its essential results, with special emphasis given to the Noether identities for gauge theories. Will this baggage on board, we next discuss in detail, for Poincaré invariant theories in flat spacetime, the differences between the Belinf

Abdumalik A. Rakhimov

Solution of some boundary value problems and initial problems in unique ball leads to the convergence and sumability problems of Fourier series of given function by eigenfunctions of Laplace operator on a sphere - spherical harmonics. Such a series are called as Fourier-Laplace series on sphere. There are a number of works devoted investigation of these expa

Tyler Lawson

In this paper, we examine the `derived completion&#39; of the representation ring of a pro-p group G_p^ with respect to an augmentation ideal. This completion is no longer a ring: it is a spectrum with the structure of a module spectrum over the Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum HZ, and can have higher homotopy information. In order to explain the origin of some of

R. Bijker, A. Frank, J. Barea

We discuss several new developments in nuclear supersymmetry, in particular the identification of a new supersymmetric quartet of nuclei in the A~190 mass region, consisting of the 192,193 Os and 193,194 Ir nuclei, and a study of correlations between different transfer reactions.

A. V. Samokhvalov, A. S. Mel&#39;nikov, J-P. Ader, A. I. Buzdin

On the basis of of linearized Usadel equations we consider superconductivity nucleation in multiply connected mesoscopic superconductor/ferromagnet hybrids such as thin-walled superconducting cylinders placed in electrical contact with a ferromagnetic metal. We study the interplay between the oscillations of $T_c$ due to the Little--Parks effect and the osci

V. Kozlov

A good particle candidate for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is the supersymmetric neutralino or more generally a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). The expected interaction rate of WIMPs with the detector medium in the direct detection experiments is below 0.01 events/kg/day. This makes a good knowledge of the background conditions highly important, especi

R. Giacconi, S. Borgani, P. Rosati, P. Tozzi

We discuss the central role played by the X-ray study of hot baryons within galaxy clusters to reconstruct the assembly of cosmic structures and to trace the past history of star formation and accretion onto supermassive Black Holes (BHs). We shortly review the progress in this field contributed by the current generation of X-ray telescopes. Then, we focus o

Andreas Nordvall Lagerås

It is known, but perhaps not well-known, that when the mortality is assumed to be of Gompertz-Makeham-type, the expected remaining life-length and the commutation functions used for calculating the expected values of various types of life insurances can be expressed with an incomplete gamma function with a negative shape parameter. This is not of much use if

Slavek M. Rucinski

The time sequence of 105 spectra covering one full orbital period of AA Dor has been analyzed. Direct determination of Vsini for the sdOB component from 97 spectra outside of the eclipse for the lines MgII 4481 A and SiIV 4089 A clearly indicated a substantially smaller value than estimated before. Detailed modelling of line profile variations for 8 spectra

Eduard Masso

A short review about vacuum energy and the cosmological constant is presented. The observed acceleration of the universe introduces a new meV energy scale. The problem is that, theoretically, the predicted vacuum energy is many orders of magnitude larger than $10^{-3}$ eV. The problem is a link between two Standard Models, namely the Standard Model of Partic

Subhash Kak

This paper presents textual evidence for an astronomical basis of the dimensions of the axis and perimeter in the plan of the Indian temple.

A. Balmuş, C. Oniciuc

In this note we prove that a constant mean curvature surface is proper-biharmonic in the unit Euclidean sphere $\mathbb{S}^4$ if and only if it is minimal in a hypersphere $\mathbb{S}^3(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})$.

Mechthild Huebscher, Patrick Meessen, Tomas Ortin, Silvia Vaula

We discuss the construction of non-Abelian black holes and globally regular monopole solutions to N=2, d=4 EYM theories. Special emphasis is put on how the attractor mechanism works for the non-Abelian black holes.

Dmitrii L. Maslov, Vladimir I. Yudson, Andres M. Somoza, Miguel Ortuño

Motivated by anomalously large conductivity anisotropy in layered materials, we propose a simple model of randomly spaced potential barriers (mimicking stacking faults) with isotropic impurities in between the barriers. We solve this model both numerically and analytically, by utilizing an exact solution for the conductivity of a one-dimensional (1D) disorde

Jean-François Pommaret

As a matter of fact, the solution space of many systems of ordinary or partial differential equations in engineering or mathematical physics &#34;can/cannot&#34; be parametrized by a certain number of arbitrary functions behaving like potentials. For example, such a parametrization exists for a control system if and only if it is controllable and may be of h

Lorenzo Nasi, Marie-Christine Firpo

The Hamiltonian representation of magnetic field lines enables one to study their confinement properties in tokamaks through the use of symplectic maps such as the symmetric tokamap and its bounded version, the latter being introduced here. In this time-independent purely magnetic framework, we observed the drastic improvement in the confinement of magnetic

Werner Balser, Michèle Loday-Richaud

We investigate Gevrey order and 1-summability properties of the formal solution of a general heat equation in two variables. In particular, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the 1-summability of the solution in a given direction. When restricted to the case of constants coefficients, these conditions coincide with those given by D.A. Lutz, M. M

Ghislaine Gayraud, Karine Tribouley

We consider the problem of testing hypotheses on the copula density from $n$ bi-dimensional observations. We wish to test the null hypothesis characterized by a parametric class against a composite nonparametric alternative. Each density under the alternative is separated in the $L_2$-norm from any density lying in the null hypothesis. The copula densities u

Juan C Luna

I report the analysis of an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) located in the galaxy NGC 1291. This X-ray point source is denominated IXO6 in the Catalog of Candidate IXO (Colbert & Ptak). An Intermediate-luminosity X-ray Object (IXO) is defined as an off-nuclear, compact object with luminosity Lx [2-10keV] >= 1039 erg s-1. The cutoff Lx is defined as a value

Stephen Tawn

Consider the unit ball, $B = D \times [0,1]$, containing $n$ unknotted arcs $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$ such that the boundary of each $a_i$ lies in $D \times \{0\}$. The Hilden (or Wicket) group is the mapping class group of $B$ fixing the arcs $a_1 \cup a_2 \cup ... \cup a_n$ setwise and fixing $D \times \{1\}$ pointwise. This group can be considered as a subgrou