February 2009 arXiv papers — page 48

Luca Ravagnan, Giorgio Divitini, Sara Rebasti, Mattia Marelli

Nanocomposite films were fabricated by supersonic cluster beam deposition (SCBD) of palladium clusters on Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surfaces. The evolution of the electrical conductance with cluster coverage and microscopy analysis show that Pd cluster are implanted in the polymer and form a continuous layer extending for several tens of nanometers be

C. Barthel, D. J. Reilly, C. M. Marcus, M. P. Hanson

We report repeated single-shot measurements of the two-electron spin state in a GaAs double quantum dot. The readout scheme allows measurement with fidelity above 90% with a 7 microsecond cycle time. Hyperfine-induced precession between singlet and triplet states of the two-electron system are directly observed, as nuclear Overhauser fields are quasi-static

B. Bidabad, A. Tayebi

Recently the present authors introduced a general class of Finsler connections which leads to a smart representation of connection theory in Finsler geometry and yields to a classification of Finsler connections into the three classes. Here the properties of one of these classes namely the Berwald-type connections which contains Berwald and Chern(Rund) conne

J. Karpinski, N. D. Zhigadlo, S. Katrych, Z. Bukowski

A review of our investigations on single crystals of LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd) and Ba1-xRbxFe2As2 is presented. A high pressure technique has been applied for the growth of LnFeAsO1-xFx crystals, while Ba1-xRbxFe2As2 crystals were grown using quartz ampoule method. Single crystals were used for electrical transport, structure, magnetic torque and

F. De Martini, V. Giovannetti, S. Lloyd, L. Maccone

The Quantum Private Query is a quantum cryptographic protocol to recover information from a database, preserving both user and data privacy: the user can test whether someone has retained information on which query was asked, and the database provider can test the quantity of information released. Here we introduce a new variant Quantum Private Query algorit

Xiao-Feng Shi, Yue Yu, J. Q. You, Franco Nori

We study the quantum phase transition between Abelian and non-Abelian phases in an extended Kitaev spin model on the honeycomb lattice, where the periodic boundary condition is applied by placing the lattice on a torus. Our analytical results show that this spin model exhibits a continuous quantum phase transition. Also, we reveal the relationship between bi

Remco van der Hofstad

We study the critical behavior of inhomogeneous random graphs where edges are present independently but with unequal edge occupation probabilities. The edge probabilities are moderated by vertex weights, and are such that the degree of vertex i is close in distribution to a Poisson random variable with parameter w_i, where w_i denotes the weight of vertex i.

Wenhua Zhao

We first study some properties of images of commuting differential operators of polynomial algebras of order one with constant leading coefficients. We then propose what we call the image conjecture on these differential operators and show that the Jacobian conjecture [BCW], [E], [Bo] (hence also the Dixmier conjecture [D]) and the vanishing conjecture [Z3]

Wenhua Zhao

We first propose a generalization of the image conjecture [Z3] for the commuting differential operators related with classical orthogonal polynomials. We then show that the non-trivial case of this generalized image conjecture is equivalent to a variation of the Mathieu conjecture [Ma] from integrals of $G$-finite functions over reductive Lie groups $G$ to i

Sung Nae Cho

The formula for the lens is derived based on the information of instantaneous focal function. Focal function is an important tool in designing lenses with extended depth of focus (EDoF) because this allows EDoF lens designers to try out various mathematical curves using computers to optimize their design. Once an optimal focal function information is obtaine

Murray Elder, Eric Fusy, Andrew Rechnitzer

We present two quite different algorithms to compute the number of elements in the sphere of radius $n$ of Thompson's group $F$ with standard generating set. The first of these requires exponential time and polynomial space, but additionally computes the number of geodesics and is generalisable to many other groups. The second algorithm requires polynomi

Jean-Christophe Mourrat

For the random walk among random conductances, we prove that the environment viewed by the particle converges to equilibrium polynomially fast in the variance sense, our main hypothesis being that the conductances are bounded away from zero. The basis of our method is the establishment of a Nash inequality, followed either by a comparison with the simple ran

Dillon Mayhew, Gordon Royle, Geoff Whittle

We consider some applications of our characterisation of the internally 4-connected binary matroids with no M(K3,3)-minor. We characterise the internally 4-connected binary matroids with no minor in some subset of {M(K3,3),M*(K3,3),M(K5),M*(K5)} that contains either M(K3,3) or M*(K3,3). We also describe a practical algorithm for testing whether a binary matr

Garrett Alston

The Floer homology of (RP^n,T^n) is calculated, for n odd.

Ramakrishna Kakarala

This paper develops the theory behind the bispectrum, a concept that is well established in statistical signal processing but not, until recently, extended to computer vision as a source of frequency-domain invariants. Recent papers on using the bispectrum in vision show good results when the bispectrum is applied to spherical harmonic models of three-dimens

Masaki Izumi, Hiroki Matui

We classify a large class of Z^2-actions on the Kirchberg algebras employing the Kasparov group KK^1 as the space of classification invariants.

A. Martinez-Finkelshtein, E. A. Rakhmanov

We investigate the asymptotic zero distribution of Heine-Stieltjes polynomials - polynomial solutions of a second order differential equations with complex polynomial coefficients. In the case when all zeros of the leading coefficients are all real, zeros of the Heine-Stieltjes polynomials were interpreted by Stieltjes as discrete distributions minimizing an

Zouheir Rezki, Francois Gagnon, Vijay Bhargava

This paper has been withdrawn to provide a more rigorous proof of the converse of Theorem 1 and Lemma 1 as well.

Z R Adam

A model of graviton momentum transfer was constructed to investigate a conjecture that gravitons are fused photons propagating in four dimensions. The model describes gravitational attraction between two bodies, each of simplified geometric shape and comprised of a calculable number of massive particles (quarks and leptons), as a probabilistic quantized mech

Jonathan Novak

This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial error in equation (51).

Benoit Fresse

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we review applications of the bar duality of operads to the construction of explicit cofibrant replacements in categories of algebras over an operad. In view toward applications, we check that the constructions of the bar duality work properly for algebras over operads in unbounded differential graded modules over

Sumanta Tewari, Roman M. Lutchyn, S. Das Sarma

Building on the work of Fisher et al. (Phys. Rev. B 40, 546 (1989)), we develop a framework for perturbation theory in the Bose-Hubbard model and apply it to calculate the effects of a degenerate gas of spin-polarized fermions interacting by contact interactions with the constituent bosons. For the single-band Bose-Hubbard model, the only non-trivial effect

A. Monin, M. B. Voloshin

We calculate the probability of destruction of a metastable string by collisions of the Goldstone bosons, corresponding to the transverse waves on the string. We find a general formula that allows to determine the probability of the string breakup by a collision of arbitrary number of the bosons. We find that the destruction of a metastable string takes plac

Richard J. Stancliffe, Alessandro Chieffi, John C. Lattanzio, Ross P. Church

We revisit the problem of why stars become red giants. We modify the physics of a standard stellar evolution code in order to determine what does and what does not contribute to a star becoming a red giant. In particular, we have run tests to try to separate the effects of changes in the mean molecular weight and in the energy generation. The implications fo

Lu-Jing Hou, Z. L. Mišković, Alexander Piel, Michael S. Murillo

Brownian dynamics simulations were carried out to study wave spectra of two-dimensional dusty plasma liquids and solids for a wide range of wavelengths. The existence of a longitudinal dust thermal mode was confirmed in simulations, and a cutoff wavenumber in the transverse mode was measured. Dispersion relations, resulting from simulations, were compared wi

J. M. Pons, D. C. Salisbury, K. A. Sundermeyer

It is well known that in a generally covariant gravitational theory the choice of spacetime scalars as coordinates yields phase-space observables (or "invariants"). However their relation to the symmetry group of diffeomorphism transformations has remained obscure. In a symmetry-inspired approach we construct invariants out of canonically induced act

Carles Badenes, Jason Harris, Dennis Zaritsky, Jose Luis Prieto

We use the star formation history map of the Large Magellanic Cloud recently published by Harris & Zaritsky to study the sites of the youngest Type Ia supernova remnants. We find that most Type Ia remnants are associated with old, metal-poor stellar populations, with little or no recent star formation. These include SNR 0509-67.5 which is known to have been

Carles Badenes, Eduardo Bravo, John P. Hughes

The Mn to Cr mass ratio in supernova ejecta has recently been proposed as a tracer of Type Ia SN progenitor metallicity. We review the advantages and problems of this observable quantity, and discuss them in the framework of the Tycho Supernova Remnant. The fluxes of the Mn and Cr Kalpha lines in the X-ray spectra of Tycho observed by the Suzaku satellite su

Irene Mazzitelli, Detlef Lohse

We investigate by direct numerical simulations the flow that rising bubbles cause in an originally quiescent fluid. We employ the Eulerian-Lagrangian method with two-way coupling and periodic boundary conditions. In order to be able to treat up to 288000 bubbles, the following approximations and simplifications had to be introduced: (i) The bubbles were trea

M. Boersch, R. Reuter, G. Balasubramanian, R. Erdmann

Color centers in diamond nanocrystals are a new class of fluorescence markers that attract significant interest due to matchless brightness, photostability and biochemical inertness. Fluorescing diamond nanocrystals containing defects can be used as markers replacing conventional organic dye molecules, quantum dots or autofluorescent proteins. They can be ap

Shikui Tang, Q. Daniel Wang, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, M. Ryan Joung

Stellar feedback in galactic bulges plays an essential role in shaping the evolution of galaxies. To quantify this role and facilitate comparisons with X-ray observations, we conduct 3D hydrodynamical simulations with the adaptive mesh refinement code, FLASH, to investigate the physical properties of hot gas inside a galactic bulge, similar to that of our Ga

Adnan Ghribi, Andrea Tartari, Silvia Galli, Michel Piat

Bolometric Interferometry (BI) is one of the most promising techniques for precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. In this paper, we present the results of DIBO (Demonstrateur d'Interferometrie Bolometrique), a single-baseline demonstrator operating at 90 GHz, built to proof the validity of the BI concept applied to a millim

Yong Zhang

In this paper, we classify a type of abstract groups by the central products of dihedral groups and quaternion groups. We recognize them as abstract error groups which are often not isomorphic to the Pauli groups in the literature. We show the corresponding nice error bases equivalent to the Pauli error bases modulo phase factors. The extension of these abst

Vahab Mirrokni, Alexander Skopalik

Studying Nash dynamics is an important approach for analyzing the outcome of games with repeated selfish behavior of self-interested agents. Sink equilibria has been introduced by Goemans, Mirrokni, and Vetta for studying social cost on Nash dynamics over pure strategies in games. However, they do not address the complexity of sink equilibria in these games.

Yilmaz Simsek

In this paper we construct trigonometric functions of the sum T_{p}(h,k), which is called Dedekind type DC-(Dahee and Changhee) sums. We establish analytic properties of this sum. We find trigonometric representations of this sum. We prove reciprocity theorem of this sums. Furthermore, we obtain relations between the Clausen functions, Polylogarithm function

Mateusz Ruszkowski, Volker Springel

Using a resimulation technique, we perform high-resolution cosmological simulations of dry mergers in a massive galaxy cluster identified in the Millennium Run. Our initial conditions include well resolved compound galaxy models consisting of dark matter halos and stellar bulges that are used to replace the most massive cluster progenitor halos at redshift z

Kristen Coppin

Local spheroids show a relation between their masses and those of the super-massive black holes (SMBH) at their centres, indicating a link between the major phases of spheroid growth and nuclear accretion. These phases may correspond to high-z submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) and QSOs, separate populations with surprisingly similar redshift distributions which

Colin Bailey, Joseph Oliveira

We consider two constructions of an envelope for a finite locally distributive strong upper semilattice. The first is based on Birkhoff's representation of finite distributive lattices and the second on valuations on lattices. We show that these produce isomorphic envelopes.

M. Swanson, J. T. Haraldsen, R. S. Fishman

This work examines the critical anisotropy required for the local stability of the collinear ground states of a geometrically-frustrated triangular-lattice antiferromagnet (TLA). Using a Holstein-Primakoff expansion, we calculate the spin-wave frequencies for the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8-sublattice (SL) ground states of a TLA with up to third neighbor interactions.

D. S. Akerib, R. J. Gaitskell

This whitepaper is the result of discussions and presentations initiated at the DUSEL Town Meeting held in Washington in November 2007. The essential elements of this report are: - The quest to detect dark matter is a science goal of the very highest priority, and is flagship science for DUSEL. - The dark matter community presents here a Roadmap for a set of

Victoria Kostina, Sergey Loyka

An analytical framework for minimizing the outage probability of a coded spatial multiplexing system while keeping the rate close to the capacity is developed. Based on this framework, specific strategies of optimum power and rate allocation for the coded V-BLAST architecture are obtained and its performance is analyzed. A fractional waterfilling algorithm,

Jon Lee, Vahab Mirrokni, Viswanath Nagarjan, Maxim Sviridenko

Submodular function maximization is a central problem in combinatorial optimization, generalizing many important problems including Max Cut in directed/undirected graphs and in hypergraphs, certain constraint satisfaction problems, maximum entropy sampling, and maximum facility location problems. Unlike submodular minimization, submodular maximization is NP-

Yogesh Singh, Y. Lee, B. N. Harmon, D. C. Johnston

An antiferromagnetic transition is observed in single crystal EuRh2As2 at a high temperature T_N = 47 K compared to the ferromagnetic Weiss temperature theta = 12 K. We show that this is, surprisingly, consistent with mean field theory. A first-order field-induced magnetic transition is observed at T < T_N with an unusual temperature dependence of the transi

Thomas C. Hales, John Harrison, Sean McLaughlin, Tobias Nipkow

The Kepler conjecture asserts that no packing of congruent balls in three-dimensional Euclidean space has density greater than that of the face-centered cubic packing. The original proof, announced in 1998 and published in 2006, is long and complex. The process of revision and review did not end with the publication of the proof. This article summarizes the

S. -A. Yahiaoui, M. Bentaiba

The complementarity between the twin concepts of pseudo-Hermiticity and weak pseudo-Hermiticity, established by Bagchi and Quesne [Phys. Lett. A 301 (2002) 173-176], can be understood in terms of coordinate transformations.

Estelle Deau, Luke Dones, Sebastien Rodriguez, Sebastien Charnoz

In this paper, we characterize the morphology of the disk-integrated phase functions of satellites and rings around the giant planets of our Solar System. We find that the shape of the phase function is accurately represented by a logarithmic model (Bobrov, 1970, in Surfaces and Interiors of Planets and Satellites, Academic, edited by A. Dollfus). For practi

Søren Stobbe, Jeppe Johansen, Philip Trøst Kristensen, Jørn M. Hvam

We analyze time-resolved spontaneous emission from excitons confined in self-assembled $\mathrm{InAs}$ quantum dots placed at various distances to a semiconductor-air interface. The modification of the local density of optical states due to the proximity of the interface enables unambiguous determination of the radiative and non-radiative decay rates of the

N. Sundaram, Y. Jiang, I. E. Anderson, D. P. Belanger

The combined local structure techniques, extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and neutron pair distribution function analysis, have been used for temperatures 4 <= T <= 330 K to rule out a large Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion of the Co-O bond in La1-xSrxCoO3 for a significant fraction of Co sites (x <= 0.35), indicating few, if any, JT-active, singl

Soumik Pal

This note proves a weak type of the sharpness principle as conjectured by Gneiting, Balabdaoui, and Raftery in 2007 in connection with probabilistic forecasting subject to calibration constraints. A strong version of such a principle still awaits a proper formulation.

Junfeng Geng, Ilia A. Solov&#39;yov, Wuzong Zhou, Andrey V. Solov&#39;yov

The fullerene (C60) nanowires, which possess a highly unusual morphology featured by a prism-like central core and three nanobelt-like wings joined along the growth direction to give an overall Y-shaped cross section, have been studied. The experimental observation coupled with theoretical calculation have enabled us to elucidate both the role of the fullere

V. Roccatagliata, Th. Henning, S. Wolf, J. Rodmann

[Abridged] We present two deep surveys of circumstellar discs around solar-type stars at different ages carried out at 350 micron with the CSO and at 1.2 mm with the IRAM 30-m telescope. The aim of this study is to understand the evolution timescale of circumstellar debris discs, and the physical mechanisms responsible for such evolution around solar-type st

Kaibin Huang, Vincent K. N. Lau

This paper addresses the stability and queueing delay of Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) systems with bursty traffic, where zero-forcing beamforming enables simultaneous transmission to multiple mobiles. Computing beamforming vectors relies on quantized channel state information (CSI) feedback (limited feedback) from mobiles. Define the stability regio

Esther M. Hu, Lennox L. Cowie, Yuko Kakazu, Amy J. Barger

Ultra strong emission-line galaxies (USELs) with extremely high equivalent widths (EW(H beta) > 30A) can be used to pick out galaxies of extremely low metallicity in the z=0-1 redshift range. Large numbers of these objects are easily detected in deep narrow band searches and, since most have detectable [OIII] 4363, their metallicities determined using the di

S. G. Porsev, K. Beloy, A. Derevianko

We carry out high-precision calculation of parity violation in cesium atom, reducing theoretical uncertainty by a factor of two compared to previous evaluations. We combine previous measurements with our calculations and extract the weak charge of the 133Cs nucleus, Q_W = -73.16(29)_exp(20)_th. The result is in agreement with the Standard Model (SM) of eleme

Elizabeth S. Meckes

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the approaches taken by Chatterjee-Meckes and Reinert-Röllin in adapting Stein&#39;s method of exchangeable pairs for multivariate normal approximation. The more general linear regression condition of Reinert-Röllin allows for wider applicability of the method, while the method of bounding the solution of the Stein

Fedor Simkovic, Amand Faessler, Herbert Muther, Vadim Rodin

A self-consistent calculation of nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double beta decays (0nbb) of 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 116Cd, 128Te, 130Te and 130Xe is presented in the framework of the renormalized quasiparticle random phase approximation (RQRPA) and the standard QRPA. The pairing and residual interactions as well as the two-nucleon short-range

J. J. M. in &#39;t Zand, L. Keek, A. Cumming, A. Heger

We report the discovery of one-hour long tails on the few-minutes long X-ray bursts from the `clocked burster&#39; GS 1826-24. We propose that the tails are due to enduring thermal radiation from the neutron star envelope. The enduring emission can be explained by cooling of deeper NS layers which were heated up through inward conduction of heat produced in

A. P. Tonel, C. C. N. Kuhn, G. Santos, A. Foerster

We investigate an integrable Hamiltonian modeling a heterotriatomic molecular Bose-Einstein condensate. This model describes a mixture of two species of atoms in different proportions, which can combine to form a triatomic molecule. Beginning with a classical analysis, we determine the fixed points of the system. Bifurcations of these points separate the par

Lev S. Bishop, L. Tornberg, D. Price, E. Ginossar

We propose methods for the preparation and entanglement detection of multi-qubit GHZ states in circuit quantum electrodynamics. Using quantum trajectory simulations appropriate for the situation of a weak continuous measurement, we show that the joint dispersive readout of several qubits can be utilized for the probabilistic production of high-fidelity GHZ s

Gregoire Jacob, Herve Debar, Eric Filiol

Most behavioral detectors of malware remain specific to a given language and platform, mostly PE executables for Windows. The objective of this paper is to define a generic approach for behavioral detection based on two layers respectively responsible for abstraction and detection. The first abstraction layer remains specific to a platform and a language. Th

Nikolai A. Krylov, Edwin L. Rogers

We consider here a generalization of a well known discrete dynamical system produced by the bisection of reflection angles that are constructed recursively between two lines in the Euclidean plane. It is shown that similar properties of such systems are observed when the plane is replaced by a regular surface in ${\mathbb R}^3$ and lines are replaced by geod

D. Stamopoulos, E. Manios, N. Papachristos, I. Aristomenopoulou

We report on the influence of stray fields for both low and high magnetic fields applied parallel to trilayers consisting of a low-T Nb interlayer and two outer Ni Fe layers having in-plane anisotropy. At low magnetic fields these trilayers exhibit a pronounced magnetoresistance effect. Its dynamic transport behavior is presented through detailed I-V charact

Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson

We investigate the dynamics of the Fisher equation for the spreading of micro-organisms in one dimension subject to both turbulent convection and diffusion. We show that for strong enough turbulence, bacteria, for example, track in a quasilocalized fashion (with remakably long persistance times) sinks in the turbulent field. An important consequence is a lar

Zsuzsa Akos, Mate Nagy, Tamas Vicsek

Gliding saves much energy, and to make large distances using only this form of flight represents a great challenge for both birds and people. The solution is to make use of the so-called thermals, which are localized, warmer regions in the atmosphere moving upwards with a speed exceeding the descent rate of bird and plane. Whereas birds use this technique ma

O. V. Verkhodanov, N. V. Verkhodanova, H. Andernach

This paper is dedicated to the identification of decameter-wave sources of the UTR catalog within declination interval 30deg<delta<40deg. UTR sources are cross-identified with CATS database catalogs within 40&#39;x40&#39; error boxes. The sources are deblended using the data on the coordinates of the objects and the behavior of their continuum radio spectra.

Frederic Cardinaux, Thomas Gibaud, Anna Stradner, Peter Schurtenberger

We investigate the competition between spinodal decomposition and dynamical arrest using aqueous solutions of the globular protein lysozyme as a model system for colloids with short-range attractions. We show that quenches below a temperature Ta lead to gel formation as a result of a local arrest of the proteindense phase during spinodal decomposition. The r

Y. Nakagawa, A. Nakamura, T. Saito, H. Toki

We calculate the equal-time transverse gluon propagator in Coulomb gauge QCD using a SU(3) quenched lattice gauge simulation on large lattices, up to 11 [fm$^4$]. We find that the equal-time gluon propagator shows scaling violation; namely, the data for different lattice spacings do not fall on top of one curve. This problem is cured by discarding data at la

V. Crespo, J. G. Rodrigo, H. Suderow, S. Vieira

We present local tunneling spectroscopy experiments in the superconducting and ferromagnetic phases of the reentrant superconductor ErRh$_4$B$_{4}$. The tunneling conductance curves jump from showing normal to superconducting features within a few mK close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature, with a clear hysteretic behavior. Within the ferromagnetic

Benjamin Farr, Stephen Fairhurst, B. S. Sathyaprakash

There has been remarkable progress in numerical relativity recently. This has led to the generation of gravitational waveform signals covering what has been traditionally termed the three phases of the coalescence of a compact binary - the inspiral, merger and ringdown. In this paper, we examine the usefulness of inspiral only templates for both detection an

Svante Janson

We develop a theory of limits of finite posets in close analogy to the recent theory of graph limits. In particular, we study representations of the limits by functions of two variables on a probability space, and connections to exchangeable random infinite posets.

N. Huelamo, L. P. R. Vaz, C. A. O. Torres, P. Bergeron

HIP96515A is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with a visual companion (HIP96515B) at 8.6 arcsec. It is included in the SACY catalog as a potential young star and classified as an eclipsing binary in the ASAS Catalog. We have analyzed spectroscopic and photometric observations of the triple system. The high-resolution optical spectrum of HIP96515A has been

Takeshi Ueno, Koji Nakaogawa, Osamu Watari

We introduce a sequent calculus FL&#39; for non-commutative substructural logic. It has at most one formula on the right side of sequent, and excludes three structural inference rules, i.e. contraction, weakening and exchange. (FL&#39; is based on our investigations of the Gentzen-style natural deduction for non-commutative substructural logics.) FL&#39; has

Anders Eriksson, Martin Nilsson Jacobi, Johan Nystrom, Kolbjorn Tunstrom

In this article we derive the effective pairwise interactions in a Langevin type united atoms model of water. The interactions are determined from the trajectories of a detailed molecular dynamics simulation of simple point charge water. A standard method is used for estimating the conservative interaction, whereas a new &#34;bottom-up&#34; method is used to

S. Afsar Abbas, Farooq H. Bhat

Recently, it has been reported that as one goes from oxygen to fluorine, just the addition of one more proton, provides extraordinary stability to fluorine which can bind six more neutrons beyond what oxygen can. It is shown here that this surprising stability can be understood if neutron rich nuclei, $^{24}O$ and $^{27}F$ are treated as bound states of eigh

Anna Kauch, Krzysztof Byczuk

The variational local moment approach (V-LMA), being a modification of the method due to Logan {\it et al}., is presented here. The existence of local moments is taken from the outset and their values are determined through variational principle by minimizing the corresponding ground state energy. Our variational procedure allows us to treat both fermi- and

Branko Dragovich

p-Adic strings are important objects of string theory, as well as of p-adic mathematical physics and nonlocal cosmology. By a concept of adelic string one can unify and simultaneously study various aspects of ordinary and p-adic strings. By this way, one can consider adelic strings as a very useful instrument in the further investigation of modern string the

Louis-Pierre Arguin, Nicola Kistler

We show through a simple example that perturbations of the Hamiltonian of a spin glass which cannot be detected at the level of the free energy can completely alter the behavior of the overlap. In particular, perturbations of order O(log N), with N the size of the system, suffice to have ultrametricity emerge in the thermodynamical limit.

F. Ambroglini, R. Armillis, P. Azzi, G. Bagliesi

These proceedings collect the presentations given at the first three meetings of the INFN &#34;Workshop on Monte Carlo&#39;s, Physics and Simulations at the LHC&#34;, held at the Frascati National Laboratories in 2006. The first part of these proceedings contains pedagogical introductions to several basic topics of both theoretical and experimental high pT L

J. Gegenberg, G. Kunstatter

Dimensionally reduced spherically symmetric gravity and its generalization, generic 2-D dilaton gravity, provide ideal theoretical laboratories for the study of black hole quantum mechanics and thermodynamics. They are sufficiently simple to be tractable but contain enough structure to allow the study of many deep issues in quantum gravity, such as the endpo

D. Venos, J. Kaspar, M. Zboril, O. Dragoun

The mono-energetic conversion electrons from the decay of 83mKr represent a unique tool for the energy calibration, energy scale monitoring and systematic studies of the tritium beta spectrum measurement in the neutrino mass experiment KATRIN. For this reason, the long term stability of energy of the 7.5 keV and 17.8 keV conversion electrons populated in the

Estelle Deau, Sebastien Charnoz, Luke Dones, Andre Brahic

The Cassini cameras have captured the opposition effect in Saturn rings with a high radial resolution at phase angles down to 0.01o in the entire main ring system. We derive phase functions from 0.01 to 25 degrees of phase angle in the Wide-Angle Camera clear filters with a central wavelength of 0.611microns and phase functions from 0.001 to 25 degrees of ph

L. Boeri, O. V. Dolgov, A. A. Golubov

In this paper we discuss the normal and superconducting state properties of two pnictide superconductors, LaOFeAs and LaONiAs, using Migdal-Eliashberg theory and density functional perturbation theory. For pure LaOFeAs, the calculated electron-phonon coupling constant $λ=0.21$ and logarithmic-averaged frequency $ω_{ln}=206 K$, give a maximum $T_c$ of 0.8 K,

Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We derive the proper form of Virial theorem for a system of rotating self-gravitating Brownian particles. We show that, in the two-dimensional case, it takes a very simple form that can be used to obtain general results about the dynamics of the system without being required to solve the Smoluchowski-Poisson system explicitly. We also develop the analogy bet

V. A. Galaktionov, S. I. Pohozaev, A. E. Shishkov

T.I. Zelenyak&#39;s ideas and method of 1968 are shown to apply to N-dimensional second- and higher-order parabolic equtions and ensure a fast exponential convergence to degenerate equilibria. The methotology applies to autonomous and perturbed equations in Hilbert spaces.

Bojan Magajna

On a separable C*-algebra A every (completely) bounded map, which preserves closed two sided ideals, can be approximated uniformly by elementary operators if and only if A is a finite direct sum of C*-algebras of continuous sections vanishing at infinity of locally trivial C*-bundles of finite type.

A. Bharathi, Shilpam Sharma, R. Paulraj, A. T. Satya

Magnetisation and magnetoresistance measurements have been carried out on superconducting Ba1-xKxFe2As2 samples with x=0.40 and 0.50. From low field magnetization data carried out at different temperatures below TC, HC1 has been extracted. The plot of HC1 versus temperature shows an anomalous increase at low temperatures. From high field magnetization hyster

Duong Quoc Viet

The paper characterizes the multiplicity and the Cohen-Macaulayness of fiber cones of good filtrations in terms of minimal reductions of these filtrations.

O. V. Verkhodanov, M. L. Khabibullina, E. K. Majorova, Yu. N. Parijskij

In this paper we study one-dimensional sections of the maps of WMAP ILC and of the NVSS survey on scale lengths of 0.75, 3, 4.5, and 6.75 degrees and analyze the correlation properties of the sections. On these maps we identify the domains where the absolute value of the correlation coefficient exceeds 0.5. The catalog of such domains is presented. It is sho

Gerd Dethloff, Tan Van Tran

In this paper, we establish a uniqueness theorem for algebraically nondegenerate meromorphic maps of C^m into C P^n and slowly moving hypersurfaces Q_j in C P^n, j=1,...,q in (weakly) general position, where q depends effectively on n and on the degrees d_j of the hypersurfaces Q_j.

Tim Netzer

We consider a closed set S in R^n and a linear operator Φon the polynomial algebra R[X_1,...,X_n] that preserves nonnegative polynomials, in the following sense: if f\geq 0 on S, then Φ(f)\geq 0 on S as well. We show that each such operator is given by integration with respect to a measure taking nonnegative functions as its values. This can be seen as a gen

E. V. Bugaev, B. V. Mangazeev

Two component model for a description of the electromagnetic nucleon structure functions in low-x region, based on generalized vector dominance and color dipole approaches is briefly described. The model operates with the mesons of rho-family having the mass spectrum which is equidistant on square mass and takes into account the nondiagonal transitions in me

Bojan Magajna

A complete contraction on a C*-algebra A, which preserves all closed two sided ideals J, can be approximated pointwise by elementary complete contractions if and only if the induced map on the tensor product of B with A/J is contractive for every C*-algebra B, ideal J in A and C*-tensor norm on the tensor product. A lifting obstruction for such an approximat

V. A. Galaktionov

Third-order nonlinear dispersion equations (NDEs) are shown to admit both shock and rarefaction waves (as weak solutions), which are distinguished by a smooth deformation approach. Compacton-type travelling wave solutions are proved to be both delta-entropy and G-admissible (in the sense of I.M. Gel&#39;fand, 1963). Extensions to some higher-order NDEs are p

K. H. Tsui

The standard Grad-Shafranov equation for axisymmetric toroidal plasma equilibrium is customary expressed in cylindrical coordinates with toroidal contours, and through which benchmark equilibria are solved. An alternative approach to cast the Grad-Shafranov equation in spherical coordinates is presented. This equation, in spherical coordinates, is examined f

J. W. Aptekar, M. C. Cassidy, A. C. Johnson, R. A. Barton

Silicon nanoparticles are experimentally investigated as a potential hyperpolarized, targetable MRI imaging agent. Nuclear T_1 times at room temperature for a variety of Si nanoparticles are found to be remarkably long (10^2 to 10^4 s) - roughly consistent with predictions of a core-shell diffusion model - allowing them to be transported, administered and im

D. Fetcu, E. Loubeau, S. Montaldo, C. Oniciuc

We give some general results on proper-biharmonic submanifolds of a complex space form and, in particular, of the complex projective space. These results are mainly concerned with submanifolds with constant mean curvature or parallel mean curvature vector field. We find the relation between the bitension field of the inclusion of a submanifold $\bar{M}$ in $

Y. Z. Wang, H. F. Zhang, J. M. Dong, G. Royer

Branching ratios of $α$-decay to members of the ground state rotational band and excited 0$^{+}$ states of even-even nuclei are calculated in the framework of the generalized liquid drop model (GLDM) by taking into account the angular momentum of the $α$-particle and the excitation probability of the daughter nucleus. The calculation covers isotopic chains f

Lijun Zhang, D. J. Singh

We report density functional calculations of electronic structure and magnetic properties of ternary iron chalcogenide TlFe$_{2}$Se$_{2}$, which occurs in the ThCr$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ structure and discuss the results in relation to the iron-based superconductors. The ground state is antiferromagnetic with checkerboard order and Fe moment $\sim$ 1.90 $μ$B. There i

Elemer E Rosinger

The No-Cloning property in Quantum Computation is known not to depend on the unitarity of the operators involved, but only on their linearity. Based on that fact, here it is shown that the No-Cloning property remains valid when Quantum Mechanics is re-formulated within far wider frameworks of {\it scalars}, namely, one or the other of the infinitely many {\i

Michael Stamatikos, Tilan N. Ukwatta, Takanori Sakamoto, Kalvir S. Dhuga

We report on observations of correlated behavior between the prompt gamma-ray and optical emission from GRB 080319B, which confirm that (i) they occurred within the same astrophysical source region and (ii) their respective radiation mechanisms were dynamically coupled. Our results, based upon a new CCF methodology for determining the time-resolved spectral