March 2009 arXiv papers — page 18

L. P. Teo

We compute the finite temperature Casimir energy for massive scalar field with general curvature coupling subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on the walls of a closed cylinder with arbitrary cross section, located in a background spacetime of the form $M^{d_1+1}\times \mathcal{N}^n$, where $M^{d_1+1}$ is the $(d_1+1)$-dimensional Minkowski sp

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg

We document our Fortran 77 code for multicanonical simulations of 4D U(1) lattice gauge theory in the neighborhood of its phase transition. This includes programs and routines for canonical simulations using biased Metropolis heatbath updating and overrelaxation, determination of multicanonical weights via a Wang-Landau recursion, and multicanonical simulati

Patrick Younk

The sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays are not yet known. However, the discovery of anisotropic cosmic rays above 57x10^18 eV by the Pierre Auger Observatory suggests that a direct source detection may soon be possible. The near-future prospects for such a measurement are heavily dependent on the flux of the brightest source. In this work, we show that

Raghunath Acharya

We present a quantum mechanical model which establishes the veracity of the Riemann hypothesis that the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function lie on the critical line of $ζ(s)$.

Benjamin J. Weiner, Michael R. Blanton, Alison L. Coil, Michael C. Cooper

Astronomical software is now a fact of daily life for all hands-on members of our community. Purpose-built software for data reduction and modeling tasks becomes ever more critical as we handle larger amounts of data and simulations. However, the writing of astronomical software is unglamorous, the rewards are not always clear, and there are structural disin

Daniele Oriti

We offer a perspective on some recent results obtained in the context of the group field theory approach to quantum gravity, on top of reviewing them briefly. These concern a natural mechanism for the emergence of non-commutative field theories for matter directly from the GFT action, in both 3 and 4 dimensions and in both Riemannian and Lorentzian signature

Chang Liu, Haimin Wang

Magnetic reconnection is believed to be the prime mechanism to trigger solar flares and accelerate electrons up to energies of MeV. In the classical two-dimensional reconnection model, the separation motion of chromospheric ribbons manifests the successive reconnection that takes place higher up in the corona. Meanwhile, downward traveling energetic electron

H. Bruntt, D. W. Kurtz, M. S. Cunha, I. M. Brandao

We present a detailed study of the pulsation of alpha Circini, the brightest of the rapidly oscillating Ap stars. We have obtained 84 days of high-precision photometry from four runs with the star tracker on the WIRE satellite. Simultaneously, we collected ground-based Johnson B observations on 16 nights at the South African Astronomical Observatory. In addi

S. Bilir, S. Karaali, S. Ak, K. B. Coskunoglu

We present a new luminosity-colour relation based on trigonometric parallaxes for thin disc main-sequence stars in SDSS photometry. We matched stars from the newly reduced Hipparcos catalogue with the ones taken from 2MASS All-Sky Catalogue of Point Sources, and applied a series of constraints, i.e. relative parallax errors ($σ_π/π\leq0.05$), metallicity ($-

Francesco Shankar, Mariangela Bernardi

We use a sample of about 48,000 SDSS early-type galaxies to show that older galaxies have smaller half-light radii re and larger velocity dispersions sigma than younger ones of the same stellar mass Mstar. We use the age-corrected luminosity Lcorr as a proxy for Mstar to minimize biases: below Lcorr~1e11 Lsun, galaxies with age ~11 Gyrs have re smaller by 40

J. Christopher Howk, Joseph S. Ribaudo, Nicolas Lehner, J. Xavier Prochaska

We present observations of the O VI system at z_abs = 0.495096 toward PKS 0405-123 (z_em = 0.5726) obtained with FUSE and STIS. In addition to strong O VI, with log N(O VI) = 14.47+/-0.02, and moderate H I this absorber shows C III, N IV, O IV, and O V, with upper limits for another seven ions. The large number of available ions allows us to test ionization

Marcus W. Beims, Cesar Manchein, Jan M. Rost

The emergence of chaotic motion is discussed for hard-point like and soft collisions between two particles in a one-dimensional box. It is known that ergodicity may be obtained in hard-point like collisions for specific mass ratios $γ=m2/m1$ of the two particles and that Lyapunov exponents are zero. However, if a Yukawa interaction between the particles is i

Durmuş A. Demir, Mariana Frank, Dilip K. Ghosh, Katri Huitu

Several supersymmetric models with extended gauge structures, motivated by either grand unification or by neutrino mass generation, predict light doubly-charged Higgsinos. In this work we study the signals of doubly-charged Higgsinos at the Tevatron in both pair-- and single--production modes, and show that it is possible, especially from the events containi

S. Salimbeni, M. Castellano, L. Pentericci, D. Trevese

The aim of this paper is to identify and study the properties and galactic content of groups and clusters in the GOODS-South field up to z\sim2.5, and to analyse the physical properties of galaxies as a continuous function of environmental density up to high redshift. We use the deep (z850\sim26), multi-wavelength GOODS-MUSIC catalogue, which has a 15% of sp

H. Hildebrandt, J. Pielorz, T. Erben, L. van Waerbeke

Aims: We measure the clustering properties for a large samples of u- (z~3), g- (z~4), and r- (z~5) dropouts from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) Deep fields. Methods: Photometric redshift distributions along with simulations allow us to de-project the angular correlation measurements and estimate physical quantities such as the corr

Michele Fumagalli, Mark R. Krumholz, J. Xavier Prochaska, Giuseppe Gavazzi

We use a sample of 47 homogeneous and high sensitivity CO images taken from the Nobeyama and BIMA surveys to demonstrate that, contrary to common belief, a significant number (~40%) of HI-deficient nearby spiral galaxies are also depleted in molecular hydrogen. While HI-deficiency by itself is not a sufficient condition for molecular gas depletion, we find t

John J. Salzer, Anna L. Williams, Caryl Gronwall

We present new spectroscopy and metallicity estimates for a sample of 15 star-forming galaxies with redshifts in the range 0.29 - 0.42. These objects were selected in the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey via their strong emission lines seen in red objective-prism spectra. Originally thought to be intermediate-redshift Seyfert 2 galaxies, our new spect

Bozena Czerny, Aneta Siemiginowska, Agnieszka Janiuk, Blazej Nikiel-Wroczynski

We associate the existence of short-lived compact radio sources with the intermittent activity of the central engine caused by a radiation pressure instability within an accretion disk. Such objects may constitute a numerous sub-class of Giga-Hertz Peaked Spectrum sources, in accordance with the population studies of radio-loud active galaxies, as well as de

A. J. Hawken, S. L. Bridle

We present equations for the gravitational lensing flexion expected for an elliptical lens mass distribution. These can be reduced to one-dimensional finite integrals, thus saving significant computing time over a full two-dimensional calculation. We estimate constraints on galaxy halo ellipticities for a range of potential future surveys, finding that the c

Gerold Alsmeyer, Alex Iksanov, Sergej Polotsky, Uwe Roesler

Let $W_n, n\in\mn_{0}$ be an intrinsic martingale with almost sure limit $W$ in a supercritical branching random walk. We provide criteria for the $L_p$-convergence of the series $\sum_{n\ge 0} e^{an}(W-W_n)$ for $p>1$ and $a>0$. The result may be viewed as a statement about the exponential rate of convergence of $\me |W-W_n|^p$ to zero.

F. D. D'Arcangelo, A. P. Marscher, S. G. Jorstad, P. S. Smith

We explore the variability and cross-frequency correlation of the flux density and polarization of the blazar OJ287, using imaging at 43 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array, as well as optical and near-infrared polarimetry. The polarization and flux density in both the optical waveband and the 43 GHz compact core increased by a small amount in late 2005, a

E. V. Corrêa Silva, G. A. Monerat, G. Oliveira-Neto, C. Neves

In the present work, we study the quantum cosmology description of closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in the presence of a positive cosmological constant and a generic perfect fluid. We work in the Schutz's variational formalism. If one uses the scale factor and its canonically conjugated momentum as the phase space variables that describe the geom

Kyle Kingsbury, Chris Amey, Arie Kapulkin, Arjendu Pattanayak

Response to comment by Finn et al.

V. G. C. S. dos Santos, A. de Souza Dutra, M. B. Hott

The most general combination of couplings of fermions with external potentials in 1+1 dimensions, must include vector, scalar and pseudoscalar potentials. We consider such a mixing of potentials in a PT-symmetric time-independent Dirac equation. The Dirac equation is mapped into an effective PT-symmetric Schrödinger equation. Despite the non-hermiticity of t

John F. Donoghue, Preema Pais

We motivate and explore the possibility that extra SU(N) gauge groups may exist independently of the Standard Model groups, yet not be subgroups of some grand unified group. We study the running of the coupling constants as a potential evidence for a common origin of all the gauge theories. Several different example are displayed. Some of the multiple option

Ian B. Burgess, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Murray W. McCutcheon, Jorge Bravo-Abad

We present a comprehensive study of second-order nonlinear difference frequency generation in triply resonant cavities using a theoretical framework based on coupled-mode theory. We show that optimal quantum-limited conversion efficiency can be achieved at any pump power when the powers at the pump and idler frequencies satisfy a critical relationship. We de

Martin Homik, Andreas Meier

Often user interfaces of theorem proving systems focus on assisting particularly trained and skilled users, i.e., proof experts. As a result, the systems are difficult to use for non-expert users. This paper describes a paper and pencil HCI experiment, in which (non-expert) students were asked to make suggestions for a GUI for an interactive system for mathe

S. Villanova, G. Piotto, R. G. Gratton

Helium has been proposed as the key element to interpret the observed multiple main sequences (MS), subgiant branches (SGB) and red giant branches (RGB), as well as the complex horizontal branch (HB) morphology in Globular Clusters (GC). However, up to now, He was never directly measured in suitable GC stars (8500<Teff<11500 K) with the purpose of verify thi

L. Ya. Glozman

We present a no-go theorem that it is impossible in general to construct a holographic description of each meson with the quark-antiquark valence degree of freedom only with fixed (conserved) quantum number L in 3+1 dimensions and that would satisfy at the same time manifest chiral symmetry in the ultraviolet and would not violate unitarity.

Nils Ovrelid, Sophia Vassiliadou

We obtain some L2 results for d-bar on forms that vanish to high order on the singular set of a complex space. As a consequence of our main theorem we obtain weighted L2-solvability results for compactly supported d-bar closed (p,q) forms defined on certain relatively compact subdomains of the complex space. The latter result can be used to give an alternate

Spiros A Argyros, Richard G Haydon

We construct a hereditarily indecomposable Banach space with dual isomorphic to $\ell_1$. Every bounded linear operator on this space has the form $λI+K$ with $λ$ a scalar and $K$ compact.

Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Mark M. Wilde

We consider using a secret key and a noisy quantum channel to generate noiseless public communication and noiseless private communication. The optimal protocol for this setting is the publicly-enhanced private father protocol. This protocol exploits random coding techniques and &#34;piggybacking&#34; of public information along with secret-key-assisted priva

D. Corradini, P. Gallo, M. Rovere

Molecular Dynamics simulations are performed on two sodium chloride solutions in TIP4P water with concentrations c=1.36 mol/kg and c=2.10 mol/kg upon supercooling. The isotherms and isochoresplanes are calculated. The temperature of maximum density line and the limit of mechanical stability line are obtained from the analysis of the thermodynamic planes. The

H. H. Dai, F. F. Wang

Buckling and barrelling instabilities in the uniaxial compressions of an elastic rectangle have been studied by many authors under lubricated end conditions. However, in practice it is very difficult to realize such conditions due to friction. Here, we study the compressions of a two-dimensional nonlinearly elastic rectangle under clamped end conditions.

A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, M. M. Miller Bertolami, E. García--Berro

A seismological study of the pulsating PG1159 stars PG2131+066 and PG 1707+427 is presented. We perform extensive adiabatic computations of g-mode pulsation periods of PG1159 evolutionary models with stellar masses ranging from 0.530 to 0.741 Msun. We constrain the stellar mass of PG2131+066 and PG 1707+427 by comparing the observed period spacing of each st

D. Stucki, N. Walenta, F. Vannel, R. T. Thew

We present a fully automated quantum key distribution prototype running at 625 MHz clock rate. Taking advantage of ultra low loss fibres and low-noise superconducting detectors, we can distribute 6,000 secret bits per second over 100 km and 15 bits per second over 250km.

R. Harris, A. J. Berkley, J. Johansson, M. W. Johnson

A circuit consisting of a network of coupled compound Josephson junction rf-SQUID flux qubits has been used to implement an adiabatic quantum optimization algorithm. It is shown that detailed knowledge of the magnitude of the persistent current as a function of annealing parameters is key to implementation of the algorithm on this particular type of hardware

Subhash Kak

Some open questions related to prime reciprocal digit frequencies with potential applications to cryptography are presented.

P. Gawronski, M. J. Krawczyk, K. Kulakowski

In our recent model, the cooperation emerges as a positive feedback between a not-too-bad reputation and an altruistic attitude. Here we introduce a bias of altruism as to favorize members of the same group. The matrix F(i,j) of frequency of cooperation between agents i and j reveals the structure of communities. The Newman algorithm reproduces the initial b

Marco Meibohm, Hans Hermann Otto, Wolfgang Brockner

This is a representation of the first Raman and IR / FIR spectra for orthorhombic copper polysilicate, CuSiO3, measured at room temperature on polycrystalline samples and a comparison of the optical phonons with those observed for the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO3. CuSiO3 represents a further example of a quasi-one-dimensional spin = 1/2 antiferromagnetic Hei

Osman Ugus, Dirk Westhoff, Ralf Laue, Abdulhadi Shoufan

When deploying wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in public environments it may become necessary to secure their data storage and transmission against possible attacks such as node-compromise and eavesdropping. The nodes feature only small computational and energy resources, thus requiring efficient algorithms. As a solution for this problem the TinyPEDS approa

F. Jouve

We give a quantitative version of a result due to N. Katz about L-functions of elliptic curves over function fields over finite fields. Roughly speaking, Katz&#39;s Theorem states that, on average over a suitably chosen algebraic family, the L-function of an elliptic curve over a function field becomes &#34;as irreducible as possible&#34; when seen as a poly

P. Mohr, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino, F. Käppeler

The s-process branching at mass number A = 176 depends on the coupling between the high-K ground state and a low-lying low-K isomer in 176Lu. This coupling is based on electromagnetic transitions via intermediate states at higher energies. The properties of the lowest experimentally confirmed intermediate state at 839 keV are reviewed, and the transition rat

Dennis Heine, Marco Wilzbach, Thomas Raub, Björn Hessmo

We demonstrate a robust fiber-optics-based fluorescence detector, fully integrated on an atom chip, which detects single atoms propagating in a guide with 66% efficiency. We characterize the detector performance and the atom flux by analyzing the photon statistics. Near-perfect photon antibunching proves that single atoms are detected, and allows us to study

G. Sciolla, J. Battat, T. Caldwell, D. Dujmic

The DMTPC detector is a low-pressure CF4 TPC with optical readout for directional detection of Dark Matter. The combination of the energy and directional tracking information allows for an efficient suppression of all backgrounds. The choice of gas (CF4) makes this detector particularly sensitive to spin-dependent interactions.

Ali Süleyman Üstünel

In this work we study the necessary and sufficient conditions for a positive random variable whose expectation under the Wiener measure is one, to be represented as the Radon-Nikodym derivative of the image of the Wiener measure under an adapted perturbation of identity with the help of the associated innovation process. We prove that the innovation conjectu

Martin Hoferichter, Bastian Kubis, Ulf-G. Meißner

We analyze isospin breaking through quark mass differences and virtual photons in the pion-nucleon scattering lengths in all physical channels in the framework of covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory.

Marius Zimand

It is shown that from two strings that are partially random and independent (in the sense of Kolmogorov complexity) it is possible to effectively construct polynomially many strings that are random and pairwise independent. If the two initial strings are random, then the above task can be performed in polynomial time. It is also possible to construct in poly

Yosef E. Maruvka, Nadav M. Shnerb, David A. Kessler

We examine the problem of family size statistics (the number of individuals carrying the same surname, or the same DNA sequence) in a given size subsample of an exponentially growing population. We approach the problem from two directions. In the first, we construct the family size distribution for the subsample from the stable distribution for the full popu

Markus Scholz, Dirk Hasenclever

The measurement of biallelic pair-wise association called linkage disequilibrium (LD) is an important issue in order to understand the genomic architecture. A large variety of such measures of association have been proposed in the literature. We propose and justify six biometrical postulates which should be fulfilled by a canonical measure of LD. In short, L

A. J. Korn, O. Richard, L. Mashonkina, M. S. Bessell

Based on spectroscopic constraints derived from NLTE line formation, we explore the likely range of stellar parameters (T_eff and log g) for the hyper-metal-poor (HMP) star HE 1327-2326. Combining the constraints from Balmer line profiles and the Ca I/II ionization equilibrium, a subgiant stage of evolution is indicated. This result is further supported by s

R. Greim, H. Gast, T. Kirn, J. Olzem

A silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array has been developed at FBK-irst having 32 channels and a dimension of 8.0 x 1.1 mm^2. Each 250 um wide channel is subdivided into 5 x 22 rectangularly arranged pixels. These sensors are developed to read out a modular high resolution scintillating fiber tracker. Key properties like breakdown voltage, gain and photon dete

Paramita Kar Choudhury, Debjani Bagchi, Reghu Menon

Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) solution has shown the important role of pi-electron conjugation in controlling the chain conformation and assembly. By increasing the extent of conjugation from 30 to 100 %, the persistence length (l_p) increases from 20 to 66 Angstrom. Moreover, a p

S. Patsourakos, J. A. Klimchuk

EUV observations of warm coronal loops suggest that they are bundles of unresolved strands that are heated impulsively to high temperatures by nanoflares. The plasma would then have the observed properties (e.g., excess density compared to static equilibrium) when it cools into the 1-2 MK range. If this interpretation is correct, then very hot emission shoul

Michael Zirpel

The Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics adds particle trajectories to the wave function and ensures that the probability distribution of the particle positions agrees with quantum mechanics at any time. This is not sufficient to avoid contradictions with quantum mechanics. There are correlations between particle positions at different times which can

Sumiyoshi Abe, Yuichi Itto, Mamoru Matsunaga

A generic unital positive operator-valued measure (POVM), which transforms a given stationary pure state to an arbitrary statistical state with perfect decoherence, is presented. This allows one to operationally realize thermalization as a special case. The loss of information due to randomness generated by the operation is discussed by evaluating the entrop

C. Testelin, F. Bernardot, B. Eble, M. Chamarro

The spin interaction of a hole confined in a quantum dot with the surrounding nuclei is described in terms of an effective magnetic field. We show that, in contrast to the Fermi contact hyperfine interaction for conduction electrons, the dipole-dipole hyperfine interaction is anisotropic for a hole, for both pure or mixed hole states. We evaluate the couplin

Lev Sakhnovich

In the paper the solution of KZ system (n=4, m=2) is constructed in the explicit form in terms of the hypergeometric functions. We proved that the corresponding solution is rational when the parameter $ρ$ is integer. We show that in the case (n=4, m=5, $ρ$ is integer) the corresponding KZ system hasn&#39;t got a rational solution.

Martha L. Boyer, Evan D. Skillman, Jacco Th. van Loon, Robert D. Gehrz

We present the third and final part of a census of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in Local Group dwarf irregular galaxies. Papers I and II presented the results for WLM and IC 1613. Included here are Phoenix, LGS 3, DDO 210, Leo A, Pegasus dIrr, and Sextans A. Spitzer photometry at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 are presented, along with a more thorough treatment

Michael D. Schneider, Sarah Bridle

Correlations between intrinsic ellipticities of galaxies are a potentially important systematic error when constraining dark energy properties from weak gravitational lensing (cosmic shear) surveys. In the absence of perfectly known galaxy redshifts some modeling of the galaxy intrinsic alignments is likely to be required to extract the lensing signal to suf

Jean Renault

This paper illustrates the notion of a Cartan subalgebra in a C*-algebra through a number of examples and counterexamples. Some of these examples have a geometrical flavour and are related to orbifolds and non-Hausdorff manifolds.

M. Contini, R. Angeloni, P. Rafanelli

We investigate the symbiotic star BI Crucis through a comprehensive and self-consistent analysis of the spectra emitted in three different epochs: 60&#39;s, 70&#39;s, and late 80&#39;s. In particular, we would like to find out the physical conditions in the shocked nebula and in the dust shells, as well as their location within the symbiotic system, by explo

V. I. Yukalov, E. P. Yukalova

An ultracold gas is considered, loaded into a lattice, each site of which is formed by a double-well potential. Initial conditions, after the loading, correspond to a nonequilibrium state. The nonlinear dynamics of the system, starting with a nonequilibrium state, is analysed in the local-field approximation. The importance of taking into account attenuation

Damian H. Zanette

We study the effects of noise on the collective dynamics of an ensemble of coupled phase oscillators whose natural frequencies are all identical, but whose coupling strengths are not the same all over the ensemble. The intensity of noise can also be heterogeneous, representing diversity in the individual responses to external fluctuations. We show that the d

C Pellegrini, F Petruccione

A non-Markovian model of quantum repeated interactions between a small quantum system and an infinite chain of quantum systems is presented. By adapting and applying usual pro jection operator techniques in this context, discrete versions of the integro-differential and time-convolutioness Master equations for the reduced system are derived. Next, an intuiti

Risto Korhonen

It is shown that if three distinct values of a meromorphic function f:C^n -> P^1 of hyper-order strictly less than 2/3 have forward invariant pre-images with respect to a translation t:C^n -> C^n, t(z)=z+c, then f is a periodic function with period c. This result can be seen as a generalization of M. Green&#39;s Picard-type theorem in the special case where

Enrique Gonzalez-Jimenez, Jorn Steuding

Let d be a squarefree integer. Does there exist four squares in arithmetic progression over Q(sqrt{d})? We shall give a partial answer to this question, depending on the value of d. In the affirmative case, we construct explicit arithmetic progressions consisting of four squares over Q(sqrt{d}).

J. R. Norris

The integration-by-parts formula discovered by Malliavin for the Ito map on Wiener space is proved using the two-parameter stochastic calculus. It is also shown that the solution of a one-parameter stochastic differential equation driven by a two-parameter semimartingale is itself a two-parameter semimartingale.

Joana S. Santos, Piero Rosati, Raphael Gobat, Chris Lidman

XMMU J1229+0151 is a rich galaxy cluster with redshift z=0.975, that was serendipitously detected in X-rays within the scope of the XMM-Newton Distant Cluster Project. HST/ACS observations in the i775 and z850 passbands, as well as VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy were further obtained, in addition to follow-up Near-Infrared (NIR) imaging in J- and Ks-bands with NTT/S

Yves Bertot, Ekaterina Komendantskaya

We propose a (limited) solution to the problem of constructing stream values defined by recursive equations that do not respect the guardedness condition. The guardedness condition is imposed on definitions of corecursive functions in Coq, AGDA, and other higher-order proof assistants. In this paper, we concentrate in particular on those non-guarded equation

Moncef Bouaziz, Miguel Couceiro, Maurice Pouzet

This paper is a contribution to the study of a quasi-order on the set $Ω$ of Boolean functions, the \emph{simple minor} quasi-order. We look at the join-irreducible members of the resulting poset $\tildeΩ$. Using a two-way correspondence between Boolean functions and hypergraphs, join-irreducibility translates into a combinatorial property of hypergraphs. We

J. H. Los, M. I. Katsnelson, O. V. Yazyev, K. V. Zakharchenko

Structure and thermodynamics of crystalline membranes are characterized by the long wavelength behavior of the normal-normal correlation function G(q). We calculate G(q) by Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations for a quasi-harmonic model potential and for a realistic potential for graphene. To access the long wavelength limit for finite-size systems

Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska, Marcin P. Gawronski

The first multifrequency radio observations of the very compact BAL quasar, 1045+352, were made using MERLIN and the VLBA in a snapshot mode. However, its unusual radio structure was still very difficult to interpret, indicating a scenario of intermittent activity or a jet precession. Here, we present some of a new full-track radio observations of 1045+352 m

P. Hoyng

We compute statistical properties of the lowest-order multipole coefficients of the magnetic field generated by a dynamo of arbitrary shape. To this end we expand the field in a complete biorthogonal set of base functions, viz. B = sum_k a^k(t) b^k(r). We consider a linear problem and the statistical properties of the fluid flow are supposed to be given. The

Pierre Cornilleau, Jean-Pierre Loheac

We describe a general multiplier method to obtain boundary stabilization of the wave equation by means of a (linear or quasi-linear) Neumann feedback. This also enables us to get Dirichlet boundary control of the wave equation. This method leads to new geometrical cases concerning the &#34;active&#34; part of the boundary where the feedback (or control) is a

Yohei Kota, Tomohiro Takahashi, Hiroki Tsuchiura, Akimasa Sakuma

The electrical resistivities of Fe-Co alloys owing to random alloy disorder are calculated using the Kubo-Greenwood formula. The obtained electrical esistivities agree well with experimental data quantitatively at low temperature. The spin-polarization of Fe50Co50 estimated from the conductivity (86%) has opposite sign to that from the densities of the state

Sameer M. Ikhdair

We study the effect of spatially dependent mass functions over the solution of the Klein-Gordon equation in the (3+1)-dimensions for spinless bosonic particles where the mixed scalar-vector Coulomb-like field potentials and masses are directly proportional and inversely proportional to the distance from force center. The exact bound state energy eigenvalues

Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We investigate quintom evolution in power-law potentials. We extract the early-time, tracker solutions, under the assumption of matter domination. Additionally, we derive analytical solutions at intermediate times, that is at low redshifts, which is the period during the transition from matter to dark-energy domination. A comparison with exact evolution reve

Marco Valerio Battisti, Riccardo Belvedere, Giovanni Montani

A semi-classical mechanism which leads to the isotropization of the Mixmaster Universe is developed. A wave function of this Universe, which has a meaningful probabilistic interpretation, is constructed and it describes the evolution of the anisotropies of the Universe with respect to the isotropic scale factor, which plays the external observer-like role. W

Marco Valerio Battisti, Orchidea Maria Lecian, Giovanni Montani

The fate of the cosmological singularity in the Taub model is discussed within the two frameworks. An internal time variable is ruled out and the only remaining degree of freedom (the anisotropy) of the Universe is quantized according to such schemes. The resulting GUP Taub Universe is singularity-free, differently from the second case, where the classical s

N. Daniilidis, T. Lee, R. Clark, S. Narayanan

There has been much interest in developing methods for transferring quantum information. We discuss a way to transfer quantum information between two trapped ions through a wire. The motion of a trapped ion induces oscillating charges in the trap electrodes. By sending this current to the electrodes of a nearby second trap, the motions of ions in the two tra

G. Ruediger, M. Schultz

The nonaxisymmetric &#39;kink-type&#39; Tayler instability (TI) of toroidal magnetic fields is studied for conducting incompressible fluids of uniform density between two infinitely long cylinders rotating around the same axis. It is shown that for resting cylinders the critical Hartmann number for the unstable modes does not depend on Pm. By rigid rotation

Mher Ghulinyan, Alessandro Pitanti, Georg Pucker, Lorenzo Pavesi

Owing to their ability to confine electromagnetic energy in ultrasmall dielectric volumes, micro-disk, ring and toroid resonators hold interest for both specific applications and fundamental investigations. Generally, contributions from various loss channels within these devices lead to limited spectral windows (Q-bands) where highest mode Q-factors manifest

R. Sartor

We point out that the anticommutation properties of the Dirac matrices can be derived without squaring the Dirac hamiltonian, that is, without explicit reference to the Klein-Gordon equation. We only require the Dirac equation to admit two linearly independent plane wave solutions with positive energy for all momenta. The necessity of negative energies as we

R. S. Said, J. Twamley

We address a problem of generating a robust entangling gate between electronic and nuclear spins in the system of a single nitrogen-vacany centre coupled to a nearest Carbon-13 atom in diamond against certain types of systematic errors such as pulse-length and off-resonance errors. We analyse the robustness of various control schemes: sequential pulses, comp

S. Lalkovski, P. Van Isacker

The neutron-rich N=66 isotonic and A=106 isobaric chains, covering regions with varying types of collectivity, are interpreted in the framework of the interacting boson model. Level energies and electric quadrupole transition probabilities are compared with available experimental information. The calculations for the known nuclei in the two chains are extrap

Artur Garcia-Saez, J. Miguel Rubi

We show the existence of a high interrelation between the different loops that may appear in a DNA segment. Conformational changes in a chain segment caused by the formation of a particular loop may either promote or prevent the appearance of another. The underlying loop selection mechanism is analyzed by means of a Hamiltonian model from which the looping f

Sergey E. Stepanov

The purpose of this paper is to define the r-th Tachibana number t(r) of an n-dimentional closed and oriented Riemannian manifold (M,g) as the dimension of the space of all conformal Killing r-forms for r=1,2,...,n-1 and to formulate some properties of these numbers as an analogue to properties of the r-th Betty number b(r) of a closed and oriented Riemannia

R. Molina, H. Nagahiro, A. Hosaka, E. Oset

We study composite systems of light ($ρ$ and $ω$) and heavy ($D^*$) vector mesons by using the interaction within the hidden gauge formalism. We find a strong attraction in the isospin, spin channels $(I,S)=(1/2,0)$; $(1/2,1)$; $(1/2,2)$ with positive parity. The attraction is large enough to strongly bind these mesons in states with these quantum numbers, l

Ruiming Zhang

In this note, we apply kernel polynomials to find the explicit inverses for some some Hankel matrices associated with q-orthogonal polynomials.

H. Shishido, K. Hashimoto, T. Shibauchi, T. Sasaki

To elucidate the underlying nature of the hidden order (HO) state in heavy-fermion compound URu2Si2, we measure electrical transport properties of ultraclean crystals in a high field/low temperature regime. Unlike previous studies, the present system with much less impurity scattering resolves a distinct anomaly of the Hall resistivity at H*=22.5 T well belo

P. -A. Söderström, J. Nyberg, P. H. Regan, A. Algora

Preliminary results from an experiment aiming at Dy-170. Submitted to the LNL Annual Report 2008.

W. Kapferer, C. Sluka, S. Schindler, C. Ferrari

We investigate the dependence of star formation and the distribution of the components of galaxies on the strength of ram pressure. Several mock observations in X-ray, H$α$ and HI wavelength for different ram-pressure scenarios are presented. By applying a combined N-body/hydrodynamic description (GADGET-2) with radiative cooling and a recipe for star format

Sebastian Burciu, Vicentiu Pasol

For any normal commutative Hopf subalgebra $K=k^G$ of a semisimple Hopf algebra we describe the ring inside $kG$ obtained by the restriction of $H$-modules. If $G=\Z_p$ this ring determines a fusion ring and we give a complete description for it. The case $G=\Z_{p^n}$ and some other applications are presented.

Laure Gouba, Frederik G. Scholtz

In this paper we discuss the uniqueness of the unitary representations of the non commutative Heisenberg-Weyl algebra. We show that, apart from a critical line for the non commutative position and momentum parameters, the Stone-von Neumann theorem still holds, which implies uniqueness of the unitary representation of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra.

N. G. Kantharia, M. Das, Gopal-Krishna

We report the serendipitous detection of a Wide-Angle-Tail (WAT) radio galaxy at 240 and 610 MHz, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). This WAT is hosted by a cD galaxy PGC 1519010 whose photometric redshift given in the SDSS DR6 catalog is close to the spectroscopic redshifts (0.105, 0.106 and 0.107) of three galaxies found within 4&#39; of the

Audrey Cottet, Chéryl Feuillet-Palma, Takis Kontos

We study theoretically nonlocal spin transport in a ballistic carbon nanotube contacted to two ferromagnetic leads and two normal-metal leads. When the magnetizations of the two ferromagnets are changed from a parallel to an antiparallel configuration, the circuit shows a hysteretic behavior which is specific to the few-channel regime. In the coherent limit,

N. Nenov

For a graph $G$ the symbol $G\tov(a_1,...,a_r)$ means that in every $r$-coloring of the vertices of $G$ for some $i\in\{1,...,r\}$ there exists a monochromatic $a_i$-clique of color $i$. The vertex Folkman numbers \[ \FN=\min\{|V(G)|:G\tov(a_1,...,a_r)\text{and}K_q\nsubseteqq G\} \] are considered. In this paper we shall compute the Folkman numbers $F_v(\und

V. Krishan, Z. Yoshida

In a weakly ionized plasma, the evolution of the magnetic field is described by a &#34;generalized Ohm&#39;s law&#34; that includes the Hall effect and the ambipolar diffusion terms. These terms introduce additional spatial and time scales which play a decisive role in the cascading and the dissipation mechanisms in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We determi

Jörg Anderlohr, Roda Bounaceur, A. Pires Da Cruz, Frédérique Battin-Leclerc

This paper presents an approch for modeling with one single kinetic mechanism the chemistry of the autoignition and combustion processes inside an internal combustion engine, as well as the chemical kinetics governing the post-oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons in engine exhaust gases. Therefore a new kinetic model was developed, valid over a wide range of t