March 2009 arXiv papers — page 22
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Growth and shape transformations of giant phospholipid vesicles upon interaction with an aqueous oleic acid suspension
physics.bio-phPrimoz Peterlin, Vesna Arrigler, Ksenija Kogej, Sasa Svetina
The interaction of two types of vesicle systems was investigated: micrometer-sized, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) formed from 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and submicrometer-sized, large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) formed from oleic acid and oleate, both in a buffered aqueous solution (pH=8.8). Individual POPC GUVs were transfer
Amos Lapidoth, Stephan Tinguely
We study the power-versus-distortion trade-off for the transmission of a memoryless bivariate Gaussian source over a two-to-one Gaussian multiple-access channel with perfect causal feedback. In this problem, each of two separate transmitters observes a different component of a memoryless bivariate Gaussian source as well as the feedback from the channel outp
S. T. Fletcher, R. New, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth
When simulating full-disc helioseismic data, instrumental noise has traditionally been treated as time-independent. However, in reality, instrumental noise will often vary to some degree over time due to line of sight velocity variations and possibly degrading hardware. Here we present a new technique for simulating Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiS
Bertrand Plez
In this review given at the Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution conference, I present the state of the art in red supergiant star atmosphere modelling. The last generation of hydrostatic 1D LTE MARCS models publicly released in 2008 have allowed great achievements in the past years, like the calibration of effective temperature scales. I ra
Janusz Grabowski, Alexei Kotov, Norbert Poncin
During the last decades algebraization of space turned out to be a promising tool at the interface between Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Starting with works by Gel'fand-Kolmogoroff and Gel'fand-Naimark, this branch developed as from the fortieth in two directions: algebraic characterization of usual geometric space on the one hand, and algebra
Experimental investigation of hybrid single-electron turnstiles with high charging energy
cond-mat.mes-hallA. Kemppinen, S. Kafanov, Yu. A. Pashkin, J. S. Tsai
We present an experimental study of hybrid turnstiles with high charging energies in comparison to the superconducting gap. The device is modeled with the sequential tunneling approximation. The backtunneling effect is shown to limit the amplitude of the gate drive and thereby the maximum pumped current of the turnstile. We compare results obtained with sine
V. Lopac, A. Simic
Chaotic properties of symmetrical two-dimensional stadium-like billiards with elliptical arcs are studied numerically and analytically. For the two-parameter truncated elliptical billiard the existence and linear stability of several lowest-order periodic orbits are investigated in the full parameter space. Poincar\' e plots are computed and used for eva
Fractality of the non-equilibrium stationary states of open volume-preserving systems: I. Tagged particle diffusion
cond-mat.stat-mechFelipe Barra, Pierre Gaspard, Thomas Gilbert
Deterministic diffusive systems such as the periodic Lorentz gas, multi-baker map, as well as spatially periodic systems of interacting particles, have non-equilibrium stationary states with fractal properties when put in contact with particle reservoirs at their boundaries. We study the macroscopic limits of these systems and establish a correspondence betw
Florian Girelli, Etera R. Livine, Daniele Oriti
We derive a scalar field theory of the deformed special relativity type, living on non-commutative kappa-Minkowski spacetime and with a kappa-deformed Poincare symmetry, from the SO(4,1) group field theory defining the transition amplitudes for topological BF-theory in 4 space-time dimensions. This is done at a non-perturbative level of the spin foam formali
Model atmospheres of chemically peculiar stars: Self-consistent empirical stratified model of HD24712
astro-ph.SRD. Shulyak, T. Ryabchikova, L. Mashonkina, O. Kochukhov
High-resolution spectra of some chemically peculiar stars clearly demonstrate the presence of strong abundance gradients in their atmospheres. However, these inhomogeneities are usually ignored in the standard scheme of model atmosphere calculations, braking the consistency between model structure and spectroscopically derived abundance pattern. In this pape
T. Huege
In the last few years, interest in radio detection of cosmic ray air showers has risen continuously. By now, large-scale application of the radio technique is under investigation in the framework of LOFAR and the Pierre Auger Observatory. The experimental efforts are accompanied by new approaches to describe and model the underlying radiation mechanisms, to
Björn Gustafsson, Vladimir G. Tkachev
In this paper we represent harmonic moments in the language of transfinite functions, that is projective limits of polynomials in infinitely many variables. We obtain also an explicit formula for the Jacobian of a generalized harmonic moment map.
Yingcun Xia
The additive model is one of the most popular semiparametric models. The backfitting estimation (Buja, Hastie and Tibshirani, 1989, \textit{Ann. Statist.}) for the model is intuitively easy to understand and theoretically most efficient (Opsomer and Ruppert, 1997, \textit{Ann. Statist.}); its implementation is equivalent to solving simple linear equations. H
Doan Trung Cuong
Étale Nori finite vector bundles are those bundles defined by representations of a finite étale group scheme in the usual way. In this note we show that in many cases the dimensions of the Hodge cohomology groups of such a vector bundle and of a twist of it by an automorphism of the ground field are the same. This generalizes to the higher rank case a result
Internal Kinematics and Stellar Populations of the Poststarburst+AGN Galaxy SDSS J230743.41+152558.4
astro-ph.GAI. Chilingarian, S. De Rijcke, P. Buyle
We present the first 3D spectroscopic observations of a nearby HI detected poststarburst, or E+A, galaxy, SDSS J230743.41+152558.4, obtained with the VIMOS IFU spectrograph at ESO VLT. Using the NBursts full spectral fitting technique, we derive maps of stellar kinematics, age, and metallicity out to 2-3 half-light radii. Our analysis reveals a large-scale r
H. J. Hilhorst
We develop a set of heuristic arguments to explain several results on planar Poisson-Voronoi tessellations that were derived earlier at the cost of considerable mathematical effort. The results concern Voronoi cells having a large number n of sides. The arguments start from an entropy balance applied to the arrangement of n neighbors around a central cell. I
Luigi Santocanale
We address the problem of finding nice labellings for event structures of degree 3. We develop a minimum theory by which we prove that the labelling number of an event structure of degree 3 is bounded by a linear function of the height. The main theorem we present in this paper states that event structures of degree 3 whose causality order is a tree have a n
Carole Delporte-Gallet, Hugues Fauconnier, Andreas Tielmann
This paper investigates under which conditions information can be reliably shared and consensus can be solved in unknown and anonymous message-passing networks that suffer from crash-failures. We provide algorithms to emulate registers and solve consensus under different synchrony assumptions. For this, we introduce a novel pseudo leader-election approach wh
The $E_{p}$ Evolutionary Slope within the Decay Phase of "FRED" Gamma-ray Burst Pulses
astro-ph.HEZ. Y. Peng, L. Ma, X. H. Zhao, Y. Yin
Employing two samples containing of 56 and 59 well-separated FRED (fast rise and exponential decay) gamma-ray burst (GRB) pulses whose spectra are fitted by the Band spectrum and Compton model, respectively, we have investigated the evolutionary slope of $E_{p}$ (where $E_{p}$ is the peak energy in the $νFν$ spectrum) with time during the pulse decay phase.
Benjamin Steinberg
Let $K$ be a commutative ring with unit and $S$ an inverse semigroup. We show that the semigroup algebra $KS$ can be described as a convolution algebra of functions on the universal étale groupoid associated to $S$ by Paterson. This result is a simultaneous generalization of the author's earlier work on finite inverse semigroups and Paterson's theore
Crossover from the vortex state to the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors
cond-mat.supr-conHiroshi Shimahara
We examine the coexistence of the vortex state and the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state in quasi-two-dimensional type-II superconductors and the crossover from the coexistence state to the pure FFLO state when the Maki parameter αincreases. The pure FFLO state, characterized by finite center-of-mass momenta q \ne 0 of Cooper pairs occurs in the
Heonoh Kim, Hee Su Park, Sang-Kyung Choi
We describe an experimental demonstration of a novel three-photon NOON state generator using a single source of photons based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). The three-photon number-entangled state is deterministically generated by the detection of a heralding photon. Interference fringes measured with an emulated three-photon absorber reve
Jun Kitazono, Toshiaki Omori, Masato Okada
An associative memory model and a neural network model with a Mexican-hat type interaction are the two most typical attractor networks used in the artificial neural network models. The associative memory model has discretely distributed fixed-point attractors, and achieves a discrete information representation. On the other hand, a neural network model with
Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory: Linear Scaling Methods for Kinetic Potentials, and Applications to Solid Al and S
cond-mat.otherJeng-Da Chai, Vincent L. Ligneres, Gregory Ho, Emily A. Carter
In orbital-free density functional theory the kinetic potential (KP), the functional derivative of the kinetic energy density functional, appears in the Euler equation for the electron density and may be more amenable to simple approximations. We study properties of two solid-state systems, Al and Si, using two nonlocal KPs that gave good results for atoms.
M. A. S. Nobre, M. R. de Garcia Maia, J. C. Carvalho, J. A. S. Lima
The cosmic no hair conjecture is tested for a large class of inhomogeneous cosmologies with a positive cosmological constant. Firstly, we derive a new class of exact inhomogeneous cosmological solutions whose matter content of the models is formed by a mixture of two interacting simple fluids plus a cosmological Lambda-term. These models generalize the de Si
Yong-gang Tan, Hua Lu, Qing-yu Cai
In this comment, we present a frequency-shift attack on "quantum key distribution with classical Bob". This practical attack should also be considered in other two-way quantum key distribution protocols.
George C. Privon, Rachael L. Beaton, David G. Whelan, Abel Yang
Proper interpretation and understanding of astronomical data requires good knowledge of the data acquisition process. The increase in remote observing, queue observing, and the availability of large archived data products risk insulating astronomers from the telescope, potentially reducing their familiarity with the observational techniques crucial in unders
Comment on 'First principles calculation of lattice thermal conductivity in mono- and bi-layer graphene' (arXiv:0902.0642)
cond-mat.mtrl-sciA. A. Balandin, D. L. Nika, E. P. Pokatilov, A. S. Askerov
In a recent preprint Kong et al, arXiv:0902.0642v1 (2009) claimed to calculate the lattice thermal conductivity of single and bi-layer graphene 'from first principles'. The main findings were that the Umklapp-limited thermal conductivity is only slightly higher than that of high-quality bulk graphite along the basal plane, and that it does not strong
Cheng-An Yen, Shi-Jinn Horng, Hsi-Sheng Goan, Tzong-Wann Kao
In this paper, we first point out that some recently proposed quantum direct communication (QDC) protocols with authentication are vulnerable under some specific attacks, and the secrete message will leak out to the authenticator who is introduced to authenticate users participating in the communication. We then propose a new protocol that is capable of achi
Z. H. Li, E. T. Li, B. Guo
The angular distribution of the 2H(6He,7Li)n reaction was measured with a secondary 6He beam of 36.4 MeV for the first time. The proton spectroscopic factor of 7Li ground state was extracted to be 0.41 +- 0.05 by the normalization of the calculational differential cross sections with the distorted-wave Born approximation to the experimental data. It was foun
An Age Constraint for the Very Low-Mass Stellar/Brown Dwarf Binary 2MASS J03202839-0446358AB
astro-ph.SRAdam J. Burgasser, Cullen H. Blake
2MASS J03202839-0446358AB is a recently identified, late-type M dwarf/T dwarf spectroscopic binary system for which both the radial velocity orbit for the primary and spectral types for both components have been determined. By combining these measurements with predictions from four different sets of evolutionary models, we determine a minimum age of 2.0+/-0.
Saharon Shelah
Classification theory of elementary classes deals with first order (elementary) classes of structures (i.e. fixing a set T of first order sentences, we investigate the class of models of T with the elementary submodel notion). It tries to find dividing lines, prove their consequences, prove "structure theorems, positive theorems" on those in the "
K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, O. Cucciati, C. Porciani
We use the current sample of ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra of sources selected with I(AB) < 22.5 to define the density field out to z~1, with much greater resolution in the radial dimension than has been possible with either photometric redshifts or weak lensing. We apply new algorithms that we have developed (ZADE) to incorporate objects not yet observed spectros
J. Richard Bond, Andrei V. Frolov, Zhiqi Huang, Lev Kofman
A new class of non-Gaussian curvature fluctuations ζ_{pr} (\bx) \equiv δN(χ_i) arises from the post-inflation preheating behaviour of a non-inflaton field χ_i. Its billiard-like chaotic dynamics imprints regular log-spaced narrow spikes in the number of preheating e-folds N(χ_i). We perform highly accurate lattice simulations of SUSY-inspired quartic inflato
Jean-Michel Desert, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Guillaume Hebrard, David K. Sing
Water, methane and carbon-monoxide are expected to be among the most abundant molecules besides molecular hydrogen in the hot atmosphere of close-in EGPs. Transit observations in the mid-IR allow the atmospheric content of transiting planets to be determined. We present new primary transit observations of the hot-jupiter HD189733b, obtained simultaneously at
Ferruh Ozbudak, Ali Devin Sezer
Mixed level orthogonal arrays are basic structures in experimental design. We develop three algorithms that compute Rao and Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds for mixed level orthogonal arrays. The computational complexity of the terms involved in these bounds can grow fast as the parameters of the arrays increase and this justifies the construction of these algo
Anisotropic Metamaterials Emulated by Tapered Waveguides: Application to Optical Cloaking
physics.opticsIgor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev
We demonstrate that metamaterial devices requiring anisotropic dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability may be emulated by specially designed tapered waveguides. This approach leads to low-loss, broadband performance. Based on this technique, we demonstrate broadband electromagnetic cloaking in the visible frequency range on a scale ~100 times large
Absence of the discontinuous transition in the one-dimensional triplet creation model
cond-mat.stat-mechSu-Chan Park
Although Hinrichsen in his unpublished work theoretically rebutted the possibility of the discontinuous transition in one-dimensional nonequilibrium systems unless there are additional conservation laws, long-range interactions, macroscopic currents, or special boundary conditions, we have recently observed the resurrection of the claim that the triplet crea
Vesko Valov
The notion of a regular operator with compact supports between function spaces is introduced. On that base we obtain a characterization of absolute extensors for zero-dimensional spaces in terms of regular extension operators having compact supports. Milyutin maps are also considered and it is established that some topological properties, like paracompactnes
Kohtaro Tadaki
In our former work [K. Tadaki, Local Proceedings of CiE 2008, pp.425-434, 2008], we developed a statistical mechanical interpretation of algorithmic information theory by introducing the notion of thermodynamic quantities at temperature T, such as free energy F(T), energy E(T), and statistical mechanical entropy S(T), into the theory. These quantities are re
Gaetano Bertoldi, Carlos Hoyos-Badajoz
We study the thermodynamics and the small fluctuations of a linear dilaton black hole, in an S-dual version of the near-horizon limit of type IIB NS5 branes. The thermodynamical analysis shows that the black hole is in a Hagedorn phase, with marginal stability. The dynamical analysis confirms that the speed of sound of the dual theory vanishes and that there
How Marius Was Right and Galileo Was Wrong Even Though Galileo Was Right and Marius Was Wrong
physics.hist-phChristopher M. Graney
Astronomers in the early 17th century misunderstood the images of stars that they saw in their telescopes. For this reason, the data a skilled observer of that time acquired via telescopic observation of the heavens appeared to support a geocentric Tychonic (or semi-Tychonic) world system, and not a heliocentric Copernican world system. Galileo Galilei made
Optimized focusing ion optics for an ultracold deterministic single ion source targeting nm resolution
quant-phRobert Fickler, Wolfgang Schnitzler, Norbert M. Linke, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler
Using a segmented ion trap with mK laser-cooled ions we have realised a novel single ion source which can deterministically deliver a wide range of ion species, isotopes or ionic molecules [Schnitzler et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 070501 (2009)]. Experimental data is discussed in detail and compared with numerical simulations of ion trajectories. For the nov
H. S. Tan
By performing a derivative expansion on a class of boosted Born-Infeld-AdS_5 black branes, we study the hydrodynamics of the dual field theory - in the spirit of AdS/CFT correspondence. We determine the fluid dynamical stress-energy tensor to first order, and find that the ratio of the shear viscosity to entropy density conforms to the universal value of $1/
Peter K. F. Kuhfittig
It is shown in this paper that it is possible, at least in principle, to construct a traversable wormhole that is stable to linearized radial perturbations by specifying relatively simple conditions on the shape and redshift functions.
Florian "Ian" Sprung
We extend Kobayashi's formulation of Iwasawa theory for elliptic curves at supersingular primes to include the case $a_p \neq 0$, where $a_p$ is the trace of Frobenius. To do this, we algebraically construct $p$-adic $L$-functions $L_p^{\sharp}$ and $L_p^{\flat}$ with the good growth properties of the classical Pollack $p$-adic $L$-functions that in fact
Stefano Bolognesi
We address the problem of non-Abelian super-QCD, with a Fayet-Iliopoulos term, as seen from the vortex worldsheet perspective. Together with the FI term $ξ$, also a mass $μ$ for the adjoint superfield $Φ$ enters in the game. This mass allows the interpolation between $\N=2$ and $\N=1$ super-QCD. While the phenomenology of the $\N=2$ case ($μ=0$) is pretty mu
H. Aratyn, J. F. Gomes, A. H. Zimerman
Rational solutions of the Painleve IV equation are constructed in the setting of pseudo-differential Lax formalism describing AKNS hierarchy subject to the additional non-isospectral Virasoro symmetry constraint. Convenient Wronskian representations for rational solutions are obtained by successive actions of the Darboux-Backlund transformations.
Evidence for X-ray synchrotron emission from simultaneous mid-IR to X-ray observations of a strong Sgr A* flare
astro-ph.GAK. Dodds-Eden, D. Porquet, G. Trap, E. Quataert
This paper reports measurements of Sgr A* made with NACO in L' -band (3.80 um), Ks-band (2.12 um) and H-band (1.66 um) and with VISIR in N-band (11.88 um) at the ESO VLT, as well as with XMM-Newton at X-ray (2-10 keV) wavelengths. On 4 April, 2007, a very bright flare was observed from Sgr A* simultaneously at L'-band and X-ray wavelengths. No emissi
Understanding the Astrophysics of Galaxy Evolution: the role of spectroscopic surveys in the next decade
astro-ph.COEric Bell, Marc Davis, Arjun Dey, Pieter van Dokkum
Over the last decade optical spectroscopic surveys have characterized the low redshift galaxy population and uncovered populations of star-forming galaxies back to z ~ 7. This work has shown that the primary epoch of galaxy building and black hole growth occurs at redshifts of 2 to 3. The establishment of the concordance LCDM cosmology shifted the focus of g
Future dark energy constraints from measurements of quasar parallax: Gaia, SIM and beyond
astro-ph.COFiona Ding, Rupert A. C. Croft
(Abridged) A consequence of the Earth's motion with respect to the CMB is that over a 10 year period it will travel a distance of ~800 AU. As first noted by Kardashev in 1986, this baseline can be used to carry out astrometric measurements of quasar parallaxes, so that only microarcsecond precision is necessary to detect parallax shifts of objects at gig
Asymptotic efficiency and finite-sample properties of the generalized profiling estimation of parameters in ordinary differential equations
math.STXin Qi, Hongyu Zhao
Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are commonly used to model dynamic behavior of a system. Because many parameters are unknown and have to be estimated from the observed data, there is growing interest in statistics to develop efficient estimation procedures for these parameters. Among the proposed methods in the literature, the generalized profiling es
Nathaël Alibaud, Cyril Imbert, Grzegorz Karch
We study properties of solutions of the initial value problem for the nonlinear and nonlocal equation u_t+(-\partial^2_x)^{α/2} u+uu_x=0 with alpha in (0,1], supplemented with an initial datum approaching the constant states u+/u- (u_-smaller than u_+) as x goes to +/-infty, respectively. It was shown by Karch, Miao & Xu (SIAM J. Math. Anal. 39 (2008), 1536-
Study of Quantum Decoherence in a Finite System -- Three Schroedinger Cats and Crossing of Classical Orbits
quant-phTakuji Ishikawa
Nuclei are rather classical systems in a sense. In the old days, their phenomena were roughly explained in classical rules such as the liquid drop model. This fact may be understood that when we see an finite quantum many body system like nucleus, though which is a group of quantum mechanical particles, its any collective degree of freedom has any classicali
Y. Frégier, A. Gohr
Hom-algebras are generalizations of algebras obtained using a twisting by a linear map. But there is a priori a freedom on where to twist. We enumerate here all the possible choices in the Lie and associative categories and study the relations between the obtained algebras. The associative case is richer since it admits the notion of unit element. We use thi
D. L. Kovrizhin, J. T. Chalker
We study nonequilibrium properties of an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer built from integer quantum Hall edge states at filling fraction $ν{=}1$. For a model in which electrons interact only when they are inside the interferometer, we calculate exactly the visibility and phase of Aharonov-Bohm fringes at finite source-drain bias. When interactions are
Gil Paz
The contribution of subleading jet functions to inclusive decay distributions of $B$ mesons are derived from a systematic two-step matching of QCD current correlators onto soft collinear and heavy quark effective theory. Focusing on the tree level matching of QCD onto soft collinear effective theory, the subleading jet functions are defined to all orders in
New perspectives on exponentiated derivations, the formal Taylor theorem, and Fa\`a di Bruno's formula
math.QAThomas J. Robinson
We discuss certain aspects of the formal calculus used to describe vertex algebras. In the standard literature on formal calculus, the expression $(x+y)^{n}$, where $n$ is not necessarily a nonnegative integer, is defined as the formal Taylor series given by the binomial series in nonnegative powers of the second-listed variable (namely, $y$). We present a v
Karim Bouadim, George G. Batrouni, Richard T. Scalettar
We study the conductivity, density of states, and magnetic correlations of a two dimensional, two band fermion Hubbard model using determinant Quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) simulations. We show that an orbitally selective Mott transition (OSMT) occurs in which the more weakly interacting band can be metallic despite complete localization of the strongly interac
Antal Jevicki, Kewang Jin
We construct a general class of solutions for a classical string in AdS_3 spacetime. The construction is based on a Pohlmeyer type reduction, with the sinh-Gordon model providing the general N-soliton solutions. The corresponding exact spiky string configurations are then reconstructed through the inverse scattering method. It is shown that the string moduli
Alcides Buss, Ruy Exel
Given a saturated Fell bundle A over an inverse semigroup S which is semi-abelian in the sense that the fibers over the idempotents of S are commutative, we construct a twisted etale groupoid L such that A can be recovered from L in a canonical way. As an application we recover most of Renault's recent result on the classification of Cartan subalgebras o
Marco Cirelli, Alessandro Strumia
We recap the main features of Minimal Dark Matter (MDM) and assess its status in the light of the recent experimental data. The theory selects an electroweak 5-plet with hypercharge Y=0 as a fully successful DM candidate, automatically stable against decay and with no free parameters: DM is a fermion with a 9.6 TeV mass. The direct detection cross-section, p
U. Kienzle, T. Gaber, K. Buckenmaier, K. Ilin
We consider a fractional Josephson vortex in a long 0-kappa Josephson junction. A uniformly applied bias current exerts a Lorentz force on the vortex. If the bias current exceeds the critical current, an integer fluxon is torn off the kappa-vortex and the junction switches to the voltage state. In the presence of thermal fluctuations the escape process takes
Pawel Caputa, Charlotte Kristjansen, Konstantinos Zoubos
While the ABJ Chern-Simons-matter theory and its string theory dual manifestly lack parity invariance, no sign of parity violation has so far been observed on the weak coupling spin chain side. In particular, the planar two-loop dilatation generator of ABJ theory is parity invariant. In this letter we derive the non-planar part of the two-loop dilatation gen
Robi Peschanski
We identify the nonlinear evolution equation in impact-parameter space for the "Supercritical Pomeron" in Reggeon Field Theory as a 2-dimensional stochastic Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piscounov equation. It exactly preserves unitarity and leads in its radial form to an high energy traveling wave solution corresponding to an ""universal"
Romuald Elie, Idris Kharroubi
This paper is dedicated to the analysis of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) with jumps, subject to an additional global constraint involving all the components of the solution. We study the existence and uniqueness of a minimal solution for these so-called constrained BSDEs with jumps via a penalization procedure. This new type of BSDE offe
L. Kaltenegger, W. A. Traub
Transmission spectroscopy of Earth-like exoplanets is a potential tool for habitability screening. Transiting planets are present-day "Rosetta Stones" for understanding extrasolar planets because they offer the possibility to characterize giant planet atmospheres and should provide an access to biomarkers in the atmospheres of Earth-like exoplanets,
Mauro Sellitto
Current fluctuations and related steady state fluctuation relation are investigated in simple coarse-grained lattice-gas analogs of a non-Newtonian fluid driven by a constant and uniform force field, in two regimes of small entropy production. Non-Gaussian current fluctuations and deviations from fluctuation relation are observed and related to the existence
Michael C. Abbott, Inês Aniceto, Olof Ohlsson Sax
This paper studies giant magnons in AdS_4 x CP^3 using both the string sigma-model and the algebraic curve. We complete the dictionary of solutions by finding the dyonic generalisation of the CP^1 string solution, which matches the `small' giant magnon in the algebraic curve, and by pointing out that the solution recently constructed by the dressing meth
Martin Lenz, Daniel J. G. Crow, Jean-François Joanny
We present a novel buckling instability relevant to membrane budding in eukaryotic cells. In this mechanism, curved filaments bind to a lipid bilayer without changing its intrinsic curvature. As more and more filaments adsorb, newly added ones are more and more strained, which destabilizes the flat membrane. We perform a linear stability analysis of filament
Marcus Isaksson, Elchanan Mossel
Gaussian noise stability results have recently played an important role in proving results in hardness of approximation in computer science and in the study of voting schemes in social choice. We prove a new Gaussian noise stability result generalizing an isoperimetric result by Borell on the heat kernel and derive as applications: * An optimality result for
On ramified covers of the projective plane I: Segre's theory and classification in small degrees, with Appendix by Eugenii Shustin
math.AGMichael Friedman, Maxim Leyenson
We study ramified covers of the projective plane. Given a smooth projective surface S and a generic enough projection of S to the projective plane, we get a cover of the plane ramified over a plane curve. The branch curve is usually singular, but is classically known to have only cusps and nodes as singularities for a generic projection. Several questions ar
E. V. Arbuzova, A. E. Lobanov, E. M. Murchikova
The problem of neutrino spin rotation in dense matter and in strong electromagnetic fields is solved in accordance with the basic principles of quantum mechanics. We obtain a complete system of wave functions for a massive Dirac neutrino with an anomalous magnetic moment which are the eigenfunctions of the kinetic momentum operator and have the form of nonsp
Farid Madani
In their study of the Yamabe problem in the presence of isometry group, Hebey and Vaugon announced a conjecture. This conjecture generalizes Aubin's conjecture, which has already been proven and is sufficient to solve the Yamabe problem. In this paper, we generalize Aubin's theorem and we prove the Hebey--Vaugon conjecture in some new cases.
Paul J. Channell
We formulate the theory of the two-stream instability (e-cloud instability) with electrons trapped in quadrupole magnets. We show that a linear instability theory can be sensibly formulated and analyzed. The growth rates are considerably smaller than the linear growth rates for the two-stream instability in drift spaces and are close to those actually observ
Sera Cremonini, Kentaro Hanaki, James T. Liu, Phillip Szepietowski
We examine the effects of higher derivative corrections on eta/s, the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density, in the case of a finite R-charge chemical potential. In particular, we work in the framework of five-dimensional N =2 gauged supergravity, and include terms up to four derivatives, representing the supersymmetric completion of the Chern-Simons t
Nick Gill
Suppose that a group $G$ acts transitively on the points of $\mathcal{P}$, a finite non-Desarguesian projective plane. We prove that if $G$ is insoluble then $G/O(G)$ is isomorphic to $SL_2(5)$ or $SL_2(5).2$.
Ibrahim Assem, Thomas Brüstle, Gabrielle Charbonneau-Jodoin, Pierre-Guy Plamondon
In this paper, we associate an algebra A(T) to a triangulation T of a surface S with a set of boundary marking points. This algebra A(T) is gentle and Gorenstein of dimension one. We also prove that A(T) is cluster-tilted if and only if it is cluster-tilted of type A or A tilde, or if and only if the surface S is a disc or an annulus. Moreover all cluster-ti
Turbulent transport and dynamo in sheared MHD turbulence with a non-uniform magnetic field
physics.flu-dynNicolas Leprovost, Eun-Jin Kim
We investigate three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics turbulence in the presence of both a large-scale velocity and non-uniform magnetic field. By assuming a turbulence driven by an external forcing with both helical and non-helical spectra, we investigate the combined effect of these two shears on turbulence intensity and turbulent transport represented by
Nicolas Leprovost, Eun-Jin Kim
To elucidate the influence of shear flow on the generation of magnetic field (the dynamo effect), we study the kinematic limit where the magnetic field does not backreact on the velocity field. By non-perturbatively incorporating the effect of shear in a helically forced turbulence, we show that turbulence intensity and turbulent transport coefficients (turb
Alexander Mitov, George Sterman, Ilmo Sung
We study two-loop anomalous dimension matrices in QCD and related gauge theories for products of Wilson lines coupled at a point. We verify by an analysis in Euclidean space that the contributions to these matrices from diagrams that link three massive Wilson lines do not vanish in general. We show, however, that for two-to-two processes the two-loop anomalo
Iain A. Brown, Juliane Behrend, Karim A. Malik
We present a formalism for spatial averaging in cosmology applicable to general spacetimes and coordinates, and allowing the easy incorporation of a wide variety of matter sources. We apply this formalism to a Friedmann-LeMaitre-Robertson-Walker universe perturbed to second-order and present the corrections to the background in an unfixed gauge. We then pres
Magnetic field delocalization and flux inversion in fractional vortices in two-component superconductors
cond-mat.supr-conEgor Babaev, Juha Jäykkä, Martin Speight
We demonstrate that, in contrast to the single-component Abrikosov vortex, in two-component superconductors vortex solutions with exponentially screened magnetic field exist only in exceptional cases: in the case of vortices carrying an integer number of flux quanta, and in a special parameter limit for half-quantum vortices. For all other parameters the vor
Comment on "Observation of a Push Force on the End Face of a Nanometer Silica Filament Exerted by Outgoing Light" [PRL 101, 243601 (2008)]
physics.opticsIver Brevik
A brief discussion is given on the recent experiment of She et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 243601 (2008), arXiv:0806.2442], in relation to the Abraham-Minkowski energy-momentum problem.
Xavier Bekaert, Euihun Joung, Jihad Mourad
Cubic couplings between a complex scalar field and a tower of symmetric tensor gauge fields of all ranks are investigated. A symmetric conserved current, bilinear in the scalar field and containing r derivatives, is provided for any rank r>0 and is related to the corresponding rigid symmetry of Klein-Gordon's Lagrangian. Following Noether's method, t
Christian Genest, Johan Segers
Conditions are given under which the empirical copula process associated with a random sample from a bivariate continuous distribution has a smaller asymptotic covariance function than the standard empirical process based on observations from the copula. Illustrations are provided and consequences for inference are outlined.
Coupling of lateral grating displacement to the output ports of a diffractive Fabry-Perot cavity
gr-qcJ. Hallam, S. Chelkowski, A. Freise, S. Hild
Diffraction gratings have been proposed as core elements in future laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. In this paper, we use a steady-state technique to derive coupling of lateral grating displacement to the output ports of a diffractive Fabry-Perot cavity. By introducing a signal to noise ratio (SNR) for each of the three cavity output ports
Rabin Banerjee, Sujoy Kumar Modak
We give a new and conceptually simple approach to obtain the first law of black hole thermodynamics from a basic thermodynamical property that entropy (S) for any stationary black hole is a state function implying that dS must be an exact differential. Using this property we obtain some conditions which are analogous to Maxwell's relations in ordinary th
Shaoxu Song, Lei Chen
The concept of matching dependencies (mds) is recently pro- posed for specifying matching rules for object identification. Similar to the functional dependencies (with conditions), mds can also be applied to various data quality applications such as violation detection. In this paper, we study the problem of discovering matching dependencies from a given dat
G. Gallavotti, E. Presutti
The relation between isoenergetic and Hamiltonian thermostats is studied and their equivalence in the thermodynamic limit is proved in space dimension $d=1,2$. v.2: W_n and x_n replace W and x where needed
Superconductivity at 17 K in (Fe2P2)(Sr4Sc2O6): a new superconducting layered pnictide oxide with a thick perovskite oxide layer
cond-mat.supr-conH. Ogino, Y. Matsumura, Y. Katsura, K. Ushiyama
A new layered oxypnictide (Fe2P2)(Sr4Sc2O6) have been synthesized by solid-state reaction. This material has an alternating layer stacking structure of anti-fluorite Fe2P2 and perovskite-based Sr4Sc2O6 oxide layers. Space group of the material is P4/nmm and lattice constants a and c are 4.016 A and 15.543 A, respectively. The interlayer Fe-Fe distance corres
Jean-Guillaume Dumas, Dominique Duval, Jean-Claude Reynaud
Most often, in a categorical semantics for a programming language, the substitution of terms is expressed by composition and finite products. However this does not deal with the order of evaluation of arguments, which may have major consequences when there are side-effects. In this paper Cartesian effect categories are introduced for solving this issue, and
Lattice Zariski k-ples of plane sextic curves and Z-splitting curves for double plane sextics
math.AGIchiro Shimada
A simple sextic is a reduced complex projective plane curve of degree 6 with only simple singularities. We introduce a notion of Z-splitting curves for the double covering of the projective plane branching along a simple sextic, and investigate lattice Zariski k-ples of simple sextics by Z-splitting curves. We define specialization of lattice types, and clas
Ferromagnetic- and superconducting-like behavior of the electrical resistance of inhomogeneous graphite flake
cond-mat.str-elJ. Barzola-Quiquia, P. Esquinazi
We have measured the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the resistivity of several micrometers long and heterogeneously thick graphite sample. The magnetoresistance results for fields applied nearly parallel to the graphene planes show both a granular superconducting behavior as well as the existence of magnetic order in the sample.
How Precisely Could We Identify WIMPs Model-Independently with Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments
hep-phManuel Drees, Chung-Lin Shan
In this talk we present data analysis methods for reconstructing the mass and couplings of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using directly future experimental data (i.e., measured recoil energies) from direct Dark Matter detection. These methods are independent of the model of Galactic halo as well as of WIMPs. The basic ideas of these methods
Well-posedness and asymptotic behavior for stochastic reaction-diffusion equations with multiplicative Poisson noise
math.PRCarlo Marinelli, Michael Röckner
We establish well-posedness in the mild sense for a class of stochastic semilinear evolution equations with a polynomially growing quasi-monotone nonlinearity and multiplicative Poisson noise. We also study existence and uniqueness of invariant measures for the associated semigroup in the Markovian case. A key role is played by a new maximal inequality for s
Kei-ichi Maeda, Nobuyoshi Ohta, Makoto Tanabe, Ryo Wakebe
We construct a fairy general family of supersymmetric solutions in time- and space-dependent backgrounds in general supergravity theories. One class of the solutions are intersecting brane solutions with factorized form of time- and space-dependent metrics, the second class are brane solutions in pp-wave backgrounds carrying spacetime-dependence, and the fin
John Davey, Amihay Hanany, Noppadol Mekareeya, Giuseppe Torri
We investigate different toric phases of 2+1 dimensional quiver gauge theories arising from M2-branes probing toric Calabi-Yau 4 folds. A brane tiling for each toric phase is presented. We apply the 'forward algorithm' to obtain the toric data of the mesonic moduli space of vacua and exhibit the equivalence between the vacua of different toric phases
Helge Øystein Maakestad
Let G be a semi simple linear algebraic group over a field of characteristic zero and let V be a finite dimensional irreducible G-module with highest weight vector v. Let P in G be the parabolic subgroup fixing v and let g=Lie(G). We get a canonical filtration of V by P-modules U^k(g)v where U^k(g) is the filtration of the universal enveloping algebra U(g).
Particle cancellation of correlations in nonrelativistic high energy asymptotics of photoeffect
quant-phE. G. Drukarev, R. H. Pratt
We investigate the total effect of correlations on photoionization of atomic shells with nonzero orbital momentum, in the nonrelativistic high energy asymptotic limit, considering the exclusive case of the dominant final state of an initial neutral atom. We find that the substantial cancellation of the dominant intra-shell carrelations, which had been report