March 2009 arXiv papers — page 48

Pierre Darancet, Valerio Olevano, Didier Mayou

We introduce a new quantum transport formalism based on a map of a real 3-dimensional lead-conductor-lead system into an effective 1-dimensional system. The resulting effective 1D theory is an in principle exact formalism to calculate the conductance. Besides being more efficient than the principal layers approach, it naturally leads to a 5-partitioned workb

J. -P. Ramis, J. Sauloy, C. Zhang

We essentially achieve Birkhoff's program for q-difference equations by giving three different descriptions of the moduli space of isoformal analytic classes. This involves an extension of Birkhoff-Guenter normal forms, q-analogues of the so-called Birkhoff-Malgrange-Sibuya theorems and a new theory of summation. The results were announced in [C. R. Math

A. G. Kofman, A. N. Korotkov

We analyze the quantum process tomography (QPT) in the presence of decoherence, focusing on distinguishing local and non-local decoherence mechanisms for a two-partite system from experimental QPT data. In particular, we consider the $\sqrt{\rm iSWAP}$ gate realized with superconducting phase qubits and calculate the QPT matrix $χ$ in the presence of several

Vasco Manquinho, Joao Marques-Silva, Jordi Planes

The Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (PBO) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) problems are natural optimization extensions of Boolean Satisfiability (SAT). In the recent past, different algorithms have been proposed for PBO and for MaxSAT, despite the existence of straightforward mappings from PBO to MaxSAT and vice-versa. This papers proposes Weighted Boolean O

The D0 Collaboration, V. M. Abazov

We report observation of the electroweak production of single top quarks in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV based on 2.3 fb^-1 of data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Using events containing an isolated electron or muon and missing transverse energy, together with jets originating from the fragmentation of b quarks, we

Alexander Rashkovskii

We look for pointwise bounds on a plurisubharmonic function near its singularity point, given the value of its generalized Lelong number with respect to a plurisubharmonic weight. To this end, an extremal problem is considered. In certain cases, the problem is solved explicitly.

William Bordeaux Montrieux

We consider quite general differential operators on the circle with a small random lower order perturbation. We embrace two points a view, the semiclassical and the high energy limits. We show (a) in the semiclassical limit, that the eigenvalues inside a subdomain of the pseudospectrum are distributed according to a Weyl law with a probability close to 1, (b

Andrew Clarke

We consider the decomposition of a compact-type symmetric space into a product of factors and show that the rank-one factors, when considered as totally geodesic submanifolds of the space, are isolated from inequivalent minimal submanifolds.

E. Pechersky, A. Yambartsev

We estimate locations of the regions of the percolation and of the non-percolation in the plane $(λ,β)$: the Poisson rate -- the inverse temperature, for interacted particle systems in finite dimension Euclidean spaces. Our results about the percolation and about the non-percolation are obtained under different assumptions. The intersection of two groups of

Lisa C. Jeffrey, Augustin-Liviu Mare

Let $(G,K)$ be a Riemannian symmetric pair of maximal rank, where $G$ is a compact simply connected Lie group and $K$ the fixed point set of an involutive automorphism $σ$. This induces an involutive automorphism $τ$ of the based loop space $Ω(G)$. There exists a maximal torus $T\subset G$ such that the canonical action of $T\times S^1$ on $Ω(G)$ is compatib

Felix Fürst, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Jörn Wilms, Peter Kretschmar

We present a detailed analysis of all archival INTEGRAL data of the accreting X-ray pulsar Vela X-1. We extracted lightcurves in several energy bands from 20 keV up to 60 keV. The lightcurves show that the source was found in very active as well as quiet states. During the active states several giant flares were detected. For these states spectra between 5 k

M. Eshaghi Gordji, R. Farrokhzad, S. A. R. Hosseinioun

Let $A$ be a Banach ternary algebra over a scalar field $\Bbb R$ or $\Bbb C$ and $X$ be a ternary Banach $A-$module. Let $σ,τ$ and $ξ$ be linear mappings on $A$, a linear mapping $D:(A,[]_A)\to (X,[]_X)$ is called a Lie ternary $(σ,τ,ξ)-$derivation, if $$D([abc]_A)=[[D(a)bc]_X]_{(σ,τ,ξ)}+[[D(b)ac]_X]_{(σ,τ,ξ)}+[[D(c)ba]_X]_{(σ,τ,ξ)},$$ for all $a,b,c\in A$,

Debamalya Banerjee, S. V. Bhat

Glass transition and relaxation of the glycerol-water binary mixture system are studied over the glycerol concentration range of 5 - 85 mol% using the highly sensitive technique of spin probe ESR. For the water rich mixture the glass transition, sensed by the spin probe, arises from the vitrified mesoscopic portion of the binary system. The concentration dep

S. K. Lander, D. I. Jones

We derive general equations for axisymmetric Newtonian MHD and use these as the basis of a code for calculating equilibrium configurations of rotating magnetised neutron stars in a stationary state. We investigate the field configurations that result from our formalism, which include purely poloidal, purely toroidal and mixed fields. For the mixed-field form

Krishnendu Gongopadhyay, Ravi S. Kulkarni

Let $\V$ be a vector space over a field $\F$. Assume that the characteristic of $\F$ is \emph{large}, i.e. $char(\F)>\dim \V$. Let $T: \V \to \V$ be an invertible linear map. We answer the following question in this paper: When does $\V$ admit a $T$-invariant non-degenerate symmetric (resp. skew-symmetric) bilinear form? We also answer the infinitesimal vers

L. S. Geng, J. Martin Camalich, M. J. Vicente Vacas

We extend an earlier study of the baryon magnetic moments in chiral perturbation theory by the explicit inclusion of the spin-3/2 decuplet resonances. We find that the corrections induced by these heavier degrees of freedom are relatively small in a covariant framework where unphysical spin-1/2 modes are removed. Consequently, implementing the leading SU(3)-

Antonella Perucca

Let G be the product of an abelian variety and a torus defined over a number field K. The aim of this paper is detecting the dependence among some given rational points of G by studying their reductions modulo all primes of K. We show that if some simple conditions on the order of the reductions of the points are satisfied then there must be a dependency rel

Ram Brustein, Merav Hadad

We show that the equations of motion of generalized theories of gravity are equivalent to the thermodynamic relation $δQ = T δS$. Our proof relies on extending previous arguments by using a more general definition of the Noether charge entropy. We have thus completed the implementation of Jacobson's proposal to express Einstein's equations as a therm

Gerard Briscoe, Alexandros Marinos

Cloud Computing is rising fast, with its data centres growing at an unprecedented rate. However, this has come with concerns of privacy, efficiency at the expense of resilience, and environmental sustainability, because of the dependence on Cloud vendors such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Community Cloud Computing makes use of the principles of Digital E

T. Eisenbeiss, M. Moualla, M. Mugrauer, S. Raetz

We have performed deep, wide-field imaging on a ~0.4 deg^2 field in the Pleiades (Melotte 22). The selected field was not yet target of a deep search for low mass stars and brown dwarfs. Our limiting magnitudes are R ~ 22mag and I ~ 20mag, sufficient to detect brown dwarf candidates down to 40MJ. We found 197 objects, whose location in the (I, R - I) color m

Michael Kunzinger, Roman O. Popovych

Various versions of the definition of nonclassical symmetries existing in the literature are analyzed. Comparing properties of Lie and nonclassical symmetries leads to the conclusion that in fact a nonclassical symmetry is not a symmetry in the usual sense. Hence the term "reduction operator" is suggested instead of the name "operator of nonclass

B. M. Rodriguez-Lara, R. Jauregui

Electromagnetic modes with parabolic-cylindrical symmetry and their dynamical variables are studied both in the classical and quantum realm. As a result, a new dynamical constant for the electromagnetic field is identified and linked to the symmetry operator which supports it.

Ralf Kuesters, Tomasz Truderung

Coercion resistance is an important and one of the most intricate security requirements of electronic voting protocols. Several definitions of coercion resistance have been proposed in the literature, including definitions based on symbolic models. However, existing definitions in such models are rather restricted in their scope and quite complex. In this pa

Mikhail Lemeshko, Bretislav Friedrich

We show that weakly-bound molecules can be probed by "shaking" in a pulsed nonresonant laser field. The field introduces a centrifugal term which expels the highest vibrational level from the potential that binds it. Our numerical simulations applied to the Rb$_2$ and KRb Feshbach molecules indicate that shaking by feasible laser pulses can be used t

Yves Colin De Verdière, Francoise Truc

We consider an open domain with a compact boundary in an Euclidean space and a Schroedinger operator with magnetic field on this domain. We give sufficient conditions on the rate of growth of the magnetic field near the boundary which guarantees essential self-adjointness of this operator. From the physical point of view, it means that the quantum particle i

F. Salvat-Pujol, E. Vives, M. L. Rosinberg

We present a numerical study of the zero-temperature response of the Gaussian random-field Ising model (RFIM) to a slowly varying external field, allowing the system to be trapped in microscopic configurations that are not fully metastable. This modification of the standard single-spin-flip dynamics results in an increase of dissipation (hysteresis) somewhat

S. Descotes-Genon, N. Offen

We study light-cone distribution amplitudes of heavy-light systems, such as a B-meson. By an explicit computation, we determine how two-parton distribution amplitudes mix with three-parton ones at one loop: ϕ_+ is shown to mix only into itself, whereas ϕ_- mixes with the difference of three-parton distribution amplitudes Ψ_A-Ψ_V. We determine the correspondi

Katarzyna Roszak, Pawel Machnikowski

We show that singlet-triplet superpositions of two-electron spin states in a double quantum dot undergo a phonon-induced pure dephasing which relies only on the tunnel coupling between the dots and on the Pauli exclusion principle. As such, this dephasing process is independent of spin-orbit coupling or hyperfine interactions. The physical mechanism behind t

Carlos Loria-Saenz

In this work, we deal with the question of modeling programming exercises for novices pointing to an e-learning scenario. Our purpose is to identify basic requirements, raise some key questions and propose potential answers from a conceptual perspective. Presented as a general picture, we hypothetically situate our work in a general context where e-learning

L. Huijse, K. Schoutens

We analyze the quantum ground state structure of a specific model of itinerant, strongly interacting lattice fermions. The interactions are tuned to make the model supersymmetric. Due to this, quantum ground states are in one-to-one correspondence with cohomology classes of the so-called independence complex of the lattice. Our main result is a complete desc

Zhi-Hui Guo, J. J. Sanz-Cillero

This article completes a former work where part of the O(p^6) low-energy constants entering in the pi pi scattering were estimated. Some resonance contributions were missed in former calculations and slight differences appeared with respect to our outcome. Here, we provide the full results for all the contributing O(p^6) couplings. We also perform a reanalys

Matteo Beccaria, Gian Fabrizio De Angelis

We apply Zeilberger summation to derive a closed formula for the wrapping correction to one-impurity states in the su(2) sector of the beta-deformed N=4 SYM theory at beta=1/2. As an application depending heavily on the result, we compute the large volume expansion of the wrapping correction.

Ivan Mirković, Simon Riche

In this paper we prove that the linear Koszul duality equivalence constructed in a previous paper provides a geometric realization of the Iwahori-Matsumoto involution of affine Hecke algebras.

Till Nattermann, Klaus Desch, Peter Wienemann, Carolin Zendler

We show how the sum of the two average tau polarisations in the decay chain chi20 -> stau1 tau -> tau tau chi10 in minimal supersymmetry with conserved R-parity can be measured at the LHC. This is accomplished by exploiting the polarisation dependence of the visible di-tau mass spectrum. Such a measurement provides information on the couplings of the involve

Przemyslaw Malkiewicz, Wlodzimierz Piechocki

We analyze classical theory of a membrane propagating in a singular background spacetime. The algebra of the first-class constraints of the system defines the membrane dynamics. A membrane winding uniformly around compact dimension of embedding spacetime is described by two constraints, which are interpreted in terms of world-sheet diffeomorhisms. The system

Robert E. Kopp, Frederik J. Simons, Adam C. Maloof, Michael Oppenheimer

The Last Interglacial (LIG) stage, with polar temperatures likely 3-5 C warmer than today, serves as a partial analogue for low-end future warming scenarios. Based upon a small set of local sea level indicators, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) inferred that LIG global sea level (GSL) was about 4-6 m higher than today. However, because lo

Lan Mi-Xiang, Li Lei, Ning Ping-Zhi

In this paper, we calculated the binding energy per baryon of the $Λ$ hypernuclei systemically, using the relativistic mean field theory (RMF) in a statistic frame. Some resemble properties are found among most of the hypernuclei found in experiments. The data show that a $Λ$ hypernucleus will be more stable, if it is composed of a $Λ$ hyperon adding to a st

Mauro Antezza, Yvan Castin

We address the general problem of the excitation spectrum for light coupled to scatterers having quantum fluctuating positions around the sites of a periodic lattice. In addition to providing an imaginary part to the spectrum, we show that these quantum fluctuations affect the real part of the spectrum, in a way that we determine analytically. Our prediction

Zhaoyong Huang, Xiaojin Zhang

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors because it has been combined with "Higher Auslander Algebras Admitting Trivial Maximal Orthogonal Subcategories" (arXiv:0903.0761) together. Please see the new version of the latter paper for the details.

Adrian Rodriguez, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello

We analyze the long-term tidal evolution of a single-planet system through the use of numerical simulations and averaged equations giving the variations of semi-major axis and eccentricity of the relative orbit. For different types of planets, we compute the variations due to the planetary and stellar tides. Then, we calculate the critical value of the eccen

Zhaoyong Huang, Xiaojin Zhang

Let $Λ$ be an Auslander's 1-Gorenstein Artinian algebra with global dimension two. If $Λ$ admits a trivial maximal 1-orthogonal subcategory of $\modΛ$, then for any indecomposable module $M \in \mod Λ$, we have that the projective dimension of $M$ is equal to one if and only if so is its injective dimension and that $M$ is injective if the projective dim

Zhaoyong Huang, Xiaojin Zhang

For an Artinian $(n-1)$-Auslander algebra $Λ$ with global dimension $n(\geq 2)$, we show that if $Λ$ admits a trivial maximal $(n-1)$-orthogonal subcategory of $\modΛ$, then $Λ$ is a Nakayama algebra and the projective or injective dimension of any indecomposable module in $\modΛ$ is at most $n-1$. As a result, for an Artinian Auslander algebra with global d

Zhi-Gang Wang

In this article, we perform a systematic study of the mass spectrum of the vector hidden charmed and bottomed tetraquark states using the QCD sum rules.

Elias Abboud

Viviani's theorem states that the sum of distances from any point inside an equilateral triangle to its sides is constant. We consider extensions of the theorem and show that any convex polygon can be divided into parallel segments such that the sum of the distances of the points to the sides on each segment is constant. A polygon possesses the CVS prope

Agung Trisetyarso, Rodney Van Meter

We present the design and evaluation of a quantum carry-lookahead adder (QCLA) using measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC), called MBQCLA. QCLA was originally designed for an abstract, concurrent architecture supporting long-distance communication, but most realistic architectures heavily constrain communication distances. The quantum carry-lookahead

S. Hesselbach, S. Moretti, S. Munir, P. Poulose

We prove the strong sensitivity of the gg --> H1 --> gamma.gamma cross section at the Large Hadron Collider on the explicitly CP-violating phases of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, where H1 is the lightest Supersymmetric Higgs boson.

François Sausset, Gilles Tarjus, Pascal Viot

We provide a consistent statistical-mechanical treatment for describing the thermodynamics and the structure of fluids embedded in the hyperbolic plane. In particular, we derive a generalization of the virial equation relating the bulk thermodynamic pressure to the pair correlation function and we develop the appropriate setting for extending the integral-eq

Gohar M. Kyureghyan

We describe several families of permutation polynomials obtained using functions with linear translators.

Amitabha Bagchi, Adit Madan, Achal Premi

We introduce hierarchical neighbor graphs, a new architecture for connecting ad hoc wireless nodes distributed in a plane. The structure has the flavor of hierarchical clustering and requires only local knowledge and minimal computation at each node to be formed and repaired. Hence, it is a suitable interconnection model for an ad hoc wireless sensor network

K. Ziegler

In this paper we study the effect of a fluctuating gap in mono- and bilayer graphene, created by a random staggered potential. We identify a continuous symmetry for the two-particle Green's function which is spontaneously broken in the average two-particle Green's function and leads to a massless fermion mode. Within a loop expansion it is shown that

V. V. Gvaramadze, A. Gualandris, S. Portegies Zwart

We explore the hypothesis that some high-velocity runaway stars attain their peculiar velocities in the course of exchange encounters between hard massive binaries and a very massive star (either an ordinary 50-100 Msun star or a more massive one, formed through runaway mergers of ordinary stars in the core of a young massive star cluster). In this process,

Robbert Dijkgraaf, Domenico Orlando, Susanne Reffert

This note aims to subsume several apparently unrelated models under a common framework. Several examples of well-known quantum field theories are listed which are connected via stochastic quantization. We highlight the fact that the quantization method used to obtain the quantum crystal is a discrete analog of stochastic quantization. This model is of intere

Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya, Somasri Sen, Soumitra SenGupta

We consider a string-inspired torsion-dilaton-gravity action in a Randall-Sundrum brane world scenario and show that, in an effective four-dimensional theory on the visible brane, the rank-2 antisymmetric Kalb-Ramond field (source of torsion) is exponentially suppressed. The result is similar to our earlier result in [12], where no dilaton was present in the

A. Alberti, G. Ferrari, V. V. Ivanov, M. L. Chiofalo

We report on the realization of dynamical control of transport for ultra-cold Sr88 atoms loaded in an accelerated and amplitude-modulated 1D optical lattice. We tailor the energy dispersion of traveling wave packets and reversibly switch between Wannier-Stark localization and driven transport based on coherent tunneling. Within a Loschmidt-echo scheme where

L. G. Hou, J. L. Han, W. B. Shi

The spiral structure of our Milky Way Galaxy is not yet known. HII regions and giant molecular clouds are the most prominent spiral tracers. We collected the spiral tracer data of our Milky Way from the literature, namely, HII regions and giant molecular clouds (GMCs). With weighting factors based on the excitation parameters of HII regions or the masses of

Thorsten Weist

By a result of Klyachko the Euler characteristic of moduli spaces of stable bundles of rank two on the projective plane is determined. Using similar methods we extend this result to bundles of rank three. The fixed point components correspond to moduli spaces of the subspace quiver. Moreover, the stability condition is given by a certain system of linear ine

P. P. Avelino

In this paper we study the impact of the fractional matter density uncertainty in the reconstruction of the equation of state of dark energy. We consider both standard reconstruction methods, based on the dynamical effect that dark energy has on the expansion of the Universe, as well as non-standard methods, in which the evolution of the dark energy equation

Xiaobo Dong, Jianguo Wang, Tinggui Wang, Huiyuan Wang

We have conducted a systematic investigation of the origin and underlying physics of the line--line and line--continuum correlations of AGNs, particularly the Baldwin effect. Based on the homogeneous sample of Seyfert 1s and QSOs in the SDSS DR4, we find the origin of all the emission-line regularities is Eddington ratio (L/Ledd). The essential physics is th

Eric Gimon, Finn Larsen, Joan Simon

We interpret extremal non-BPS black holes in four dimensions as threshold bound states of four 1/2-BPS constituents. We verify the no-force condition for each of the primitive constituents in the probe approximation. Our computations are for a seed solution with $\bar{D0}-D4$ charges and equal $B$-fields, but symmetries extend the result to any U-dual frame.

Zhao Liu, Heng Fan

We investigate the decay of entanglement of a generalized N-qudit GHZ state, with each qudit passing through independently in a quantum noisy channel. By studying the time at which the entanglement completely vanishes and the time at which the entanglement becomes arbitrarily small, we try to find how the robustness of entanglement is influenced by dimension

Metod Saniga, Richard M. Green, Peter Levay, Petr Pracna

It is shown that the Veldkamp space of the unique generalized quadrangle GQ(2,4) is isomorphic to PG(5,2). Since the GQ(2,4) features only two kinds of geometric hyperplanes, namely point's perp-sets and GQ(2,2)s, the 63 points of PG(5,2) split into two families; 27 being represented by perp-sets and 36 by GQ(2,2)s. The 651 lines of PG(5,2) are found to

Kisik Kim, Jaewan Kim, Joonwoo Bae

Non-classical states that are characterized by their non-positive quasi-probabilities in phase space are known to be the basis for various quantum effects. In this work, we investigate the interrelation between the non-classicality and entanglement, and then characterize the non-classicality that precisely corresponds to entanglement. The results naturally f

Alberto Castro, Esa Rasanen, Carlo Andrea Rozzi

We present a reciprocal space technique for the calculation of the Coulomb integral in two dimensions in systems with reduced periodicity, i.e., finite systems, or systems that are periodic only in one dimension. The technique consists in cutting off the long-range part of the interaction by modifying the expression for the Coulomb operator in reciprocal spa

Byungjoon Min, K. -I. Goh, I. -M. Kim

We study the dynamics of priority-queue networks, generalizations of the binary interacting priority queue model introduced by Oliveira and Vazquez [Physica A {\bf 388}, 187 (2009)]. We found that the original AND-type protocol for interacting tasks is not scalable for the queue networks with loops because the dynamics becomes frozen due to the priority conf

K. Cieliebak, U. Frauenfelder, G. P. Paternain

We study the dynamics and symplectic topology of energy hypersurfaces of mechanical Hamiltonians on twisted cotangent bundles. We pay particular attention to periodic orbits, displaceability, stability and the contact type property, and the changes that occur at the Mane critical value c. Our main tool is Rabinowitz Floer homology. We show that it is defined

Li Yu

It is shown that if a real value PL-invariant of closed combinatorial manifolds admits a local formula that depends only on the f-vector of the link of each vertex, then the invariant must be a constant times the Euler characteristic.

Benoît Jubin

We state and prove a generalization of the Poincaré-Hopf index theorem for manifolds with boundary. We then apply this result to non-vanishing complex vector fields.

Megan Owen

We present two algorithms for computing the geodesic distance between phylogenetic trees in tree space, as introduced by Billera, Holmes, and Vogtmann (2001). We show that the possible combinatorial types of shortest paths between two trees can be compactly represented by a partially ordered set. We calculate the shortest distance along each candidate path b

Kamiokande Collaboration, E. Thrane

We perform a search for neutrinos coincident with GRB 080319B, the brightest GRB observed to date, in a +/- 1,000 s window. No statistically significant coincidences were observed and we thereby obtain an upper limit on the fluence of neutrino-induced muons from this source. From this we apply reasonable assumptions to derive a limit on neutrino fluence from

A. Abdollahi, H. Khosravi

In this paper we study left and right 4-Engel elements of a group. In particular, we prove that $<a, a^b>$ is nilpotent of class at most 4, whenever $a$ is any element and $b^{\pm 1}$ are right 4-Engel elements or $a^{\pm 1}$ are left 4-Engel elements and $b$ is an arbitrary element of $G$. Furthermore we prove that for any prime $p$ and any element $a$ of f

Luca Placidi, Ralf Greve, Hakime Seddik, Sergio H. Faria

A complete theoretical presentation of the Continuum-mechanical, Anisotropic Flow model, based on an anisotropic Flow Enhancement factor (CAFFE model) is given. The CAFFE model is an application of the theory of mixtures with continuous diversity for the case of large polar ice masses in which induced anisotropy occurs. The anisotropic response of the polycr

Shi Zhou, Ingemar J. Cox, Lars K. Hansen

In a social network, the number of links of a node, or node degree, is often assumed as a proxy for the node&#39;s importance or prominence within the network. It is known that social networks exhibit the (first-order) assortative mixing, i.e. if two nodes are connected, they tend to have similar node degrees, suggesting that people tend to mix with those of

Vladimir G. Ivancevic

We propose a new cognitive framework for option price modelling, using quantum neural computation formalism. Briefly, when we apply a classical nonlinear neural-network learning to a linear quantum Schrödinger equation, as a result we get a nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS), performing as a quantum stochastic filter. In this paper, we present a bidirectio

Shoetsu Ogata

We show that a nef and big line bundle whose adjoint bundle has non-zero global sections on a nonsingular toric weak Fano 3-fold is normally generated. As a consequence, we see that all ample line bundles on a nonsingular toric weak Fano 3-fold are normally generated. We also show that an ample line bundle whose adjoint bundle has non-zero global sections on

Kamiokande Collaboration, H. Nishino, S. Clark

We have searched for proton decays via p -> e^+ pi^0 and p -> mu^+ pi^0 using data from a 91.7 kiloton year exposure of Super-Kamiokande-I and a 49.2 kiloton year exposure of Super-Kamiokande-II. No candidate events were observed with expected backgrounds induced by atmospheric neutrinos of 0.3 events for each decay mode. From these results, we set lower lim

Matt Krems, Michael Zwolak, Yuriy V. Pershin, Massimiliano Di Ventra

Previous theoretical studies have shown that measuring the transverse current across DNA strands while they translocate through a nanopore or channel may provide a statistically distinguishable signature of the DNA bases, and may thus allow for rapid DNA sequencing. However, fluctuations of the environment, such as ionic and DNA motion, introduce important s

Alicia A. Johnson, Galin L. Jones, Ronald C. Neath

It is common practice in Markov chain Monte Carlo to update the simulation one variable (or sub-block of variables) at a time, rather than conduct a single full-dimensional update. When it is possible to draw from each full-conditional distribution associated with the target this is just a Gibbs sampler. Often at least one of the Gibbs updates is replaced wi

T. Csorgo

Critical opalescence is a characteristic experimental signature of a second order phase transition in solid state physics. A new, experimentally accessible measure of opacity and of attenuation length in heavy ion reactions is suggested, as a combination of HBT radii and nuclear modification factors. This opacity is maximal when $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$, the system s

Arvind Rajaraman, Yuri Shirman, Joseph Smidt, Felix Yu

We study a subspace of General Gauge Mediation (GGM) models which generalize models of gauge mediation. We find superpartner spectra that are markedly different from those of typical gauge and gaugino mediation scenarios. While typical gauge mediation predictions of either a neutralino or stau next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) are easily reprod

Stephen J. Minter, Kirk Wegter-McNelly, Raymond Y. Chiao

Thin superconducting films are predicted to be highly reflective mirrors for gravitational waves at microwave frequencies. The quantum mechanical non-localizability of the negatively charged Cooper pairs, which is protected from the localizing effect of decoherence by an energy gap, causes the pairs to undergo non-picturable, non-geodesic motion in the prese

B. Scott Gaudi, J. -P. Beaulieu, David P. Bennett, Ian A. Bond

In the currently-favored paradigm of planet formation, the location of the snow line in the protoplanetary disk plays a crucial role. Determining the demographics of planets beyond the snow line of stars of various masses is thus essential for testing this model. Microlensing is sensitive to planets that are generally inaccessible to other methods, and in pa

S. Wuenschel, K. Hagel, L. W. May, R. Wada

Interest in the influence of the neutron-to-proton (N/Z) ratio on multifragmenting nuclei has demanded an improvement in the capabilities of multi-detector arrays as well as the companion analysis methods. The particle identification method used in the NIMROD-ISiS 4 $π$ array is described. Performance of the detectors and the analysis method are presented fo

B. L. Hu

Emergent gravity views spacetime as an entity emergent from a more complete theory of interacting fundamental constituents valid at much finer resolution or higher energies, usually assumed to be above the Planck energy. In this view general relativity is an effective theory valid only at long wavelengths and low energies. For any presumed known theory for t

N. V. Krylov

We present several results on the smoothness in $L_{p}$ sense of filtering densities under the Lipschitz continuity assumption on the coefficients of a partially observable diffusion processes. We obtain them by rewriting in divergence form filtering equation which are usually considered in terms of formally adjoint to operators in nondivergence form.

Martin Dunn, W. Blake Laing, Derrick Toth, Deborah K. Watson

The resources required to solve the general interacting quantum N-body problem scale exponentially with N, making the solution of this problem very difficult when N is large. In a previous series of papers we develop an approach for a fully-interacting wave function with a general two-body interaction which tames the N-scaling by developing a perturbation se

A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. DeTar, W. Freeman

We report on recent progress in employing the Highly Improved Staggered Quark (HISQ) action introduced by the HPQCD/UKQCD collaboration in simulations with dynamical fermions. The HISQ action is an order $a^2$ Symanzik-improved action with further suppressed taste symmetry violations. The improvement in taste symmetry is achieved by introducing Fat7 smearing

J. Lazio, T. Bastian, G. Bryden, W. M. Farrell

The magnetospheric emissions from extrasolar planets represent a science frontier for the next decade. All of the solar system giant planets and the Earth produce radio emissions as a result of interactions between their magnetic fields and the solar wind. In the case of the Earth, its magnetic field may contribute to its habitability by protecting its atmos

Samuel Arbesman, Steven H. Strogatz, Michael S. Vitevitch

The network characteristics based on the phonological similarities in the lexicons of several languages were examined. These languages differed widely in their history and linguistic structure, but commonalities in the network characteristics were observed. These networks were also found to be different from other networks studied in the literature. The prop

J. C. Carvalho, J. D. Jr. do Nascimento, R. Silva, J. R. De Medeiros

In this letter we study the observed distributions of rotational velocity in a sample of more than 16,000 nearby F and G dwarf stars, magnitude complete and presenting high precision $Vsin i$ measurements. We show that the velocity distributions cannot be fitted by a maxwellian. On the other hand, an analysis based on both Tsallis and Kaniadakis power-law st

Robert R. Caldwell, Marc Kamionkowski

The discovery that the cosmic expansion is accelerating has been followed by an intense theoretical and experimental response in physics and astronomy. The discovery implies that our most basic notions about how gravity work are violated on cosmological distance scales. One simple fix is the introduction of a cosmological constant into the field equations fo

N. P. H. Nesvadba, R. Neri, C. De Breuck, M. D. Lehnert

We report the detection of luminous CO(3-2) line emission in the halo of the z=2.6 radio galaxy (HzRG) TXS0828+193, which has no detected counterpart at optical to mid-infrared wavelengths implying a stellar mass < few x10^9 M_sun and relatively low star-formation rates. With the IRAM PdBI we find two CO emission line components at the same position at ~80 k

Yossi Farjoun, John C. Neu

We solve the standard Lifshitz-Slyozov (LS) model with conservation of total particles in the limit of small super-saturation. The new element is an effective initial condition that follows from the initial exhaustion of nucleation as described in a previous paper [Farjoun and Neu, Phys. Rev. E 78]. The effective initial condition is characterized by a narro

W. C. Fraser, M. E. Brown

We present here HST NICMOS F110W and F160W observations of Haumea, and its two satellites Hi&#39;iaka and Namaka. From the measured (F110W-F160W) colours of -1.209 +/-0.004, -1.48 +/- 0.06, and -1.4 +/- 0.2 mag for each object, respectively, we infer that the 1.6 imcron water-ice absorption feature depths on Hi&#39;iaka and Namaka are at least as deep as tha

Hung-I Pai, Chih-Yuan Tseng, H. C. Lee

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) provides dynamic spatial-temporal insight of neural activities in the cortex. Because the number of possible sources is far greater than the number of MEG detectors, the proposition to localize sources directly from MEG data is notoriously ill-posed. Here we develop an approach based on data processing procedures including cluste

Marshall D. Perrin, William D. Vacca, James R. Graham

MWC 778 is an unusual and little-studied young stellar object located in the IC 2144 nebula. Recent spectroscopy by Herbig and Vacca (2008) suggested the presence of an edge-on circumstellar disk around it. We present near-infrared adaptive optics imaging polarimetry and mid-infrared imaging which directly confirm the suspected nearly-edge-on disk around MWC

Ansgar Reiners, Gibor Basri, Ulrich R. Christensen

We have measured the surface magnetic flux on four accreting young brown dwarfs and one non-accreting young very low-mass star utilizing high resolution spectra of absorption lines of the FeH molecule. A magnetic field of 1-2 kG had been proposed for one of the brown dwarfs, 2MASS J1207334$-$393254, because of its similarities to higher mass T Tauri stars as

Mladen Georgiev

Four basic processes are envisioned, among them migration (diffusion), local rotation (reorientation), isothermic chemical reactions and nucleation. All of them are unified by a common approach to the barrier currents that has been suggested as far back as 1961 by John Bardeen and then extended by Stefan Christov some ten years later. By introducing the resp

G. Pietrzynski, I. Thompson, D. Graczyk, W. Gieren

We have analyzed the double-lined eclipsing binary system OGLE-051019.64-685812.3 in the LMC which consists of two G4 giant components with very similar effective temperatures. A detailed analysis of the OGLE I-band light curve of the system, radial velocity curves for both components derived from high-resolution spectra, and near-infrared magnitudes of the

Antonio Avilés

We prove that there exist weakly countably determined spaces of complexity higher than coanalytic. On the other hand, we also show that coanalytic sets can be characterized by the existence of a cofinal adequate family of closed sets. Therefore the Banach spaces constructed by means of these families have at most coanalytic complexity.

Pavel Lougovski, S. J. van Enk, Kyung Soo Choi, Scott B. Papp

We construct a method for verifying mode entanglement of N-mode W states. The ideal W state contains exactly one excitation symmetrically shared between N modes, but our method takes the existence of higher numbers of excitations into account, as well as the vacuum state and other deviations from the ideal state. Moreover, our method distinguishes between fu