April 2009 arXiv papers — page 25

Pascal Lefèvre, Daniel Li, Hervé Queffélec, Luis Rodriguez-Piazza

We show that the maximal Nevanlinna counting function and the Carleson function of analytic self-maps of the unit disk are equivalent, up to constants.

T. M. Aliev, K. Azizi, M. Savci

The electric quadrupole and magnetic octupole moments of the light decuplet baryons are calculated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules. The obtained non-vanishing values for the electric quadrupole and magnetic octupole moments of these baryons show nonspherical charge distribution. The sign of electric quadrupole moment is positive for $Ω^-$, $

Takayoshi Ootsuka, Erico Tanaka

A new definition for the path integral is proposed in terms of Finsler geometry. The conventional Feynman's scheme for quantisation by Lagrangian formalism suffers problems due to the lack of geometrical structure of the configuration space where the path integral is defined. We propose that, by implementing the Feynman's path integral on an extended

M. K. Volkov, E. A. Kuraev, Yu. M. Bystritskiy

The two-photon decay widths of scalar mesons \sigma(600), f_0(980) and a_0(980) as well a_0 -> \rho(\omega)\gamma and f_0 -> \rho(\omega)\gamma are calculated in the framework of the local Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The contributions of the quark loops (Hartree-Fock approximation) and the meson loops (next 1/Nc -approximation where Nc is the number of colors)

P. A. Varotsos, N. V. Sarlis, E. S. Skordas

Magnetic field variations are detected before rupture in the form of `spikes' of alternating sign. The distinction of these `spikes' from random noise is of major practical importance, since it is easier to conduct magnetic field measurements than electric field ones. Applying detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA), these `spikes' look to be random

Alex Bartel

Let F/k be a Galois extension of number fields with dihedral Galois group of order 2q, where q is an odd integer. We express a certain quotient of S-class numbers of intermediate fields, arising from Brauer-Kuroda relations, as a unit index. Our formula is valid for arbitrary extensions with Galois group D_{2q} and for arbitrary Galois-stable sets of primes

Matteo Beccaria, Guido Macorini

We consider twist-1, 2 operators in planar N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons ABJM theory. We derive higher order anomalous dimensions from integrability and test various QCD-inspired predictions known to hold in N=4 SYM. In particular, we show that the asymptotic anomalous dimensions display intriguing remnants of Gribov-Lipatov reciprocity and Low-Burnett-Kro

Barbara De Lotto

The MAGIC telescope, with its 17-m diameter mirror, is currently the largest single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope. It is located on the Canary Island of La Palma, at an altitude of 2200 m above sea level, and is operating since 2004. The accessible energy range is in the very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray domain, and roughly 40% of the duty c

Jie-Qiao Liao, H. Dong, C. P. Sun

The long time accumulation of the \textit{random} actions of a single particle "reservoir" on its coupled system can transfer some temperature information of its initial state to the coupled system. This dynamic process can be referred to as a quantum thermalization in the sense that the coupled system can reach a stable thermal equilibrium with a te

Jacques Féjoz, Mauricio Garay

We give an infinitesimal criterion, in the analytic setting, for a vector space to be locally homogeneous under some group action. Our approach differs from those which resort to an inverse function theorem (e.g. those of Moser, Zehnder or Sergeraert), because we use the underlying group structure in an essential way. In particular, this allows to replace th

Nicolas Mercadier, William Guerin, Martine Chevrollier, Robin Kaiser

Properties of random and fluctuating systems are often studied through the use of Gaussian distributions. However, in a number of situations, rare events have drastic consequences, which can not be explained by Gaussian statistics. Considerable efforts have thus been devoted to the study of non Gaussian fluctuations such as Lévy statistics, generalizing the

Marc Mezzarobba, Bruno Salvy

We describe an algorithm that takes as input a complex sequence $(u_n)$ given by a linear recurrence relation with polynomial coefficients along with initial values, and outputs a simple explicit upper bound $(v_n)$ such that $|u_n| \leq v_n$ for all $n$. Generically, the bound is tight, in the sense that its asymptotic behaviour matches that of $u_n$. We di

Wan-Lei Guo, Xin Zhang

We investigate the dark matter annihilation in the brane-world and quintessence scenarios, in which the modified cosmological expansion rate can enhance the thermal relic density of dark matter. According to the observed dark matter abundance, we constrain the thermally averaged annihilation cross section <σv> in these two scenarios. In addition, the big ban

Markus Abel, Karsten Ahnert, Steffen Bergweiler

Sound generation and -interaction is highly complex, nonlinear and self-organized. Already 150 years ago Lord Rayleigh raised the following problem: Two nearby organ pipes of different fundamental frequencies sound together almost inaudibly with identical pitch. This effect is now understood qualitatively by modern synchronization theory (M. Abel et al., J.

Kazunobu Maruyoshi

We construct N=1 A-D-E quiver gauge theory with the gauge kinetic term which depends on the adjoint chiral superfields, as a low energy effective theory on D5-branes wrapped on 2-cycles of Calabi-Yau 3-fold in IIB string theory. The field-dependent gauge kinetic term can be engineered by introducing B-field which holomorphically varies on the base space (com

Takahiro Morimoto, Yasuhiro Hatsugai, Hideo Aoki

We have revealed from a numerical study that the optical Hall conductivity $σ_{xy}(ω)$ has a characteristic feature even in the ac ($\sim$ THz) regime in that the Hall plateaus are retained both in the ordinary two-dimensional electron gas and in graphene in the quantum Hall (QHE) regime, although the plateau height is no longer quantized in ac. In graphene

K. Atazadeh, A. M. Ghezelbash, H. R. Sepangi

In the standard picture of cosmology it is predicted that a phase transition, associated with chiral symmetry breaking after the electroweak transition, has occurred at approximately 10 μseconds after the Big Bang to convert a plasma of free quarks and gluons into hadrons. We consider the quark-hadron phase transition in a DGP brane world scenario within an

Mohammed Lemou, Florian Mehats, Pierre Raphael

We consider the three dimensional gravitational Vlasov Poisson system which describes the mechanical state of a stellar system subject to its own gravity. A well-known conjecture in astrophysics is that the steady state solutions which are nonincreasing functions of their microscopic energy are nonlinearly stable by the flow. This was proved at the linear le

Pierre Dehornoy

This article is a survey on Lorenz knots. We describe the original construction, prove several classical properties, in particular the fact that the closure of a positive braid is a fibered knot, and describe Ghys&#39;correspondance between modular knots and Lorenz knots. We also prove two new properties, namely that following Ghys&#39; correspondance, the i

Sandeep Bhargava, Yun Gao

We study intersection matrix algebras im(A^d) that arise from affinizing a Cartan matrix A of type B_r with d arbitrary long roots in the root system $Δ_{B_r}$, where $r \geq 3$. We show that im(A^d) is isomorphic to the universal covering algebra of $so_{2r+1}(a,η,C,χ)$, where $a$ is an associative algebra with involution $η$, and $C$ is an $a$-module with

Valentin Blomer, Gergely Harcos

We prove a Burgess-like subconvex bound for twisted L-functions of a fixed irreducible cuspidal automorphic representation of GL(2) over a totally real number field. The proof is based on a spectral decomposition of shifted convolution sums and a generalized Kuznetsov formula.

Jon Pumplin

The analysis of data sometimes requires fitting many free parameters in a theory to a large number of data points. Questions naturally arise about the compatibility of specific subsets of the data, such as those from a particular experiment or those based on a particular technique, with the rest of the data. Questions also arise about which theory parameters

Jon Pumplin, J. Huston, H. L. Lai, P. M. Nadolsky

Inclusive jet production data are important for constraining the gluon distribution in the global QCD analysis of parton distribution functions. With the addition of recent CDF and D0 Run II jet data, we study a number of issues that play a role in determining the up-to-date gluon distribution and its uncertainty, and produce a new set of parton distribution

Vyacheslav M. Abramov

In this article statistical bounds for certain output characteristics of the $M/GI/1/n$ and $GI/M/1/n$ loss queueing systems are derived on the basis of large samples of an input characteristic of these systems, such as service time in the $M/GI/1/n$ queueing system or interarrival time in the $GI/M/1/n$ queueing system. The analysis of this article is based

H. R. Zhang, Y. B. Gao, Z. R. Gong, C. P. Sun

We propose a quantum storage scheme independent of the current time-control schemes, and study a &#34;quantum data bus&#34; (transmission line resonator) in a hybrid system consisting of a circuit QED system integrated with a cold molecular ensemble. Here, an effective interaction between charge qubit and molecule is mediated by the off-resonate field in the

O. Kharlampovich, A. Myasnikov

In this paper we describe finitely generated groups $H$ universally equivalent (with constants from $G$ in the language) to a given torsion-free relatively hyperbolic group $G$ with free abelian parabolics. It turns out that, as in the free group case, the group $H$ embeds into the Lyndon&#39;s completion $G^{\mathbb{Z}[t]}$ of the group $G$, or, equivalentl

Raphael Bousso, I-Sheng Yang

We prove that the light-cone time cut-off on the multiverse defines the same probabilities as a causal patch with initial conditions in the longest-lived metastable vacuum. This establishes the complete equivalence of two measures of eternal inflation which naively appear very different (though both are motivated by holography). The duality can be traced to

J. Matthew D. Lane, Ahmed E. Ismail, Michael Chandross, Christian D. Lorenz

To prevent the flocculation and phase separation of nanoparticles in solution, nanoparticles are often functionalized with short chain surfactants. Here we present fully-atomistic molecular dynamics simulations which characterize how these functional coatings affect the interactions between nanoparticles and with the surrounding solvent. For 5 nm diameter si

F. I. Arunaye

Ermakov systems have attracted enormous treatments in recent times particularly in symmetry analysis. In this paper we consider three classes of the Ermakov systems by using a simple algebraic reduction process with imposed conditions on the magnitude of the angular momentum of each system class to obtain new generalized symmetries. We note that this imposed

M. Bertola, M. Gekhtman, J. Szmigielski

The paper investigates the properties of certain biorthogonal polynomials appearing in a specific simultaneous Hermite-Pade&#39; approximation scheme. Associated to any totally positive kernel and a pair of positive measures on the positive axis we define biorthogonal polynomials and prove that their zeroes are simple and positive. We then specialize the ker

Alicia Dickenstein, Enrique A. Tobis

Let G=(V,E) be a graph and d a positive integer. We study the following problem: for which labelings f_E: E \to Z_d is there a labeling f_V:V \to Z_d such that f_E(i,j) = f_V(i) + f_V(j) (mod d), for every edge (i,j) in E? We also explore the connections of the equivalent multiplicative version to toric ideals. We derive a polynomial algorithm to answer thes

J. J. Lunazzi

The capability of color encoding the continuous sequence of views from a scene was demonstrated previously by the author (1990). In the present work, the scheme for this process is shown where white light from a black and white object is diffracted at a diffraction grating and then photographed on colour film. Two rays of different wavelengths reaching the p

M. Lach-hab, S. Yang, I. Vaisman, E. Blaisten-Barojas

In this work the framework type was assigned to 1370 zeolite crystals included in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database.

Mark Levene, Trevor Fenner

We describe a preliminary investigation into learning a Chess player&#39;s style from game records. The method is based on attempting to learn features of a player&#39;s individual evaluation function using the method of temporal differences, with the aid of a conventional Chess engine architecture. Some encouraging results were obtained in learning the styl

Steven T. Myers

Looking ahead to the next decade and imagining the landscape of astronomy in 2020, it is clear that astronomical surveys, large and small, plus extensive follow-up projects, will be a great engine of progress in our profession. Surveys have long had a critical role in astronomy, and in the coming decades will be even more central as we probe deeper into the

A. G. Lebed

We suggest a theory of the Field-Induced Charge-Density-Wave (FICDW) phases, generated by high magnetic fields in quasi-low-dimensional conductors. We demonstrate that, in layered quasi-one-dimensional conductors, the corresponding critical magnetic fields ratios are universal and do not depend on any fitting parameter. In particular, we find that $H_1/H_0 =

Ganpathy Murthy

The Hamiltonian Theory of the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) regime provides a simple and tractable approach to calculating gaps, polarizations, and many other physical quantities. In this paper we include disorder in our treatment, and show that a simple model with minimal assumptions produces results consistent with a range of experiments. In particular, th

Khadija EL Bouchefry

With the goal of investigating the nature and the environment of the faint radio sources (at mJy level), here are presented results of X-ray dentifications of Faint Imaging Radio Survey at Twenty centimetres (FIRST) in the 9 square degrees Bootes field of the NOAO Deep Wide Field Survey (NDWFS), using data from the Chandra XBootes survey. A total of 92 (10%)

Brice Djeumou, Elena Veronica Belmega, Samson Lasaulce

We analyze the performance of a system composed of two interfering point-to-point links where the transmitters can exploit a common relay to improve their individual transmission rate. When the relay uses the amplify-and-forward protocol we prove that it is not always optimal (in some sense defined later on) to exploit all the relay transmit power and derive

J. A. Manzano Lizcano, S. A. Jaramillo Florez

Indoor multpropagation channel is modeled by the Kaiser electromagnetic wavelet. A method for channel characterization is proposed by modeling all the reflections of indoor propagation in a kernel function instead of its impulse response. This lead us to consider a fractal modulation scheme in which Kaiser wavelets substitute the traditional sinusoidal carri

Justin D. Finke, Soebur Razzaque

The extragalactic background light (EBL) from the infrared to the ultraviolet is difficult to measure directly, but can be constrained with a variety of methods. EBL photons absorb gamma-rays from distant blazars, allowing one to use blazar spectra from atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (ACTs) to put upper limits on the EBL by assuming a blazar source spectru

Jared C. Bronski, Zoi Rapti

In this paper we consider a Schrodinger eigenvalue problem with a potential consisting of a periodic part together with a compactly supported defect potential. Such problems arise as models in condensed matter to describe color in crystals as well as in engineering to describe optical photonic structures. We are interested in studying the existence of point

Jiying Li, Wei Tian, Ying Chen, Jerel L. Zarestky

Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies reveal details of the antiferromagnetic tansition and intriguing spin-dynamics in the magneto-electric effect single crystal LiMnPO$_4$. The elastic scattering studies confirm the system is antiferromagnetic (AFM) below $T_N$=33.75 K with local magnetic moments (Mn$^{2+}$; $S = 5/2$) that are aligned along the

Slawomir Dinew

It is proved that solutions of the complex Monge-Ampère equation on compact Kähler manifolds with right hand side in $L^p, p>1$ are uniformly Hölder continuous under the assumption on non-negative orthogonal bisectional curvature.

Anna Adamaszek, Artur Czumaj, Andrzej Lingas

Let P be a set of n points in the Euclidean plane and let O be the origin point in the plane. In the k-tour cover problem (called frequently the capacitated vehicle routing problem), the goal is to minimize the total length of tours that cover all points in P, such that each tour starts and ends in O and covers at most k points from P. The k-tour cover probl

G. D. Scott, Z. K. Keane, J. W. Ciszek, J. M. Tour

Scaling laws and universality are often associated with systems exhibiting emergent phenomena possessing a characteristic energy scale. We report nonequilibrium transport measurements on two different types of single-molecule transistor (SMT) devices in the Kondo regime. The conductance at low bias and temperature adheres to a scaling function characterized

Peter K. G. Williams, Eric Huff, Holly Maness, Maryam Modjaz

While both society and astronomy have evolved greatly over the past fifty years, the academic institutions and incentives that shape our field have remained largely stagnant. As a result, the astronomical community is faced with several major challenges, including: (1) the training that we provide does not align with the skills that future astronomers will n

Hideki Takami, Miwa Goto, Wolfgang Gaessler, Yutaka Hayano

We present new measurements of the diameter of o Cet (Mira) as a function of wavelength in the 2.2 micron atmospheric window using the adaptive optics system and the infrared camera and spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope. We found that the angular size of the star at the wavelengths of CO and H2O absorption lines were up to twice as large as the co

Stephen D. J. Gwyn

This paper describes the MegaPipe image processing pipeline at the Canadian Astronomical Data Centre (CADC). The pipeline takes multiple images from the MegaCam mosaic camera on CFHT and combines them into a single output image. MegaPipe takes as input detrended MegaCam images and does a careful astrometric and photometric calibration on them. The calibrated

Limin Xiao, Bradley E. Schaefer

A sample of 18 long-lag (tau_{lag} > 1 s) Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) has been drawn from our catalog of all Swift long GRBs. Four different tests are done on this sample to test the prediction that a large fraction of long-lag GRBs are from our Local Supercluster. The results of these four tests come out that: (1) the distribution of these GRBs shows no tendenc

David M. Kipping

In our previous paper, we evaluated the transit duration variation (TDV) effect for a co-aligned planet-moon system at an orbital inclination of i=90 degrees. Here, we will consider the effect for the more general case of i <= 90 degrees and an exomoon inclined from the planet-star plane by Euler rotation angles $α$, $β$ and $γ$. We find that the TDV signal

T. Chinburg, G. Pappas, M. Taylor

We study the K-group K_1 of the group ring of a finite group over a coefficient ring which is p-adically complete and admits a lift of Frobenius. In this paper, we consider the image of K_1 under the determinant map; the central tool is the group logarithm which we can define using the Frobenius lift. Using this we prove a fixed point theorem for the determi

Aubin Arroyo, Enrique R. Pujals

We prove that C^1-robustly transitive diffeomorphisms on surfaces with boundary do not exist, and we exhibit a class of diffeomorphisms of surfaces with boundary which are C^k-robustly transitive, with k greater or equal than 2. This class of diffeomorphisms are examples where a version of Palis&#39; conjecture on surfaces with boundary, about homoclinic tan

Yong Zhang

Galois rings are regarded as &#34;building blocks&#34; of a finite commutative ring with identity. There have been many papers on classical error correction codes over Galois rings published. As an important warm-up before exploring quantum algorithms and quantum error correction codes over Galois rings, we study the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) over Galo

Naureen Goheer, Rituparno Goswami, Peter K. S. Dunsby, Kishore Ananda

Working within the theory of modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity, we show that FLRW--like power--law solutions only exist for a very special class of f(G)theories. Furthermore, we point out that any transition from decelerated to accelerated expansion must pass through G=0, and no function f(G) that is differentiable at this point can admit both a decelerating pow

Daniel Gottesman

Quantum states are very delicate, so it is likely some sort of quantum error correction will be necessary to build reliable quantum computers. The theory of quantum error-correcting codes has some close ties to and some striking differences from the theory of classical error-correcting codes. Many quantum codes can be described in terms of the stabilizer of

Peter Kratzer

This article reviews the basic computational techniques for carrying out multi-scale simulations using statistical methods, with the focus on simulations of epitaxial growth. First, the statistical-physics background behind Monte Carlo simulations is briefly described. The kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) method is introduced as an extension of the more wide-spread

Ivan Calvo, Benjamin A. Carreras, Luis Garcia, M. A. Pedrosa

A theoretical interpretation is given for the observed long-distance correlations in potential fluctuations in TJ-II. The value of the correlation increases above the critical point of the transition for the emergence of the plasma edge shear flow layer. Mean (i.e. surface averaged, zero-frequency) sheared flows cannot account for the experimental results. A

Anil Maheshwari, Stefanie Wuhrer

This survey gives a brief overview of theoretically and practically relevant algorithms to compute geodesic paths and distances on three-dimensional surfaces. The survey focuses on polyhedral three-dimensional surfaces.

W. J. Maciel, R. D. D. Costa, T. E. P. Idiart

The determination of accurate chemical abundances of planetary nebulae (PN) in different galaxies allows us to obtain important constraints of chemical evolution models for these systems. We have a long term program to derive abundances in the galaxies of the Local Group, particularly the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. In this work, we present our new re

Yue Liu, Dmitry Pelinovsky, Anton Sakovich

The Ostrovsky--Hunter equation governs evolution of shallow water waves on a rotating fluid in the limit of small high-frequency dispersion. Sufficient conditions for the wave breaking in the Ostrovsky--Hunter equation are found both on an infinite line and in a periodic domain. Using the method of characteristics, we also specify the blow-up rate at which t

P. H. Pereyra

The present work describes an immersion in 5D of the interior Schwarzschild solution of the general relativity equations. The model theory is defined in the context of a flat 5D space time matter Minkowski model, using a Tolman like technique, which shows via Lorentz transformations that the solution is compatible with homogeneity and isotropy,thus obeying t

Amir Leshem

In this paper we analyze the maximum entropy image deconvolution. We show that given the Lagrange multiplier a closed form can be obtained for the image parameters. Using this solution we are able to provide better understanding of some of the known behavior of the maximum entropy algorithm. The solution also yields a very efficient implementation of the max

Christoph Mordasini, Yann Alibert, Willy Benz, Dominique Naef

This is the second paper in a series of papers showing the results of extrasolar planet population synthesis calculations. In the companion paper (Paper I), we have presented in detail our methods. By applying an observational detection bias for radial velocity surveys, we identify the potentially detectable synthetic planets. The properties of these planets

John Herrmann, Michael Karweit, German Drazer

We investigate the transport and separation of overdamped particles under the action of a uniform external force in a two-dimensional periodic energy landscape. Exact results are obtained for the deterministic transport in a square lattice of parabolic, repulsive centers that correspond to a piecewise-continuous linear-force model. The trajectories are perio

Diego Gallego, Marco Serone

We continue our analysis of establishing the reliability of &#34;simple&#34; effective theories where massive fields are &#34;frozen&#34; rather than integrated out, in a wide class of four dimensional theories with global or local N=1 supersymmetry. We extend our previous work by adding gauge fields and O(1) Yukawa-like terms for the charged fields in the s

N. R. Landin, L. T. S. Mendes, L. P. R. Vaz

In close binary systems, rotation and tidal forces of the component stars deform each other and destroy their spherical symmetry. We present new models for low-mass, pre-main sequence stars that include the combined distortion effects of tidal and rotational forces on the equilibrium configuration of stars. We investigate the effects of interaction between t

Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky, Sara L. Ellison, Michael T. Murphy

Sub-damped Lyman-alpha systems (sub-DLAs) have previously been found to exhibit a steeper metallicity evolution than the classical damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs), evolving to close to solar metallicity by z~1. From new high-resolution spectra of 17 sub-DLAs we have increased the number of measurements of [Fe/H] at z<1.7 by 25% and compiled the most comple

Yifan Yang

Let $p(n)$ denote the partition function. In this article, we will show that congruences of the form $$ p(m^j\ell^kn+B)\equiv 0\mod m \text{for all} n\ge 0 $$ exist for all primes $m$ and $\ell$ satisfying $m\ge 13$ and $\ell\neq 2,3,m$. Here the integer $k$ depends on the Hecke eigenvalues of a certain invariant subspace of $S_{m/2-1}(Γ_0(576),χ_{12})$ and

Michael J. Longo

In this article I extend an earlier study of spiral galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to investigate whether the universe has an overall handedness. A preference for spiral galaxies in one sector of the sky to be left-handed or right-handed spirals would indicate a parity-violating asymmetry in the overall universe and a preferred axis. The pre

Frédéric Bayart, Catherine Finet, Daniel Li, Hervé Queffélec

We study the composition operators on an algebra of Dirichlet series, the analogue of the Wiener algebra of absolutely convergent Taylor series, which we call the Wiener-Dirichlet algebra. The central issue is to understand the connection between the properties of the operator and of its symbol, with special emphasis on the compact, automorphic, or isometric

Denis Funfschilling, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Guenter Ahlers

Measurements of the Nusselt number $Nu$ and of temperature variations $ΔT_b$ in the bulk fluid are reported for turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection of a cylindrical sample. They cover the Rayleigh-number range $10^{9} \alt Ra \alt 3\times 10^{14}$ using He (Prandtl number $Pr = 0.67$), N$_2$ ($Pr = 0.72$) and SF$_6$ ($Pr = 0.79$ to 0.84) at pressures up to

Christoph Mordasini, Yann Alibert, Willy Benz

With the high number of extrasolar planets discovered by now, it becomes possible to constrain theoretical formation models in a statistical sense. This paper is the first in a series in which we carry out a large number of planet population synthesis calculations. We begin the series with a paper mainly dedicated to the presentation of our approach, but als

A. Pautrat, M. Aburas, Ch. Simon, P. Mathieu

We have performed small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) of the flux line lattice (FLL) in a Fe doped NbSe_2 sample which presents a large peak effect in the critical current. The scattered intensity and the width of the Bragg peaks of the equilibrium FLL indicate an ordered structure in the peak effect zone. The history dependence in the FLL structure has be

Zhu-Xing Liang, Yi Liang

Periodic changes in a stellar magnetic field can be explained in two ways: the oblique rotator model or the solar cycle model. Although many papers favor the oblique rotator model, there has not been enough evidence to rule out the solar cycle model definitively. This paper presents five new observations (together with a old one) that can be carried out to d

A. Garriga, I. Pagonabarraga, F. Ritort

We analyze fluctuation-dissipation relations in the Backgammon model: a system that displays glassy behavior at zero temperature due to the existence of entropy barriers. We study local and global fluctuation relations for the different observables in the model. For the case of a global perturbation we find a unique negative fluctuation-dissipation ratio tha

Andrei G. Doroshkevich, Oleg V. Verkhodanov, Pavel D. Naselsky, Jaiseung Kim

We present developing of method of the numerical analysis of polarization in the Gauss--Legendre Sky Pixelization (GLESP) scheme for the CMB maps. This incorporation of the polarization transforms in the pixelization scheme GLESP completes the creation of our new method for the numerical analysis of CMB maps. The comparison of GLESP and HEALPix calculations

Matthias C. Hoffmann, Janos Hebling, Harold Y. Hwang, Ka-Lo Yeh

Pumping n-type GaAs and InSb with ultrafast THz pulses having intensities higher than 150 MW/cm2 shows strong free carrier absorption saturation at temperatures of 300 K and 200 K respectively. If the energy imparted to the carriers exceeds the bandgap, impact ionization processes can occur. The dynamics of carrier cooling in GaAs and impact ionization in In

P. F. Machado, R. Percacci

Applying functional renormalization group methods, we describe two inequivalent ways of defining the renormalization group of matter-coupled four dimensional gravity, in the approximation where only the conformal factor is dynamical and taking the trace anomaly explicitly into account. We make contact with earlier work and briefly discuss the presence or abs

Kohta Murase, Peter Meszaros, Bing Zhang

We investigate the high-energy neutrino emission expected from newly born magnetars surrounded by their stellar ejecta. Protons might be accelerated up to 0.1-100 EeV energies possibly by, e.g., the wave dissipation in the winds, leading to hadronic interactions in the stellar ejecta. The resulting PeV-EeV neutrinos can be detected by IceCube/KM3Net with a t

Màrcio Batista

Equations of Simons type are presented. They are satisfied by a pair of special operators associated to the immersion $Σ^2\looparrowright M^2(c)\times\mathbb{R}$ with constant mean curvature. Some immersions are characterized.

Daniel Li, Hervé Queffélec, Luis Rodriguez-Piazza

We show how different random thin sets of integers may have different behaviour. First, using a recent deviation inequality of Boucheron, Lugosi and Massart, we give a simpler proof of one of our results in {\sl Some new thin sets of integers in Harmonic Analysis, Journal d&#39;Analyse Mathématique 86 (2002), 105--138}, namely that there exist 4/3-Rider sets

Chiu Fan Lee, James Loken, Letitia Jean, David J. Vaux

Protein amyloid fibrils are a form of linear protein aggregates that are implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we study the dynamics of amyloid fibril elongation by performing Langevin dynamic simulations on a coarse-grained model of peptides. Our simulation results suggest that the elongation process is dominated by a series of local minimum

Jon Gonzalez-Sanchez

Let G be a finite group, p a fixed prime and P a Sylow p-subgroup of G. In this short note we prove that if p is odd, G is p-nilpotent if and only if P controls fusion of cyclic groups of order p. For the case p=2, we show that G is p-nilpotent if and only if P controls fusion of cyclic groups of order 2 and 4.

E. van Heumen, A. B. Kuzmenko, D. van der Marel

We analyze optical spectra of high temperature superconductors using a minimal model of electrons coupled to bosons. We consider the marginal Fermi liquid theory and the spin fluctuation theory, as well as a histogram representation of the bosonic spectral density. We find that the two theories can both be used to describe the experimental data provided that

Mostafa Adimy, Fabien Crauste, Shigui Ruan

Hematopoiesis is a complex biological process that leads to the production and regulation of blood cells. It is based upon differentiation of stem cells under the action of growth factors. A mathematical approach of this process is proposed to carry out explanation on some blood diseases, characterized by oscillations in circulating blood cells. A system of

Edward P. O&#39;Brien, Bernard R. Brooks, Dave Thirumalai

Experiments show that for many two state folders the free energy of the native state DG_ND([C]) changes linearly as the denaturant concentration [C] is varied. The slope, m = d DG_ND([C])/d[C], is nearly constant. The m-value is associated with the difference in the surface area between the native (N) and the denatured (D) state, which should be a function o

Anne-Laure Dalibard

This article investigates the long-time behaviour of parabolic scalar conservation laws of the type $\partial_t u + \mathrm{div}_yA(y,u) - Δ_y u=0$, where $y\in\mathbb R^N$ and the flux $A$ is periodic in $y$. More specifically, we consider the case when the initial data is an $L^1$ disturbance of a stationary periodic solution. We show, under polynomial gro

Fabien Crauste

We analyze the asymptotic stability of a nonlinear system of two differential equations with delay describing the dynamics of blood cell production. This process takes place in the bone marrow where stem cells differentiate throughout divisions in blood cells. Taking into account an explicit role of the total population of hematopoietic stem cells on the int

Mostafa Adimy, Fabien Crauste, Andrei Halanay, Mihaela Neamtu

This paper is devoted to the study of the stability of limit cycles of a nonlinear delay differential equation with a distributed delay. The equation arises from a model of population dynamics describing the evolution of a pluripotent stem cells population. We study the local asymptotic stability of the unique nontrivial equilibrium of the delay equation and

Mostafa Adimy, Fabien Crauste, Shigui Ruan

This paper is devoted to the analysis of a mathematical model of blood cells production in the bone marrow (hematopoiesis). The model is a system of two age-structured partial differential equations. Integrating these equations over the age, we obtain a system of two nonlinear differential equations with distributed time delay corresponding to the cell cycle

Mostafa Adimy, Fabien Crauste, Laurent Pujo-Menjouet

We analyse the asymptotic behaviour of a nonlinear mathematical model of cellular proliferation which describes the production of blood cells in the bone marrow. This model takes the form of a system of two maturity structured partial differential equations, with a retardation of the maturation variable and a time delay depending on this maturity. We show th

Mostafa Adimy, Fabien Crauste, Shigui Ruan

We study a mathematical model describing the dynamics of a pluripotent stem cell population involved in the blood production process in the bone marrow. This model is a differential equation with a time delay. The delay describes the cell cycle duration and is uniformly distributed on an interval. We obtain stability conditions independent of the delay. We a

Mickaël Crampon

Let M be a compact manifold of dimension n with a strictly convex projective structure. We consider the geodesic flow of the Hilbert metric on it, which is known to be Anosov. We prove that its topological entropy is less than n-1, with equality if and only if the structure is Riemannian, that is hyperbolic. As a corollary, we get that the volume entropy of

T. Schneider, A. D. Caviglia, S. Gariglio, N. Reyren

Recently superconductivity at the interface between the insulators LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 has been tuned with the electric field effect to an unprecedented range of transition temperatures. Here we perform a detailed finite size scaling analysis to explore the compatibility of the phase transition line with Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) behavior and a 2D-

Bogdan Ion

This is the second paper in a sequence devoted to giving manifestly non-negative formulas for generalized exponents of small representations in all types. It contains a first formula for generalized exponents of small weights which extends the Shapiro-Steinberg formula for classical exponents. The formula is made possible by a computation of Fourier coeffici

John Bourke

We show that the category of categories with pullbacks and pullback preserving functors is cartesian closed.

Bogdan Ion

This is the first paper in a sequence devoted to giving manifestly non-negative formulas for generalized exponents of small representations in all types. The main part of this paper illustrates the overall structure of the argument on root systems of type A and discusses the relationship with the Lascoux-Schutzenberger charge formula.

Alexandre Graell i Amat, Eirik Rosnes

In this work, we give good concatenated code ensembles for the binary erasure channel (BEC). In particular, we consider repeat multiple-accumulate (RMA) code ensembles formed by the serial concatenation of a repetition code with multiple accumulators, and the hybrid concatenated code (HCC) ensembles recently introduced by Koller et al. (5th Int. Symp. on Tur

P. Martinez, C. Dorrer, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti

The Apodized Pupil Lyot Coronagraph (APLC) is a promising coronagraphic device for direct exoplanets detection on the European-Extremely Large Telescope. We present new near-IR laboratory results using binary apodizers -- the so-called microdots apodizer -- which represent a very attractive and advantageous solution for the APLC. Microdots apodizers introduc