April 2009 arXiv papers — page 9

Artur B. Adib

A class of algorithms in discrete space and continuous time for Brownian first passage time estimation is considered. A simple algorithm is derived that yields exact mean first passage times (MFPT) for linear potentials in one dimension, regardless of the lattice spacing. When applied to nonlinear potentials and/or higher spatial dimensions, numerical eviden

E. Gerritsma, P. Gaspard

A discrete-state model of the F1-ATPase molecular motor is developed which describes not only the dependences of the rotation and ATP consumption rates on the chemical concentrations of ATP, ADP, and inorganic phosphate, but also on mechanical control parameters such as the friction coefficient and the external torque. The dependence on these mechanical para

Sami El Boustani, Alain Destexhe

Nonlinear time series analyses have suggested that the human electroencephalogram (EEG) may share statistical and dynamical properties with chaotic systems. During slow-wave sleep or pathological states like epilepsy, correlation dimension measurements display low values, while in awake and attentive subjects, there is not such low dimensionality, and the EE

Yves Cornulier

The space of marked commutative rings on n given generators is a compact metrizable space. We compute the Cantor-Bendixson rank of any member of this space. For instance, the Cantor-Bendixson rank of the free commutative ring on n generators is omega^n, where omega is the smallest infinite ordinal. More generally, we work in the space of finitely generated m

C. A. Dominguez, J. I. Jottar, M. Loewe, B. Willers

The renormalizable Abelian quantum field theory model of Kroll, Lee, and Zumino is used at the one loop level to compute vertex corrections to the tree-level, Vector Meson Dominance (VMD) electromagnetic pion form factor. These corrections, together with the one-loop vacuum polarization contribution, imply a resulting electromagnetic pion form factor in exce

H. Schmitz, R. Matjeschk, Ch. Schneider, J. Glueckert

We implement the proof of principle for the quantum walk of one ion in a linear ion trap. With a single-step fidelity exceeding 0.99, we perform three steps of an asymmetric walk on the line. We clearly reveal the differences to its classical counterpart if we allow the walker/ion to take all classical paths simultaneously. Quantum interferences enforce asym

Dieter Gromes

We present an explicit averaging formula in lowest order. Besides an arbitrary smearing function it contains two integrals of this function. This is necessary in order to achieve covariance. There is no need to solve any equations. In three dimensions the same averaging formula yields a covariant averaging of the Einstein tensor and thus of the field equatio

M. Madurga, M. J. G. Borge, M. Alcorta, L. M. Fraile

Coincidences between charged particles emitted in the $β$-decay of $^{11}$Li were observed using highly segmented detectors. The breakup channels involving three particles were studied in full kinematics allowing for the reconstruction of the excitation energy of the $^{11}$Be states participating in the decay. In particular, the contribution of a previously

Gavin Ramsay, Pasi Hakala, Thomas Barclay, Peter Wheatley

We report the discovery of an accreting binary, RAT J1953+1859, made during the RApid Temporal Survey (RATS) on the Isaac Newton Telescope. It showed high amplitude (0.3 mag) quasi-periodic oscillations on a timescale of ~20 mins. Further observations made using the Nordic Optical Telescope showed it to be ~4 mag brighter than in the discovery images. These

Giuseppe Castagnoli

The oracle chooses a function out of a known set of functions and gives to the player a black box that, given an argument, evaluates the function. The player should find out a certain character of the function through function evaluation. This is the typical problem addressed by the quantum algorithms. In former theoretical work, we showed that a quantum alg

William E. Harris

Hubble Space Telescope ACS/WFC data in (B,I) are used to investigate the globular cluster populations around 6 gE galaxies ~40 Mpc distant. The total comprises a sample of ~8000 high-probability globular clusters. PSF-convolved King-model profiles are used to measure their individual total magnitudes, colors, and effective radii. The classic bimodal form of

Tomonori Fukunaga

In 2005 V. Turaev introduced the theory of topology of words and phrases. Turaev defined an equivalence relation on generalized words and phrases which is called homotopy. This is suggested by the Reidemeister moves in the knot theory. Then Turaev gave the homotopy classification of generalized words with less than or equal to five letters. In this paper we

B. Dragovich, A. Yu. Khrennikov, S. V. Kozyrev, I. V. Volovich

A brief review of some selected topics in p-adic mathematical physics is presented.

Igor Salom, Djordje Sijacki

Analytic expressions for the Clebsch-Gordan (CG) coefficients of the SO(5) group that involve the 14-dimensional representation can be found in an old paper of M. K. F. Wong. A careful analysis yields that roughly 30% of the coefficients given in that paper are wrong. The correct analytic expressions for all SO(5) group CG coefficients containing the 14-dime

Alexis F. Vasseur

In this article, we investigate the kinetic/fluid coupling on a toy model. We obtain it rigorously from a hydrodynamical limit. The idea is that at the level of the full kinetic model, the coupling is obvious. We then investigate the coupling obtained when passing into the limit. We show that, especially in presence of a shock stuck on the interface, the cou

YBJ Collaboration

The proton-air cross section in the energy range 1-100 TeV has been measured by the ARGO-YBJ cosmic ray experiment. The analysis is based on the flux attenuation for different atmospheric depths (i.e. zenith angles) and exploits the detector capabilities of selecting the shower development stage by means of hit multiplicity, density and lateral profile measu

Li Han, Carlos A. R. Sa de Melo

We describe the effects of disorder on the critical temperature of s-wave superfluids from the BCS to the BEC regime, with direct application to ultracold Fermi atoms. In the BCS regime the pair breaking and phase coherence temperature scales are essentially the same allowing strong correlations between the amplitude and phase of the order parameter. As non-

Emil Daniel Schwab, Romero Efren

In this paper we have compute the Mobius category and the Mobius function of the combinatorial inverse monoid IO3 of all order preserving partial bijections on the set M3={1,2,3}. This category is the reduced standard division category CF(IO3) relative to an idempotent transversal F of the D-classes of IO3.

James Lindesay

Geometries with horizons offer insights into relationships between general relativity and quantum physics. Quantum mechanics constrains relationships between kinematic parameters and the coordinates describing the dynamics. Example quantum behaviors on space-times with dynamic horizons will be demonstrated, with an emphasis on examining co-gravitating quantu

Jaroslav Hamrle, Oksana Gaier, Simon Trudel, Burkard Hillebrands

We determine the spin wave exchange stiffness $D$ and the exchange constant $A$ for the full Heusler compound \CFS using Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy. We find an extraordinarily large value of $D=715\pm20$ meV Å$^2$ ($A=31.5\pm1.0$ pJ/m) which is, to the best of our knowledge, only surpassed by the intermetallic compound Fe$_{53}$Co$_{47}$ (J. App

Beth A. Brown, James Lindesay

Dynamic space-times, especially those manifesting horizons, provide useful laboratories for examining how macroscopic quantum behaviors consistently co-generate gravitational phenomena. For this reason, the behaviors and large-scale causal structures of spatially coherent dynamic black holes will be explored in this presentation. Geodesic motions on an evapo

M. Gibertini, A. Singha, V. Pellegrini, M. Polini

At low energy, electrons in doped graphene sheets behave like massless Dirac fermions with a Fermi velocity which does not depend on carrier density. Here we show that modulating a two-dimensional electron gas with a long-wavelength periodic potential with honeycomb symmetry can lead to the creation of isolated massless Dirac points with tunable Fermi veloci

Mariapia Palombaro

We prove that rank-$(n-1)$ convexity does not imply ${\mathcal S}$-quasiconvexity (i.e., quasiconvexity with respect to divergence free fields) in ${\mathbb M}^{m\times n}$ for $m>n$, by adapting the well-known Sverak's counterexample [5] to the solenoidal setting. On the other hand, we also remark that rank-$(n-1)$ convexity and ${\mathcal S}$-quasiconv

Liang L. Zhao, Tanghong Yi, James C. Fettinger, Susan M. Kauzlarich

The newly discovered CaFe$_4$As$_3$ system displays low-temperature Fermi liquid behavior, with enhanced electron-electron correlations. At high temperatures, the magnetic susceptibility shows Curie-Weiss behavior, with a large temperature-independent contribution. Antiferromagnetic ordering is observed below T$_N$ = (88.0 $\pm$ 1.0) K, possibly via a spin d

Hu Yaozhong, Xiao Weilin, Zhang Weiguo

This paper deals with the problems of consistence and strong consistence of the maximum likelihood estimators of the mean and variance of the drift fractional Brownian motions observed at discrete time instants. A central limit theorem for these estimators is also obtained by using the Malliavin calculus.

Husam Alustwani, Jacques M. Bahi, Ahmed Mostefaoui, Michel Salomon

In a world demanding the best performance from financial investments, distributed applications occupy the first place among the proposed solutions. This particularity is due to their distributed architecture which is able to acheives high performance. Currently, many research works aim to develop tools that facilitate the implementation of such applications.

Z. H. Guo, J. J. Sanz-Cillero

In a previous paper, some deviations were found in the O(p^6) low-energy constants that contribute to the pi pi-scattering lengths. This work completes the study of all the relevant couplings (r_1, ... r_6, r_S2). We also perform a reanalysis of the hadronical inputs used for the estimation (resonance masses, widths...), checking the impact of the input unce

Daciberg Lima Goncalves, Peter Wong

Let M,N and B\subset N be compact smooth manifolds of dimensions n+k,n and \ell, respectively. Given a map f from M to N, we give homological conditions under which g^{-1}(B) has nontrivial cohomology (with local coefficients) for any map g homotopic to f. We also show that a certain cohomology class in H^j(N,N-B) is Poincare dual (with local coefficients) u

O. Ignatenko

This paper deals with denial of service attack. Overview of the existing attacks and methods is proposed. Classification scheme is presented for a different denial of service attacks. There is considered agent-based intrusion detection systems architecture. Considered main components and working principles for a systems of such kind.

S. Cristallo, L. Piersanti, O. Straniero, R. Gallino

In this paper we present the evolution of a low mass model (initial mass M=1.5 Msun) with a very low metal content (Z=5x10^{-5}, equivalent to [Fe/H]=-2.44). We find that, at the beginning of the AGB phase, protons are ingested from the envelope in the underlying convective shell generated by the first fully developed thermal pulse. This peculiar phase is fo

J. M. Rathborne, C. J. Lada, A. A. Muench, J. F. Alves

In this paper we derive an improved core mass function (CMF) for the Pipe Nebula from a detailed comparison between measurements of visual extinction and molecular-line emission. We have compiled a refined sample of 201 dense cores toward the Pipe Nebula using a 2-dimensional threshold identification algorithm informed by recent simulations of dense core pop

A. H. Zemanian

Nonstandard digraphs and transfinite digraphs have been defined and examined in two prior technical reports. The present work examines digraphs that are both nonstandard and transfinite. This requires a combination in certain ways of the techniques used in the prior two works. We first construct herein nonstandard transfinite digraphs for all the natural-num

Nguyen Tien Quang, Dang Dinh Hanh

Regular Ann-functor classification problem has been solved with Shukla cohomology. In this paper, we would like to present a solution to the above problem in the general case and in the case of strong Ann-functors with, respectively, Mac Lane cohomology and Hochschild cohomology.

H. A. Knudsen, J. Bergli

We present experiments on slow shear flow in a split-bottom linear shear cell, filled with layered granular materials. Shearing through two different materials separated by a flat material boundary is shown to give narrow shear zones, which refract at the material boundary in accordance with Snell's law in optics. The shear zone is the one that minimizes

O. Straniero, S. Cristallo, R. Gallino

It is well known that thermally pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch stars with low mass play a relevant role in the chemical evolution. They have synthesized about 30% of the galactic carbon and provide an important contribution to the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements (A>80). The relevant nucleosynthesis site is the He-rich intermediate zone (less than 10^{-2}

A. H. Zemanian

Transfinite graphs have been defined and examined in a variety of prior works, but transfinite digraphs had not as yet been investigated. The present work embarks upon such a task. As with the ordinals, transfinite digraphs appear in a hierarchy of ranks indexed by the countable ordinals. The digraphs of rank 0 are the conventional digraphs. Those of rank 1

A. H. Zemanian

Nonstandard graphs have been defined and examined in prior works. The present work does the same for nonstandard digraphs. Since digraphs have more structure than do graphs, the present discussion requires more complicated definitions and yields a variety of results peculiar to nonstandard digraphs. A nonstandard digraph can be obtained by means of an ultrap

Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou

We summarize the analytic model and numerical simulations of stochastically forced planets in a turbulent disk presented in a recent paper by Rein and Papaloizou. We identify two modes of libration in systems with planets in mean motion resonance which react differently to random forces. The slow mode, which mostly corresponds to motion of the angle between

Pierre Le Doussal, Kay Joerg Wiese, Sebastien Moulinet, Etienne Rolley

We have measured the center-of-mass fluctuations of the height of a contact line at depinning for two different systems: liquid hydrogen on a rough cesium substrate and isopropanol on a silicon wafer grafted with silanized patches. The contact line is subject to a confining quadratic well, provided by gravity. From the second cumulant of the height fluctuati

Danny van Dyk, Markus Geveler, Sven Mallach, Dirk Ribbrock

We present HONEI, an open-source collection of libraries offering a hardware oriented approach to numerical calculations. HONEI abstracts the hardware, and applications written on top of HONEI can be executed on a wide range of computer architectures such as CPUs, GPUs and the Cell processor. We demonstrate the flexibility and performance of our approach wit

Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli, Alfred E. Glassgold

Low-energy cosmic rays are a fundamental source of ionization for molecular clouds, influencing their chemical, thermal and dynamical evolution. The purpose of this work is to explore the possibility that a low-energy component of cosmic-rays, not directly measurable from the Earth, can account for the discrepancy between the ionization rate measured in diff

Ali Mohammad-Djafari

In a non supervised Bayesian estimation approach for inverse problems in imaging systems, one tries to estimate jointly the unknown image pixels $f$ and the hyperparameters $θ$ given the observed data $g$ and a model $M$ linking these quantities. This is, in general, done through the joint posterior law $p(f,θ|g;M)$. The expression of this joint law is often

A. L. Schoenhalz, J. T. Arantes, A. Fazzio, G. M. Dalpian

We have investigated the magnetic properties of non-doped ZnO nanostructures by using {\it ab initio} total energy calculations. Contrary to many proposals that ferromagnetism in non-doped semiconductors should be induced by intrinsic point defects, we show that ferromagnetism in nanostructured materials should be mediated by extended defects such as surface

Marina Battaglia, Arnold O. Benz

In the standard solar flare scenario, a large number of particles are accelerated in the corona. Nonthermal electrons emit both X-rays and radio waves. Thus, correlated signatures of the acceleration process are predicted at both wavelengths, coinciding either close to the footpoints of a magnetic loop or near the coronal X-ray source. We attempt to study th

Richard P. Abel, Ulrich Raitzsch, Paul Siddons, Ifan G. Hughes

We present an application of the Faraday effect to produce a narrow band atomic filter in an alkali metal vapor. In our experiment two Raman beams separated in frequency by the ground state hyperfine splitting in 87Rb are produced using an EOM and then filtered using the Faraday effect in an isotopically pure 85Rb thermal vapor. An experimental transmission

Slawomir Dinew, Pham Hoang Hiep

The aim of this note is to study the convergence in capacity for functions in the class $\mathcal E(X,ω)$. We obtain several stability theorems. Some of these are (optimal) generalizations of results of Xing, while others are new.

Artur J. Lemonte

We consider the issue of assessing influence of observations in the class of Birnbaum-Saunders nonlinear regression models, which is useful in lifetime data analysis. Our results generalize those in Galea et al. [2004, Influence diagnostics in log-Birnbaum-Saunders regression models. Journal of Applied Statistics, 31, 1049-1064] which are confined to Birnbau

Matthieu Fleys, Yves Simon, Paul-Marie Marquaire, François Lapicque

The partial oxidation of methane was investigated using a self-stirred reactor under a wide range of operating conditions. The recation mechanism was determined by comparing ecperimental results with the results of simulations made using the Chemkin-Surface software. The proposed mechanism includes 444 homogeneous reactions and 33 surface reactions.

Isabelle Ziegler-Devin, René Fournet, Paul-Marie Marquaire

High temeperature (900-1000\degree C) low pressure (<< 1 atm) pyrolysis of propane yields a pyrocarbon deposit, but also mainly hydrogen and hydrocarbons from methane to polyaromatics. 30 reaction products were exeperimentally quantified at different operating conditions. A detailed kinetic pyrolysis model (600 reactions) has been developed and validated bas

Benoît Semin, Jean-Pierre Hulin, Harold Auradou

The influence of confinement on the drag force $F$ on a static cylinder in a viscous flow inside a rectangular slit of aperture $h_0$ has been investigated from experimental measurements and numerical simulations. At low enough Reynolds numbers, $F$ varies linearly with the mean velocity and the viscosity, allowing for the precise determination of drag coeff

Baptiste Sirjean, Pierre-Alexandre Glaude, M. F. Ruiz-Lopez, René Fournet

This work reports a theoretical study of the gas phase unimolecular decomposition of cyclobutane, cyclopentane and cyclohexane by means of quantum chemical calculations. A biradical mechanism has been envisaged for each cycloalkane, and the main routes for the decomposition of the biradicals formed have been investigated at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. Therm

Hengyi Xu, T. Heinzel, I. V. Zozoulenko

A theoretical study of the magnetoelectronic properties of zigzag and armchair bilayer graphene nanoribbons (BGNs) is presented. Using the recursive Green&#39;s function method, we study the band structure of BGNs in uniform perpendicular magnetic fields and discuss the zero-temperature conductance for the corresponding clean systems. The conductance quantiz

E. Ruiz Arriola, A Calle Cordon

Wigner and Serber symmetries for the two-nucleon system provide unique examples of long distance symmetries in Nuclear Physics, i.e. symmetries of the meson exchange forces broken only at arbitrarily small distances. We analyze the large Nc picture as a key ingredient to understand these, so far accidental, symmetries from a more fundamental viewpoint. A set

Jozef H. Przytycki, Kouki Taniyama

We analyze properties of links which have diagrams with a small number of negative crossings. We show that if a nontrivial link has a diagram with all crossings positive except possibly one, then the signature of the link is negative. If a link diagram has two negative crossings, we show that the signature of the link is nonpositive with the exception of the

J. Jurcsik, Zs. Hurta, A. Sodor, B. Szeidl

DM Cyg, a fundamental mode RRab star was observed in the 2007 and 2008 seasons in the frame of the Konkoly Blazhko Survey. Very small amplitude light curve modulation was detected with 10.57 d modulation period. The maximum brightness and phase variations do not exceed 0.07 mag and 7 min, respectively. In spite of the very small amplitude of the modulation,

A. N. Kvinikhidze, B. Blankleider, E. Epelbaum, C. Hanhart

We use the method of gauging equations to construct the electromagnetic current operator for the two-nucleon system in a theory with a finite cutoff. The employed formulation ensures that the two-nucleon T-matrix and corresponding five-point function, in the cutoff theory, are identical to the ones formally defined by a reference theory without a cutoff. A f

S. T. Fletcher, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, R. New

Mode fitting or &#34;peak-bagging&#34; is an important procedure in helioseismology allowing one to determine the various mode parameters of solar oscillations. We have recently developed a new &#34;pseudo-global&#34; fitting algorithm as a way of reducing the systematic bias in the fits of certain mode parameters that are seen when using &#34;local&#34; fit

Anna M. Stasto

We present a general argument which suggests that the Bartels-Lipatov-Vacca Odderon intercept should be equal to one to all orders in the perturbation theory. The argument is based on the validity of the so called omega-expansion in the high energy limit. It can be further supported by the analogous pattern observed in the case of the anomalous dimensions wh

Tomohisa Kawashima, Ken Ohsuga, Shin Mineshige, Dominikus Heinzeller

Supercritical accretion flows inevitably produce radiation-pressure driven outflows, which will Compton up-scatter soft photons from the underlying accretion flow, thereby making hard emission. We perform two dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations of supercritical accretion flows and outflows, incorporating such Compton scattering effects, and demons

A. M. Broomhall, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, R. New

Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) instruments use resonant scattering spectrometers to make unresolved Doppler velocity observations of the Sun. Unresolved measurements are not homogenous across the solar disc and so the observed data do not represent a uniform average over the entire surface. The influence on the inhomogeneity of the solar rotat

S. A. Petrova

We for the first time propose a physical model of the precursor (PR) and interpulse (IP) components of the radio pulsar profiles. It is based on propagation effects in the secondary plasma flow of a pulsar. The components are suggested to result from the induced scattering of the main pulse (MP) into background. The induced scattering appears efficient enoug

S. A. Petrova

The high-energy emission mechanisms based on the radio photon reprocessing by the ultrarelativistic plasma particles in the open field line tube of a pulsar are considered. The particles are believed to acquire relativistic gyration energies as a result of resonant absorption of pulsar radio emission. The spontaneous synchrotron re-emission of these particle

Robert Lohmayer, Herbert Neuberger, Tilo Wettig

In 1981 Durhuus and Olesen (DO) showed that at infinite N the eigenvalue density of a Wilson loop matrix W associated with a simple loop in two-dimensional Euclidean SU(N) Yang-Mills theory undergoes a phase transition at a critical size. The averages of det(z-W), 1/det(z-W), and det(1+uW)/(1-vW) at finite N lead to three different smoothed out expressions,

Ying Jiao

We apply a discrete version of the methodology in \cite{gauss} to obtain a recursive asymptotic expansion for $\esp[h(W)]$ in terms of Poisson expectations, where $W$ is a sum of independent integer-valued random variables and $h$ is a polynomially growing function. We also discuss the remainder estimations.

L. Smrcka, N. A. Goncharuk

The problem of Dirac fermions in graphite subject to a perpendicular magnetic field is studied. We show analytically that the weak inter-layer interaction between the graphene sheets leads to anomalies in the Shubnikov-de Haas and de Haas-van Alphen magneto-oscillations governed by the orbits around extremal cross-sections of the graphite Fermi surface. The

Ming-Chiang Chung, Sungkit Yip

In this paper, the phase diagrams of a polar spin-1 Bose gas in a three-dimensional optical lattice with linear and quadratic Zeeman effects both at zero and finite temperatures are obtained within mean-field theory. The phase diagrams can be regrouped to two different parameter regimes depending on the magnitude of the quadratic Zeeman effect $Q$. For large

Krzysztof Gozdziewski, Cezary Migaszewski

The recent discovery of a three-planet extrasolar system of HR 8799 by Marois et al. is a breakthrough in the field of the direct imaging. This great achievement raises questions on the formation and dynamical stability of the HR 8799 system, because Keplerian fits to astrometric data are strongly unstable during ~0.2Myr. We search for stable, self-consisten

David Ruiz, Giusi Vaira

In this paper we consider the system in $\R^3$ \label{problemadipartenza0} -\e^2Δu+V(x)u+ϕ(x)u=u^{p},

Kazem Haghnejad Azar, Abdolhamid Riazi

Let $A$ be a Banach algebra with the second dual $A^{**}$. If $A$ has a bounded approximate identity $(=BAI)$, then $A^{**}$ is unital if and only if $A^{**}$ has a $weak^* bounded approximate $$identity(=W^*BAI)$. If $A$ is Arens regular and $A$ \noindent has a BAI, then $A^*$ factors on both sides. In this paper we introduce new concepts $LW^*W$ and $RW^*W

S. Mathur

The solar gravity modes are the best probes to improve our knowledge on the solar interior, as they spend most of their time in the radiative zone, which represents 98% of the solar mass. Many attempts have been led to observe them using different techniques: either individually, then adding some statistical approach or more recently, globally leading to the

Yu. P. Blagoi, S. A. Egupov, E. L. Usenko, V. A. Sorokin

By the theory based on the equilibrium binding model, phase diagrams have been calculated for the poly rA poly rU system in the presence of Mg2+, Ni2+, Cd2+, with Na+ 0.1 M. Binding constants (KA, KU, KAU, KA2U) have been determined, the best agreement with the early experimental results being observed. Calculations of diagrams with Mg2+ are shown to permit

Satya N. Majumdar

The phenomenon of real-space condensation is encountered in a variety of situations such as aggregation and fragmentation processes, granular clustering, phase separation, traffic and networks. Unlike traditional Bose-Einstein condensation in the momentum space, a condensate in these systems forms in real space, e.g., upon increasing the density beyond a cri

V. K. Dhar, A. K. Tickoo, M. K. Koul, R. C. Rannot

The energy estimation procedures employed by different groups, for determining the energy of the primary $γ$-ray using a single atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope, include methods like polynomial fitting in SIZE and DISTANCE, general least square fitting and look-up table based interpolation. A novel energy reconstruction procedure, based on the utiliza

Jiansheng Yang, Yunying Zhang

Let $M_{q}(k)$ be the maximum length of MDS codes with parameters $q,k$. In this paper, the properties of $M_{q}(k)$ are studied, and some new upper bounds of $M_{q}(k)$ are obtained. Especially we obtain that $M_{q}(q-1)\leq q+2(q\equiv4(mod 6)), M_{q}(q-2)\leq q+1(q\equiv4(mod 6)), M_{q}(k)\leq q+k-3 (q=36(5s+1), s\in N$ and $ k=6,7).

Z. Ovadyahu

We study the time-dependent conductance of electron-glasses excited by electromagnetic radiation at microwaves (MW) and infra-red frequencies. In either case the conductance G is enhanced during exposure but its time dependence after the radiation is turned off is qualitatively different depending on the frequency. For comparison, results of excitation produ

P. K. Muduli, R. C. Budhani

We have utilized the antiferromagnetic nature and structural/chemical compatibility of La$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$MnO$_{3}$ with highly spin polarized La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ to prepare epitaxial exchange bias couples. A robust exchange bias (EB) shift of magnetization hysteresis with associated interfacial exchange energy J $\approx$ 0.13 erg/cm$^2$ at 1

Holger Dette, Jan Nagel

For the random eigenvalues with density corresponding to the Jacobi ensemble $$c \cdot \prod_{i < j} | λ_i - λ_j |^β\prod^n_{i=1} (2 - λ_i)^a (2 + λ_i)^b I_{(-2,2)} (λ_i) $$ $(a, b > -1, β> 0) $ a strong uniform approximation by the roots of the Jacobi polynomials is derived if the parameters $a, b,$ $β$ depend on $n$ and $n \to \infty$. Roughly speaking, th

Ye-Fei Yuan, Xinwu Cao, Lei Huang, Zhi-Qiang Shen

In fully general relativity, we calculate the images of the radiatively inefficient accretion flow (RIAF) surrounding a Kerr black hole with arbitrary spins, inclination angles, and observational wavelengths. For the same initial conditions, such as the fixed accretion rate, it is found that the intrinsic size and radiation intensity of the images become lar

Holger Dette, Jens Wagener

We study the moment space corresponding to matrix measures on the unit circle. Moment points are characterized by non-negative definiteness of block Toeplitz matrices. This characterization is used to derive an explicit representation of orthogonal polynomials with respect to matrix measures on the unit circle and to present a geometric definition of canonic

D. B. Ion, M. L. Ion, L. Rusu

In this paper it is proved that the key to understanding the ghost imaging mystery are the crossing symmetric photon reactions in the nonlinear media. Hence, the laws of the plane quantum mirror (QM) and that of spherical quantum mirror, observed in the ghost imaging experiments, are obtained as natural consequences of the energy-momentum conservation laws.

Esteban D. Araya, Stan Kurtz, Peter Hofner, Hendrik Linz

We report high sensitivity sub-arcsecond angular resolution observations of the massive star forming region DR21(OH) at 3.6, 1.3, and 0.7 cm obtained with the Very Large Array. In addition, we conducted observations of CH3OH 44 GHz masers. We detected more than 30 new maser components in the DR21(OH) region. Most of the masers appear to trace a sequence of b

C. J. Hamer

The energy spectrum of the two-magnon bound states in the Heisenberg-Ising antiferromagnet on the square lattice are calculated using series expansion methods. The results confirm an earlier spin-wave prediction of Oguchi and Ishikawa, that the bound states vanish into the continuum before the isotropic Heisenberg limit is reached.

Shun Watanabe, Ryutaroh Matsumoto, Tomohiko Uyematsu

The axis compensation is a procedure in which the sender and the receiver compensate the axes of their transmitter and detector so that the bit sequence can be transmitted more reliably. We show the optimal axis compensations maximizing the key generation rate for unital channels. We consider the case in which only Bob is allowed to compensate his axis, and

N. Akozbek, V. Roppo, M. A. Vincenti, J. V. Foreman

We numerically demonstrate inhibition of absorption, optical transparency, and anomalous momentum states of phase locked harmonic pulses in semiconductors, at UV and extreme UV frequencies, in spectral regions where the dielectric constant of typical semiconductors is negative. We show that a generated harmonic signal can propagate through a bulk metallic me

Gaofei Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to establish a topological characterization of all the hyperbolic maps in the Sine family $\{λ\sin(z) \:\big{|}\:λ\ne 0\}$ which have super-attracting cycles.

Tetsufumi Hirano, Yasushi Nara

We study effects of eccentricity fluctuations on the elliptic flow coefficient v_2 at mid-rapidity in both Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt{s_NN}=200 GeV by using a hybrid model that combines ideal hydrodynamics for space-time evolution of the quark gluon plasma phase and a hadronic transport model for the hadronic matter. For initial conditions in hydrody

K. Nakayama, T. Sato, Y. Sekiba, K. Terashima

We have performed an ultrahigh-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of slightly-overdoped (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CuO6 to elucidate the origin of pseudogap. By using a newly developed xenon-plasma light source, we determined the comprehensive momentum and temperature dependences of the superconducting gap and the pseudogap. We found that the antinod

Ming Li, Zhenchao Wen, Jinxin Fu, Xu Fang

Composite metamaterials(CMMs) combining a subwavelength metallic hole array (i.e. one-layer fishnet structure) and an array of split-ring resonators(SRRs) on the same board are fabricated with gold films on silicon wafer. Transmission measurements of the CMMs in the terahertz range have been performed. Dual-band magnetic resonances, namely, a LC resonance at

Solange Ghernaouti-Helie, Igli Tashi, Thomas Laenger, Christian Monyk

In contemporary cryptographic systems, secret keys are usually exchanged by means of methods, which suffer from mathematical and technology inherent drawbacks. That could lead to unnoticed complete compromise of cryptographic systems, without a chance of control by its legitimate owners. Therefore a need for innovative solutions exists when truly and reliabl

Louis Salvail, Momtchil Peev, Eleni Diamanti, Romain Alleaume

A Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network is an infrastructure capable of performing long-distance and high-rate secret key agreement with information-theoretic security. In this paper we study security properties of QKD networks based on trusted repeater nodes. Such networks can already be deployed, based on current technology. We present an example of a tru

C. Battle, B. van den Broek, M. C. Noom, J. van Mameren

Motivated by recent experiments, we develop a model for DNA toroids under external tension. We find that tori are the equilibrium states for our model up to a critical tension, above which they become only metstable. Above this tension, we find a cascade of transitions between discrete toroid states that successively lowers the winding number, until the grou

Alex James Bene

The mapping class group of a genus $g$ surface $Σ_{g,1}$ with one boundary component is known to have a simple yet infinite presentation with generators given by elementary moves called Whitehead moves on so-called marked bordered fatgraphs. In this paper, we introduce an algorithm called &#34;fatgraph Nielsen reduction&#34; which, from the action of a mappi

Agnes Chan, Rajmohan Rajaraman, Zhifeng Sun, Feng Zhu

Many data dissemination and publish-subscribe systems that guarantee the privacy and authenticity of the participants rely on symmetric key cryptography. An important problem in such a system is to maintain the shared group key as the group membership changes. We consider the problem of determining a key hierarchy that minimizes the average communication cos

F. Donato, G. Gentile, P. Salucci, C. Frigerio Martins

We confirm and extend the recent finding that the central surface density r_0*rho_0 galaxy dark matter halos, where r_0 and rho_0 are the halo core radius and central density, is nearly constant and independent of galaxy luminosity. Based on the co-added rotation curves of about 1000 spiral galaxies, mass models of individual dwarf irregular and spiral galax

Marc Timme, Frank van Bussel, Denny Fliegner, Sebastian Stolzenberg

Counting problems, determining the number of possible states of a large system under certain constraints, play an important role in many areas of science. They naturally arise for complex disordered systems in physics and chemistry, in mathematical graph theory, and in computer science. Counting problems, however, are among the hardest problems to access com

D. Engels, P. García-Lario, F. Bunzel, D. A. García-Hernández

The AKARI and Spitzer satellites provided an unique opportunity to observe a variety of stars, which are considered as departing from the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) and have started their post-AGB evolution recently. Most of these stars are absent optically and are bright in the mid-IR wavelength range. Spectra of close to 200 objects have been obtained.

Hyoseop Lee, Dongwoo Sheen

In this paper we apply the innovative Laplace transformation method introduced by Sheen, Sloan, and Thomée (IMA J. Numer. Anal., 2003) to solve the Black-Scholes equation. The algorithm is of arbitrary high convergence rate and naturally parallelizable. It is shown that the method is very efficient for calculating various options. Existence and uniqueness pr

Ioannis Z. Emiris, Angelos Mantzaflaris

Constructive methods for matrices of multihomogeneous (or multigraded) resultants for unmixed systems have been studied by Weyman, Zelevinsky, Sturmfels, Dickenstein and Emiris. We generalize these constructions to mixed systems, whose Newton polytopes are scaled copies of one polytope, thus taking a step towards systems with arbitrary supports. First, we sp

Aron Simis, Rafael H. Villarreal

One studies Cremona monomial maps by combinatorial means. Among the results is a simple integer matrix theoretic proof that the inverse of a Cremona monomial map is also defined by monomials of fixed degree, and moreover, the set of monomials defining the inverse can be obtained explicitly in terms of the initial data. A neat consequence is drawn for the pla

Zhuo Chen, Mathieu Stienon, Ping Xu

The semi-classical data attached to stacks of algebroids in the sense of Kashiwara and Kontsevich are Maurer-Cartan elements on complex manifolds, which we call extended Poisson structures as they generalize holomorphic Poisson structures. A canonical Lie algebroid is associated to each Maurer-Cartan element. We study the geometry underlying these Maurer-Car