June 2009 arXiv papers — page 47

M. Lapert, R. Tehini, G. Turinici, D. Sugny

We propose a new monotonically convergent algorithm which can enforce spectral constraints on the control field (and extends to arbitrary filters). The procedure differs from standard algorithms in that at each iteration the control field is taken as a linear combination of the control field (computed by the standard algorithm) and the filtered field. The pa

G. Ingrosso, S. Calchi Novati, F. De Paolis, Ph. Jetzer

We study the possibility to detect extrasolar planets in M31 through pixel-lensing observations. Using a Monte Carlo approach, we select the physical parameters of the binary lens system, a star hosting a planet, and we calculate the pixel-lensing light curve taking into account the finite source effects. Indeed, their inclusion is crucial since the sources

Nuo Yang, Gang Zhang, Baowen Li

With molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate very obvious thermal rectification in large temperature range from 200 to 400 K in nanocone. We also observe that the rectification of nanocone does not depend on the length very sensitively, which is in stark contrast with the nanotube thermal rectifier in which the rectification decreases dramatically as

Arnaud Chéritat

We construct holomorphic maps with a Siegel disk whose boundary is not locally connected (and is an indecomposable continuum), yet compactly contained in the domain of definition of the map. Our examples are injective and defined on a subset of C.

Nuo Yang, Gang Zhang, Baowen Li

In this paper, heat flux in graphene nano ribbons has been studied by using molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that the heat flux runs preferentially along the direction of decreasing width, which demonstrates significant thermal rectification effect in the asymmetric graphene ribbons. The dependence of rectification ratio on the vertex angle and th

Metin Arik, Tolga Yarman, Alexander L. Kholmetskii

Previously, we established a connection between the macroscopic classical laws of gases and the quantum mechanical description of molecules of an ideal gas (T. Yarman et al. arXiv:0805.4494). In such a gas, the motion of each molecule can be considered independently on all other molecules, and thus the macroscopic parameters of the ideal gas, like pressure P

V. G. Klochkova

Splitting of the strongest absorption lines with a lower-level excitation potential $χ<$1eV has been detected for the first time in the optical spectra of the post-AGB star V354Lac obtained with a spectral resolution R=60000 at the 6-m telescope BTA. Analysis of the kinematics shows that the short-wavelength component of the split line originates in the star

Dipankar Home, Alok Kumar Pan, Arka Banerjee

The classical limit problem of quantum mechanics is revisited on the basis of a scheme that enables a quantitative study of the way the quantum-classical agreement emerges while going through the intermediate mass range between the microscopic and the macroscopic domains. As a specific application of such a scheme, we investigate the classical limit of a qua

Alexandru Dimca, Stefan Papadima

We explore the relation between cohomology jump loci in a finite Galois cover, formality properties and algebraic monodromy action. We show that the jump loci of the base and total space are essentially the same, provided the base space is 1-formal and the monodromy action in degree 1 is trivial. We use reduced multinet structures on line arrangements to con

Vladimir Efrosinin

The possible mechanisms of generation of the neutrino of small masses and sterile neutrino are considered. In the supposition of stability of tracks of a left-right symmetry concerning masses of constituent quarks, the angles of mixing of quarks are evaluated. With usage of experimental data on neutrino oscillation parameters the neutrino masses on order of

Y. Z. He, Z. F. Chen, Z. B. Li, C. G. Bao

In order to evaluate $g_0$, the interaction strength of a pair of $^{52}$Cr atoms with total spin S=0, a specially designed s-wave scattering of the pair has been studied theoretically. Both the incident atom and the target atom trapped by a harmonic potential are polarized previously but in reverse directions. Due to spin-flip, the outgoing atom may have sp

Naokazu Shibata, Kentaro Nomura

Single-layer and Bilayer of graphene are new classes of two-dimensional electron systems with unconventional band structures and valley degrees of freedom. The ground states and excitations in the integer and fractional quantum Hall regimes are investigated on torus and spherical geometries with the use of the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) meth

Naokazu Shibata

The ground-state and low-energy excitations of quantum Hall systems are studied by the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method. From the ground-state pair correlation functions and low-energy excitions, the ground-state phase diagram is determined, which consists of incompressible liquid states, Fermi liquid type compressible liquid states, and ma

Srinivas V. Parasa, K. Eswaran

- In this paper we present a method to compute the coefficients of the fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) on a quantum computer using quantum gates of polynomial complexity of the order O(n^3). The FrFt, a generalization of the DFT, has wide applications in signal processing and is particularly useful to implement the Pseudopolar and Radon transforms. Even

L. Luo, D. Hayes, T. A. Manning, D. N. Matsukevich

Quantum networks based on atomic qubits and scattered photons provide a promising way to build a large-scale quantum information processor. We review quantum protocols for generating entanglement and operating gates between two distant atomic qubits, which can be used for constructing scalable atom--photon quantum networks. We emphasize the crucial role of c

Michael Coons, Sander R. Dahmen

The {\em Liouville function} is defined by $\gl(n):=(-1)^{Ω(n)}$ where $Ω(n)$ is the number of prime divisors of $n$ counting multiplicity. Let $\z_m:=e^{2πi/m}$ be a primitive $m$--th root of unity. As a generalization of Liouville&#39;s function, we study the functions $\gl_{m,k}(n):=\z_m^{kΩ(n)}$. Using properties of these functions, we give a weak equidi

Shen Jun, Wu Junde

In 2006, Gudder introduced a logic order on bounded quantum observable set $S(H)$. In 2007, Pulmannova and Vincekova proved that for each subset $\cal D$ of $S(H)$, the infimum of $\cal D$ exists with respect to this logic order. In this paper, we present the spectral representation for the infimum of $\cal D$.

N. W. Murray, M. Rahman

We use the WMAP maximum entropy method foreground emission map combined with previously determined distances to giant HII regions to measure the free-free flux at Earth and the free-free luminosity of the galaxy. We find a total flux f_\nu=54211 Jy and a flux from 88 sources of f_\nu=36043 Jy. The bulk of the sources are at least marginally resolved, with me

Rachel L. Smith, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Edward D. Young, Mark R. Morris

Using very high resolution (lambda / Dlambda ~ 95000) 4.7 micron fundamental and 2.3 micron overtone ro-vibrational CO absorption spectra obtained with the CRIRES infrared spectrometer on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), we report detections of four CO isotopologues -- C16O, 13CO, C18O and the rare species, C17O -- in the circumstellar environment of two youn

Masudul Haque

For an open-boundary spin chain with anisotropic Heisenberg (XXZ) interactions, we present states in which a connected block near the edge is polarized oppositely to the rest of the chain. We show that such blocks can be `locked&#39; to the edge of the spin chain, and that there is a hierarchy of edge-locking effects at various orders of the anisotropy. The

Theodore Erler, Martin Schnabl

In this paper we present a new and simple analytic solution for tachyon condensation in open bosonic string field theory. Unlike the B_0 gauge solution, which requires a carefully regulated discrete sum of wedge states subtracted against a mysterious &#34;phantom&#34; counter term, this new solution involves a continuous integral of wedge states, and no regu

Eric Cancès, Rachida Chakir, Yvon Maday

We provide a priori error estimates for variational approximations of the ground state eigenvalue and eigenvector of nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems of the form $-{div} (A\nabla u) + Vu + f(u^2) u = λu$, $\|u\|_{L^2}=1$. We focus in particular on the Fourier spectral approximation (for periodic problems) and on the $¶_1$ and $¶_2$ finite-element discr

P. Winternitz, I. Yurdusen

A systematic search for superintegrable quantum Hamiltonians describing the interaction between two particles with spin 0 and 1/2, is performed. We restrict to integrals of motion that are first-order (matrix) polynomials in the components of linear momentum. Several such systems are found and for one non-trivial example we show how superintegrability leads

Alexey A. Kovalev, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We study charge and energy transport in a quasi-1D magnetic wire in the presence of magnetic textures. The energy flows can be expressed in a fashion similar to charge currents, leading to new energy-current induced spin torques. In analogy to charge currents, we can identify two reciprocal effects: spin-transfer torque on the magnetic order parameter induce

F. Kleefeld

Most recently it has been observed e.g. by Bender and Klevansky (arXiv:0905.4673 [hep-th]) that the C-operator related to a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamilton operator is not unique. Moreover it has been remarked by Shi and Sun (arXiv:0905.1771 [hep-th]) very recently that there seems to exist a well defined inner product in the context of the Hamilton oper

The CDF Collaboration

We present the results of a search for Higgs bosons predicted in two-Higgs-doublet models, in the case where the Higgs bosons decay to tau lepton pairs, using 1.8 inverse fb of integrated luminosity of proton-antiproton collisions recorded by the CDF II experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. Studying the observed mass distribution in events where one or both t

Matthew T. Harrison

Consider the collection of all binary matrices having a specific sequence of row and column sums and consider sampling binary matrices uniformly from this collection. Practical algorithms for exact uniform sampling are not known, but there are practical algorithms for approximate uniform sampling. Here it is shown how dynamic programming and recent asymptoti

Adam Doliwa

We study the Desargues maps $ϕ:\ZZ^N\to\PP^M$, which generate lattices whose points are collinear with all their nearest (in positive directions) neighbours. The multidimensional compatibility of the map is equivalent to the Desargues theorem and its higher-dimensional generalizations. The nonlinear counterpart of the map is the non-commutative (in general)

Pratyush Tiwary, Axel van de Walle, Niels Grønbech-Jensen

We provide a methodology for generating interatomic potentials for use in classical molecular dynamics simulations of atomistic phenomena occurring at energy scales ranging from lattice vibrations to crystal defects to high energy collisions. A rigorous method to objectively determine the shape of an interatomic potential over all length scales is introduced

B. A. Sethuraman

We survey the recent use of division algebras in wireless communication.

Bruce A. Bassett, Yabebal Fantaye, Renée Hlozek, Jacques Kotze

The Fisher Matrix is the backbone of modern cosmological forecasting. We describe the Fisher4Cast software: a general-purpose, easy-to-use, Fisher Matrix framework. It is open source, rigorously designed and tested and includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with automated LATEX file creation capability and point-and-click Fisher ellipse generation. Fisher

Tova Feldmann, Ronnie Kosloff

A reciprocating quantum refrigerator is studied with the purpose of determining the limitations of cooling to absolute zero. We find that if the energy spectrum of the working medium possesses an uncontrollable gap, then there is a minimum achievable temperature above zero. Such a gap, combined with a negligible amount of noise, prevents adiabatic following

Mark R. Krumholz, Sara L. Ellison, J. Xavier Prochaska, Jason Tumlinson

We argue that the lack of observed damped Lyman alpha (DLA) systems that simultaneously have high HI columns densities and high metallicities results naturally from the formation of molecules in the cold phase of a two-phase atomic medium in pressure balance. Our result applies equally well in diffuse systems where the ultraviolet radiation field is dominate

Lotfi Boubekeur, Paolo Creminelli, Guido D&#39;Amico, Jorge Noreña

We calculate the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy bispectrum on large angular scales in the absence of primordial non-Gaussianities, assuming exact matter dominance and extending at second order the classic Sachs-Wolfe result δT/T=Φ/3. The calculation is done in Poisson gauge. Besides intrinsic contributions calculated at last scattering, one must cons

R. R. Horgan, L. Khomskii, S. Meinel, M. Wingate

We formulate Non-Relativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (NRQCD) on a lattice which is boosted relative to the usual discretization frame. Moving NRQCD (mNRQCD) allows us to treat the momentum for the heavy quark arising from the frame choice exactly. We derive mNRQCD through O(1/m^2,v^4), as accurate as the NRQCD action in present use, both in the continuum and

D. M. Basko, S. Piscanec, A. C. Ferrari

Raman spectroscopy is a fast, non-destructive means to characterize graphene samples. In particular, the Raman spectra show a significant dependence on doping. While the change in position and width of the G peak can be explained by the non-adiabatic Kohn anomaly at $Γ$, the significant doping dependence of the 2D peak intensity has not been explained yet. H

S. ter Horst

It is well known that the solutions of a (relaxed) commutant lifting problem can be described via a linear fractional representation of the Redheffer type. The coefficients of such Redheffer representations are analytic operator-valued functions defined on the unit disc D of the complex plane. In this paper we consider the converse question. Given a Redheffe

Li Yang, Jack Deslippe, Cheol-Hwan Park, Marvin L. Cohen

We present first-principles calculations of many-electron effects on the optical response of graphene, bilayer graphene, and graphite employing the GW-Bethe Salpeter equation approach. We find that resonant excitons are formed in these two-dimensional semimetals. The resonant excitons give rise to a prominent peak in the absorption spectrum near 4.5 eV with

Yuji Tachikawa, Brian Wecht

We show that when an N=2 SCFT flows to an N=1 SCFT via giving a mass to the adjoint chiral superfield in a vector multiplet with marginal coupling, the central charges a and c of the N=2 theory are related to those of the N=1 theory by a universal linear transformation. In the large N limit, this relationship implies that the central charges obey a_IR/a_UV=c

Sergio Almaraz

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. This paper is concerned with the set of scalar-flat metrics which are in the conformal class of g and have the boundary as a constant mean curvature hypersurface. We prove that this set is compact for dimensions greater than or equal to 7 under the generic condition that the trace-free 2nd fundamental

Sergio Boixo, Animesh Datta, Matthew J. Davis, Anil Shaji

We discuss a quantum-metrology protocol designed to estimate a physical parameter in a Bose-Einstein condensate of N atoms, and we show that the measurement uncertainty can decrease faster than 1/N. The 1/N scaling is usually thought to be the best possible in any measurement scheme. From the perspective of quantum information theory, we outline the main ide

Wu-Sheng Dai, Mi Xie

In this paper, we calculate the explicit expression for the fugacity for two- and three-dimensional weakly interacting Bose and Fermi gases from their equations of state in isochoric and isobaric processes, respectively, based on the mathematical result of the boundary problem of analytic functions --- the homogeneous Riemann-Hilbert problem. We also discuss

S. S. AbdusSalam, B. C. Allanach, M. J. Dolan, F. Feroz

We study the problem of selecting between different mechanisms of supersymmetry breaking in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model using current data. We evaluate the Bayesian evidence of four supersymmetry breaking scenarios: mSUGRA, mGMSB, mAMSB and moduli mediation. The results show a strong dependence on the dark matter assumption. Using the inferred

J. Ellis, J. R. Espinosa, G. F. Giudice, A. Hoecker

Extrapolating the Standard Model to high scales using the renormalisation group, three possibilities arise, depending on the mass of the Higgs boson: if the Higgs mass is large enough the Higgs self-coupling may blow up, entailing some new non-perturbative dynamics; if the Higgs mass is small the effective potential of the Standard Model may reveal an instab

Vladimir E. Manucharyan, Jens Koch, Leonid Glazman, Michel Devoret

The promise of single Cooper pair quantum circuits based on tunnel junctions for metrology and quantum information applications is severely limited by the influence of &#34;offset&#34; charges - random, slowly drifting microscopic charges inherent to many solid-state systems. By shunting a small junction with the Josephson kinetic inductance of a series arra

R. B. Barreiro

In this paper we briefly review the current status of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations, summarising the latest results obtained from CMB experiments, both in intensity and polarization, and the constraints imposed on the cosmological parameters. We also present a summary of current and future CMB experiments, with a special focus on the que

M. Bona, M. Ciuchini, E. Franco, V. Lubicz

The UT{\it{fit}} Collaboration has produced several analyses in the context of flavour physics both within and beyond the Standard Model. In this paper we present updated results for the Standard Model analysis of the Unitarity Triangle using the latest experimental and lattice QCD inputs, as well as an update of the Unitarity Triangle analysis in a scenario

H. Q. Zhang, C. L. Zhang, C. J. Lin, Z. H. Liu

The angular distributions of fission fragments for the $^{32}$S+$^{184}$W reaction at center-of-mass energies of 118.8, 123.1, 127.3, 131.5, 135.8, 141.1 and 144.4 MeV were measured. The experimental fission excitation function is obtained. The fragment angular anisotropy ($\mathcal{A}_{\rm exp}$) is found by extrapolating the each fission angular distributi

Ryan Chornock, J. S. Bloom, S. B. Cenko, A. V. Filippenko

The quasar SDSS J153636.22+044127.0, exhibiting peculiar broad emission-line profiles with multiple components, was proposed as a candidate sub-parsec binary supermassive black hole system. More recently, imaging revealed two spatially distinct sources, leading some to suggest the system to be a quasar pair separated by ~5 kpc. We present Palomar and Keck op

D. A. Burton, D. C. Christie, J. D. A. Smith, R. W. Tucker

An analytical method is developed for calculating the geometric wakefield and impedances of an ultrarelativistic beam propagating on- and off-axis through an axially symmetric geometry with slowly varying circular cross-section, such as a transition. Unlike previous analytical methods, our approach considers a beam of arbitrary longitudinal profile and permi

Robi Peschanski, Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Looking for the underlying hydrodynamic mechanisms determining the elliptic flow we show that for an expanding relativistic perfect fluid the transverse flow may derive from a solvable hydrodynamic potential, if the entropy is transversally conserved and the corresponding expansion &#34;quasi-stationary&#34;, that is mainly governed by the temperature coolin

Michael Mayle, Igor Lesanovsky, Peter Schmelcher

We theoretically investigate the quantum properties of nS, nP, and nD Rydberg atoms in a magnetic Ioffe-Pritchard trap. In particular, it is demonstrated that the two-body character of Rydberg atoms significantly alters the trapping properties opposed to point-like particles with identical magnetic moment. Approximate analytical expressions describing the re

Nabyendu Das

Here a recently observed weak first order transition in doped SrTiO3 is argued to be a consequence of the coupling between strain and order parameter fluctuations. Starting with a semi-microscopic action, and using renormalization group equations for vertices, we write the free energy of such a system. This fluctuation renormalized free energy is then used t

M. Maniatis

The next-to-minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (NMSSM) is one of the most favored supersymmetric models. After an introduction to the model, the Higgs sector and the neutralino sector are discussed in detail. Theoretical, experimental, and cosmological constraints are studied. Eventually, the Higgs potential is investigated in the approac

L. Balmaceda, S. K. Solanki, N. Krivova, S. Foster

The historical record of sunspot areas is a valuable and widely used proxy of solar activity and variability. The Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) regularly measured this and other parameters between 1874 and 1976. After that time records from a number of different observatories are available. These, however, show systematic differences and often have signi

Sergei Buyalo, Alexey Kuznetsov

We show that canonical Carnot-Caratheodory spherical and horospherical metrics, which are defined on the boundary at infinity of every rank one symmetric space of non-compact type, are visual, i.e., they are bilipschitz equivalent with universal bilipschitz constants to the inverse exponent of Gromov products based in the space and on the boundary at infinit

Gao-Chan Yong, Bao-An Li, Lie-Wen Chen, Xun-Chao Zhang

Using a transport model coupled with a phase-space coalescence after-burner we study the triton-$^3$He ratio, relative and differential transverse flows in semi-central $^{132}Sn+^{124}Sn$ reactions at a beam energy of 400 MeV/A. The neutron-proton ratio, relative and differential flows are also discussed as a reference. We find that similar to the neutron-p

Bradley E. Schaefer, Ashley Pagnotta, Michael M. Shara

T Pyxidis is the prototypical recurrent nova (RN) with a mysterious nova shell. We report new observations of the shell with HST. The knots in the shell are expanding with velocities 500-715 km/s, for a distance of 3500 pc. The fractional expansion of the knots is constant, and this implies no significant deceleration. Hence, the knots were ejected by an eru

M. Warda, X. Vinas, X. Roca-Maza, M. Centelles

We analyze the neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei with the droplet model and effective nuclear interactions. The ratio of the bulk symmetry energy J to the so-called surface stiffness coefficient Q has in the droplet model a prominent role in driving the size of neutron skins. We present a correlation between the density derivative of the nuclear symmet

Jan Kurzidim, Daniele Coslovich, Gerhard Kahl

Using molecular dynamics simulations we study the slow dynamics of a hard sphere fluid confined in a disordered porous matrix. The presence of both discontinuous and continuous glass transitions as well as the complex interplay between single-particle and collective dynamics are well captured by a recent extension of mode-coupling theory for fluids in porous

Y. Friedman, S. Gwertzman

In this paper, we define a scalar complex potential $\mathcal{S}$ for an arbitrary electromagnetic field. This potential is a modification of the two scalar potential functions introduced by E. T. Whittaker. By use of a complexified Minkowski space $M$, we decompose the usual Lorentz group representation on $M$ into a product of two commuting new representat

Luke M. Butcher, Michael Hobson, Anthony Lasenby

It is generally believed that coupling the graviton (a classical Fierz-Pauli massless spin-2 field) to its own energy-momentum tensor successfully recreates the dynamics of the Einstein field equations order by order; however the validity of this idea has recently been brought into doubt [1]. Motivated by this, we present a graviton action for which energy-m

G. Benenti, G. Strini

The Fermi g_F(x,p) function provides a phase space description of quantum mechanics conceptually different from that based on the the Wigner function W(x,p). In this paper, we show that for a peaked wave packet the g_F(x,p)=0 curve approximately corresponds to a phase space contour level of the Wigner function and provides a satisfactory description of the w

David C. Brydges, John Z. Imbrie, Gordon Slade

We give a survey and unified treatment of functional integral representations for both simple random walk and some self-avoiding walk models, including models with strict self-avoidance, with weak self-avoidance, and a model of walks and loops. Our representation for the strictly self-avoiding walk is new. The representations have recently been used as the p

Benedikt Steinar Magnusson

For each closed, positive (1,1)-current ωon a complex manifold X and each ω-upper semicontinuous function ϕon X we associate a disc functional and prove that its envelope is equal to the supremum of all ω-plurisubharmonic functions dominated by ϕ. This is done by reducing to the case where ωhas a global potential. Then the result follows from Poletsky&#39;s

Marie-Noëlle Célérier, Krzysztof Bolejko, Andrzej Krasiński

Lemaître - Tolman (L--T) toy models with a central observer have been used to study the effect of large scale inhomogeneities on the SN Ia dimming. Claims that a giant void is mandatory to explain away dark energy in this framework are currently dominating. Our aim is to show that L-T models exist that reproduce a few features of the $Λ$CDM model, but do not

Caroline Gruson, Vera Serganova

In this paper, we use geometrical methods adapted from the Borel-Weil-Bott theory to compute the character of every finite dimensional simple module over a basic classical Lie superalgebra.

Robert S. Whitney, Henning Schomerus, Marten Kopp

In this work - the second of a pair of articles - we consider transport through spatially symmetric quantum dots with leads whose widths or positions do not obey the spatial symmetry. We use the semiclassical theory of transport to find the symmetry-induced contributions to weak localization corrections and universal conductance fluctuations for dots with le

Robert S. Whitney, Henning Schomerus, Marten Kopp

We apply the semiclassical theory of transport to quantum dots with exact and approximate spatial symmetries; left-right mirror symmetry, up-down mirror symmetry, inversion symmetry or four-fold symmetry. In this work - the first of a pair of articles - we consider (a) perfectly symmetric dots and (b) nearly symmetric dots in which the symmetry is broken by

M. Abu-samha, L. B. Madsen

A theoretical framework for studying strong-field ionization of aligned molecules is presented, and alignment-dependent ionization yields are computed for CO2. Our calculations are in unprecedented agreement with recent experiments. We find that the ionization process is affected by intermediate resonance states, and the alignment-dependent ionization yields

Jon Magne Leinaas, Mats Horsdal, T. H. Hansson

We examine charge fractionalization by chiral separation in a one-dimensional fermion system described by Luttinger liquid theory. The focus is on the question of whether the fractional charges are quantum mechanically sharp, and in the analysis we make a distinction between the global charge, which is restricted by boundary conditions, and the local charge

Bethany Marsh, Paul Martin

There is a natural bijection between Dyck paths and basis diagrams of the Temperley-Lieb algebra defined via tiling. Overhang paths are certain generalisations of Dyck paths allowing more general steps but restricted to a rectangle in the two-dimensional integer lattice. We show that there is a natural bijection, extending the above tiling construction, betw

Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

Using the new physical interpretation of quasinormal modes proposed by Maggiore, we calculate the area and entropy spectra for the 3-dimensioal and 5-dimensional large AdS black holes. The spectra are obtained by imposing the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition to the adiabatic invariant quantity. With this semiclassical method, we find that the spacings

Luca Chirolli, Guido Burkard

We theoretically describe the weak measurement of a two-level system (qubit) and quantify the degree to which such a qubit measurement has a quantum non-demolition (QND) character. The qubit is coupled to a harmonic oscillator which undergoes a projective measurement. Information on the qubit state is extracted from the oscillator measurement outcomes, and t

Ayaka Sakata, Koji Hukushima, Kunihiko Kaneko

In biological systems, expression dynamics that can provide fitted phenotype patterns with respect to a specific function have evolved through mutations. This has been observed in the evolution of proteins for realizing folding dynamics through which a target structure is shaped. We study this evolutionary process by introducing a statistical-mechanical mode

Christian T. Byrnes, Gianmassimo Tasinato

We study the non-Gaussianity generated during multiple-field inflation. We provide an exact expression for the bispectrum parameter f_NL which is valid beyond the slow-roll regime, valid for certain classes of inflationary models. We then study a new, exact multi-field inflationary model considering a case where the bispectrum grows to observable values at t

Christos Gougoussis, Matteo Calandra, Ari P. Seitsonen, Francesco Mauri

We develop a first-principles scheme based on the continued fraction approach an d ultrasoft pseudopotentials to calculate K-edge X-ray absorption spectra in solids. The method allows for calculations of K-edge X-ray absorption spectra in transition metal and rare-earths compounds with substantially reduced cutoffs respect to the norm-conserving case. We val

Alpha T. N&#39;Diaye, Raoul van Gastel, Antonio J. Martinez-Galera, Johann Coraux

Upon cooling, branched line defects develop in epitaxial graphene grown at high temperature on Pt(111) and Ir(111). Using atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy we demonstrate that these defects are wrinkles in the graphene layer, i.e. stripes of partially delaminated graphene. With low energy electron microscopy (LEEM) we investigate the wrinklin

Koutarou Kyutoku, Masaru Shibata, Keisuke Taniguchi

General relativistic quasiequilibrium states of black hole-neutron star binaries are computed in the moving-puncture framework. We propose three conditions for determining the quasiequilibrium states and compare the numerical results with those obtained in the excision framework. We find that the results obtained in the moving-puncture framework agree with t

L. Escauriaza, C. E. Kenig, G. Ponce, L. Vega

We give a new proof of Hardy's uncertainty principle, up to the end-point case, which is only based on calculus. The method allows us to extend Hardy's uncertainty principle to Schr\"odinger equations with non-constant coefficients. We also deduce optimal Gaussian decay bounds for solutions to these Schr\"odinger equations.

C Bignamini, B Grinstein, F Piccinini, AD Polosa

The X(3872) is universally accepted to be an exotic hadron. In this letter we assume that the X(3872) is a D0 \bar D0* molecule, as claimed by many authors, and attempt an estimate of its prompt production cross section at Tevatron. A comparison with CDF data allows to draw some qualitative conclusions about this statement.

Yoshihide Yoshimoto

Melting of MgO was studied using a multicanonical ensemble method combined with a first-principles calculation. This approach has been successively performed by using a rather simple functional form for a model inter-atomic potential that is determined from first-principles and a novel approximation treating auxiliary degrees of freedom, such as electron the

S. Nagamachi, E. Brüning

Teleportation of optical field states (as continuous quantum variables) is usually described in terms of Wigner functions. This is in marked contrast to the theoretical treatment of teleportation of qubits. In this paper we show that by using the holomorphic representation of the canonical commutation relations, teleportation of continuous quantum variables

Dorota Kotlorz, Andrzej Kotlorz

A possible application of the evolution equation for the truncated Mellin moments to determination of the parton distributions in the nucleon is presented. We find that the reconstruction of the initial parton densities at scale $Q_0^2$ from their truncated moments at a given scale $Q^2$ is exact and unique for small number of free parameters ($\leq 3$), eve

Tomonari Sei

In the field of optimal transport theory, an optimal map is known to be a gradient map of a potential function satisfying cost-convexity. In this paper, the Jacobian determinant of a gradient map is shown to be log-concave with respect to a convex combination of the potential functions when the underlying manifold is the sphere and the cost function is the d

Enrico Formenti, Alberto Dennunzio, Michael Weiss

In this paper we introduce the notion of quasi-expansivity for 2D CA and we show that it shares many properties with expansivity (that holds only for 1D CA). Similarly, we introduce the notions of quasi-sensitivity and prove that the classical dichotomy theorem holds in this new setting. Moreover, we show a tight relation between closingness and openness for

Wieslaw Laskowski, Tomasz Paterek, Caslav Brukner, Marek Zukowski

We consider properties of states of many qubits, which arise after sending certain entangled states via various noisy channels (white noise, coloured noise, local depolarization, dephasing and amplitude damping). Entanglement of these states is studied and their ability to violate certain classes of Bell inequalities. States which violate them allow for high

Jonathon Funk, Mark Lawson, Benjamin Steinberg

We prove that four different notions of Morita equivalence for inverse semigroups motivated by, respectively, $C^{\ast}$-algebra theory, topos theory, semigroup theory and the theory of ordered groupoids are equivalent. We also show that the category of unitary actions of an inverse semigroup is monadic over the category of étale actions. Consequently, the c

Hao Wei

In the present work, we investigate the tension in the recent Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) datasets Constitution and Union. We show that they are in tension not only with the observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy and the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO), but also with other SNIa datasets such as Davis and SNLS. Then, we find the mai

Yun Soo Myung

We study massive graviton propagations of scalar, vector, and tensor modes in the deformed Hořava-Lifshitz gravity by introducing Lorentz-violating mass term. It turns out that vector and tensor modes are massively propagating on the Minkowski spacetime background. However, adding the mass term does not cure a ghost instability in the Hořava scalar.

H. F. Chau, H. Y. Chan, F. K. Chow

Recently, Yin et al. [Eur. Phys. J. B 49, 205 (2006)] introduced an efficient small-world network traffic model using preferential next-nearest neighbor routing strategy with the so-called path iteration avoidance (PIA) rule to study the jamming transition of internet. Here we study their model without PIA rule by a mean-field analysis which carefully divide

Dong Zhang

This thesis focuses on the study of the hyperaccreting neutron-star disks and magnetized accretion flows. It is usually proposed that hyperaccreting disks surrounding stellar-mass black holes with a huge accretion rate are central engines of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, hyperaccretion disks around neutron stars may exist in some GRB formation scenarios.

E. Gorsky

We give a formula for the S_n - equivariant Euler characteristics of the moduli spaces of genus g curves with n marked points

Vincent Duchene

In this paper, we derive asymptotic models for the propagation of two and three-dimensional gravity waves at the free surface and the interface between two layers of immiscible fluids of different densities, over an uneven bottom. We assume the thickness of the upper and lower fluids to be of comparable size, and small compared to the characteristic waveleng

Ki-Seok Kim, Chenglong Jia

We find the dynamical exponent $z = 3$ antiferromagnetic (AF) quantum critical point (QCP) in the heavy fermion quantum transition beyond the standard framework of the Hertz-Moriya-Millis theory with $z = 2$. Based on the U(1) slave-fermion representation of the Anderson lattice model, we show the continuous transition from an antiferromagnetic metal to a he

Ki-Seok Kim, Mun Dae Kim

We propose a mechanism of superconductivity from purely repulsive interactions in the strong coupling regime, where the BCS (Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer) mechanism such as the spin-fluctuation approach is difficult to apply. Based on the SU(2) slave-rotor representation of the Hubbard model, we find that the single energy scale for the amplitude formation of C

A. Yamakage, K. -I. Imura, J. Cayssol, Y. Kuramoto

A graphene $pn$ junction is studied theoretically in the presence of both intrinsic and Rashba spin-orbit couplings. We show that a crossover from perfect reflection to perfect transmission is achieved at normal incidence by tuning the perpendicular electric field. By further studying angular dependent transmission, we demonstrate that perfect reflection at

Jean N. Renault, Aidan Sims, Dana P. Williams, Trent Yeend

We consider the boundary-path groupoids of topological higher-rank graphs. We show that the all such groupoids are topologically amenable. We deduce that the C*-algebras of topological higher-rank graphs are nuclear and prove versions of the gauge-invariant uniqueness theorem and the Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorem. We then provide a necessary and sufficien

Xin-Wen Wang, Li-Xin Xia, Zhi-Yong Wang

We present a scheme for asymmetric quantum information splitting, where a sender distributes asymmetrically a qubit to distant agents in a network. The asymmetric distribution leads to that the agents have different powers to reconstruct the sender's qubit. In other words, the authorities of the agents for getting the quantum secret are hierarchized. The sch

Robert L. Foote, Chong-Kyu Han, Jong-Won Oh

A Jacobi field on a Riemannian manifold M is defined along a geodesic. We generalize this notion to an arbitrary smooth curve, and call it an infinitesimal isometry along the curve. We give two approaches to this: 1) compute the complete prolongation of the Killing equation and then restrict to the curve, and 2) compute the variational equations of a rigid m