July 2009 arXiv papers — page 26

Pavel Balaz, Martin Gmitra, Jozef Barnas

Spin-transfer torque and current induced spin dynamics in spin-valve nanopillars with the free magnetic layer located between two magnetic films of fixed magnetic moments is considered theoretically. The spin-transfer torque in the limit of diffusive spin transport is calculated as a function of magnetic configuration. It is shown that non-collinear magnetic

D. Obreschkow, I. Heywood, H. -R. Kloeckner, S. Rawlings

We predict the emission line luminosity functions (LFs) of the first 10 rotational transitions of CO in galaxies at redshift z=0 to z=10. This prediction relies on a recently presented simulation of the molecular cold gas content in ~3e7 evolving galaxies based on the Millennium Simulation. We combine this simulation with a model for the conversion between m

Matteo Pradella, Angelo Morzenti, Pierluigi San Pietro

In Bounded Model Checking both the system model and the checked property are translated into a Boolean formula to be analyzed by a SAT-solver. We introduce a new encoding technique which is particularly optimized for managing quantitative future and past metric temporal operators, typically found in properties of hard real time systems. The encoding is simpl

Julia Danzer, Christof Gattringer, Ludovit Liptak, Marina Marinkovic

We study the expectation value of the phase of the fermion determinant for Wilson lattice fermions with chemical potential. We use quenched SU(3) ensembles and implement a recently proposed exact dimensional reduction of the fermion determinant. Ensembles at several temperatures below and above the phase transition are studied and we analyze the role of the

Emanuele Biolcati

Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) equip the two central layers of the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE experiment at the LHC. Main results of systematic studies of detector performance including noise, gain, drift speed and charge collection measurements will be reported

Akihiko Monnai, Tetsufumi Hirano

We estimate the effects of viscosity on the phase space distribution appearing in the Cooper-Frye formula within the framework of the Grad's fourteen moment method and find that there are non-trivialities in the discussion of a multi-component system. We calculate the viscous corrections of particle spectra and elliptic flow coefficients from the distort

Pekko Kuopanportti, Emil Lundh, Jukka A. M. Huhtamäki, Ville Pietilä

Motivated by a recent demonstration of cyclic addition of quantized vorticity into a Bose-Einstein condensate, the vortex pump, we study dynamical instabilities and core sizes of giant vortices. The core size is found to increase roughly as a square-root function of the quantum number of the vortex, whereas the strength of the dynamical instability either sa

Michel Dubois-Violette, Mohamed Lagraa

We exhibit large classes of local actions for the vacuum Einstein equations. In presence of fermions, or more generally of matter which couple to the connection, these actions lead to inequivalent equations revealing an arbitrary number of parameters. Even in the pure gravitational sector, any corresponding quantum theory would depend on these parameters.

M. Topsakal, S. Cahangirov, E. Bekaroglu, S. Ciraci

We present a first-principles study of the atomic, electronic, and magnetic properties of two-dimensional (2D), single and bilayer ZnO in honeycomb structure and its armchair and zigzag nanoribbons. In order to reveal the dimensionality effects, our study includes also bulk ZnO in wurtzite, zincblende, and hexagonal structures. The stability of 2D ZnO, its n

Bing Jiang, Yang Chen

We present X-ray equivalent width imaging of the supernova remnant (SNR) 3C 397 for Mg Heα, Si Heα, S Heα, and Fe Kαcomplex lines with the Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. The images reveal that the heavier the element is, the smaller the extent of the element distribution is. The Mg emission is evidently enhanced in the southeastern blow-out region, wel

Diana Valencia, Masahiro Ikoma, Tristan Guillot, Nadine Nettelmann

The discovery of CoRoT-7b, a planet of radius 1.68 +/- 0.09 R_E, mass 4.8 +/- 0.8 M_E and orbital period of 0.854 days demonstrates that small planets can orbit extremely close to their star. We use knowledge of hot Jupiters, mass loss estimates and models for the interior structure and evolution of planets to understand its composition, structure and evolut

Su Hu, Yan Li

In 1974, Vegh proved that if $k$ is a prime and $m$ a positive integer, there is an $m$ term permutation chain of $k$th power residue for infinitely many primes [E.Vegh, $k$th power residue chains, J.Number Theory, 9(1977), 179-181]. In fact, his proof showed that $1,2,2^2,...,2^{m-1}$ is an $m$ term permutation chain of $k$th power residue for infinitely ma

Marco Iovenitti

This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial sign error in some equations

Jorge Noronha, Adrian Dumitru

We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to show that the heavy quark (static) potential in a strongly-coupled plasma develops an imaginary part at finite temperature. Thus, deeply bound heavy quarkonia states acquire a small nonzero thermal width when the t'Hooft coupling $λ=g^2 N_c \gg 1$ and the number of colors $N_c \to \infty$. In the dual gravity descript

F. Haas, A. Bret, P. K. Shukla

The unexpected features of the two-stream instability in electrostatic quantum plasmas are interpreted in terms of the coupling of approximate fast and slow waves. This is accomplished thanks to the factorization of the dispersion relation into different sectors carrying positive or negative energy. The concept of negative and positive energy waves, therefor

D. V. Bugg

Data on J/Psi -> gamma (eta-piplus-piminus) and gamma (Kcharged-Kshort-picharged) from 58M J/Psi hadronic interactions in the BES II detector are analysed. They throw new light on J^P = 0^- mesons throughout the mass range up to 2 GeV, notably eta(1440). For the first time, this state is fitted including the full s-dependence of decays to a0(980)-pi, eta-sig

Michael Loss, Craig Sloane

We prove a sharp Hardy inequality for fractional integrals for functions that are supported on a general domain. The constant is the same as the one for the half-space and hence our result settles a recent conjecture of Bogdan and Dyda.

M. Shifman

This is a colloquium style pedagogical introduction to the paradigm of large extra dimensions. To be published in the Proceedings of the Workshop "Crossing the boundaries: Gauge dynamics at strong coupling," (May 14 - 17, 2009, Minneapolis), Eds. M. Peloso and A. Vainshtein, (World Scientific, Singapore, 2009), p. 3.

Riccardo Borghi

A detailed analysis of the remainder obtained by truncating the Euler series up to the $n$th-order term is presented. In particular, by using an approach recently proposed by Weniger, asymptotic expansions of the remainder, both in inverse powers and in inverse rising factorials of $n$, are obtained. It is found that the corresponding expanding coefficients

Tomo Takahashi, Masahide Yamaguchi, Shuichiro Yokoyama

We investigate primordial non-Gaussianity and dark matter isocurvature fluctuations in the modulated reheating and the curvaton scenarios. In these scenarios, large non-Gaussianity can be generated, on the other hand, depending on how dark matter is produced, too large isocurvature fluctuations can also arise, which is inconsistent with current observations.

Ioana Pintiliea, Gunnar Lindstroem, Alexandra Junkes, Eckhart Fretwurst

This work focuses on the investigation of radiation induced defects responsible for the degradation of silicon detectors. Comparative studies of the defects induced by irradiation with 60Co- rays, 6 and 15 MeV electrons, 23 GeV protons and 1 MeV equivalent reactor neutrons revealed the existence of point defects and cluster related centers having a strong im

A. B. Aleksandrov, V. V. Peller

It is well known that a Lipschitz function on the real line does not have to be operator Lipschitz. We show that the situation changes dramatically if we pass to Hölder classes. Namely, we prove that if $f$ belongs to the Hölder class $Ł_\a(\R)$ with $0<\a<1$, then $\|f(A)-f(B)\|\le\const\|A-B\|^\a$ for arbitrary self-adjoint operators $A$ and $B$. We prove

Axel Kleinschmidt, Michael Koehn, Hermann Nicolai

D=11 Supergravity near a space-like singularity admits a cosmological billiard description based on the hyperbolic Kac-Moody group E10. The quantization of this system via the supersymmetry constraint is shown to lead to wavefunctions involving automorphic (Maass wave) forms under the modular group W^+(E10)=PSL(2,O) with Dirichlet boundary conditions on the

S. Kokou Dadzie, Jason M. Reese

We investigate sound wave propagation in a monatomic gas using a volume-based hydrodynamic model. In Physica A vol 387(24) (2008) pp6079-6094, a microscopic volume-based kinetic approach was proposed by analyzing molecular spatial distributions; this led to a set of hydrodynamic equations incorporating a mass-density diffusion component. Here we find that th

Ahmed Ali, Leonid Gladilin, Diego Tonelli

The talks presented in the working group ``Heavy flavours&#39;&#39; of the DIS-2009 workshop are summarised. New and recently updated results from theory, proton antiproton and heavy ion colliders, as well from HERA and $e^+e^-$ colliders are discussed.

Willem P. Beeker, Chris J. Lee, Edip Can, Klaus J. Boller

In this paper we investigate the properties of self induced transparency (SIT) solitons, propagating in a $Λ$-type medium. It was found that the interaction between SIT solitons can lead to trapping with their phase preserved in the ground state coherence of the medium. These phases can be altered in a systematic way by the application of appropriate light f

D. V. Bugg

BES II data for the channel J/Psi -> gamma (piplus-piminus-piplus-piminus) are analysed from a sample of 58M J/Psi hadronic interactions. They reveal further detail in the J^{PC} = 0^{-+} sector for the 4pi channel. A broad 0^{-+} -> rho-rho component extending from 1500 to 2400 MeV is fitted. A narrower structure reveals a new J^P = 0^- contribution requiri

Thomas Kalmes

A classical result of Malgrange says that for a polynomial P and an open subset $\Omega$ of $\R^d$ the differential operator $P(D)$ is surjective on $C^\infty(\Omega)$ if and only if $\Omega$ is P-convex. H\"ormander showed that $P(D)$ is surjective as an operator on $\mathscr{D}'(\Omega)$ if and only if $\Omega$ is strongly P-convex. It is well known that t

A. Szostek, G. Dubus, F. Brun, M. de Naurois

GRS 1915+105 is a very well studied microquasar with a wide variety of temporal and spectral states. Multi-wavelength observations from radio to X-rays have uncovered clear relations between the variability in different bands. GRS 1915+105 is also well-known as a source of superluminal jets moving away from the core with true velocity <=0.9c. Non-thermal emi

Jajati K. Nayak, Jan-e Alam

It has been shown that the thermal photon and the lepton pair spectra can be used to estimate the radial velocity of different phases of the matter formed in nuclear collisions at ultra-relativistic energies. We observe a non-monotonic variation of the flow velocity with invariant mass of the lepton pair which is indicative of two different sources of therma

Daisuke Fujimura, Saku Tsuneta

We report the observations of the magneto-hydrodynamic waves propagating along magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We identified 20 isolated strong peaks (8 peaks for pores and 12 peaks for inter-granular magnetic structure) in the power spectra of the l.o.s. (line-of-sight) magnetic flux, the l.o.s. velocity, and the intensity for 14 different mag

F. Darabi

A model of Einstein-Hilbert action subject to the scale transformation is studied. By introducing a dilaton field as a means of scale transformation a new action is obtained whose Einstein field equations are consistent with traceless matter with non-vanishing modified terms together with dynamical cosmological and gravitational coupling terms. The obtained

I. Sersic, M. Frimmer, E. Verhagen, A. F. Koenderink

We present experimental observations of strong electric and magnetic interactions between split ring resonators (SRRs) in metamaterials. We fabricated near-infrared (1.4 $μ$m) planar metamaterials with different inter-SRR spacings along different directions. Our transmission measurements show blueshifts and redshifts of the magnetic resonance, depending on S

M. Calamiotou, A. Gantis, E. Siranidi, D. Lampakis

Combined synchrotron angle-dispersive powder diffraction and micro-Raman spectroscopy are used to investigate the pressure-induced lattice instabilities that are accompanied by T$_{\rm c}$ anomalies in YBa$_{\rm 2}$Cu$_{\rm 4}$O$_{\rm 8}$, in comparison with the optimally doped YBa$_{\rm 2}$Cu$_{\rm 3}$O$_{\rm 7-δ}$ and the non-superconducting PrBa$_{\rm 2}$

E. Harikumar

In this paper, we construct a model of spinor fields interacting with specific gauge fields on fuzzy sphere and analyze the chiral symmetry of this &#39;Schwinger model&#39;. In constructing the theory of gauge fields interacting with spinors on fuzzy sphere, we take the approach that the Dirac operator $D_q$ on q-deformed fuzzy sphere $S_{qF}^2$ is the gaug

Klaus Hornberger, Bassano Vacchini

Inconsistencies are pointed out in a recent proposal [L. Diosi, Phys. Rev. A 80, 064104 (2009); arXiv:0905.3908v1] for a quantum version of the classical linear Boltzmann equation.

Takashi Ito, Renu Malhotra

Recent lunar crater studies have revealed an asymmetric distribution of rayed craters on the lunar surface. The asymmetry is related to the synchronous rotation of the Moon: there is a higher density of rayed craters on the leading hemisphere compared with the trailing hemisphere. Rayed craters represent generally the youngest impacts. The purpose of this pa

Masatoshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, San Chul Lee, Hidefumi Takahashi

Measurements of the electrical resistivities, Hall coefficients, thermoelectric powers, electronic specific heat coefficients have been carried out for samples of LnFe1-yMyAsO1-xFx (Ln=La, Nd; M=Co, Mn; x=0.11) obtained by M atom dopings to the superconducting LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln1111) system. The NMR longitudinal relaxation rates 1/T1 have also been measured fo

Baruch Feldman, Scott T. Dunham

Resistivity augmentation in nanoscale metal interconnects is a performance limiting factor in integrated circuits. Here we present calculations of electron scattering and transmission at the interface between Cu interconnects and their barrier layers, in this case Ta. We also present a semiclassical model to predict the technological impact of this scatterin

Navin Chandra Joshi, Neeraj Singh Bankoti, Seema Pande, Bimal Pande

In this paper we present the results of a study of the spatial distribution and asymmetry of solar active prominences (SAP) for the period 1996-2007 (solar cycle 23). For more meaningful statistical analysis we have analysed the distribution and asymmetry of SAP in two subdivisions viz. Group1 (ADF, APR, DSF, CRN, CAP) and Group2 (AFS, ASR, BSD, BSL, DSD, SP

Michael Frank, Alexander S. Mishchenko, Alexander A. Pavlov

We investigate orthonormality-preserving, C*-conformal and conformal module mappings on Hilbert C*-modules to obtain their general structure. Orthogonality-preserving bounded module maps T act as a multiplication by an element \lambda of the center of the multiplier algebra of the C*-algebra of coefficients combined with an isometric module operator as long

David Hernandez

Let F be the category of finite dimensional representations of an arbitrary quantum affine algebra. We prove that a tensor product $S_1\otimes ... \otimes S_N$ of simple objects of F is simple if and only if for any $i < j$, $S_i\otimes S_j$ is simple.

W. Domainko, D. Nedbal, J. A. Hinton, O. Martineau-Huynh

Clusters of galaxies are believed to contain a significant population of cosmic rays. From the radio and probably hard X-ray bands it is known that clusters are the spatially most extended emitters of non-thermal radiation in the Universe. Due to their content of cosmic rays, galaxy clusters are also potential sources of VHE (>100 GeV) gamma rays. Recently,

Sukhwinder Singh, Robert N. C. Pfeifer, Guifre Vidal

Tensor network decompositions offer an efficient description of certain many-body states of a lattice system and are the basis of a wealth of numerical simulation algorithms. We discuss how to incorporate a global symmetry, given by a compact, completely reducible group G, in tensor network decompositions and algorithms. This is achieved by considering tenso

William J. Keith

A conjecture of Chunwei Song on a limiting case of the q,t-Schröder theorem is proved combinatorially. The proof matches pairs of tableaux to Catalan words in a manner that preserves differences in the maj statistic.

L. P. Teo

In this article, we derive the finite temperature Casimir force acting on a pair of parallel plates due to a massless scalar field propagating in the bulk of a higher dimensional brane model. In contrast to previous works which used approximations for the effective masses in deriving the Casimir force, the formulas of the Casimir force we derive are exact fo

Michael L. Graesser, Ryuichiro Kitano, Masafumi Kurachi

We present a simple formulation of non-linear supersymmetry where superfields and partnerless fields can coexist. Using this formalism, we propose a supersymmetric Standard Model without the Higgsino as an effective model for the TeV-scale supersymmetry breaking scenario. We also consider an application of the Hidden Local Symmetry in non-linear supersymmetr

Jun Hu, Andrew Mathas

This paper constructs an explicit homogeneous cellular basis for the cyclotomic Khovanov--Lauda--Rouquier algebras of type $A$.

Zheng Wang, Jie Luo

This paper extends linear-complexity concatenated coding schemes to fountain communication over the discrete-time memoryless channel. Achievable fountain error exponents for one-level and multi-level concatenated fountain codes are derived. It is also shown that concatenated coding schemes possess interesting properties in several multi-user fountain communi

Yukinao Akamatsu, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Tetsufumi Hirano

We develop a relativistic Langevin dynamics under the background of strongly interacting quark-gluon fluid described by the (3+1)-dimensional hydrodynamics. The drag force acting on charm and bottom quarks is parametrized according to the formula obtained from the anti-de-Sitter space/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence. In this setup, we calcula

Serguei A. Mokhov, Shahriar Rostami, Hammad Ali, Min Chen

This document presents a number of quick-step instructions to get started on writing mini-service-oriented web services-based applications using OpenESB 2.31, Tomcat 6, GlassFish 2.x/3.0.1 with BPEL support, and Java 1.6+ primarily in Scientific Linux 6.6 with user quota restrictions. While the tutorial notes are oriented towards the students taking the SOEN

Iosif Pinelis

Let X be a compact topological space, and let D be a subset of X. Let Y be a Hausdorff topological space. Let f be a continuous map of the closure of D to Y such that f(D) is open. Let E be any connected subset of the complement (to Y) of the boundary of D. Then f(D) either contains E or is contained in the complement of E. Applications of this dichotomy pri

Toshiya Imoto, Tadakatsu Sakai, Shigeki Sugimoto

We propose a holographic dual of large N_c QCD with the gauge group O(N_c) and USp(N_c) and N_f flavors of massless quarks. This is constructed by adding O6-planes to an intersecting D4-D8 system in type IIA superstring theory. The holographic dual description is formulated in the Witten&#39;s D4-brane background with D8-branes and O6-planes embedded in it a

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. We find that the effect of ecce

Yongkang Luo, Yuke Li, Shuai Jiang, Jianhui Dai

We performed a systematic study on the properties of CeFeAs$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$O ($0\leq x\leq 1$) by electrical resistivity, magnetization and specific heat measurements. The c-axis lattice constant decreases significantly with increasing P content, suggesting a remarkable chemical pressure. The Fe-3d electrons show the enhanced metallic behavior upon P-doping a

A. C. Seridonio, M. Yoshida, L. N. Oliveira

A numerical renormalization-group study of the conductance through a quantum wire side-coupled to a quantum dot is reported. The temperature and the dot-energy dependence of the conductance are examined in the light of a recently derived linear mapping between the Kondo-regime temperature-dependent conductance and the universal function describing the conduc

Paul Levande

We describe proofs of the standard generating formulas for unsigned and signed Stirling numbers of the first kind that follow from a natural combinatorial interpretation based on cycle-colored permutations.

Eric Braaten James Stapleton

We analyze recent data from the Babar and Belle Collaborations on the X(3872) resonance in the J/psi pi+ pi- and D0 D0-bar pi0 decay channels, taking careful account of the universal features of an S-wave threshold resonance. Because the line shapes for such a resonance are not integrable functions of the energy, the resonance parameters depend on the prescr

Kathy Dopp

This article * provides an overview of post-election audit sampling research and compares various approaches to calculating post-election audit sample sizes, focusing on risklimiting audits, * discusses fundamental concepts common to all risk-limiting post-election audits, presenting new margin error bounds, sampling weights and sampling probabilities that i

M. S. Westmoquette, J. S. Gallagher, L. J. Smith, G. Trancho

(Abridged) In this second paper of the series, we present the results from optical Gemini-North GMOS-IFU and WIYN DensePak IFU spectroscopic observations of the starburst and inner wind zones of M82, with a focus on the state of the T~10^4 K ionized interstellar medium. Our electron density maps show peaks of a few 1000 cm-3, local small spatial-scale variat

Christina Markert, STAR Collaboration

Short lived resonances are sensitive to the medium properties in heavy-ion collisions. Heavy hadrons have larger probability to be produced within the quark gluon plasma phase due to their short formation times. Therefore heavy mass resonances are more likely to be affected by the medium, and the identification of early produced resonances from jet fragmenta

Anton Zilman, John Pearson, Golan Bel

Many biological channels perform highly selective transport without direct input of metabolic energy and without transitions from a &#39;closed&#39; to an &#39;open&#39; state during transport. Mechanisms of selectivity of such channels serve as an inspiration for creation of artificial nano-molecular sorting devices and bio-sensors. To elucidate the transpo

S. Ji, J. -H. Kim, Y. Qiu, M. Matsuda

Using elastic and inelastic neutron scattering techniques, we show that upon cooling a spatially anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ag$_2$MnO$_2$ freezes below $T_f ~\sim 50$ K into short range collinear state. The static spin correlations are extremely two-dimensional, and the spin fluctuations are gapless with two characteristic relaxation rates that b

Stevan Harnad

Evidence confirming that OA increases impact will not be sufficient to induce enough researchers to provide OA; only mandates from their institutions and funders can ensure that. HEP researchers continue to submit their papers to peer-reviewed journals, as they always did, depositing both their unrefereed preprints and their refereed postprints. None of that

Tianhuan Luo, A. P. Iyengar, H. A. Fertig, L. Brey

We study the energy spectra and wavefunctions of graphene rings formed from metallic armchair ribbons, near zero energy, to search for properties which may be identified with &#34;effective broken time reversal symmetry&#34; (EBTRS). Appropriately chosen corner junctions are shown to impose phase shifts in the wavefunctions that at low energies have the same

Jacob Sterbenz, Daniel Tataru

In this article we prove a Sacks-Uhlenbeck/Struwe type global regularity result for wave-maps $Φ:\mathbb{R}^{2+1}\to\mathcal{M}$ into general compact target manifolds $\mathcal{M}$.

Chung-Pei Ma, Philip Chang, Jun Zhang

The latest cosmological N-body simulations find two intriguing properties for dark matter haloes: (1) their radial density profile, rho, is better fit by a form that flattens to a constant at the halo center (the Einasto profile) than the widely-used NFW form; (2) the radial profile of the pseudo-phase-space density, rho/sigma3, on the other hand, continues

Yohann Genzmer, Emmanuel Paul

We first describe the local and global moduli spaces of germs of foliations defined by analytic functions in two variables with p transverse smooth branches, and with integral multiplicities (in the univalued holomorphic case) or complex multiplicities (in the multivalued &#39;&#39;Darboux&#39;&#39; case). We specify normal forms in each class. Then we study

Eric J. Baxter, Kevin R. Covey, August A. Muench, Gabor Furesz

We determine the distance to the open cluster NGC 2264 using a statistical analysis of cluster member inclinations. We derive distance-dependent values of sin i (where i is the inclination angle) for 97 stars in NGC 2264 from the rotation periods, luminosities, effective temperatures, and projected equatorial rotation velocities, v sin i, measured for these

A. C. Hayes, P. A. Bradley, G. P. Grim, Gerard Jungman

We present analytic calculations and results from computational simulations showing that reaction-in-flight (RIF) neutrons act as a robust indicator for mixing of the ablator shell material into the fuel in DT capsules designed for the National Ignition Facility. The sensitivity of RIF neutrons to hydrodynamical mixing arises through the dependence of RIF pr

Alexander J. Dubbs, Brad A. Seiler, Marcelo O. Magnasco

The metrization of the space of neural responses is an ongoing research program seeking to find natural ways to describe, in geometrical terms, the sets of possible activities in the brain. One component of this program are the {\em spike metrics}, notions of distance between two spike trains recorded from a neuron. Alignment spike metrics work by identifyin

Obinna C. Umeh

We study various physical quantities associated with holographic s-wave superconductors as functions of the scaling dimensions of the dual condensates. A bulk scalar field with negative mass squared $m^2$, satisfying the Breitenlohner-Freedman stability bound and the unitarity bound, and allowed to vary in $0.5$ unit intervals, were considered. We observe th

Christophe Texier, Pierre Delplace, Gilles Montambaux

We have studied the quantum oscillations of the conductance for arrays of connected mesoscopic metallic rings, in the presence of an external magnetic field. Several geometries have been considered: a linear array of rings connected with short or long wires compared to the phase coherence length, square networks and hollow cylinders. Compared to the well-kno

Maciej Matyka

The aim of the thesis is to present and analyze two particular problems of transport in porous media flow. The first of them is related to the process of saturation of porous building materials. Recently, M. Küntz and P. Lavalée, using a computer model of this process, have concluded that the anomalous diffusion assumption is correct. In this thesis I presen

M. Cattani, M. C. Salvadori, F. S. Teixeira

The SAXS (small angle X-ray scattering) technique has been used to determine the fundamental structure of conducting thin films fabricated by implanting gold ions into PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) polymer. We present a brief review of the SAXS theories necessary to determine the structural properties of our nanoheterogeneous films.

M. -H. Kim, V. Kurz, G. Acbas, C. T. Ellis

We measure the infrared (wavelength 11 - 0.8 microns; energy E = 0.1 - 1.5 eV) Faraday rotation and ellipticity in GaAs, BaF2, LaSrGaO4, LaSrAlO4, and ZnSe. Since these materials are commonly used as substrates and windows in infrared magneto-optical measurements, it is important to measure their Faraday signals for background subtraction. These measurement

Shiyang Liu, Wanli Lu, Zhifang Lin, S. T. Chui

When an oscillating line source is placed in front of a special mirror consisting of an array of flat uniformly spaced ferrite rods, half of the image disappeared at some frequency. We believe that this comes from the coupling to photonic states of the magnetic surface plasmon band. These states exhibit giant circulations that only go in one direction due to

Olivier Bournez, Jeremie Chalopin, Johanne Cohen, Xavier Koegler

Population protocols have been introduced by Angluin et {al.} as a model of networks consisting of very limited mobile agents that interact in pairs but with no control over their own movement. A collection of anonymous agents, modeled by finite automata, interact pairwise according to some rules that update their states. The model has been considered as a c

Emmanuel Beffara, Olivier Bournez, Hassen Kacem, Claude Kirchner

ELAN is a powerful language and environment for specifying and prototyping deduction systems in a language based on rewrite rules controlled by strategies. Timed automata is a class of continuous real-time models of reactive systems for which efficient model-checking algorithms have been devised. In this paper, we show that these algorithms can very easily b

Sarben Sarkar

The role of $CPT$ invariance and consequences for bipartite entanglement of neutral (K) mesons are discussed. A relaxation of $CPT$ leads to a modification of the entanglement which is known as the $ω$ effect. The relaxation of assumptions required to prove the $CPT$ theorem are examined within the context of models of space-time foam. It is shown that the e

Enzo Granato, Giancarlo Jug

A quantum pseudo-spin model with random spin sizes is introduced to study the effects of charging-energy disorder on the superconducting transition in granular superconducting materials. Charging-energy effects result from the small electrical capacitance of the grains when the Coulomb charging energy is comparable to the Josephson coupling energy. In the ps

Olivier Bournez, Philippe Chassaing, Johanne Cohen, Lucas Gerin

Population protocols have been introduced as a model of sensor networks consisting of very limited mobile agents with no control over their own movement. A population protocol corresponds to a collection of anonymous agents, modeled by finite automata, that interact with one another to carry out computations, by updating their states, using some rules. Their

Olivier Bournez, Manuel Campagnolo

We provide an overview of theories of continuous time computation. These theories allow us to understand both the hardness of questions related to continuous time dynamical systems and the computational power of continuous time analog models. We survey the existing models, summarizing results, and point to relevant references in the literature.

Utpal Roy, Suranjana Ghosh

We investigate the dynamics of a rotating Morse wave packet, appropriate for a ro-vibrating diatomic molecule. The coupling between vibrational and rotational degrees of freedom is explicated in real position space as well as in phase space Wigner distribution of a SU(2) coherent state at various dynamically evolved times. We choose the well studied $I_{2}$

M. R. Setare, O. Hatami

The Shape invariant method has the algebraic structure and its algebras are infinite-dimensional. These algebras are converted into finite-dimensional under conditions. Based on the property of this method we obtain the algebraic structure of some physical potentials in the s-wave Klein-Gordon equation with scalar and vector potential which satisfy the Shape

L. Miller, T. J. Turner, J. N. Reeves

MCG-6-30-15 is the archetypal example of a type I active galaxy showing broad &#34;red-wing&#34; emission in its X-ray spectrum at energies below the 6.4 keV Fe K-alpha emission line and a continuum excess above 20 keV. Miller et al. (2008) showed that these spectral features could be caused by clumpy absorbing material, but Reynolds et al. (2009) have argue

David S. Dean, Ron R. Horgan, Ali Naji, Rudolf Podgornik

We study the thermal Casimir effect between two thick slabs composed of plane-parallel layers of random dielectric materials interacting across an intervening homogeneous dielectric. It is found that the effective interaction at long distances is self averaging and its value is given by a that between non-random media with the effective dielectric tensor of

Manuel Valiente, David Petrosyan, Alejandro Saenz

We pursue three-body bound states in a one-dimensional tight-binding lattice described by the Bose-Hubbard model with strong on-site interaction. Apart from the simple strongly-bound "trimer" state corresponding to all three particles occupying the same lattice site, we find two novel kinds of weakly-bound trimers with energies below and above the continuum

David Gruzman, Amir Karton, Jan M. L. Martin

Conformational energies of n-butane, n-pentane, and n-hexane have been calculated at the CCSD(T) level and at or near the basis set limit. Post-CCSD(T) contribution were considered and found to be unimportant. The data thus obtained were used to assess the performance of a variety of density functional methods. Double-hybrid functionals like B2GP-PLYP and B2

D. Ibanez, S. Morisi, J. W. F. Valle

We present a type-III version of inverse seesaw or, equivalently an inverse version of type-III seesaw. Naturally small neutrino masses arise at low-scale from the exchange of neutral fermions transforming as hyperchargeless SU(2) triplets. In order to implement tri-bimaximal lepton mixing we supplement the minimal SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) gauge symmetry with an A4-

T. Kawaguchi, H. Uemura, T. Ohno, R. Watanabe

Epitaxial films of NdFeAsO were grown on GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). All elements including oxygen were supplied from solid sources using Knudsen cells. The x-ray diffraction pattern of the film prepared with the optimum growth condition showed no indication of impurity phases. Only (00l) peaks were observed, indicating that NdFeAsO was

Arnab Rai Choudhuri, Bidya Binay Karak

We propose that the poloidal field at the end of the last sunspot cycle before the Maunder minimum fell to a very low value due to fluctuations in the Babcock--Leighton process. With this assumption, a flux transport dynamo model is able to explain various aspects of the historical records of the Maunder minimum remarkably well on choosing the parameters of

Jason Dick, Mathieu Remazeilles, Jacques Delabrouille

The separation of emissions from different astrophysical processes is an important step towards the understanding of observational data. This topic of component separation is of particular importance in the observation of the relic Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, as performed by the WMAP satellite and the more recent Planck mission, launched May 14th,

Driss Bennis

This paper is a continuation of the paper Int. Electron. J. Algebra 6 (2009), 219-227. Namely, we introduce and study a doubly filtered set of classes of rings of finite Gorenstein global dimension, which are called $(n,m)$-SG for integers $n\geq 1$ and $m\geq 0$. Examples of $(n,m)$-SG rings, for $n=1$ and 2 and every $m\geq 0$, are given.

A L Owczarek, T Prellberg

We present the solution of a linear Restricted Solid--on--Solid (RSOS) model in a field. Aside from the origins of this model in the context of describing the phase boundary in a magnet, interest also comes from more recent work on the steady state of non-equilibrium models of molecular motors. While similar to a previously solved (non-restricted) SOS model

Kamal Ahmat

Graph theory provides a primary tool for analyzing and designing computer communication networks. In the past few decades, Graph theory has been used to study various types of networks, including the Internet, wide Area Networks, Local Area Networks, and networking protocols such as border Gateway Protocol, Open shortest Path Protocol, and Networking Network

Kamal Ahmat

Ethernet networks have undergone impressive growth since the past few decades. This growth can be appreciated in terms of the equipment, such as switches and links, that have been added, as well as in the number of users that it supports. In parallel to this expansion, over the past decade the networking research community has shown a growing interest in dis

Nicola Cufaro Petroni, Piergiacomo Sabino

In this article we consider the problem of pricing and hedging high-dimensional Asian basket options by Quasi-Monte Carlo simulation. We assume a Black-Scholes market with time-dependent volatilities and show how to compute the deltas by the aid of the Malliavin Calculus, extending the procedure employed by Montero and Kohatsu-Higa (2003). Efficient path-gen

Kirill Melnikov, Markus Schulze

We present results for the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production and semi-leptonic decays of a top quark pair in hadron collisions, retaining all spin correlations. To evaluate the virtual corrections, we employ generalized D-dimensional unitarity. The computation is implemented in a numerical program which allows detailed studies of ttbar-

Y. Xia, D. Qian, D. Hsieh, R. Shankar

Three dimensional (3D) topological insulators are quantum materials with a spin-orbit induced bulk insulating gap that exhibit quantum-Hall-like phenomena in the absence of applied magnetic fields. The proposed applications of topological insulators in device geometries rely on the ability to tune the chemical potential on their surfaces in the vicinity of t