September 2009 arXiv papers — page 11

Kazunori Kohri, Tomo Takahashi

We investigate the evolution of the bound state of negatively charged massive particles (CHAMPs) with light elements and discuss its cosmological consequences and the constraint. By numerically solving the Boltzmann equation, we study the time evolutions of such bound states. Since most of negative CHAMPs are captured by He4, its bound state is positively ch

Tulsi Dass

This series of papers is devoted to an open-ended project aimed at the solution of Hilbert's sixth problem (concerning joint axiomatization of physics and probability theory) proposed to be constructed in the framework of an all-embracing mechanics. In this first paper, the bare skeleton of such a mechanics is constructed in the form of noncommutative Ha

Mutsuo Oka

Let $f_{{\bf a},\{bf b}}({\bf z},\bar{\bf z})=z_1^{a_1+b_1}\bar z_1^{b_1}+...+z_n^{a_n+b_n}\bar z_n^{b_n}$ be a polar weighted homogeneous mixed polynomial with $a_j>0,b_j\ge 0$, $j=1,..., n$ and let $f_{\bf a}({\bf z})=z_1^{a_1}+...+z_n^{a_n}$ be the associated weighted homogeneous polynomial. Consider the corresponding link variety $K_{{\bf a},{\bf b}}=f_{

Ning Chen, Zhiyuan Yan, Maximilien Gadouleau, Ying Wang

While random linear network coding is a powerful tool for disseminating information in communication networks, it is highly susceptible to errors caused by various sources. Due to error propagation, errors greatly deteriorate the throughput of network coding and seriously undermine both reliability and security of data. Hence error control for network coding

Jennifer French

The focus of this paper is the comparison of two unstable homotopy spectral sequences-- the unstable mod p Adams spectral sequence that computes the unstable homotopy of a p-complete space, and the Goerss--Hopkins spectral sequence, which computes the unstable homotopy of the space of E-infinity maps between Hk-algebras, where k is the algebraic closure of t

P. Roesch, Yongcheng Yin

We prove that, for polynomials, the boundary of any bounded Fatou component is a Jordan curve, except maybe for Siegel disks.

Vladimir G. Ivancevic

The prediction and prevention of traumatic brain injury, spinal injury and general musculo-skeletal injury is a very important aspect of preventive medical science. Recently, in a series of papers, I have proposed a new coupled loading-rate hypothesis as a unique cause of all above injuries. This new hypothesis states that the main cause of all mechanical in

Joyce Assaad

The goal of this paper is to study the Riesz transforms $\na A^{-1/2}$ where $A$ is the Schrödinger operator $-\D-V, V\ge 0$, under different conditions on the potential $V$. We prove that if $V$ is strongly subcritical, $\na A^{-1/2}$ is bounded on $L^p(\R^N)$, $N\ge3$, for all $p\in(p_0&#39;;2]$ where $p_0&#39;$ is the dual exponent of $p_0$ where $2<\frac

Kai Cai

The autocorrelation function and the run structure are two basic notions for binary sequences, and have been used as two independent postulates to test randomness of binary sequences ever since Golomb 1955. In this paper, we prove for binary sequence that the autocorrelation function is in fact completely determined by its run structure.

Marcos Rigol

In a recent paper Roux [Phys. Rev. A 79, 021608(R) (2009), arXiv:0810.3720] argued that thermalization in a Bose-Hubbard system, after a quench, follows from the approximate Boltzmann distribution of the overlap between the initial state and the eigenstates of the final Hamiltonian. We show here that the distribution of the overlaps is in general not related

Andras Vasy, Jared Wunsch

Bony and Häfner have recently obtained positive commutator estimates on the Laplacian in the low-energy limit on asymptotically Euclidean spaces; these estimates can be used to prove local energy decay estimates if the metric is non-trapping. We simplify the proof of the estimates of Bony-Häfner and generalize them to the setting of scattering manifolds (i.e

Eric Katz, Sam Payne

We introduce a moduli functor for varieties whose tropicalization realizes a given weighted fan and show that this functor is an algebraic space in general, and is represented by a scheme of finite type when the associated toric variety is quasiprojective. We study the geometry of these tropical realization spaces for the matroid fans studied by Ardila and K

Patrick Huber

We discuss the possibility to use a high energy neutrino beam from a muon storage ring to provide one way communication with a submerged submarine. Neutrino interactions produce muons which can be detected either, directly when they pass through the submarine or by their emission of Cerenkov light in sea water, which, in turn, can be exploited with sensitive

J. Sirker

The minimal model to describe many spin chain materials with ferroelectric properties is the Heisenberg model with ferromagnetic nearest neighbor coupling J1 and antiferromagnetic next-nearest neighbor coupling J2. Here we study the thermodynamics of this model using a density-matrix algorithm applied to transfer matrices. We find that the incommensurate spi

D. Cherney, E. Latini, A. Waldron

We present gauge invariant, self adjoint Einstein operators for mixed symmetry higher spin theories. The result applies to multi-forms, multi-symmetric forms and mixed antisymmetric and symmetric multi-forms. It also yields explicit action principles for these theories in terms of their minimal covariant field content. For known cases, these actions imply th

Siu A. Chin

By exploiting the error functions of explicit symplectic integrators for solving separable Hamiltonians, I show that it is possible to develop explicit, time-reversible symplectic integrators for solving non-separable Hamiltonians of the product form. The algorithms are unusual in that they of fractional order.

R. Grützbauch, F. Annibali, R. Rampazzo, W. W. Zeilinger

Galaxy pairs may represent a way station in the evolutionary path from poor groups to giant isolated ellipticals (or fossil groups). To test this evolutionary scenario, we investigated the environment of 4 galaxy pairs composed of a giant elliptical galaxy and its spiral companion. The pairs are very similar from the optical and dynamical point of view, but

K. J. H. Law, D. Song, P. G. Kevrekidis, J. Xu

In this work, we focus our studies on the subject of nonlinear discrete self-trapping of S=2 (doubly-charged) vortices in two-dimensional photonic lattices, including theoretical analysis, numerical computation and experimental demonstration. We revisit earlier findings about S=2 vortices with a discrete model, and find that S=2 vortices extended over eight

Mohammed Tamekkante

The aim of this paper is the study of Gorenstein global and weak dimensions of semi-primary rings.

Marton Balazs, Jeremy Quastel, Timo Seppalainen

We consider the stochastic heat equation $\partial_tZ= \partial_x^2 Z - Z \dot W$ on the real line, where $\dot W$ is space-time white noise. $h(t,x)=-\log Z(t,x)$ is interpreted as a solution of the KPZ equation, and $u(t,x)=\partial_x h(t,x)$ as a solution of the stochastic Burgers equation. We take $Z(0,x)=\exp\{B(x)\}$ where $B(x)$ is a two-sided Brownia

Vladimir Belitsky, Antonio L. Pereira, Fernando P. de Almeida Prado

We analyze the stability properties of equilibrium solutions and periodicity of orbits in a two-dimensional dynamical system whose orbits mimic the evolution of the price of an asset and the excess demand for that asset. The construction of the system is grounded upon a heterogeneous interacting agent model for a single risky asset market. An advantage of th

K. Tamura, R. A. Jansen, R. A. Windhorst

We present a method to estimate and map the two-dimensional distribution of dust extinction in the late-type spiral galaxy NGC 959 from the theoretical and observed flux ratio of optical V and mid-IR (MIR) 3.6 micron images. Our method is applicable to both young and old stellar populations for a range of metallicities, and is not restricted to lines-of-sigh

Charles Bouchart, Gregory Moreau

In the framework of warped extra dimension models addressing the gauge hierarchy problem, we consider the Randall-Sundrum (RS) scenario under the usual hypothesis of a bulk custodial symmetry. It is shown in detail that there can exist large corrections to the Higgs boson Vacuum Expectation Value (VEV) induced by mixings of the gauge bosons with their Kaluza

Khaled Aledealat, Goran Mihajlovic, Kan-Sheng Chen, Mark Field

We report integration of an InAs quantum well micro-Hall sensor with microfluidics and real-time detection of moving superparamagnetic beads for biological applications. The detected positive and negative signals correspond to beads moving within and around the Hall cross area respectively. Relative magnitudes and polarities of the signals measured for a ran

Sonia Bacca, Nir Barnea, Winfried Leidemann, Giuseppina Orlandini

A detailed study of the 4He longitudinal response function R_L(\omega,q) is performed at different kinematics, with particular emphasis on the role of three-nucleon forces. The effects shown are the results of an ab initio calculation where the full four-body continuum dynamics is considered via the Lorentz integral transform method. The contributions of the

Javad Ebrahimi, Christina Fragouli

A long-standing open question in information theory is to characterize the unicast capacity of a wireless relay network. The difficulty arises due to the complex signal interactions induced in the network, since the wireless channel inherently broadcasts the signals and there is interference among transmissions. Recently, Avestimehr, Diggavi and Tse proposed

Dusan Jakovetic, Joao Xavier, Jose&#39; M. F. Moura

We consider the weight design problem for the consensus algorithm under a finite time horizon. We assume that the underlying network is random where the links fail at each iteration with certain probability and the link failures can be spatially correlated. We formulate a family of weight design criteria (objective functions) that minimize n, n = 1,...,N (ou

Antonella Perucca

Let G be the product of an abelian variety and a torus defined over a number field K. Let R_1,..., R_n be points in G(K). Let l be a rational prime and let a_1,..., a_n be non-negative integers. Consider the set of primes p of K satisfying the following condition: the l-adic valuation of the order of (R_i mod p) equals a_i for every i=1,...,n. We show that t

W. E. Harris, L. R. Spitler, D. A. Forbes, J. Bailin

Images from the HST ACS are used to carry out a new photometric study of the globular clusters (GCs) in M104, the Sombrero galaxy. The primary focus of our study is the characteristic distribution function of linear sizes (SDF) of the GCs. We measure the effective radii for 652 clusters with PSF-convolved King and Wilson dynamical model fits. The SDF is rema

Indranil Biswas, Ugo Bruzzo

Let (X, ω) be a compact connected Kaehler manifold of complex dimension d and E_G a holomorphic principal G-bundle on X, where G is a connected reductive linear algebraic group defined over C. Let Z (G) denote the center of G. We prove that the following three statements are equivalent: (1) There is a parabolic subgroup P of G and a holomorphic reduction of

Ali Al-Adili

The purpose of this master thesis is to simulate suitable nuclear reactions for a commissioning experiment, to be performed with the AGATA gamma-ray tracking spectrometer. The main aim of the work is to find a reaction, which gives large Doppler effects of the emitted gamma rays, with as small contribution as possible due to the energy and angular spread of

C. Karoff, H. Rauer, A. Erikson, H. Voss

The COROT space mission will monitor several target fields for up to 150 days to perform asteroseismology and to search for extrasolar planets by photometric transits. Variable stars in the target fields are important objects for additional scientific studies but can also disturb the search for planetary transits. A variability characterization of the target

Ryan C. Hickox

Large extragalactic surveys allow us to trace, in a statistical sense, how supermassive black holes, their host galaxies, and their dark matter halos evolve together over cosmic time, and so explore the consequences of AGN feedback on galaxy evolution. Recent studies have found significant links between the accretion states of black holes and galaxy stellar

A. Pashkin, M. Dressel, M. Hanfland, C. A. Kuntscher

The infrared response of the organic conductor (TMTSF)$_2$PF$_6$ and the Mott insulator (TMTTF)$_2$PF$_6$ are investigated as a function of temperature and pressure and for the polarization parallel and perpendicular to the molecular stacks. By applying external pressure on (TMTTF)$_2$PF$_6$, the Mott gap rapidly diminishes until the deconfinement transition

Fokko J. van de Bult

In this article we give a new transformation between elliptic hypergeometric beta integrals, which gives rise to a Weyl group symmetry of type F_4. The transformation is a generalization of a series transformation discovered by Langer, Schlosser, and Warnaar. Moreover we consider various limits of this transformation to basic hypergeometric functions obtaine

Michael J. Kurtz, Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn S. Grant

The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), along with astronomy's journals and data centers (a collaboration dubbed URANIA), has developed a distributed on-line digital library which has become the dominant means by which astronomers search, access and read their technical literature. Digital libraries such as the NASA Astrophysics Data System permit the easy

B. Khani, J. M. Gambetta, F. Motzoi, F. K. Wilhelm

We apply optimal control theory to determine the shortest time in which an energy eigenstate of a weakly anharmonic oscillator can be created under the practical constraint of linear driving. We show that the optimal pulses are beatings of mostly the transition frequencies for the transitions up to the desired state and the next leakage level. The time of a

Cozmin Ududec, Howard Barnum, Joseph Emerson

In spite of the interference manifested in the double-slit experiment, quantum theory predicts that a measure of interference defined by Sorkin and involving various outcome probabilities from an experiment with three slits, is identically zero. We adapt Sorkin&#39;s measure into a general operational probabilistic framework for physical theories, and then s

Michael J. Kurtz, Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn Grant

By combining data from the text, citation, and reference databases with data from the ADS readership logs we have been able to create Second Order Bibliometric Operators, a customizable class of collaborative filters which permits substantially improved accuracy in literature queries. Using the ADS usage logs along with membership statistics from the Interna

A. Bellini, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, I. R. King

We present a detailed study of the radial distribution of the multiple populations identified in the Galactic globular cluster omega Cen. We used both space-based images (ACS/WFC and WFPC2) and ground-based images (FORS1@VLT and WFI@2.2m ESO telescopes) to map the cluster from the inner core to the outskirts (~20 arcmin). These data sets have been used to ex

Trent J. Dupuy, Michael C. Liu, Brendan P. Bowler

We present Keck laser guide star adaptive optics imaging of the M8+M8 binary 2MASS J2206-2047AB. Together with archival HST, Gemini-North, and VLT data, our observations span 8.3 years of the binary&#39;s 35 year orbital period, and we determine a total dynamical mass of 0.15 (+0.05,-0.03) Msun, with the uncertainty dominated by the parallax error. Using the

Guy Hilburn, Edison Liang, Siming Liu, Hui Li

We present results of simulations of the spectrum of the accretion flow onto the supermassive black hole in our Galactic Centre, Sagittarius A*, generated with a coupling of Monte-Carlo (MC) radiation and general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) codes. In our modeling, we use the 2D HARM GRMHD code to first model the physical parameters of the disk,

Tom Brady, Jon McCammond

In this article we study the curvature properties of the order complex of a graded poset under a metric that we call the ``orthoscheme metric&#39;&#39;. In addition to other results, we characterize which rank 4 posets have CAT(0) orthoscheme complexes and by applying this theorem to standard posets and complexes associated with four-generator Artin groups,

Luis F. Alday, Francesco Benini, Yuji Tachikawa

We show that the central charge of the Liouville and ADE Toda theories can be reproduced by equivariantly integrating the anomaly eight-form of the corresponding six-dimensional N=(0,2) theories, which describe the low-energy dynamics of M5-branes.

Carlos Munoz

We consider the phenomenological implications of gravitino dark matter in the context of the $\mu\nu$SSM. The latter is an R-parity breaking model which provides a solution to the $\mu$-problem of the MSSM and explains the origin of neutrino masses by simply using right-handed neutrino superfields. In particular, we analyze the prospects for detecting gamma

Jon McCammond

Group presentations are implicit descriptions of 2-dimensional cell complexes with only one vertex. While such complexes are usually sufficient for topological investigations of groups, multi-vertex complexes are often preferable when the focus shifts to geometric considerations. In this article, I show how to quickly describe the most important multi-vertex

Andrea De Simone

Leptogenic Supersymmetry is a scenario characterized by copious lepton production in cascade decays. Due to the high lepton multiplicity and the lack of significant missing energy, leptogenic supersymmetry provides very clean channels which can be probed already with the early LHC data. Furthermore, the Higgs may be discovered in the h->b bbar mode because t

Lewis Bowen

We prove a formula for the sofic entropy of expansive principal algebraic actions of residually finite groups, extending recent work of Deninger and Schmidt.

Alessandro Grelli, Andre Mischke

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will open a new era in high energy physics. The expected large cross section for heavy flavour production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 14 TeV will allow detailed studies of the production mechanisms and an extensive test of Quantum Chromodynamics. Since charm and beauty has been proposed as a good probe to study

Paola Goatin, Laurent Gosse

We prove Ole\u ınik-type decay estimates for entropy solutions of $n\times n$ strictly hyperbolic systems of balance laws built out of a wave-front tracking procedure inside which the source term is treated as a nonconservative product localized on a discrete lattice.

Adam P. Willard, David Chandler

We describe and illustrate a simple procedure for identifying a liquid interface from atomic coordinates. In particular, a coarse grained density field is constructed, and the interface is defined as a constant density surface for this coarse grained field. In applications to a molecular dynamics simulation of liquid water, it is shown that this procedure pr

Jon McCammond, Daniel Wise

In this article we prove new results about the existence of 2-cells in disc diagrams which are extreme in the sense that they are attached to the rest of the diagram along a small connected portion of their boundary cycle. In particular, we establish conditions on a 2-complex X which imply that all minimal area disc diagrams over X with reduced boundary cycl

M. D. Maia, A. J. S. Capistrano, D. Muller

Until recently the study of the gravitational field of dark matter was primarily concerned with its local effects on the motion of stars in galaxies and galaxy clusters. On the other hand, the WMAP experiment has shown that the gravitational field produced by dark matter amplifies the higher acoustic modes of the CMBR power spectrum, more intensely than the

Andrew Cumming, Diana Dragomir

We discuss a Bayesian approach to the analysis of radial velocities in planet searches. We use a combination of exact and approximate analytic and numerical techniques to efficiently evaluate chi-squared for multiple values of orbital parameters, and to carry out the marginalization integrals for a single planet including the possibility of a long term trend

A. Grochola, W. Jastrzebski, P. Kowalczyk

The B^1Π<- X^1Σ^+ system of NaCs molecule is investigated experimentally by polarization labelling spectroscopy technique. The inverted perturbation approach method is used to construct the potential energy curve of the B^1Πstate, providing accurate eigenenergies for vibrational levels v = 0 - 15.

Ahmed S. Hassan, Shemi S. M. Soliman, Emad H. Soliman

In this paper the thermodynamical parameters of a condensed Boson gas are calculated from the partial derivative of the grand potential. In particular, the analytical expressions for some important parameters, such as the condensed fraction, specific heat, critical temperature, effective size, and release energy are investigated. The mean effects which can b

T. I. Lakoba

We obtain local (i.e., linearized) convergence conditions for iterative methods that seek solitary waves with prescribed values of quadratic conserved quantities of multi-component Hamiltonian nonlinear wave equations. These conditions extend the ones found for single-component solitary waves in [J. Yang and T.I. Lakoba, Stud. Appl. Math. {\bf 120}, 265--292

A. Its, A. Izergin, V. Korepin, N. Slavnov

This is a historical note. In 1993 we calculated space, time and temperature dependent correlation function in isotropic version of one dimensional XY spin chain. The correlation function decays exponentially with time and space separation. The rate of exponential decay was evaluated explicitly. Since that time similar results were obtained in other models:

Lars Hofer, Ulrich Nierste, Dominik Scherer

We present results of our study of tan(beta)-enhanced loop corrections in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) with Minimal Flavour Violation (MFV). We demonstrate that these corrections induce flavour changing neutral current (FCNC) gluino couplings which have a large impact on the Wilson coefficient C_8 of the chromomagnetic operator. To illust

Paul B. Slater

We seek to derive the probability--expressed in terms of the Hilbert-Schmidt (Euclidean or flat) metric--that a generic (nine-dimensional) real two-qubit system is separable, by implementing the well-known Peres-Horodecki test on the partial transposes (PTs) of the associated 4 x 4 density matrices. But the full implementation of the test--requiring that the

Valeri V. Dvoeglazov

We derive relativistic equations for charged and neutral spin particles. The approach for higher-spin particles is based on generalizations of the Bargmann-Wigner formalism. Next, we study, what new physical information can the introduction of non-commutativity give us. Additional non-commutative parameters can provide a suitable basis for explanation of the

Morten Franz, Rolf Schlichenmaier

We investigated the vertical penumbral plasma flow on small spatial scales using data recorded by the spectropolarimeter of the solar optical telescope onboard Hinode. To this end we computed maps of apparent Doppler velocities by comparing the spectral position of the Fe I 630.15 nm & Fe I 630.25 nm lines with the averaged line profiles of the quiet Sun. To

Valeri V. Dvoeglazov

We present a realization of a quantum field theory, envisaged many years ago by Gelfand, Tsetlin, Sokolik and Bilenky. Considering the special case of the (1/2,0)+(0,1/2) field and developing the Majorana construct for neutrino we show that a fermion and its antifermion can have the same properties with respect to the intrinsic parity (P-) operation. The tra

Yudi Santoso

We present the phenomenology of a supersymmetric model with sneutrino as the next to lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) in the gravitino dark matter scenario at the LHC. We focus on the leptonic signatures and study the feasibility of a particular trilepton signature as a possible discovery channel of supersymmetry.

Yu. N. Efremov

Striking regularities are found in the northwestern arm of the M31 galaxy. Star complexes located in this arm are all spaced 1.2 kpc apart and have similar sizes of about 0.6 kpc. Within the same arm region Beck et al. (1989) detected a regular magnetic field, and we found that its wavelength is the spacing between the complexes. In this arm, groups of HII r

Yury A Neretin

We consider a product of three copies of infinite symmetric group and its representations spherical with respect to the diagonal subgroup. We show that such representations generate functors from a certain category of simplicial two-dimensional surfaces to the category of Hilbert spaces and bounded linear operators.

D. Baker, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, C. H. Mandrini, P. Demoulin

Hinode&#39;s EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) has discovered ubiquitous outflows of a few to 50 km/sec from active regions (ARs). These outflows are most prominent at the AR boundary and appear over monopolar magnetic areas. They are linked to strong non-thermal line broadening and are stronger in hotter EUV lines. The outflows persist for at least several day

B. L. James, Y. G. Tsamis, M. J. Barlow

We report on optical integral field spectroscopy of two unrelated blue compact galaxies mapped with the 13 x 13 arcsec^2 VIMOS integral field unit at a resolution of 0.33 x 0.33 arcsec^2. Continuum and background subtracted emission line maps in the light of [O III] 5007, H-alpha, and [N II] 6584 are presented. Both galaxies display signs of ongoing perturba

A. Bisig, O. Boulle, M. Klaui

We theoretically study domain wall oscillations upon the injection of a dc current through a geometrically constrained wire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The oscillation frequency spectrum can be tuned by the injected current density, but additionally by the application of an external magnetic field independent of the power. The results of analytic

Wael Bahsoun, Igor V. Evstigneev, Michael I. Taksar

The aim of this work is to extend the capital growth theory developed by Kelly, Breiman, Cover and others to asset market models with transaction costs. We define a natural generalization of the notion of a numeraire portfolio proposed by Long and show how such portfolios can be used for constructing growth-optimal investment strategies. The analysis is base

S. Raymond, W. Knafo, J. Flouquet, F. Bourdarot

We report specific heat and neutron scattering experiments performed on the system Ce$_{1-x}$La$_{x}$Ru$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ on the magnetic side of its quantum critical phase diagram. The Kondo temperature does not vanish at the quantum phase transition and elastic scattering indicates a gradual localisation of the magnetism when $x$ increases in the ordered phase

Dirk Fesser, Werner M. Seiler

A rigorous formulation of Vessiot&#39;s vector field approach to the analysis of general systems of partial differential equations is provided. It is shown that this approach is equivalent to the formal theory of differential equations and that it can be carried through if, and only if, the given system is involutive. As a by-product, we provide a novel char

Sungtae Cho, Ismail. Zahed

We show that the classical and strongly coupled QGP (cQGP) is characterized by a multiple of structure factors that obey generalized Orstein-Zernicke equations. We use the canonical partition function and its associated density functional to derive analytical equations for the density and charge monopole structure factors for arbitrary values of $Γ=V/K$, the

R. Dean Malmgren, Daniel B. Stouffer, Andriana S. L. O. Campanharo, Luis A. Nunes Amaral

Identifying and modeling patterns of human activity has important ramifications in applications ranging from predicting disease spread to optimizing resource allocation. Because of its relevance and availability, written correspondence provides a powerful proxy for studying human activity. One school of thought is that human correspondence is driven by respo

Mark Weber

One of the open problems in higher category theory is the systematic construction of the higher dimensional analogues of the Gray tensor product of 2-categories. In this paper we continue the developments of [3] and [2] by understanding the natural generalisations of Gray&#39;s little brother, the funny tensor product of categories. In fact we exhibit for an

Jacopo Bechi

This paper focuses on some issues about condensates and renormalization in AdS/QCD models. In particular we consider the consistency of the AdS/QCD approach for scale dependent quantities as the chiral condensate questioned in some recent papers and the 4D meaning of the 5D cosmological constant in a model in which the QCD is dual to a 5D gravity theory. We

G. C. Lau, T. Klimczuk, F. Ronning, T. M. McQueen

The magnetic susceptibilities and specific heats of the crystalline garnet and glass forms of Mn3Al2Si3O12 are reported. This allows a direct comparison of the degree of magnetic frustration of the triangle-based garnet lattice and the structurally disordered solid at the same composition for isotropic spin 5/2 Mn^2+ (3d^5). The results show that the glass p

Elaine M. Eschen, Chinh T. Hoang, Jeremy P. Spinrad, R. Sritharan

We consider the class of (C4, diamond)-free graphs; graphs in this class do not contain a C4 or a diamond as an induced subgraph. We provide an efficient recognition algorithm for this class. We count the number of maximal cliques in a (C4, diamond)-free graph and the number of n-vertex, labeled (C4, diamond)-free graphs. We also give an efficient algorithm

M. La Cognata, C. Spitaleri, A. M. Mukhamedzhanov, B. Irgaziev

The 18O(p,alpha)15N reaction rate has been extracted by means of the Trojan-Horse method. For the first time the contribution of the 20-keV peak has been directly evaluated, giving a value about 35% larger than previously estimated. The present approach has allowed to improve the accuracy of a factor 8.5, as it is based on the measured strength instead of ed

M. Roncarelli, L. Moscardini, E. Branchini, K. Dolag

Several inflationary models predict the possibility that the primordial perturbations of the density field may contain a degree of non-Gaussianity which would influence the subsequent evolution of cosmic structures at large scales. In order to study their impact, we use a set of three cosmological DM-only simulations starting from initial conditions with dif

J. F. C. Santos, A. A. Schmidt, E. Bica

To study the evolution of binary star clusters we have imaged 7 systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOAR 4-m telescope using B and V filters. The sample contains pairs with well-separated components (d < 30 pc) as well as systems that apparently merged, as evidenced by their unusual structures. By employing isochrone fittings to their CMDs we have det

A. A. Minkevich, E. Fohtung, T. Slobodskyy, M. Riotte

Coherent x-ray diffractive imaging is extended to high resolution strain analysis in crystalline nanostructured devices. The application potential is demonstrated by determining the strain distribution in (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs nanowires. By separating diffraction signals in reciprocal spaces, individual parts of the device could be reconstructed independently by ou

Robert G. Endres, Ned S. Wingreen

Biological cells are able to accurately sense chemicals with receptors at their surfaces, allowing cells to move towards sources of attractant and away from sources of repellent. The accuracy of sensing chemical concentration is ultimately limited by the random arrival of particles at the receptors by diffusion. This fundamental physical limit is generally c

Tatiana Gateva-Ivanova

We show the intimate connection between various mathematical notions that are currently under active investigation: a class of Garside monoids, with a &#34;nice&#34; Garside element, certain monoids $S$ with quadratic relations, whose monoidal algebra $A= k[S]$ has a Frobenius Koszul dual $A^{!}$ with regular socle, the monoids of skew-polynomial type (or eq

G. Hupin, D. Lacroix

A quantum Monte-Carlo is proposed to describe fusion/fission processes when fluctuation and dissipation, with memory effects, are important. The new theory is illustrated for systems with inverted harmonic potentials coupled to a heat-bath.

Tatiana Gateva-Ivanova

Let $k$ be a field and $X$ be a set of $n$ elements. We introduce and study a class of quadratic $k$-algebras called \emph{quantum binomial algebras}. Our main result shows that such an algebra $A$ defines a solution of the classical Yang-Baxter equation (YBE), if and only if its Koszul dual $A^{!}$ is Frobenius of dimension $n,$ with a \emph{regular socle}

F. Rubio da Costa, L. Fletcher, N. Labrosse, F. Zuccarello

We aim to characterise the appearance and behaviour of a flare and filament ejection which occurred on 8th September 1999 and was observed by TRACE in L-alpha as well as by the Yohkoh Soft and Hard X-ray telescopes. We explore the flare energetics and its spatial and temporal evolution. A correction is applied to the TRACE data to obtain a better estimate of

C. D. Froggatt, R. Nevzorov, H. B. Nielsen

In the no-scale supergravity global symmetries protect local supersymmetry and a zero value for the cosmological constant. The breakdown of these symmetries, which ensures the vanishing of the vacuum energy density, results in a set of degenerate vacua with broken and unbroken supersymmetry leading to the natural realisation of the multiple point principle (

Carlo Camilloni, Ludovico Sutto

Metamorphic proteins like Lymphotactin are a notable exception of the empirical principle that structured natural proteins possess a unique three dimensional structure. In particular, the human chemokine lymphotactin protein (Ltn) exists in two distinct conformations (one monomeric and one dimeric) under physiological conditions. In this work we use a Ca Go-

G. K. Leontaris, N. D. Vlachos

In this paper, the issues of the quark mass hierarchies and the Cabbibo Kobayashi Maskawa mixing are analyzed in a class of intersecting D-brane configurations with Standard Model gauge symmetry. The relevant mass matrices are constructed taking into account the constraints imposed by extra abelian symmetries and anomaly cancelation conditions. Possible mass

Johann G. Danzl, Manfred J. Mark, Elmar Haller, Mattias Gustavsson

Control over all internal and external degrees of freedom of molecules at the level of single quantum states will enable a series of fundamental studies in physics and chemistry. In particular, samples of ground-state molecules at ultralow temperatures and high number densities will allow novel quantum-gas studies and future applications in quantum informati

Bing An Li

A new Lagrangian of EW interactions without spontaneous symmetry breaking, Higgs, and Fadeev-Popov procedure has been constructed. It consists of three parts: $SU(2)_L\times U(1)$ gauge fields, massive fermion fields, and their interactions. In this theory the gauge coupling constants g, g&#39;, and fermion masses are the inputs. A new mechanism of $SU(2)_L\

PH Mott, CM Roland

A long-standing question is why Poisson&#39;s ratio v nearly always exceeds 0.2 for isotropic materials, whereas classical elasticity predicts v to be between -1 to 1/2. We show that the roots of quadratic relations from classical elasticity divide v into three possible ranges: -1 < v <= 0, 0 <= v <= 1/5, and 1/5 <= v < 1/2. Since elastic properties are uniq

Antoni Szczurek

A few examples of exclusive processes at high energy are discussed. Several mechanisms are presented. The differential distributions are shown. The possibilities to measure the processes are discussed.

A. Cisek, W. Schäfer, A. Szczurek

Protons and antiprotons at collider energies are a source of high energy Weizsaecker--Williams photons. This opens up a possibility to study at the LHC exclusive photoproduction of heavy vector mesons at energies much larger than possible at the HERA accelerator. We present selected results of our detailed studies of various distributions for the production

Frederic Dorn

The problem of Subgraph Isomorphism is defined as follows: Given a pattern H and a host graph G on n vertices, does G contain a subgraph that is isomorphic to H? Eppstein [SODA 95, J&#39;GAA 99] gives the first linear time algorithm for subgraph isomorphism for a fixed-size pattern, say of order k, and arbitrary planar host graph, improving upon the O(n^\sqr

Martin Schlesinger, Marcel Mudrich, Frank Stienkemeier, Walter T. Strunz

Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy has been used to study vibrational dynamics of potassium dimers attached to superfluid helium nanodroplets. Comparing the measured data with theoretical results based on dissipative quantum dynamics we propose that the most important effect of the helium environment is a general damping of the vibrational dynamics as a res

T. Driebe, J. H. Groh, K. -H. Hofmann, K. Ohnaka

We obtained near-infrared long-baseline interferometry of IRC+10420 with the AMBER instrument of ESO&#39;s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in low and high spectral resolution (HR) mode to probe the photosphere and the innermost circumstellar environment of this rapidly evolving yellow hypergiant. In the HR observations, the visibilities show a not

Haralampos Tsaknakis, Paul G. Spirakis

We present a new methodology for computing approximate Nash equilibria for two-person non-cooperative games based upon certain extensions and specializations of an existing optimization approach previously used for the derivation of fixed approximations for this problem. In particular, the general two-person problem is reduced to an indefinite quadratic prog

Alexandre Zabot, Antonio Kanaan, Roberto Cid Fernandes

Studies of debris disks around white dwarfs (WDs) have focused on infrared wavelengths because debris disks are much colder than the star and are believed to contribute to the spectrum only at longer wavelengths. Nevertheless, these disks are made of dust grains which absorb and scatter near-UV and optical photons from the WD, leaving a fingerprint that can