October 2009 arXiv papers — page 9

Takuya Sakasai

We focus on two kinds of infinite index subgroups of the mapping class group of a surface associated with a Lagrangian submodule of the first homology of a surface. These subgroups, called Lagrangian mapping class groups, are known to play important roles in the interaction between the mapping class group and finite-type invariants of 3-manifolds. In this pa

Mark Branson

The action--Maslov homomorphism $I\coπ_1(\text{Ham}(X,ω))\to\R$ is an important tool for understanding the topology of the Hamiltonian group of monotone symplectic manifolds. We explore conditions for the vanishing of this homomorphism, and show that it is identically zero when the Seidel element has finite order and the homology satisfies property $\mathcal

Rafael S. de Souza, R. Opher

Various authors have suggested that the gamma-ray burst (GRB) central engine is a rapidly rotating, strongly magnetized, $(\sim 10^{15}-10^{16}$ G) compact object. The strong magnetic field can accelerate and collimate the relativistic flow and the rotation of the compact object can be the energy source of the GRB. The major problem in this scenario is the d

Divesh Bhatt, Bin W. Zhang, Daniel M. Zuckerman

We extend the weighted ensemble (WE) path sampling method to perform rigorous statistical sampling for systems at steady state. The straightforward steady-state implementation of WE is directly practical for simple landscapes, but not when significant metastable intermediates states are present. We therefore develop an enhanced WE scheme, building on existin

David Klein, Peter Collas

An improved version has been submitted with the title: Recessional velocities and Hubble's law in Schwarzschild-de Sitter space. arXiv:1001.1875

Katarina Cicak, Dale Li, Joshua A. Strong, Michael S. Allman

We have produced high-quality complex microwave circuits, such as multiplexed resonators and superconducting phase qubits, using a "vacuum-gap" technology that eliminates lossy dielectric materials. We have improved our design and fabrication strategy beyond our earlier work, leading to increased yield, enabling the realization of these complex circu

Shoham Shamir

Colocalization is a right adjoint to the inclusion of a subcategory. Given a ring-spectrum R, one would like a spectral sequence which connects a given colocalization in the derived category of R-modules and an appropriate colocalization in the derived category of graded modules over the graded ring of homotopy groups of R. We show that, under suitable condi

Jean-Bernard Lasserre, Mihai Putinar

We describe algebraic certificates of positivity for functions belonging to a finitely generated algebra of Borel measurable functions, with particular emphasis to algebras generated by semi-algebraic functions. In which case the standard global optimization problem with constraints given by elements of the same algebra is reduced via a natural change of var

Rafael S. de Souza, R. Opher

Microgauss magnetic fields are observed in all galaxies at low and high redshifts. The origin of these intense magnetic fields is a challenging question in astrophysics. We show here that the natural plasma fluctuations in the primordial universe (assumed to be random), predicted by the Fluctuation-Dissipation-Theorem, predicts $\sim 0.034 μG$ fields over $\

Viacheslav V. Nikulin

The transition constant was introduced in our 1981 paper and denoted as N(14). It is equal to the maximal degree of the ground fields of V-arithmetic connected edge graphs with 4 vertices and of the minimality 14. This constant is fundamental since if the degree of the ground field of an arithmetic hyperbolic reflection group is greater than N(14), then the

Elcio Abdalla, L. Raul Abramo, Jose C. C. de Souza

We investigate the effect of an interaction between dark energy and dark matter upon the dynamics of galaxy clusters. This effect is computed through the Layser-Irvine equation, which describes how an astrophysical system reaches virial equilibrium and was modified to include the dark interactions. Using observational data from almost 100 purportedly relaxed

Wolfhard Janke, Thomas Neuhaus, Adriaan M. J. Schakel

The loop gas approach to lattice field theory provides an alternative, geometrical description in terms of fluctuating loops. Statistical ensembles of random loops can be efficiently generated by Monte Carlo simulations using the worm update algorithm. In this paper, concepts from percolation theory and the theory of self-avoiding random walks are used to de

Alessandro Soncini, Liviu F. Chibotaru

We investigate the spin transport through strongly anisotropic noncollinear magnetic molecules and find that the noncollinear magnetization acts as a spin-switching device for the current. Moreover, spin currents are shown to offer a viable route to selectively prepare the molecular device in one of two degenerate noncollinear magnetic states. Spin-currents

Rishi Khatri, Benjamin D. Wandelt

We calculate the cosmic microwave background (CMB) bispectrum due to inhomogeneous reionization. We calculate all the terms that can contribute to the bispectrum that are products of first order terms on all scales in conformal Newtonian gauge. We also correctly account for the de-correlation between the matter density and initial conditions using perturbati

Ka-Wah Wong, Craig L. Sarazin

(abridged) We have studied the effects of electron-ion non-equipartition in the outer regions of relaxed clusters for a wide range of masses in the \LambdaCDM cosmology using one-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. The effects of the non-adiabatic electron heating efficiency, β, on the degree of non-equipartition are also studied. Using the gas fraction f_

Yoav Kallus, Veit Elser, Simon Gravel

We present a one-parameter family of periodic packings of regular tetrahedra, with the packing fraction $100/117\approx0.8547$, that are simple in the sense that they are transitive and their repeating units involve only four tetrahedra. The construction of the packings was inspired from results of a numerical search that yielded a similar packing. We presen

Dorit Aharonov, Itai Arad, Sandy Irani

The DMRG method is very effective at finding ground states of 1D quantum systems in practice, but it is a heuristic method, and there is no known proof for when it works. In this paper we describe an efficient classical algorithm which provably finds a good approximation of the ground state of 1D systems under well defined conditions. More precisely, our alg

B. Gebremariam, T. Duguet, S. K. Bogner

We present a mathematica package that performs the symbolic calculation of integrals of the form \int^{\infty}_0 e^{-x/u} x^n j_ν (x) j_μ (x) dx where $j_ν (x)$ and $j_μ (x)$ denote spherical Bessel functions of integer orders, with $ν\ge 0$ and $μ\ge 0$. With the real parameter $u>0$ and the integer $n$, convergence of the integral requires that $n+ν+μ\ge 0

Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez, Pedro Frazao, Alfredo B. Henriques

We propose a new scenario for the early universe where there is a smooth transition between an early de Sitter-like phase and a radiation dominated era. In this model, the matter content is modelled by a new type of generalised Chaplygin gas for the early universe, with an underlying scalar field description. We study the gravitational waves generated by the

Fernando Galaz-Garcia, Catherine Searle

We obtain a structure theorem for closed, cohomogeneity one Alexandrov spaces and we classify closed, cohomogeneity one Alexandrov spaces in dimensions 3 and 4. As a corollary, we obtain the classification of closed, $n$-dimensional, cohomogeneity one Alexandrov spaces admitting an isometric $T^{n-1}$ action. In contrast to the 1- and 2-dimensional cases, wh

A. Castro e Silva, J. Kamphorst Leal da Silva

We study two types of simplified Boolean dynamics over scale-free networks, both with synchronous update. Assigning only Boolean functions AND and XOR to the nodes with probability $1-p$ and $p$, respectively, we are able to analyze the density of 1's and the Hamming distance on the network by numerical simulations and by a mean-field approximation (anne

B. Gebremariam, T. Duguet, S. K. Bogner

A current objective of low-energy nuclear theory is to build non-empirical nuclear energy density functionals (EDFs) from underlying inter-nucleon interactions and many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). The density matrix expansion (DME) of Negele and Vautherin is a convenient method to map highly non-local Hartree-Fock expressions into the form of a quasi-lo

Wei Liu, Thomas E. Berger, Alan M. Title, Theodore D. Tarbell

We report a chromospheric jet lasting for more than 1 hr observed by Hinode Solar Optical Telescope in unprecedented detail. The ejection occurred in three episodes separated by 12-14 min, with the amount and velocity of material decreasing with time. The upward velocities range from 438 to 33 km/s, while the downward velocities of the material falling back

Marco S. Bianchi, Silvia Penati, Massimo Siani

We consider marginal deformations of the superconformal ABJM/ABJ models which preserve N=2 supersymmetry. We determine perturbatively the spectrum of fixed points and study their infrared stability. We find a closed line of fixed points which is IR stable. The fixed point corresponding to the ABJM/ABJ models is stable under marginal deformations which respec

Ales Drapal, Carlo Hamalainen

We enumerate all dissections of an equilateral triangle into smaller equilateral triangles up to size 20, where each triangle has integer side lengths. A perfect dissection has no two triangles of the same side, counting up- and down-oriented triangles as different. We computationally prove W. T. Tutte's conjecture that the smallest perfect dissection ha

C. Tamarit

We consider the GUT compatible formulation of noncommutative QED, as well as noncommutative SU(N) GUTs, for N>2, with no scalars but with fermionic matter in an arbitrary, anomaly-free representation, in the enveloping algebra approach. We compute, to first order in the noncommutativity parameters theta, the UV divergent part of the one-loop background-field

Grant Gorfine

The ATLAS detector, built at one of the interaction points of the Large Hadron Collider, is operational and has been collecting data from cosmic rays. This paper describes the track based alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector tracker which was performed using cosmic rays collected in 2008. The alignment algorithms are described and the performance of the ali

Mozhgan Sabzehzari, Yuki Aoyaghi, Sumiyoshi Abe

Toward the formulation of the operational approach to quantum thermodynamics, the heat-up operator is explicitly constructed. This quantum operation generates for a generic system an irreversible transformation from a pure ground state at zero temperature to a state at finite temperature. The fixed point analysis shows that repeated applications of the opera

L. S. Geng, F. K. Guo, C. Hanhart, R. Molina

In this paper we present an approach to study the radiative decay modes of the $J/ψ$ into a photon and one of the tensor mesons $f_2(1270)$, $f'_2(1525)$, as well as the scalar ones $f_0(1370)$ and $f_0(1710)$. Especially we compare predictions that emerge from a scheme where the states appear dynamically in the solution of vector meson--vector meson sca

Ceren Vardar

We show that the distribution of the square of the supremum of reflected fractional Brownian motion up to time a, with Hurst parameter-H greater than 1/2, is related to the distribution of its hitting time to level $1,$ using the self similarity property of fractional Brownian motion. It is also proven that second moment of supremum of reflected fractional B

Erik D. Kim, Katherine Truex, Xiaodong Xu, Bo Sun

We demonstrate optical control of the geometric phase acquired by one of the spin states of an electron confined in a charge-tunable InAs quantum dot via cyclic 2pi excitations of an optical transition in the dot. In the presence of a constant in-plane magnetic field, these optically induced geometric phases result in the effective rotation of the spin about

George M. Bergman, Nazih Nahlus

Let k be an infinite field, I an infinite set, V a k-vector-space, and g:k^I\to V a k-linear map. It is shown that if dim_k(V) is not too large (under various hypotheses on card(k) and card(I), if it is finite, respectively countable, respectively < card(k)), then ker(g) must contain elements (u_i)_{i\in I} with all but finitely many components u_i nonzero.

Nevio Dubbini, Maurizio Monge

After defining a notion of $ε$-density, we provide for any real algebraic number $α$ an estimate of the smallest $ε$ such that for each $m>1$ the set of vectors of the form $(t,tα,...,tα^{m-1})$ for $t\in\R$ is $ε$-dense modulo 1, in terms of the multiplicative Mahler measure $M(A(x))$ of the minimal integral polynomial $A(x)$ of $α$, and independently of $m

George M. Bergman, Nazih Nahlus

We study surjective homomorphisms f:\prod_I A_i\to B of not-necessarily-associative algebras over a commutative ring k, for I a generally infinite set; especially when k is a field and B is countable-dimensional over k. Our results have the following consequences when k is an infinite field, the algebras are Lie algebras, and B is finite-dimensional: If all

Lionel Maréchal, Jérôme Perez

This paper presents elements about the radial orbit instability, which occurs in spherical self-gravitating systems with a strong anisotropy in the radial velocity direction. It contains an overview on the history of radial orbit instability. We also present the symplectic method we use to explore stability of equilibrium states, directly related to the diss

Joanna Mikolajewska, Yuri Balega, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Gerd Weigelt

We report the first resolved bispectrum speckle interferometry of the symbiotic binary CH Cyg. The measured component separation, $ρ=42 \pm 2$ mas, is consistent with the one derived from the known spectroscopic orbit and distance. In particular, our result implies a total mass of the binary of $M_{\rm t}=M_{\rm g}+M_{\rm wd}=3.7^{+3.5}_{-1.7} \rm M_{\sun}$,

Gopal K. Pradhan, Chandrabhas Narayana, Olivier Pages, Abedalhasan Breidi

We use the 1-bond -> 2-phonon percolation doublet of zincblende alloys as a mesoscope for an unusual insight into their phonon behavior under pressure. We focus on (Zn,Be)Se and show by Raman scattering that the original Be-Se doublet at ambient pressure, of the stretching-bending type, turns into a pure-bending singlet at the approach of the high-pressure Z

Robert W. Johnson

Following the arguments presented by Mansuripur [Opt. Express 16, 14821-14835 (2008)], we suggest a form for the macroscopic electromagnetic stress tensor appropriate for ionized media. The generalized Lorentz force includes the effects of polarization forces as well as those on the free charge and current densities. The resulting tensor is written in terms

The CDF Collaboration

We present results of a search for anomalous production of two photons together with an electron, muon, $τ$ lepton, missing transverse energy, or jets using $p\bar{p}$ collision data from 1.1-2.0 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). The event yields and kinematic distributions are examined for signs of new

A. Bauswein, R. Oechslin, H. -Th. Janka

We perform three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamical simulations of the coalescence of strange stars (SSs) and explore the possibility to decide on the strange matter hypothesis by means of gravitational-wave (GW) measurements. Selfbinding of strange quark matter (SQM) and the generally more compact stars yield features that clearly distinguish SS from n

Maxim Konyushikhin, Andrei V. Smilga

We observe that the Hamiltonian H = D^2, where D is the flat 4d Dirac operator in a self-dual gauge background, is supersymmetric, admitting 4 different real supercharges. A generalization of this model to the motion on a curved conformally flat 4d manifold exists. For an Abelian self-dual background, the corresponding Lagrangian can be derived from known ha

Kenneth L. Pryor

Recent testing and validation have found that the GOES microburst products are effective in the assessment and short-term forecasting of downburst potential and associated wind gust magnitude. Two products, the GOES sounder Microburst Windspeed Potential Index and the multispectral GOES imager product have demonstrated capability in downburst potential asses

Sera Cremonini, James T. Liu, Phillip Szepietowski

We carry out the holographic renormalization of Einstein-Maxwell theory with curvature-squared corrections. In particular, we demonstrate how to construct the generalized Gibbons-Hawking surface term needed to ensure a perturbatively well-defined variational principle. This treatment ensures the absence of ghost degrees of freedom at the linearized perturbat

Axel de Goursac

Nowadays, noncommutative geometry is a growing domain of mathematics, which can appear as a promising framework for modern physics. Quantum field theories on &#34;noncommutative spaces&#34; are indeed much investigated, and suffer from a new type of divergence called the ultraviolet-infrared mixing. However, this problem has recently been solved by H. Grosse

Stefan Antusch, Stephen F. King, Michal Malinsky, Martin Spinrath

In analogy with the recently proposed lepton mixing sum rules, we derive quark mixing sum rules for the case of hierarchical quark mass matrices with 1-3 texture zeros, in which the separate up and down type 1-3 mixing angles are approximately zero, and $V_{ub}$ is generated from $V_{cb}$ as a result of 1-2 up type quark mixing. Using the sum rules, we discu

Jie Peng, Claus Hermannstädter, Marcus Witzany, Matthias Heldmaier

We study the electronic and optical properties of laterally coupled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot molecules under lateral electric field. We find that electrons perceive the double-dot structure as a compound single object, while the holes discern two well separated dots. Through a combination of predictive atomistic modeling, detailed morphology studies, and sing

B. Baibussinov, M. Baldo Ceolin, E. Calligarich, S. Centro

A key feature for the success of the liquid Argon imaging TPC (LAr-TPC) technology is the industrial purification against electro-negative impurities, especially Oxygen and Nitrogen remnants, which have to be continuously kept at an exceptionally low level by filtering and recirculating liquid Argon. Improved purification techniques have been applied to a 12

Jean Alexandre, Darrel Yawitch

This technical note shows how Electrodynamics and a Yukawa model are dressed after integrating out perturbative brane fluctuations, and it is found that first order corrections in the inverse of the brane tension occur for the fermion and scalar wave functions, the couplings and the masses. Nevertheless, field redefinitions actually lead to effective actions

Selym Villalba Chavez

We consider the effect of the photon radiative correction on the vacuum energy in a superstrong magnetic field. The notion of a photon anomalous magnetic moment is analyzed and its connection with the quasiparticle character of the electromagnetic radiation is established. In the infrared domain the magnetic moment turns out to be a vector with two orthogona

William Detmold, Brian C. Tiburzi, Andre Walker-Loud

We report on a lattice calculation demonstrating a novel new method to extract the electric polarizability of charged pseudo-scalar mesons by analyzing two point correlation functions computed in classical background electric fields.

Maxim Raginsky, Rebecca M. Willett, Zachary T. Harmany, Roummel F. Marcia

This paper describes performance bounds for compressed sensing (CS) where the underlying sparse or compressible (sparsely approximable) signal is a vector of nonnegative intensities whose measurements are corrupted by Poisson noise. In this setting, standard CS techniques cannot be applied directly for several reasons. First, the usual signal-independent and

Bogusław Broda, Michał Szanecki

We have derived the quantum vacuum pressure P_vac as a primary entity, removing a trivial and a gauge terms from the cosmological constant-like part (the zeroth term) of the effective action for a free matter field. The quantum vacuum energy density G_vac appears a secondary entity, but both are of expected order. Moreover P_vac and G_vac are dynamical, and

David Karakhanyan, Roland Kirschner

The construction elements of the factorised form of the Yang-Baxter R operator acting on generic representations of q-deformed sl(n+1) are studied. We rely on the iterative construction of such representations by the restricted class of Jordan-Schwinger representations. The latter are formulated explicitly. On this basis the parameter exchange and intertwini

Andrew K. Mitchell, David E. Logan

We consider a ring of three quantum dots mutually coupled by antiferromagnetic exchange interactions, and tunnel-coupled to two metallic leads: the simplest device in which the consequences of local frustration arising from internal degrees of freedom may be studied within a 2-channel environment. Two-channel Kondo (2CK) physics is found to predominate at lo

GuangQi Li, Boris D. Fainberg, Abraham Nitzan, Sigmund Kohler

We consider exciton effects on current in molecular nanojunctions, using a model comprising a two two-level sites bridge connecting free electron reservoirs. Expanding the density operator in the many-electron eigenstates of the uncoupled sites, we obtain a 16X16 density matrix in the bridge subspace whose dynamics is governed by Liuoville equation that take

M. Zoccali

The Galactic bulge is the central spheroid of our Galaxy, containing about one quarter of the total stellar mass of the Milky Way (M_bulge=1.8x10^10 M_sun; Sofue, Honma & Omodaka 2009). Being older than the disk, it is the first massive component of the Galaxy to have collapsed into stars. Understanding its structure, and the properties of its stellar popula

Sayan K. Chakrabarti, Sachin Jain, Sudipta Mukherji

Assuming gauge theory realization at the boundary, we show that the viscosity to entropy ratio is 1/(4 pi) where the bulk is represented by a large class of extremal black holes in anti-de Sitter space. In particular, this class includes multiple R-charged black holes in various dimensions.

Wilfrid S. Kendall

The stationary isotropic Poisson line process was used to derive upper bounds on mean excess network geodesic length in Aldous and Kendall [Adv. in Appl. Probab. 40 (2008) 1-21]. The current paper presents a study of the geometry and fluctuations of near-geodesics in the network generated by the line process. The notion of a &#34;Poissonian city&#34; is intr

Kyriakos Papadodimas

We present some new exact results for general four-dimensional superconformal field theories. We derive differential equations governing the coupling constant dependence of chiral primary correlators. For N=2 theories we show that the Zamolodchikov metric on the moduli space and the operator mixing of chiral primaries are quasi-topological quantities and con

Wang Chun-Yan, Zhang Yu, Gui Yuan-Xing, Lu Jian-Bo

The dirac quasinormal modes of the Reissner-Nordström black hole surrounded by quintessence are investigated using the third WKB approximation. We find that the magnitude of the imaginary part of the quasinormal mode frequencies increases firstly and then decreases as the charge $Q$ increases, but it decreases as the absolute value of $w_{q}$ increases. The

Arno P. Kampf, Marcus Kollar, Jan Kunes, Michael Sentef

We present the results of numerical studies for selected materials with strongly correlated electrons using a combination of the local-density approximation and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). For the solution of the DMFT equations a continuous-time quantum Monte-Carlo algorithm was employed. All simulations were performed on the supercomputer HLRB II at

Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Stefan Hohenegger

Renormalisation group (RG) equations in two-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric field theories with boundary are studied. It is explained how a manifestly N=1 supersymmetric scheme can be chosen, and within this scheme the RG equations are determined to next-to-leading order. We also use these results to revisit the question of how brane obstructions and lines of

I. K. Baldry, A. S. G. Robotham, D. T. Hill, S. P. Driver

We describe the spectroscopic target selection for the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The input catalogue is drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). The aim is to measure redshifts for galaxies in three 4x12 degree regions at 9h, 12h and 14.5h, on the celestial equator, with magnitude selections r

Mohammud Foondun

Let $\alpha \in (0,2)$ and consider the operator $\sL$ given by \[ \sL f(x)=\int[ f(x+h)-f(x)-1_{(|h|\leq 1)}h\cdot \grad f(x)]\frac{n(x,h)}{|h|^{d+\alpha}} \d h, \] where the term $1_{(|h|\leq 1)}h\cdot \grad f(x)$ is not present when $\alpha \in (0,1)$. Under some suitable assumptions on the kernel $n(x,h)$, we prove a Krylov-type inequality for processes

Mu-in Park

Recently Horava proposed a renormalizable gravity theory with higher derivatives by abandoning the Lorenz invariance in UV. Here, I study the Horava model at $λ=1/3$, where an anisotropic Weyl symmetry exists in the UV limit, in addition to the foliation-preserving diffeomorphism. By considering linear perturbations around Minkowski vacuum, I show that the s

Shi-Hua Ouyang, Chi-Hang Lam, J. Q. You

We develop a master equation approach to study the backaction of quantum point contact (QPC) on a double quantum dot (DQD) at zero bias voltage. We reveal why electrons can pass through the zero-bias DQD only when the bias voltage across the QPC exceeds a threshold value determined by the eigenstate energy difference of the DQD. This derived excitation condi

P. Daniel Meerburg, Jan Pieter van der Schaar, Mark G. Jackson

Deviations from the Bunch-Davies vacuum during an inflationary period can leave a testable imprint on the higher-order correlations of the CMB and large scale structures in the Universe. The effect is particularly pronounced if the statistical non-Gaussianity is inherently large, such as in models of inflation with a small speed of sound, e.g. DBI. First rev

G. M. von Hippel

This new version of TaylUR is based on a completely new core, which now is able to compute the numerical values of all of a complex-valued function&#39;s partial derivatives up to an arbitrary order, including mixed partial derivatives.

Arno Pauly

We consider the computational complexity of the question whether a certain strategy can be removed from a game by means of iterated elimination of dominated strategies. In particular, we study the influence of different definitions of domination and of the number of different payoff values. In addition, the consequence of restriction to constant-sum games is

Yusuke Taniguchi

We present an evaluation of the running coupling constant and the quark mass renormalization factor for $N_f=2+1$ QCD. The Schr\"odinger functional scheme is used as the intermediate scheme to carry out non-perturbative running from the low energy region, where physical input is introduced, to deep in the high energy perturbative region, where conversion to

Robert Parviainen

We classify all bi-vincular patterns of length two and three according to the number of permutations avoiding them. These patterns were recently defined by Bousquet-Melou et. al., and are natural generalizations of Babson and Steingrimsson&#39;s generalized patterns. The patterns are divided into seven and 24 Wilf classes, for lengths two and three, respecti

Keith S. Cover

The recent release of the first light sky map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Planck satellite provides an initial opportunity for comparison with the WMAP and COBE sky maps and their reconstruction algorithms. The precision of the match between Planck&#39;s and WMAP&#39;s anisotropies below several degrees in size, which corresponds to sph

Milos M. Radonjic, D. Tanaskovic, V. Dobrosavljevic, K. Haule

We calculate the optical and DC conductivity for half-filled disordered Hubbard model near the Mott metal-insulator transition. As in the clean case, large metallic resistivity is driven by a strong inelastic scattering, and Drude-like peak in the optical conductivity persists even at temperatures when the resistivity is well beyond the semiclassical Mott-Io

Gautam Bhattacharyya

We review different avenues of electroweak symmetry breaking explored over the years. This constitutes a timely exercise as the world&#39;s largest and the highest energy particle accelerator, namely, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva, has started running whose primary mission is to find the Higgs or some phenomena that mimic the effects of

Angshuman Bhattacharya, Tirthankar Bhattacharyya

The characteristic function for a contraction is a classical complete unitary invariant devised by Sz.-Nagy and Foias. Just as a contraction is related to the Szego kernel $k_S(z,w) = (1 - z\ow)^{-1}$ for $|z|, |w| < 1$, by means of $(1/k_S)(T,T^*) \ge 0$, we consider an arbitrary open connected domain $Ω$ in $\BC^n$, a complete Nevanilinna-Pick kernel $k$ o

Jason D. Lotay

We study the stability of coassociative 4-folds with conical singularities under perturbations of the ambient G_2 structure by defining an integer invariant of a coassociative cone which we call the stability index. The stability index of a coassociative cone is determined by the spectrum of the curl operator acting on its link. We explicitly calculate the s

Yasunori Fujii

Theoretical background of our proposed relation between the accelerating universe and the time-variability of the fine-structure constant is discussed, based on the scalar-tensor theory, with emphases on the intuitive aspects of underlying physical principles. An important comment is added on the successful understanding of the size of the effective cosmolog

Peter Sollich, Nigel B. Wilding

We use specialized Monte Carlo simulation methods and moment free energy calculations to provide conclusive evidence that dense polydisperse spheres at equilibrium demix into coexisting fcc phases, with more phases appearing as the spread of diameters increases. We manage to track up to four coexisting phases. Each of these is fractionated: it contains a nar

M. M. Ali, A. K. M. A. Islam, F. Parvin, M. Aftabuzzaman

Two possible phases of superhard material BC3 originating from the cubic diamond structure are investigated by ab initio pseudopotential density functional method using generalized gradient approximation (GGA). We calculate their elastic constants, electronic band structure, and density of states (DOS). Full phonon frequencies, electron-phonon coupling const

Pochung Chen, Chen-Yen Lai, Min-Fong Yang

By means of the recently developed algorithm based on the tensor product states, the magnetization process of frustrated spin-1/2 spin-dimer models on a square lattice is investigated. Various field-induced quantum phases are discovered. In particular, clear evidence of a supersolid phase over a finite regime of magnetic field is observed. Critical fields at

Francesca Collet, Paolo Dai Pra, Elena Sartori

We study the dynamics of a spin-flip model with a mean field interaction. The system is non reversible, spacially inhomogeneous, and it is designed to model social interactions. We obtain the limiting behavior of the empirical averages in the limit of infinitely many interacting individuals, and show that phase transition occurs. Then, after having obtained

Bertrand Nguefack

This paper investigates a non simply-laced version of cluster structures for 2-Calabi-Yau or stably 2-Calabi-Yau categories over arbitrary fields. It results that 2-Calabi-Yau or stably 2-Calabi-Yau categories having a cluster tilting subcategory with neither loops nor 2-cycles do have the generalized version of cluster structure. This is in particular the c

Hayato Takahashi

We study algorithmic randomness and monotone complexity on product of the set of infinite binary sequences. We explore the following problems: monotone complexity on product space, Lambalgen&#39;s theorem for correlated probability, classification of random sets by likelihood ratio tests, decomposition of complexity and independence, Bayesian statistics for

M. Himsworth, T. Freegarde

We present a simple, analytic model for pump-probe spectroscopy in dilute atomic gases. Our model treats multilevel atoms, takes several broadening mechanisms into account and, with no free parameters, shows excellent agreement with experimentally observed spectra.

Roman V. Buniy, Thomas W. Kephart

The typical scalar field theory has a cosmological constant problem. We propose a generic mechanism by which this problem is avoided at tree level by embedding the theory into a larger theory. The metric and the scalar field coupling constants in the original theory do not need to be fine-tuned, while the extra scalar field parameters and the metric associat

Dirk Zeindler

In this paper, we are interested in the moments of the characteristic polynomial $Z_n(x)$ of the $n\times n$ permutation matrices with respect to the uniform measure. We use a combinatorial argument to write down the generating function of $\E{\prod_{k=1}^p Z_n^{s_k}(x_k)}$ for $s_k\in\Nr$. We show with this generating function that $\lim_{n\rw\infty} \E{\pr

Kenneth W. Shum, Wing Shing Wong, Chung Shue Chen

Conflict-avoiding codes are used in the multiple-access collision channel without feedback. The number of codewords in a conflict-avoiding code is the number of potential users that can be supported in the system. In this paper, a new upper bound on the size of conflict-avoiding codes is proved. This upper bound is general in the sense that it is applicable

Ken-Ichi Aoki, Tamao Kobayashi, Hiroshi Tomita

We propose a new practical method for evaluating the critical coupling constant in one-dimensional long-range interacting systems. We assume a finite-range scaling and define its exponent for the logarithm of the susceptibility. We find criticality in the form of a zeta function singularity. As an example, we present results for a long-range Ising model.

B. Deissler, M. Zaccanti, G. Roati, C. D&#39;Errico

Clarifying the interplay of interactions and disorder is fundamental to the understanding of many quantum systems, including superfluid helium in porous media, granular and thin-film superconductors, and light propagating in disordered media. One central aspect for bosonic systems is the competition between disorder, which tends to localize particles, and we

S. Kubis, J. Porebska, D. E. Alvarez-Castillo

The form of the nuclear symmetry energy $E_s$ around saturation point density leads to a different crust-core transition point in the neutron star and affect the crust properties. We show that the knowledge about $E_s$ close to the saturation point is not sufficient, because the very low density behaviour is relevant. We also claim that crust properties are

Sam Lewallen

We prove that the Khovanov homology of alternating knots and 2-component links is equal (as a singly graded group) to the singular homology of a certain space of trace- free, binary dihedral representations of the link group. More generally, it was suggested by Kronheimer and Mrowka that the Khovanov homology of any knot might be related via gauge theory to

Peng Gao, Liangyi Zhao

In this paper, we prove some one level density results for low-lying zeros of families of $L$-functions. More specifically, the families under consideration are that of $L$-functions of holomorphic Hecke eigenforms of level 1 and weight $k$ twisted with quadratic Dirichlet characters and that of cubic and quartic Dirichlet $L$-functions.

Fernando Martinez Vidal

We review the current status of D0-antiD0 mixing, with special emphasis in the most recent results. We begin with a discussion of charm mixing and CP violation phenomenology, the evolution with the decay proper time, and physics processes contributing to these. Then we follow with the summary of the main experimental techniques and the results in the various

Chris C. Holmes, François Caron, Jim E. Griffin, David A. Stephens

In this article we describe Bayesian nonparametric procedures for two-sample hypothesis testing. Namely, given two sets of samples $\mathbf{y}^{\scriptscriptstyle(1)}\;$\stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle{iid}}{\s im}$\;F^{\scriptscriptstyle(1)}$ and $\mathbf{y}^{\scriptscriptstyle(2 )}\;$\stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle{iid}}{\sim}$\;F^{\scriptscriptstyle( 2)}$, with

Harry J. Lipkin

Darmstadt $ν$ oscillations in decay of radioactive ion can only come from initial state wave function. Causality forbids any influence on transition probability by detection of $ν$ or final state interference after decay. Energy-time uncertainty allows two initial state components with different energies to decay into combination of two orthogonal states wit

Kin Ming Hui

Let $0\le u_0(x)\in L^1(\R^2)\cap L^{\infty}(\R^2)$ be such that $u_0(x) =u_0(|x|)$ for all $|x|\ge r_1$ and is monotone decreasing for all $|x|\ge r_1$ for some constant $r_1>0$ and ${ess}\inf_{\2{B}_{r_1}(0)}u_0\ge{ess} \sup_{\R^2\setminus B_{r_2}(0)}u_0$ for some constant $r_2>r_1$. Then under some mild decay conditions at infinity on the initial value $u

Yemon Choi

We revisit the old result that biflat Banach algebras have the same cyclic cohomology as $\mathbb C$, and obtain a quantitative variant (which is needed in forthcoming joint work of the author). Our approach does not rely on the Connes-Tsygan exact sequence, but is motivated strongly by its construction as found in [Connes,1985] and [Helemskii,1992].

Jonathan G. Smillie

The MACHO Project generated two-colour photometric lightcurves for 73 million stars in the LMC, SMC, and the Galactic bulge during its 8 years of observing. This photometry, along with all images from the over 100 thousand observations from which it was derived, and an associated catalogue of 21 thousand LMC variable stars, is now available via web-services

Marcus A. Khuri

We establish a Penrose-Like Inequality for general (not necessarily time symmetric) initial data sets of the Einstein equations which satisfy the dominant energy condition. More precisely, it is shown that the ADM energy is bounded below by an expression which is proportional to the square root of the area of the outermost future (or past) apparent horizon.

Viktor L. Ginzburg

We define the Maslov index of a loop tangent to the characteristic foliation of a coisotropic submanifold as the mean Conley--Zehnder index of a path in the group of linear symplectic transformations, incorporating the &#34;rotation&#34; of the tangent space of the leaf -- this is the standard Lagrangian counterpart -- and the holonomy of the characteristic