December 2009 arXiv papers — page 2

S. Bhattacharya, M. J. Higgins

Simultaneous imaging of the piezoresponse phase, amplitude and bare surface topography of displacive ferroelectric thin films by scanning probe microscopy directly shows the nature of domain wall pinning and its relation to morphological disorder. Strong and stable pinning of walls occurs at grain boundaries while weak and unstable pinning occurs within the

L. Mathey, A. Polkovnikov

We study the dynamics of the relative phase of a bilayer of two-dimensional superfluids after the two superfluids have been decoupled. We find that on short time scales the relative phase shows "light cone" like dynamics and creates a metastable superfluid state, which can be supercritical. We also demonstrate similar light cone dynamics for the tran

Sohail Alam, B. K. Sharma

When the Moon was formed it was much closer to the Earth than it is today. It just needed about 20 days then to go around the Earth. Now it takes the Moon 29.5 days to make one revolution. In order to follow the conservation of angular momentum the Moon had to either move closer to the Earth or recede from Earth. The data from the Lunar Laser Ranging Experim

R. Foot

Mirror dark matter offers a framework to explain the existing dark matter direct detection experiments, including the impressive DAMA annual modulation signal. Here we examine the implications of mirror dark matter for experiments like CDMSII/Ge and XENON10 which feature higher recoil energy threshold than the DAMA NaI experiments. We show that the two event

Yu Wang, Haiguang Xu, Liyi Gu, Junhua Gu

By analysing the Chandra and XMM-Newton archived data of the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 3158, which was reported to possess a relatively regular, relaxed morphology in the X-ray band in previous works, we identify a bow edge-shaped discontinuity in the X-ray surface brightness distribution at about $120h_{71}^{-1}$ kpc west of the X-ray peak. This feature i

G. A. Gogadze, S. N. Dolya

The coherent phenomena in mesoscopic cylindrical normal metal (N) - superconductor (S) structures have been investigated theoretically. The magnetic moment (persistent current) of such a structure has been calculated numerically and (approximately) analytically. It is shown that the current in the N layer corresponding to the free-energy minimum is always di

G. Goldstein, P. Cappellaro, J. R. Maze, J. S. Hodges

We describe a method to enhance the sensitivity of precision measurements that takes advantage of a quantum sensor's environment to amplify its response to weak external perturbations. An individual qubit is used to sense the dynamics of surrounding ancillary qubits, which are in turn affected by the external field to be measured. The resulting sensitivi

Christopher H. Cashen

We show that the maximum slope invariant for tubular groups is easy to calculate, and give an example of two tubular groups that are distinguishable by their maximum slopes but not by edge pattern considerations or isoperimetric function.

N. Barbosa-Cendejas, M. A. Reyes

We consider a time independent Schrodinger type equation derived from the equations of motion that drives a single scalar field in a standard cosmology model for inflation in a flat space-time with a Friedman-Robertson-Walker (FRW) metric with a cosmological constant. We find that all the 1-dimensional bound state solutions of quantum mechanics lead to at le

H. Ji, Y. Ren, M. Yamada, S. Dorfman

Detailed comparisons are reported between laboratory observations of electron-scale dissipation layers near a reconnecting X-line and direct two-dimensional full-particle simulations. Many experimental features of the electron layers, such as insensitivity to the ion mass, are reproduced by the simulations; the layer thickness, however, is about 3-5 times la

Hongyang Chen, Kenneth W. K. Lui, Zizhuo Wang, H. C. So

An unknown-position sensor can be localized if there are three or more anchors making time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements of a signal from it. However, the location errors can be very large due to the fact that some of the measurements are from non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths. In this paper, we propose a semi-definite programming (SDP) based node localization

LAGUNA Collaboration, D. Angus, A. Ariga, D. Autiero

The feasibility of a next generation neutrino observatory in Europe is being considered within the LAGUNA design study. To accommodate giant neutrino detectors and shield them from cosmic rays, a new very large underground infrastructure is required. Seven potential candidate sites in different parts of Europe and at several distances from CERN are being stu

A. Badertscher, A. Curioni, U. Degunda, L. Epprecht

GLACIER (Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment) is a large underground observatory for proton decay search, neutrino astrophysics and CP-violation studies in the lepton sector. Possible underground sites are studied within the FP7 LAGUNA project (Europe) and along the JPARC neutrino beam in collaboration with KEK (Japan). The concept is scalable to ve

Kung-Wei Yang

Polya Enumeration Theorem is one of the most useful tools dealing with the enumeration of patterns that are symmetric in some ways. What follows is a procedure for obtaining the results of Polya Theorem directly, bypassing the usual preliminaries.

Eric Flesch

An all-sky comprehensive catalog of calculated radio and X-ray associations to optical objects is presented. Included are X-ray sources from XMM-Newton, Chandra and ROSAT catalogs, radio sources from NVSS, FIRST and SUMSS catalogs, and optical data, identifications and redshifts from the APM, USNO-A, SDSS-DR7 and the extant literature. This "Atlas of Rad

Shengli Zhang, Soung-Chang Liew, Hui Wang

Physical-layer Network Coding (PNC) makes use of the additive nature of the electromagnetic (EM) waves to apply network coding arithmetic at the physical layer. With PNC,the destructive effect of interference in wireless networks is eliminated and the capacity of networks can be boosted significantly. This paper addresses a key outstanding issue in PNC: sync

Kun Cao, Zheng-Wei Zhou, Guang-Can Guo, Lixin He

We demonstrate an efficient numerical method to calculate three-tangle of general mixed states. We construct a "energy function" (target function) for the three-tangle of the mixed state under certain constrains. The "energy function" (target function) is then optimized via a replica exchange Monte Carlo method. We have extensively tested the

P. F. Chen

Magnetic field in the solar lower atmosphere can be measured by the use of the Zeeman and Hanle effects. In contrast, the coronal magnetic field well above the solar surface, which directly controls various eruptive phenomena, can not be precisely measureed with the traditional techniques. Several attempts are being made to probe the coronal magnetic field,

Alessandro Epasto, Enrico Nardelli

In this paper we give a thorough presentation of a model proposed by Tononi et al. for modeling \emph{integrated information}, i.e. how much information is generated in a system transitioning from one state to the next one by the causal interaction of its parts and \emph{above and beyond} the information given by the sum of its parts. We also provides a more

Yi-Xin Chen, Yi-Jian Du, Qian Ma

KLT relations on $S_2$ factorize closed string amplitudes into product of open string tree amplitudes. The field theory limits of KLT factorization relations hold in minimal coupling theory of gauge field and gravity. In this paper, we consider the field theory limits of relations on $D_2$. Though the relations on $D_2$ and KLT factorization relations hold o

Roopesh Ojha, M. Kadler, M. Böck, R. Booth

The TANAMI (Tracking AGN with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry) and associated programs provide comprehensive radio monitoring of extragalactic gamma-ray sources south of declination -30 degrees. Joint quasi-simultaneous observations between the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and ground based observatories allow us to discriminate between competing the

Chunlei Liu

The $C$-function of $T$-adic exponential sums is studeid. An explicit arithmetic bound is established for the Newton polygon of the $C$-function. This polygon lies above the Hodge polygon. It gives a sup-Hodge bound of the $C$-function of $p$-power order exponential sums.

David A. Adams, Leonard M. Sander, Robert M. Ziff

Fortuin-Kastelyn clusters in the critical $Q$-state Potts model are conformally invariant fractals. We obtain simulation results for the fractal dimension of the complete and external (accessible) hulls for Q=1, 2, 3, and 4, on clusters that wrap around a cylindrical system. We find excellent agreement between these results and theoretical predictions. We al

Stephan Foldes, Laszlo Major

The Cayley graph construction provides a natural grid structure on a finite vector space over a field of prime or prime square cardinality, where the characteristic is congruent to 3 modulo 4, in addition to the quadratic residue tournament structure on the prime subfield. Distance from the null vector in the grid graph defines a Manhattan norm. The Hermitia

Yaroslav N. Klopot, Armen G. Oganesian, Oleg V. Teryaev

In this work the analysis of mixing parameters of the system involving eta, eta' mesons and some third massive state G is carried out. We use the generalized mixing scheme with three angles. The framework of the dispersive approach to Abelian axial anomaly of isoscalar non-singlet current and the analysis of experimental data of charmonium radiative deca

D. M. Appleby, Steven T. Flammia, Christopher A. Fuchs

Examples of symmetric informationally complete positive operator valued measures (SIC-POVMs) have been constructed in every dimension less than or equal to 67. However, it remains an open question whether they exist in all finite dimensions. A SIC-POVM is usually thought of as a highly symmetric structure in quantum state space. However, its elements can equ

Pablo Lessa

Rotation vectors, as defined for homeomorphisms of the torus that are isotopic to the identity, are generalized to such homeomorphisms of any complete Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature. These generalized rotation vectors are shown to exist for almost every orbit of such a dynamical system with respect to any invariant measure with com

Mathew A. Johnson, Kevin Zumbrun

Extending results of Oh and Zumbrun in dimensions $d\ge 3$, we establish nonlinear stability and asymptotic behavior of spatially-periodic traveling-wave solutions of viscous systems of conservation laws in critical dimensions $d=1,2$, under a natural set of spectral stability assumptions introduced by Schneider in the setting of reaction diffusion equations

A. D. Barbour, M. J. Luczak

When modelling metapopulation dynamics, the influence of a single patch on the metapopulation depends on the number of individuals in the patch. Since the population size has no natural upper limit, this leads to systems in which there are countably infinitely many possible types of individual. Analogous considerations apply in the transmission of parasitic

H. Lu, Yi Pang

We construct new seven-dimensional gravity by adding two topological terms to the Einstein-Hilbert action. For certain choice of the coupling constants, these terms may be related to the R^4 correction to the 3-form field equation of eleven-dimensional supergravity. We derive the full set of the equations of motion. We find that the static spherically-symmet

Piotr Indyk, Stanislaw Szarek

It has been known since 1970's that the N-dimensional $\ell_1$-space contains nearly Euclidean subspaces whose dimension is $Ω(N)$. However, proofs of existence of such subspaces were probabilistic, hence non-constructive, which made the results not-quite-suitable for subsequently discovered applications to high-dimensional nearest neighbor search, error

Christopher L. Rogers

In categorified symplectic geometry, one studies the categorified algebraic and geometric structures that naturally arise on manifolds equipped with a closed nondegenerate (n+1)-form. The case relevant to classical string theory is when n=2 and is called "2-plectic geometry". Just as the Poisson bracket makes the smooth functions on a symplectic mani

G. Niccoli

In [1], the spectrum (eigenvalues and eigenstates) of a lattice regularizations of the Sine-Gordon model has been completely characterized in terms of polynomial solutions with certain properties of the Baxter equation. This characterization for cyclic representations has been derived by the use of the Separation of Variables (SOV) method of Sklyanin and by

Christian Krattenthaler, Thomas W. Müller

We present the proof of the cyclic sieving conjectures for generalised non-crossing partitions associated to well-generated complex reflection groups due to Armstrong, respectively to Bessis and Reiner, for the 26 exceptional well-generated complex reflection groups. The computational details are provided in the manuscript "Cyclic sieving for generalised

Christian Krattenthaler, Thomas W. Müller

We prove that the generalised non-crossing partitions associated to well-generated complex reflection groups of exceptional type obey two different cyclic sieving phenomena, as conjectured by Armstrong, respectively by Bessis and Reiner. This manuscript accompanies the paper "Cyclic sieving for generalised non-crossing partitions associated to complex re

Arkady L. Kholodenko

In 1979 Louis Witten demonstrated that stationary axially symmetric Einstein field equations and those for static axially symmetric self-dual SU(2) gauge fields can both be reduced to the same (Ernst) equation. In this paper we use this result as point of departure to prove the existence of the mass gap for quantum source-free Yang-Mills (Y-M) fields. The pr

Tomotsugu Goto, T. Takagi, H. Matsuhara, T. T. Takeuchi

Dust-obscured star-formation becomes much more important with increasing intensity, and increasing redshift. We aim to reveal cosmic star-formation history obscured by dust using deep infrared observation with the AKARI. We construct restframe 8um, 12um, and total infrared (TIR) luminosity functions (LFs) at 0.15<z<2.2 using 4128 infrared sources in the AKAR

M. Iskin

To analyze the ground-state phase diagram of Bose-Bose mixtures loaded into $d$-dimensional hypercubic optical lattices, we perform a strong-coupling power-series expansion in the kinetic energy term (plus a scaling analysis) for the two-species Bose-Hubbard model with onsite boson-boson interactions. We consider both repulsive and attractive interspecies in

A. Odesskii, V. Sokolov

Using the method of hydrodynamic reductions, we find all integrable infinite (1+1)-dimensional hydrodynamic-type chains of shift one. A class of integrable infinite (2+1)-dimensional hydrodynamic-type chains is constructed.

Ashley Montanaro

We study the power of nonadaptive quantum query algorithms, which are algorithms whose queries to the input do not depend on the result of previous queries. First, we show that any bounded-error nonadaptive quantum query algorithm that computes some total boolean function depending on n variables must make Omega(n) queries to the input in total. Second, we s

Soo-Jong Rey, Takao Suyama

Using localization, matrix model and saddle-point techniques, we determine exact behavior of circular Wilson loop in N=2 superconformal (quiver) gauge theories. Focusing at planar and large `t Hooft couling limits, we compare its asymptotic behavior with well-known exponential growth of Wilson loop in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. For theory with gauge group

Nicolas B. Cowan, Eric Agol

[Abridged] If both the day-side and night-side effective temperatures of a planet can be measured, it is possible to estimate its Bond albedo, 0<A_B<1, as well as its day-night heat redistribution efficiency, 0<epsilon<1. We attempt a statistical analysis of the albedo and redistribution efficiency for 24 transiting exoplanets that have at least one publishe

Yi Wang

In this Letter, we briefly review the multi-stream inflation scenario, and discuss its implications in the string theory landscape and the inflationary multiverse. In multi-stream inflation, the inflation trajectory encounters bifurcations. If these bifurcations are in the observable stage of inflation, then interesting observational effects can take place,

Kenneth Rines, Margaret J. Geller, Antonaldo Diaferio

We present the first comparison of virial masses of galaxy clusters with their Sunyaev-Zel&#39;dovich Effect (SZE) signals. We study 15 clusters from the Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS) with MMT/Hectospec spectroscopy and published SZE signals. We measure virial masses of these clusters from an average of 90 member redshifts inside the radius $r_{100}$. The

E. G. Mishchenko, A. V. Shytov, P. G. Silvestrov

Spatial separation of electrons and holes in graphene gives rise to existence of plasmon waves confined to the boundary region. Theory of such guided plasmon modes within hydrodynamics of electron-hole liquid is developed. For plasmon wavelengths smaller than the size of charged domains plasmon dispersion is found to be ω~ q^(1/4). Frequency, velocity and di

Daniel Grumiller, Niklas Johansson

Logarithmic conformal field theories with vanishing central charge describe systems with quenched disorder, percolation or dilute self-avoiding polymers. In these theories the energy momentum tensor acquires a logarithmic partner. In this talk we address the construction of possible gravity duals for these logarithmic conformal field theories and present two

Denis Krotov, Vladimir Potapov

Let $Q(n,k)$ be the number of $n$-ary quasigroups of order $k$. We derive a recurrent formula for Q(n,4). We prove that for all $n\geq 2$ and $k\geq 5$ the following inequalities hold: $({k-3}/2)^{n/2}(\frac{k-1}2)^{n/2} < log_2 Q(n,k) \leq {c_k(k-2)^{n}} $, where $c_k$ does not depend on $n$. So, the upper asymptotic bound for $Q(n,k)$ is improved for any $

Anton Rebhan, Dominik Steineder

The time evolution of collective modes in an expanding ultarelativistic and (effectively) Abelian plasma is studied in the hard-loop approximation semi-analytically by means of integro-differential equations. A previous treatment is generalized to arbitrary orientation of wave vectors with respect to the direction of anisotropy and thus to a fully 3+1 dimens

Anindya De, Christopher Portmann, Thomas Vidick, Renato Renner

Randomness extraction involves the processing of purely classical information and is therefore usually studied in the framework of classical probability theory. However, such a classical treatment is generally too restrictive for applications, where side information about the values taken by classical random variables may be represented by the state of a qua

Teppo T. Jouttenus

The jet function for the factorized cross section $e^+e^-$ into dijets is given as a function of the jet invariant mass s and with a generic jet algorithm at $\mathcal{O}(α_s)$. We demonstrate the results using the Sterman-Weinberg algorithm and show that the jet function is independent of the energy fraction $β$ of the soft radiation. The anomalous dimensio

Masaki Asano, Shigeki Matsumoto, Masato Senami, Hiroaki Sugiyama

The CDMS Collaboration has reported two candidate events for dark matter. If the events are due to the elastic scattering of dark matter, the dark matter would be a WIMP dark matter with its mass of the order of 10-100GeV and its scattering cross section with a nucleon is about 10^-43cm^2. We show that such a dark matter is properly realized as a neutralino

Nima Arkani-Hamed, Jacob Bourjaily, Freddy Cachazo, Jaroslav Trnka

The conjectured duality relating all-loop leading singularities of n-particle N^(k-2)MHV scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM to a simple contour integral over the Grassmannian G(k,n) makes all the symmetries of the theory manifest. Every residue is individually Yangian invariant, but does not have a local space-time interpretation--only a special sum over resid

Charles H. Bennett, Igor Devetak, Aram W. Harrow, Peter W. Shor

Dual to the usual noisy channel coding problem, where a noisy (classical or quantum) channel is used to simulate a noiseless one, reverse Shannon theorems concern the use of noiseless channels to simulate noisy ones, and more generally the use of one noisy channel to simulate another. For channels of nonzero capacity, this simulation is always possible, but

J. Martinez, M. Di Ventra, Yu. V. Pershin

We suggest a possible realization of a solid-state memory capacitive (memcapacitive) system. Our approach relies on the slow polarization rate of a medium between plates of a regular capacitor. To achieve this goal, we consider a multi-layer structure embedded in a capacitor. The multi-layer structure is formed by metallic layers separated by an insulator so

Mayumi Aoki, Shinya Kanemura, Osamu Seto

In a scenario of Higgs portal dark matter, Higgs exchange processes are essential for both dark matter annihilation in the early Universe and direct search experiments. The CDMS II collaboration has recently released their final results on direct dark matter searches. We study a scalar dark matter model with multi-Higgs doublets under the constraint from the

V. B. Petkova

The OPE of local operators in the presence of defect lines is considered both in the rational CFT and the $c>25$ Virasoro (Liouville) theory. The duality transformation of the 4-point function with inserted defect operators is explicitly computed. The two channels of the correlator reproduce the expectation values of the Wilson and &#39;t Hooft operators, re

T. Csorgo, R. Vertesi, J. Sziklai

PHENIX and STAR data on the intercept parameter of the two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions in sqrt(s_{NN}) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions are analyzed in terms of different models of hadronic multiplicities. To describe this combined PHENIX and STAR dataset, an in-medium eta&#39; mass reduction of at least 200 MeV is needed, at the 99.9 % confidence lev

Gia-Wei Chern, Natalia Perkins, Zhihao Hao

We present an analytical model of orbital ordering in vanadium spinel MnV2O4. The model is based on recent first-principles calculation indicating a strong trigonal distortion at the vanadium sites of this compound [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 216405 (2009)]. At the single-ion level, the trigonal crystal field leaves a doubly degenerate atomic ground state and bre

Howard Barnum, Carl Phillipp Gaebler, Alexander Wilce

In any probabilistic theory, we may say a bipartite state on a composite system AB steers its marginal state (on, say, system B) if, for any decomposition of the marginal as a mixture, with probabilities p_i, of states b_i of B, there exists an observable a_i on A such that the states of B conditional on getting outcome a_i on A, are exactly the states b_i,

F. Winterberg

An attempt is made to explain the recently reported occurrence of ultradense deuterium as an isothermal transition of Rydberg matter into a high density phase by quantum mechanical exchange forces. It is conjectured that the transition is made possible by the formation of vortices in a Cooper pair electron fluid, separating the electrons from the deuterons,

Kamil Bradler, Mark M. Wilde, Sai Vinjanampathy, Dmitry B. Uskov

One of the major efforts in the quantum biological program is to subject biological systems to standard tests or measures of quantumness. These tests and measures should elucidate if non-trivial quantum effects may be present in biological systems. Two such measures of quantum correlations are the quantum discord and the relative entropy of entanglement. Her

Eric E. Johnson

What should a court do with a preliminary-injunction request to halt a multi-billion-dollar particle-physics experiment that plaintiffs claim could create a black hole that will devour the planet? The real-life case of CERN&#39;s LHC seems like a legal classic in the making. Unfortunately, however, no court has braved the extreme factual terrain to reach the

Valentin Stanev, Zlatko Tesanovic

We consider a model of multiband superconductivity, inspired by iron pnictides, in which three bands are connected via repulsive pair-scattering terms. Generically, three distinct superconducting states arise within such a model. Two of them are straightforward generalizations of the two-gap order parameter while the third one corresponds to a time-reversal

M. P. García del Moral, I. Martin, L. Navarro, A. J. Pérez A.

We obtain a general class of polynomials for which the Schrodinger operator has a discrete spectrum. This class includes all the scalar potentials in membrane, 5-brane, p-branes, multiple M2 branes, BLG and ABJM theories. We provide a proof of the discreteness of the spectrum of the associated Schrodinger operators. This a a first step in order to analyze BL

Simon Catterall, Daniel Ferrante, A. Nicholson

We investigate a lattice model for Euclidean quantum gravity based on discretization of the Palatini formulation of General Relativity. Using Monte Carlo simulation we show that while a naive approach fails to lead to a vacuum state consistent with the emergence of classical spacetime, this problem may be evaded if the lattice action is supplemented by an ap

Thomas Kellam Meyer

The focus of this essay is a rigorous treatment of infinite games. An infinite game is defined as a play consisting of a fixed number of players whose sequence of moves is repeated, or iterated ad infinitum. Each sequence corresponds to a single iteration of the play, where there are an infinite amount of iterations. There are two distinct concepts within th

Sh. Shakirov

Mean Coulomb energy of 2d Dyson gas in quadratic potential is examined from combinatorial viewpoint. For beta = 1, we find a recursive relation on mean energy and obtain its exact (finite N) solution in closed form in terms of the hypergeometric function 3F2. Using this exact solution, we derive the large-N asymptotic expansion of mean energy and show, that

Jason Miller, Yuval Peres

We show that the measure on markings of $\mathbf {Z}_n^d$, $d\geq3$, with elements of ${0,1}$ given by i.i.d. fair coin flips on the range $\mathcal {R}$ of a random walk $X$ run until time $T$ and 0 otherwise becomes indistinguishable from the uniform measure on such markings at the threshold $T=1/2T_{\mathrm {cov}}(\mathbf {Z}_n^d)$. As a consequence of ou

Fernando A. A. Pimentel

given two minimal surfaces embedded in $\S3$ of genus $g$ we prove the existence of a sequence of non-congruent compact minimal surfaces embedded in $\S3$ of genus $g$ that converges in $C^{2,α}$ to a compact embedded minimal surface provided some conditions are satisfied. These conditions also imply that, if any of these two surfaces is embedded by the firs

Jeroen Ketema, Jakob Grue Simonsen

We study normalising reduction strategies for infinitary Combinatory Reduction Systems (iCRSs). We prove that all fair, outermost-fair, and needed-fair strategies are normalising for orthogonal, fully-extended iCRSs. These facts properly generalise a number of results on normalising strategies in first-order infinitary rewriting and provide the first example

Erik Backelin, Omar Jaramillo

We use $t$-structures on the homotopy category $K^b(R-mod)$ for an artin algebra $R$ and Watts&#39; representability theorem to give an existence proof for Auslander-Reiten sequences of $R$-modules.

Yu Jia

We study the first-order relativistic correction to the associated production of $J/ψ$ with light hadrons at $B$ factory experiments at $\sqrt{s}=10.58$ GeV, in the context of NRQCD factorization. We employ a strategy for NRQCD expansion that slightly deviates from the orthodox doctrine, in that the matching coefficients are not truly of ``short-distance&#34

F. A. Brito, A. A. Marinho

We address the issue of generalizing the thermodynamic quantities via $q$-deformation, i.e., via the $q$-algebra that describes $q$-bosons and $q$-fermions. In this study with the application of $q$-deformation to the Landau diamagnetism problem in two dimensions, embedded in a $D$-dimensional space, we will attempt to get a better understanding of the $q$-d

Federico Agustin Membiela, Mauricio Bellini

Using a semiclassical approach to Gravitoelectromagnetic Inflation (GEMI), we study the origin and evolution of seminal inflaton and electromagnetic fields in the early inflationary universe from a 5D vacuum state. The difference with other previous works is that in this one we use a Lorentz gauge. Our formalism is naturally not conformal invariant on the ef

Emmanuel Polonowski

This document describes the implementation in SML of the LoopW language, an imperative language with higher-order procedural variables and non-local jumps equiped with a program logic. It includes the user manual along with some implementation notes and many examples of certified imperative programs. As a concluding example, we show the certification of an i

Jiri Fiala, Marcin Kaminski, Bernard Lidicky, Daniel Paulusma

Testing whether there is an induced path in a graph spanning k given vertices is already NP-complete in general graphs when k=3. We show how to solve this problem in polynomial time on claw-free graphs, when k is not part of the input but an arbitrarily fixed integer.

Marta Tyran-Kaminska

We study functional limit theorems for linear type processes with short memory under the assumption that the innovations are dependent identically distributed random variables with infinite variance and in the domain of attraction of stable laws.

Piotr Sułkowski

We relate Nekrasov partition functions, with arbitrary values of $ε_1,ε_2$ parameters, to matrix models for $β$-ensembles. We find matrix models encoding the instanton part of Nekrasov partition functions, whose measure, to the leading order in $ε_2$ expansion, is given by the Vandermonde determinant to the power $β=-ε_1/ε_2$. An additional, trigonometric de

Evgeny Ivanov

We give a brief account of the recently proposed N=3 superfield formulation of the N=6, 3D superconformal theory of Aharony et al (ABJM) describing a low-energy limit of the system of multiple M2-branes on the AdS_4 x S^7/Z_k background. This formulation is given in harmonic N=3 superspace and reveals a number of surprising new features. In particular, the s

A. M. Polyakov

This paper studies interacting massive particles on the de Sitter background. It is found that the vacuum acts as an inversely populated medium which is able to generate stimulated radiation. Without back reaction (not considered in this paper) this effect leads to the explosion. It is expected that the proposed &#34;cosmic laser&#34; mechanism depletes the

Yu Tsumura

Let K be a finite field. We know that a half of elements of K* is a square. So it is natural to ask how many of them appear as x-coordinate of points on an elliptic curve over K. We consider a specific class of elliptic curves over finite fields and show that a half of x-coordinate on an elliptic curve is a square. This result generalizes my old paper posted

Matteo Cacciari, Gavin P. Salam, Sebastian Sapeta

The measurement of the underlying event (UE) and its separation from hard interactions in hadron-collider events is a conceptually and practically challenging task. We develop a simple, mostly analytical toy model for the UE in order to understand how different UE measurement approaches fare on the practical aspects of this problem, comparing the traditional

Andrea Casaccino, Stefano Mancini, Simone Severini

We study manipulation of entanglement between two identical networks of quantum mechanical particles. Firstly, we reduce the problem of entanglement transfer to the problem of quantum state transfer. Then, we consider entanglement concentration and purification based on free dynamics on the networks and local measurements on the vertices. By introducing an a

Ernesto F. Eiroa, Claudio Simeone

In this article we study a general class of non-rotating thin-shell wormholes with cylindrical symmetry. We consider two physically sound definitions of the flare-out condition and we show that the less restrictive one allows for the construction of wormholes with positive energy density at the throat. We also analyze the mechanical stability of these object

G. Lang, H. -J. Grafe, D. Paar, F. Hammerath

The charge distribution in RFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ (R=La, Sm) iron pnictides is probed using As nuclear quadrupole resonance. Whereas undoped and optimally-doped or overdoped compounds feature a single charge environment, two charge environments are detected in the underdoped region. Spin-lattice relaxation measurements show their coexistence at the nanoscale. T

Clement Vidal, Charles Auffray, Alex H. Blin, Jean Chaline

This document is the Special Issue of the First International Conference on the Evolution and Development of the Universe (EDU 2008). Please refer to the preface and introduction for more details on the contributions. Keywords: acceleration, artificial cosmogenesis, artificial life, Big Bang, Big History, biological evolution, biological universe, biology, c

J A Sellwood, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez

High-quality velocity maps of galaxies frequently exhibit signatures of non-circular streaming motions. We here apply the software tool, &#34;velfit&#34; recently proposed by Spekkens & Sellwood, to five representative galaxies from the THINGS sample. We describe the strengths and weaknesses of the tool, and show that it is both more powerful and yields resu

N. Kiriushcheva, S. V. Kuzmin

Based on preliminary analysis of the Hamiltonian formulation of the first order Einstein-Cartan action (arXiv:0902.0856 [gr-qc] and arXiv:0907.1553 [gr-qc]) we derive the Darboux coordinates, which are a unique and uniform change of variables preserving equivalence with the original action in all spacetime dimensions higher than two. Considerable simplificat

Walter Smilga

The two-particle state space of the perturbation series of elastic electron-electron scattering is considered. In Feynman&#39;s action-at-a-distance formulation of quantum electrodynamics a relation between the coupling constant and the ratio of densities of states in the physical state space and in a two-particle product representation can be established. T

Sukang Bae, Hyeong Keun Kim, Youngbin Lee, Xianfang Xu

We report that 30-inch scale multiple roll-to-roll transfer and wet chemical doping considerably enhance the electrical properties of the graphene films grown on roll-type Cu substrates by chemical vapor deposition. The resulting graphene films shows a sheet resistance as low as ~30 Ohm/sq at ~90 % transparency which is superior to commercial transparent ele

Matej Kanduc, Ali Naji, Jan Forsman, Rudolf Podgornik

We reformulate the theory of strong electrostatic coupling in order to describe an asymmetric electrolyte solution of monovalent salt ions and polyvalent counterions using field-theoretical techniques and Monte-Carlo simulations. The theory is based on an asymmetric treatment of the different components of the electrolyte solution. The weak coupling Debye-Hu

Guillaume Sagnol

Elfving&#39;s Theorem is a major result in the theory of optimal experimental design, which gives a geometrical characterization of $c-$optimality. In this paper, we extend this theorem to the case of multiresponse experiments, and we show that when the number of experiments is finite, $c-,A-,T-$ and $D-$optimal design of multiresponse experiments can be com

Kirill Tuchin

We calculate azimuthal correlations in dAu collisions at different rapidities and centralities and argue that experimentally observed depletion of the back-to-back pick can be quantitatively explained by gluon saturation in the Color Glass Condensate of the Gold nucleus.

Hans-Peter Pavel

A strong coupling expansion of the SU(2) Yang-Mills quantum Hamiltonian is carried out in the form of an expansion in the number of spatial derivatives, using the symmetric gauge ε_{ijk} A_{jk}=0. Introducing an infinite lattice with box length a, I obtain a systematic strong coupling expansion of the Hamiltonian in λ\equiv g^{-2/3}, with the free part being

Paul Poncet

We define a class of subsets of a topological space that coincides with the class of compact saturated subsets when the space is sober, and with enough good properties when the space is not sober. This class is introduced especially in view of applications to capacity theory.

D. V. Kolesnikov, V. A. Osipov

The electronic transport properties of a metallic carbon nanotube with the five-seven disclination pair characterized by a lattice distortion vector are investigated. The influence of the disclination dipole includes induced curvature and mixing of two sublattices. Both these factors are taken into account via a self-consistent perturbation approach. The con

A. E. Dorokhov

Measuring the lepton anomalous magnetic moments $(g-2)$ and the rare decays of light pseudoscalar mesons into lepton pairs $P\to l^{+}l^{-} $, serve as important tests of the Standard Model. To reduce the theoretical uncertainty in the standard model predictions, the data on the charge and transition form factors of the light pseudoscalar mesons play a signi

S. E. Parkhomenko

The geometry of $k^{K}$ Gepner model, where $k+2=2K$ is investigated by free-field representation known as &#34;$bc\bet\gm$&#34;-system. Using this representation it is shown directly that internal sector of the model is given by Landau-Ginzburg $\mathbb{C}^{K}/\mathbb{Z}_{2K}$-orbifold. Then we consider the deformation of the orbifold by marginal anti-chira

Jin Hu, Xiaoning Liu, Gengkai Hu

Contrary to transformation optics (TO), there exist many possibilities for transformed relations of material property and field variable in case of transformation acoustics (TA). To investigate the underlining mechanism and develop a general method that can obtain the full transformed relations, an alternative interpretation to the form-invariance is explore

Piotr Korcyl

We present in details a numerical approach for solving supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems with a gauge symmetry valid in all fermionic sectors. The method uses a recursive algorithm to calculate matrix elements of any gauge invariant operator in the Fock basis, in particular of the Hamiltonian operator, and can be used for any gauge group. We describe